"Hostage Chess"

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Philosopher John Leslie (emeritus, Guelph) writes about a chess variant that he designed:

It tries to capture the spirit of Shogi, the great Japanese chess game in which men change sides when captured. Instead I make captives into “hostages” which are exchanged.   The variant is therefore called “Hostage Chess”. Larry Kaufman, a western-chess Grandmaster, and for decades the strongest western player of Shogi, judges it “the most interesting, exciting variant that can be played with a standard chess set”.

Enjoy your "Hostage Chess"!