Christian Freeling
Encyclopedia
Christian Freeling (born 1 February 1947, Enschede
) is a Dutch
game designer and inventor of various chess
variants
, notably Grand chess
, invented in 1984.
Other game inventions by Freeling include:
Enschede
Enschede , also known as Eanske in the local dialect of Twents, is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region...
) is a Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
game designer and inventor of various chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
variants
Chess variant
A chess variant is a game related to, derived from or inspired by chess. The difference from chess might include one or more of the following:...
, notably Grand chess
Grand chess
Grand chess is a popular large-board chess variant invented by Dutch games designer Christian Freeling in 1984. It is played on a 10×10 board, with each side having two additional pawns and two new pieces: the marshall and the cardinal....
, invented in 1984.
Other game inventions by Freeling include:
- HavannahHavannahHavannah is an abstract strategy board game invented by Christian Freeling. It is played on a base-10 hexagonal board, ten hexes to a side...
(a connection game played on a hexagonal board) - Yari shogiYari shogiYari shogi is a modern variant of shogi , however it is not Japanese. It was invented in 1981 by Christian Freeling of the Netherlands...
- Sygo
- Hexade
- Dameo
- The Glass Bead Game (late 1970s; a mancala variant)
- Hexdame (1979; draughtsDraughtsDraughts is a group of abstract strategy board games between two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over the enemy's pieces. Draughts developed from alquerque...
for a hexagonal board) - ChadChad (chess variant)Chad is a chess variant created by Christian Freeling in 1979. It is played on an uncheckered 12×12 gameboard and consists of one king and eight rooks per side, with rooks able to promote to queens....
(1979; a chess variant employing rooksRook (chess)A rook is a piece in the strategy board game of chess. Formerly the piece was called the castle, tower, marquess, rector, and comes...
) - EmergoEmergo (board game)Emergo is a board game created by Christian Freeling and Ed van Zon in 1986. Its name is derived from the motto of the Dutch province of Zeeland: Luctor et emergo, meaning "I wrestle and emerge"....
(1980 with Ed van Zon; a stacking game) - Rotary (1981)
- Shakti (1982)
- Caïssa (1982)
- Dragonfly (1982)
- Loonybird (1983)
- Lotus
- Macbeth
- Medusa
- Breakthrough
- Rondo
External links
- Christian Freeling's games at MindSports.nl
- Additional list of Christian Freeling's games at MindSports.nl