Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Hostage Chess is a chess variant invented by John Leslie in 1997. Captured pieces are not eliminated from the game but can reenter active play through drops, similar to shogi. Unlike shogi, the piece a player may drop is one of his own pieces previously captured by the opponent. In exchange, the player returns a previously captured enemy piece which the opponent may drop on a future turn. This is the characteristic feature of the game.Hostage Chess has tactical subtlety and \"tends to favour the attacker\". It was published in magazines Nost-algia (issue 375), Eteroscacco (86–88), and Variant Chess (32 and later). It was the \"Recognized Variant of the Month\" in January 2005 at The Chess Variant Pages."@en }
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- Hostage_Chess abstract "Hostage Chess is a chess variant invented by John Leslie in 1997. Captured pieces are not eliminated from the game but can reenter active play through drops, similar to shogi. Unlike shogi, the piece a player may drop is one of his own pieces previously captured by the opponent. In exchange, the player returns a previously captured enemy piece which the opponent may drop on a future turn. This is the characteristic feature of the game.Hostage Chess has tactical subtlety and \"tends to favour the attacker\". It was published in magazines Nost-algia (issue 375), Eteroscacco (86–88), and Variant Chess (32 and later). It was the \"Recognized Variant of the Month\" in January 2005 at The Chess Variant Pages.".