-<html>
-<header>
-<title>Variants supported by XBoard</title>
-</header>
-<body>
-<img src="../winboardF.jpg">
-<h1>Chess variants supported by XBoard</h1>
-<p>
-Next to orthodox Chess (aka FIDE or Mad Queen), XBoard supports many other Chess variants.
-This includes the World's major forms of Chess: Chinese, FIDE, Japanese, and Thai Chess.
-But also many popular western variants (Suicide Chess, Crazyhouse, Chess960, Gothic/Capablanca Chess, Seirawan Chess).
-</p>
-<p>
-Full support by XBoard means that the latter is fully aware of how all pieces move, and what the winning condition is.
-This means the variant can be played with the option Test Legality switched on,
-and that it can accurately check any result claims that engines make.
-Non-supported variants can often be played with legality checking switched off.
-Then any of the 22 piece types known by XBoard can be used in ways XBoard does not expect.
-The only real drawback of this is that the game notation looks a bit crummy,
-with many spurious or missing disambiguators, check and checkmate symbols.
-XBoard will always be able to read suh games back, however (as on reading it suffers from the same misconceptions on piece movement).
-This can be kept baerable by choosing XBoard supported pieces to represent the unsupported ones that
-move as similar as possible.
-</p>
-<p>
-Some variants are only partially supported.
-This means they have to be played with legality checking off,
-although XBoard knows they exist, and even implements some of their rules that no other variant would allow.
-For instance, in Berolina Chess Pawns move diagonally, and in any other variant this would lead to disappearence
-of other Pawns during the game, as normally XBoard interprets a diagonal Pawn move to an empty square as e.p. capture.
-</p>
-<p>
-The following list tries to group all variants by properties.
-Some duplicates occur when a variant fits in more than one group.
-</p>
-<h3>List of supported variants</h3>
-<table><tr><td bgcolor="FFFF80">
-
-</td><td>
-= recommended
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Chess.html">FIDE Chess</a></td><td>The modern international game, second in popularity only to Xiangqi
-</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">
-<b>Shuffle games with normal pieces</b>
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Wild.html">Wild Castle</a></td><td>Shuffles the initial FIDE setup, leaving King and Rooks in place
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="No.html">No Castle</a></td><td>More aggressive shuffling of the initial FIDE setup, without castling
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="FRC.html">Chess960</a></td><td>A Shuffle variant where even Kings and Rooks in non-standard location can castle
-</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">
-<b>Variants with piece drops</b>
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Crazy.html">Crazyhouse</a></td><td>Pieces you capture are added to your army, by dropping them back onto the board
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-Bughouse</td><td>four-player game that XBoard can only play with the aid of an Internet Chess Server
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Shogi.html">Shogi</a></td><td>Japanese Chess, where pieces you captured can be dropped to strengthen your own army
-</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="FFFF80">
-<a href="Mini.html">mini-Shogi</a></td><td>Highly simplified and very tactical mini version of Shogi (on 5x5 board)
-</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">
-<b>Unusual winning conditions</b>
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Suicide.html">Suicide Chess</a></td><td>Win by getting rid of all your material by mandatory capture
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Giveaway.html">Give-Away Chess</a></td><td>Win by getting rid of all your material by mandatory capture
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Losers.html">Losers Chess</a></td><td>Win by being left with a bare King
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="3checks.html">3-checks</a></td><td>Lose by being checked 3 times
-</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">
-<b>Variants with various intrusive rules</b>
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Atomic.html">Atomic Chess</a></td><td>Pieces that capture explode, destroying anything in the vicinity
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Cylinder.html">Cylinder Chess</a></td><td>The a-file and h-file connect to make the board a cylinder
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="TwoKings.html">TwoKings</a></td><td>Play with two Kings, changing which one is royal during the game
-</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">
-<b>Variants where just a few pieces move in unorthodox ways</b>
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Shatranj.html">Shatranj</a></td><td>Ancient Arabic/Persian Chess, with primitive Queen and Bishops
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Berolina.html">Berolina Chess</a></td><td>Pawns capture straight ahead, and move diagonally
