The program acts as a referee for two human players in the game of Kriegspiel (or Blind Chess) where each player can see only his own pieces. This is a game of excitement, anxiety, cunning and mayhem, suitable for experienced chess players and beginners alike.
Rather like Battleships played to the rules of chess
Now you can play this game against another player over your local area network, or across the internet, or just sharing a single computer - and with the benefit of action replays...
STOP PRESS! Version 3 is under test and the alpha version is now available to download. Version 3 is written in Java and so will run on Mac and Linux as well as Windows. It uses Skype for communication across the web. This version has a blind robot against which you can practise, and also offers a Referee mode for help in refereeing a conventional Kriegspiel game whilst getting the benefit of action replays.
An older version of the software V2.07 (released 6.10.2005) is downloadable free of charge from this website. This version runs under Windows (95 or later).
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