Wolf chess

Wolf chess gameboard and starting position. For this diagram: nightriders are represented by inverted knights; sergeants are represented by inverted pawns. Wolves start on squares g1/b10; foxes start on f1/c10.
This example uses algebraic notation.

Wolf chess (German: Wolf-Schach) is a chess variant invented by Dr. Arno von Wilpert in 1943.[1][2] It is played on an 8×10 chessboard and employs several fairy pieces including wolf and fox – compound pieces popular in chess variants and known by different names.

Wolf chess correspondence matches and tournaments have been held, one of which (Paris vs. Augsburg, September 1960) is claimed to be the first international over-the-board match for a chess variant.[3]

  1. ^ Pritchard (1994), pp. 342–43
  2. ^ Pritchard (2007), p. 140
  3. ^ Pritchard (1994), p. 343