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From: matt@oddjob.UChicago.UUCP (Matt Crawford)
Newsgroups: net.chess
Subject: Re: Variations - Cylindrical Chess and *Doublechess*
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Date: Fri, 27-Apr-84 11:38:02 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 27 11:38:02 1984
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	I used to play the game you call doublechess - it went by the
	names of siamese chess or double-bughouse among my crowd.  We
	also did not allow pawns to be placed on the first rank (nor the
	eighth rank, of course).  Keeping track of what a piece was when
	it had been promoted and then captured was always a problem.  I
	don't believe you mentioned the victory conditions: a team loses
	when either member is checkmated or when either flag is seen to
	have fallen by an opponent.

	Has anyone played the game we called "swiss chess", in which
	white makes one move, then black makes two moves, white three
	moves, and so on?  It's tough to get a game to last long, but it
	can be done!