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="ASEAN.html">ASEAN</a></td><td>South-East Asian Chess, a modernized version of Makruk
-</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="FFFF80">
-<a href="Knightmate.html">Knightmate</a></td><td>Try to checkmate a single Royal Knight with (amongst others) two non-royal Kings
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Falcon.html">Falcon Chess</a></td><td>Two (Rook-class) Falcon pieces augment FIDE on a 10-wide board
-</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="FFFF80">
-<a href="Lion.html">Mighty-Lion Chess</a></td><td>All-powerful Lions can capture other pieces en-passant, or two pieces at once
-</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">
-<b>Variants with extra Rook-Knight and Bishop-Knight compound pieces</b>
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Seirawan.html">Seirawan Chess</a></td><td>Two extra super-pieces can be 'gated' onto the board during the opening
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Capablanca.html">Capablanca Chess</a></td><td>Two super-pieces are added to FIDE on a 10-wide board
-</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="FFFF80">
-<a href="Gothic.html">Gothic Chess</a></td><td>Two super-pieces are added to FIDE on a 10-wide board, with stream-lined initial setup
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Janus.html">Janus Chess</a></td><td>Two Janus super-pieces (B-N compounds) are added to FIDE on a 10-wide board
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="CRC.html">Capablanca Random Chess</a></td><td>Capablanca Chess with shuffled initial setup, with generalized castling rules
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Grand.html">Grand Chess</a></td><td>Chess on a 10x10 board with two extra super-pieces
-</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">
-<b>Oriental forms of Chess</b>
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Xiangqi.html">Xiangqi</a></td><td>Chinese Chess, where the King is confined to a Palace
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Shogi.html">Shogi</a></td><td>Japanese Chess, where pieces you captured can be dropped to strengthen your own army
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Sho.html">Sho Shogi</a></td><td>Ancient precurser of the modern Japanese 9x9 Shogi game (without drops)
-</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="FFFF80">
-<a href="Chu.html">Chu Shogi</a></td><td>Ancient Japanese Chess with many pieces on a 12x12 board, and a Lion super-piece
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Makruk.html">Makruk</a></td><td>Thai Chess, with an interesting Elephant piece
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="ASEAN.html">ASEAN</a></td><td>South-East Asian Chess, a modernized version of Makruk
-</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">
-<b>Variants with mostly un-orthodox pieces</b>
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Courier.html">Courier Chess</a></td><td>Mediaval precursor of Chess, combining Shatranj with modern pieces on a wide board
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Super.html">Superchess</a></td><td>Randomly picked unorthodox pieces of many kinds replace some of your FIDE pieces
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="Great.html">Great Shatranj</a></td><td>Version of Capablanca Chess that replaces all sliding moves by 2-square jumps
-</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="FFFF80">
-<a href="Spartan.html">Spartan Chess</a></td><td>Two different armies (Persians and Spartans, the latter lead by two Kings) battle each other
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="CWDA.html">Chess with Different Armies</a></td><td>Pick one of a set of (mostly) unsual armies to battle a completely different army
-</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="FFFF80">
-<a href="Chu.html">Chu Shogi</a></td><td>Ancient Japanese Chess with many pieces on a 12x12 board, and a Lion super-piece
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="ChuChess.html">Chu Chess</a></td><td>Intermediate between Chess and Chu shogi, on a 10x10 board
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="">Cambodian Chess</a></td><td>
-</td></tr><tr><td>
-<a href="">Ai-Wok Makruk</a></td><td>
-</td></tr></table>
-<p>
-</p>
-<p>
-</p>
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-</p>
-<p>
-</p>
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-<p>
-</p>
-<p>
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+ <title>Variants supported by XBoard</title>
+<!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" -->
+<!--#set var="article_name" value="/server/standards/boilerplate" -->
+<!--#include virtual="/server/gnun/initial-translations-list.html" -->
+ <h1>Chess variants supported by XBoard</h1>
+ <p>Next to orthodox Chess (aka FIDE or Mad Queen), XBoard
+ supports many other Chess variants. This includes the World's
+ major forms of Chess: Chinese, FIDE, Japanese, and Thai Chess.
