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Fairy chess is a term in a chess problem which expand classical (also called orthodox) chess problems which are not direct mates. Term was introduced before the First World War.
While selfmate date in the Middle Age, helpmate was invented (probably by Loyd) in 19th century.
Thomas Dawson (1889-1951), pioneer of fairy chess, invented many fairy pieces and new conditions. He was also problem editor of The Fairy Chess Review (1930-1951).
Types of fairy chess problems
- New chess pieces: Conventional chess pieces are generalized in many ways (grasshopper, nightrider, Chinese pieces, etc). See main article Fairy chess pieces.
- Different boards: One can vary board size from 8x8 to other sizes (7x8, unusual board shapes, ...) or use different geometry: cylinder (vertical and horizontal), anchor ring or torus and others.
- New conditions: Probably the most used extensions are new conditions instead of a direct mate stipulation. A lot of them were invented, some of them become established. Selfmates and helpmates are nowadays sometimes considered to be orthodox. Amongst other there are: reflexmates, seriesmovers, circe chess, madrasi chess, monochrome chess, Einstein chess and many others. Part of new conditions are also retroanalitical problems including shortest proof games and retractors, construction tasks and mathematical problems.
FIDE Albums for instance all problems divide in eight sections: directmates (2-movers, 3-movers and moremovers), endgame studies, selfmates, helpmates, fairy chess and retro and mathematical problems.
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- Fairy Chess by Michael McDowell
- Alice Chess
- Andernach chess
- Augsburg ches
- Circe chess
- Cylindrical board
- Dynamo chess
- Einstein chess
- Equihopper
- Fairy retros
- Grasshopper
- Grid-Chess
- Imitator
- Losing Game
- Madrasi chess
- Mao, a.k.a. Chinese Knight
- Maximummer
- Miscellaneous fairy rules and/or units
- Monochromatic chess
- Nightrider
- [[Patrol chess
- Reflex mate
- Retro-Volages units
- [[Rex Multiplex
- ActuatedRevolvingBoard
- ActuatedRevolvingCentre
- AlphabeticChess
- AMU
- AndernachChess
- AntiAndernachChess
- AntiCirce
- AntiEinsteinChess
- AntiKings
- AntiMarsAntipodeanCirce
- AntiMarsCirce
- AntiMarsMirrorCirce
- AntipodenAntiCirce
- AntipodenCirce
- AntipodenImmunChess
- AntiSuperCirce
- AprilChess
- BichromChess
- Bicolores
- BiHeffalumps
- BiWoozles
- BlackConsequentForcedSquare
- BlackEdgemover
- BlackFollowMyLeader
- BlackForcedSquare
- BlackMaximummer
- BlackMinimummer
- BlackMustCapture
- BlackOscillatingKings
- BlackPromSquares
- BlackReflectiveKing
- BlackRoyalSquare
- BlackSuperTransmutingKing
- BlackTransmutedKing
- BlackUltraSchachZwang
- BrunnerChess
- CavalierMajeur
- CentralChess
- ChameleonChess
- ChameleonCirce
- ChecklessChess
- ChineseChess
- Circe
- CirceAssassin
- CirceClone
- CirceDoubleAgents
- CirceTurncoats
- ContactGridChess
- CouscousCirce
- DiagramAntiCirce
- DiagramCirce
- DiagramImmunChess
- DiametralCirce
- DoubleTibet
- DuellistChess
- EiffelChess
- EinsteinChess
- EquipollentsAntiCirce
- EquipollentsCirce
- EquipollentsImmunChess
- ExclusiveChess
- ExtinctionChess
- FileAntiCirce
- FileCirce
- FileImmunChess
- FrischaufCirce
- FunctionaryChess
- GlasgowChess
- GridChess
- HaanerChess
- Heffalumps
- Hole (= a field where you cannot move to)
- Hypervolage
- Imitator
- ImmunChess
- Isardam
- KoeKo
- Leofamily
- LineChameleonChess
- Madrasi
- MAFF
- MagicSquares
- Marscirce
- MarsMirrorCirce
- Maximummer
- MessignyChess
- MirrorAntiCirce
- MirrorAntiCirce
- MirrorCirce
- MirrorCirceClone
- MirrorCouscousCirce
- MirrorFileCirce
- MirrorFileImmunChess
- MirrorImmunChess
- MonochromChess
- NewKoeko
- NoBlackCapture
- NoBlackPromotion
- NoCapture
- NoIProm No Promotion to Imitator allowed
- NorskSjakk
- NoWhiteCapture
- NoWhitePromotion
- OWU
- ParrainCirce
- Patrouille
- PhantomChess
- PlusChess
- PromOnly
- PWC
- ReflectiveKings
- RelegationChess
- RepublicanChess
- ReversalEinsteinChess
- RexInclusiv
- RoyalDynasty
- SAT
- Sentinelles
- ShieldedKings
- SingleBox
- StingChess
- StrictSAT
- SuperCirce
- SwappingKings
- SymmetryAntiCirce
- SymmetryCirce
- SymmetryImmunChess
- Take&MakeChess
- Tibet
- TraitorChess
- TransmutedKings
- UltraPatrol
- UltraSchachZwang
- VerticalMirrorCirce
- VogtlaenderChess
- Volage
- WhiteConsequentForcedSquare
- WhiteEdgemover
- WhiteFollowMyLeader
- WhiteForcedSquare
- WhiteMaximummer
- WhiteMinimummer
- WhiteMustCapture
- WhiteOscillatingKings
- WhitePromSquares
- WhiteReflectiveKing
- WhiteRoyalSquare
- WhiteSuperTransmutingKing
- WhiteTransmutedKing
- WhiteUltraSchachZwang
- Woozles
