How to play
Los Alamos
Play the first chess-like game played on a computer! A reduced size board and piece set.
Famously, Los Alamos chess was the first chess implementation played by computer. Named after the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory where it was developed.
The color of the starting squares for the Queen are the reverse of Standard Chess
Losing the Bishops and reducing the board size simplifies the game.
Board is interactive - move a piece
Moves of the Pieces
The pawns cannot advance two sqaures on their initial move.
Pawn Promotion
Pawns can not promote to Bishops.
Castling
There is no Castling when playing Los Alamos.En Passant
There is no En Passant when playing Los Alamos.Attribution
- Paul Stein
- Mark Wells
Some chess variants are currently playable live and all will soon be available to play as daily/correspondence chess.
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