Reverse Chess — Games Where Winning Can Mean Losing

Field notes

The collection contains four listed games, each with its own setup link: Pilgrimage Chess, its Return sequel, Standard Chess, and Misère Connect 3. Pilgrimage Chess changes the usual stakes by asking players to move original back-rank pieces toward destinations and treating checkmate as a loss. The Return variant adds a second phase after that journey, while Misère Connect 3 applies the same reversal to a small three-in-a-row board.