Two dice determine number of points that selected pieces can move around a special two-sided board with points {backgammon}.
On boards with arrays of numbers, players mark squares whose number is called, until one player announces completion of a column, row, or diagonal {bingo}.
Games {brax} can be similar to checkers.
Games {cats and dogs} can be similar to checkers.
Twelve identical pieces for each side are on same color of a checkerboard {checkers} {draughts} and can move forward on diagonals. Players try to jump opponent's pieces, to try to capture all of them. Moving a piece to opponent's first row makes piece able to move in all directions {king, checkers}.
Games {Dalmatian pirates and Volga Bulgars} can be similar to fox and geese.
Games {fanorona} {fandango, board game} can be similar to checkers.
On a checkerboard {fox and geese}, a single checker starts at first row and is the fox, which can move forward and backward. Four checkers fill other first row and are the geese, which can move only forward. Pieces move along diagonals, one square per move, with no capturing. Geese try to trap fox, who tries to reach last row.
Board games {Game of Squares} can be about making squares.
Number of Players
Game has two players or two teams.
Board
Board is any-size square grid. Squares less than 19 x 19 are good. Use any square part of a Go board or checkerboard.
Pieces
If grid is 19 x 19, use 191 each of two colors. If grid is 7 x 7, use 25 of each color.
Play
Either player can move first. Players alternate turns. Turns place one piece on an empty board position. Game has no capturing. Pieces already on board cannot move. Players cannot pass turns.
Object of Game
Object is to make as many four-cornered square patterns of player pieces as possible.
End of Game
Players mutually agree to end game, or pieces occupy all possible positions.
Variants of Game
Board can be rectangle, diamond, or other shape. Pattern counted can be any shape, for example, diamond or rectangle, rather than square. Count can include only smallest squares, with four pieces, or any-size four-cornered patterns. Different shapes and sizes can count different values. Players can remove one opponent piece per turn. Players can pass turn. Players can play more than one piece per turn. Players can cooperate to make fun patterns.
On a 19 x 19 board, players put black or white markers to encircle territory or opponent markers {go}. Encircling markers captures opponent's markers. Players cannot remove their own markers. Black moves first. Players alternate turns. Black can start with one to nine markers already on board, as a handicap.
A Go variation {Go Free} can allow players to move any of their own pieces, whether played already or not, to open spots, or to remove them from board. This variation requires no special rules for special situations, so Go Free has fewest restrictions.
Two players move pieces along board lines as far as they can and capture by sandwiching {hasami shogi}.
Players can put hexagons on a rhombus-shaped board {Hex}.
In a one-person game {hoppers}, pegs jump over each other to reach end.
Board games {mah jong}| can use special tiles.
Seeds can go into depressions {mancala}.
Players add markers to a board with three concentric squares and capture other player's markers {merrelles} {mühle} {mill, game} {nine men's morris}.
Boards {ouija}| can have a special layout.
Dice can determine number of spaces to move on a special board with four parts {parcheesi}.
A round-board game {roundabouts} uses dice to move pieces.
Scrabble(TM) {Scrabble}| uses a special board and letter tiles, to make words. Letters have values, and score is sum of values.
Checkerboard games {chess} can have one king, one queen, two bishops, two knights, two rooks or castles, and eight pawns for each side. Pieces capture by displacing opponent's piece. King can move one square in any direction. Queen can move any number of squares in any direction, with no jumping. Rook can move any number of squares on row or column, with no jumping. Bishop can move any number of squares on a diagonal, with no jumping. Knight can jump two squares on a row or column plus one square on a column or row. Pawns can move one square forward, with no jumping, and capture diagonally. Pawns can move two squares forward first time. Object is to capture king.
notation
Notation can use B = Black, W = White, K = King, Q = Queen, B = Bishop, N = kNight, R = Rook, and P = Pawn. Row 1 is on white's side, and row 8 is on black's side. For example, K-KR1 means move king to kingside rook column and first row.
chess problem 1
Pieces start at the following positions. BK-QR8, BN-KB8, BR-KN8, BP-QR7, BP-QN7, WB-Q7, BB-QR6, BP-QB6, WN-Q6, BB-KB6, WP-KN6, BQ-Q5, WP-KB5, WQ-QN4, BN-Q4, WP-QB3, WP-Q3, BP-KR3, WP-QN2, WB-KR2, WR-QR1, WK-QN1, and WR-K1. Moves are 1. ..., BxP +; 2. K-QB1, B-KN5 +; 3. K-Q1, B-QB2 ++.
chess problem 2
Pieces start at the following positions. BK-QR8, BP-QR7, BP-QN7, BB-Q7, BP-KN7, BR-QR6, WN-Q6, BP-KN6, BB-QN5, BQ-Q5, WR-QR4, WQ-QN4, BN-Q4, WP-K4, WN-QB3, WP-Q3, WP-QN2, WP-KN2, WP-KR2, WK-QN1, WB-QB1, and WR-KB1. Moves are 1. ..., BxP +; 2. K-QR1, N-QB2 +; 3. K-QN1, NxQ +; 4. K-QR1, RxR +; 5. NxR, Q-KR2 ++.
chess problem 3
Pieces start at the following positions. BR-K8, BB-KB8, BB-QN7, BP-KN7, BP-KR7, WB-Q6, BN-K6, BP-KB6, BK-KN6, BP-QR5, BP-Q5, BQ-KB5, WP-QB4, WP-KN4, WQ-KR4, WN-QN3, WP-Q3, WK-K3, WN-KR3, WP-QR2, BR-QN1, WP-KR2, WR-Q1, WB-KB1, and WR-KN1. Moves are 1. ..., Q-B6 +; 2. KxQ, P-Q4 +; 3. K-KN3, BxB +; 4. N-KB4, BxN +; 5. K-KR3, RxP ++.
chess problem 4
Pieces start at the following positions. BR-QR8, WN-QN7, BB-QB7, BP-KN7, BP-KR7, BB-QB6, WB-Q6, BP-KB6, BK-KN6, BP-QR5, BP-Q5, BQ-KB5, WN-KN5, WP-QB4, WP-KN4, WQ-KR4, WB-QN3, WK-K3, WP-KR3, WP-QR2, WP-QN1, BR-KN2, WR-QR1, and WR-K1. Moves are 1. ..., P-Q4 +; 2. KxP, R-Q2 +; 3. K-K3, Q-Q3 +; 4. K-B4, QxB +; 5. K-K3, Q-Q4 ++, or 5. R-K5, QxR ++.
chess problem 5
Pieces start at the following positions: K-K2, Q-QR3, B-K4, B-K5, N-QN6, N-QB7, R-KN8, and R-KR7. This makes maximum attack on all 64 squares.
chess problem 6
Pieces start at the following positions: K-QB2, Q-QN1, R-QB1, R-QN2, B-QR1, B-QR2, N-Q1, and N-QN3. This makes minimum attack on 16 squares.
variation
Chess variation is to move king to farthest row, or a particular square on farthest row, first.
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