+ But also many popular western variants (Suicide Chess,
+ Crazyhouse, Chess960, Gothic/Capablanca Chess, Seirawan
+ Chess).</p>
+
+ <p>Full support by XBoard means that the latter is fully aware of
+ how all pieces move, and what the winning condition is. This
+ means the variant can be played with the option Test Legality
+ switched on, and that it can accurately check any result claims
+ that engines make. Non-supported variants can often be played
+ with legality checking switched off. Then any of the 22 piece
+ types known by XBoard can be used in ways XBoard does not expect.
+ The only real drawback of this is that the game notation looks a
+ bit crummy, with many spurious or missing disambiguators, check
+ and checkmate symbols. XBoard will always be able to read suh
+ games back, however (as on reading it suffers from the same
+ misconceptions on piece movement). This can be kept baerable by
+ choosing XBoard supported pieces to represent the unsupported
+ ones that move as similar as possible.</p>
+
+ <p>Some variants are only partially supported. This means they
+ have to be played with legality checking off, although XBoard
+ knows they exist, and even implements some of their rules that no
+ other variant would allow. For instance, in Berolina Chess Pawns
+ move diagonally, and in any other variant this would lead to
+ disappearence of other Pawns during the game, as normally XBoard
+ interprets a diagonal Pawn move to an empty square as e.p.
+ capture.</p>
+
+ <p>The following list tries to group all variants by properties.
+ Some duplicates occur when a variant fits in more than one
+ group.</p>
+
+ <h3>List of supported variants</h3>
+
+ <table>
+ <tr>
+ <td bgcolor="#FFFF80"></td>
+
+ <td>= recommended</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Chess.html">FIDE Chess</a></td>
+
+ <td>The modern international game, second in popularity only
+ to Xiangqi</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="2"><b>Shuffle games with normal pieces</b></td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Wild.html">Wild Castle</a></td>
+
+ <td>Shuffles the initial FIDE setup, leaving King and Rooks
+ in place</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="No.html">No Castle</a></td>
+
+ <td>More aggressive shuffling of the initial FIDE setup,
+ without castling</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="FRC.html">Chess960</a></td>
+
+ <td>A Shuffle variant where even Kings and Rooks in
+ non-standard location can castle</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="2"><b>Variants with piece drops</b></td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Crazy.html">Crazyhouse</a></td>
+
+ <td>Pieces you capture are added to your army, by dropping
+ them back onto the board</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td>Bughouse</td>
+
+ <td>four-player game that XBoard can only play with the aid
+ of an Internet Chess Server</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Shogi.html">Shogi</a></td>
+
+ <td>Japanese Chess, where pieces you captured can be dropped
+ to strengthen your own army</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td bgcolor="#FFFF80"><a href="Mini.html">mini-Shogi</a></td>
+
+ <td>Highly simplified and very tactical mini version of Shogi
+ (on 5x5 board)</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="2"><b>Unusual winning conditions</b></td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Suicide.html">Suicide Chess</a></td>
+
+ <td>Win by getting rid of all your material by mandatory
+ capture</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Giveaway.html">Give-Away Chess</a></td>
+
+ <td>Win by getting rid of all your material by mandatory
+ capture</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Losers.html">Losers Chess</a></td>
+
+ <td>Win by being left with a bare King</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="3checks.html">3-checks</a></td>
+
+ <td>Lose by being checked 3 times</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="2"><b>Variants with various intrusive
+ rules</b></td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Atomic.html">Atomic Chess</a></td>
+
+ <td>Pieces that capture explode, destroying anything in the
+ vicinity</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Cylinder.html">Cylinder Chess</a></td>
+
+ <td>The a-file and h-file connect to make the board a
+ cylinder</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="TwoKings.html">TwoKings</a></td>
+
+ <td>Play with two Kings, changing which one is royal during
+ the game</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="2"><b>Variants where just a few pieces move in
+ unorthodox ways</b></td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Shatranj.html">Shatranj</a></td>
+
+ <td>Ancient Arabic/Persian Chess, with primitive Queen and
