Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Aviation chess

Aviation chess was invented in 1913, and played during WW I. In most aspects, this chess variant is identical FIDE chess, but there is one difference: the pawns on the b-file and g-file are replaced by 'aviators'. These 'aviators' fly diagonally, over any number of pieces, to either an empty square, or a square occupied by an enemy piece (which is then captured and replaced). 

As one of my other interests is Spitfires and their history, I decided to adapt Aviation chess slightly by having Spitfires as 'aviators'!

Off eBay, I got a full set of 32 laser cut chess pieces (of course, I don't need four of the pawns) as well as four laser cut Spitfire shapes. They smell really nice as a result of the laser-cutting process!


Then I used two colours of wood stain ('pine' and 'mahogany', respectively) to create the 'white' and 'black' pieces.


I decided to use the board of my Kyrgyz set, as it had the right size squares and also looks relatively old.

So there we go: a Spitfire-inspired set for Aviation chess!



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