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Schachen is a game that was created outside of our competitions and is therefore not based on certain components. The collaboration with the two Cologne game authors Matthias Schmitt and Heinrich Glumpler came about because they could not find a publisher for their chess variant. For a small publisher it is often easier to tackle unusual projects …

Can a piece stand by itself in the playing area, thus without some adjacent tile?

You can download the complete rules as PDF from here

Schachen is suitable for casual players for whom chess appears too long, and for chess players who are looking for a casual change after some real chess games but who still want to have the familiar depth.

The son of the game author created a short video presentation about the game Schachen as a school project:

2 x 16 tiles showing the typical chess pieces
1 rulebook

The author Heinrich Glumpler describes the basic intention with which he co-designed “Schachen” together with co-author Matthias Schmitt.