+ Bishops</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Berolina.html">Berolina Chess</a></td>
+
+ <td>Pawns capture straight ahead, and move diagonally</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="ASEAN.html">ASEAN</a></td>
+
+ <td>South-East Asian Chess, a modernized version of
+ Makruk</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td bgcolor="#FFFF80"><a href=
+ "Knightmate.html">Knightmate</a></td>
+
+ <td>Try to checkmate a single Royal Knight with (amongst
+ others) two non-royal Kings</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Falcon.html">Falcon Chess</a></td>
+
+ <td>Two (Rook-class) Falcon pieces augment FIDE on a 10-wide
+ board</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td bgcolor="#FFFF80"><a href="Lion.html">Mighty-Lion
+ Chess</a></td>
+
+ <td>All-powerful Lions can capture other pieces en-passant,
+ or two pieces at once</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="2"><b>Variants with extra Rook-Knight and
+ Bishop-Knight compound pieces</b></td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Seirawan.html">Seirawan Chess</a></td>
+
+ <td>Two extra super-pieces can be 'gated' onto the board
+ during the opening</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Capablanca.html">Capablanca Chess</a></td>
+
+ <td>Two super-pieces are added to FIDE on a 10-wide
+ board</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td bgcolor="#FFFF80"><a href="Gothic.html">Gothic
+ Chess</a></td>
+
+ <td>Two super-pieces are added to FIDE on a 10-wide board,
+ with stream-lined initial setup</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Janus.html">Janus Chess</a></td>
+
+ <td>Two Janus super-pieces (B-N compounds) are added to FIDE
+ on a 10-wide board</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="CRC.html">Capablanca Random Chess</a></td>
+
+ <td>Capablanca Chess with shuffled initial setup, with
+ generalized castling rules</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Grand.html">Grand Chess</a></td>
+
+ <td>Chess on a 10x10 board with two extra super-pieces</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="2"><b>Oriental forms of Chess</b></td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Xiangqi.html">Xiangqi</a></td>
+
+ <td>Chinese Chess, where the King is confined to a
+ Palace</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Shogi.html">Shogi</a></td>
+
+ <td>Japanese Chess, where pieces you captured can be dropped
+ to strengthen your own army</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Sho.html">Sho Shogi</a></td>
+
+ <td>Ancient precurser of the modern Japanese 9x9 Shogi game
+ (without drops)</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td bgcolor="#FFFF80"><a href="Chu.html">Chu Shogi</a></td>
+
+ <td>Ancient Japanese Chess with many pieces on a 12x12 board,
+ and a Lion super-piece</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Makruk.html">Makruk</a></td>
+
+ <td>Thai Chess, with an interesting Elephant piece</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="ASEAN.html">ASEAN</a></td>
+
+ <td>South-East Asian Chess, a modernized version of
+ Makruk</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="2"><b>Variants with mostly un-orthodox
+ pieces</b></td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Courier.html">Courier Chess</a></td>
+
+ <td>Mediaval precursor of Chess, combining Shatranj with
+ modern pieces on a wide board</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Super.html">Superchess</a></td>
+
+ <td>Randomly picked unorthodox pieces of many kinds replace
+ some of your FIDE pieces</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="Great.html">Great Shatranj</a></td>
+
+ <td>Version of Capablanca Chess that replaces all sliding
+ moves by 2-square jumps</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td bgcolor="#FFFF80"><a href="Spartan.html">Spartan
+ Chess</a></td>
+
+ <td>Two different armies (Persians and Spartans, the latter
+ lead by two Kings) battle each other</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="CWDA.html">Chess with Different Armies</a></td>
+
+ <td>Pick one of a set of (mostly) unsual armies to battle a
+ completely different army</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td bgcolor="#FFFF80"><a href="Chu.html">Chu Shogi</a></td>
+
+ <td>Ancient Japanese Chess with many pieces on a 12x12 board,
+ and a Lion super-piece</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="ChuChess.html">Chu Chess</a></td>
+
+ <td>Intermediate between Chess and Chu shogi, on a 10x10
+ board</td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="">Cambodian Chess</a></td>
+
+ <td></td>
+ </tr>
+
+ <tr>
+ <td><a href="">Ai-Wok Makruk</a></td>
+
+ <td></td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
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