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Kriegspiel is a historical term used to discuss wargames conducted by the Prussian and German military. The term has its origin in the German word for wargame, "Kriegsspiel".
Kriegspiel is also the name of a chess variant in which each player can see their own pieces, but not those of their opponent. For this reason, it is necessary to have a third person act as a referee, with full information about the progress of the game. When it is a player's turn he will attempt make a move on the board which the referee will declare to be 'legal' or 'illegal'. Once the player has made a legal move that move stands. Each player is given information about checks and captures. The may also ask the referee if there are any legal captures with a pawn. Since the position of the opponents pieces is unknown, kriegspiel is not a game with perfect information.
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