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Chess variant

A chess variant is any board game related to, derived from, or inspired by orthodox chess. Chess variants can differ from standard chess in many different ways, including variant board sizes, non-standard fairy pieces, alternative starting positions, and additional rules. There are thousands of known chess variants (see list of chess variants). The…

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Equipment

Chess variants in fiction

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Chess variant

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Chess variant

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related to Bibliography · 31
Chess variant → Ancient, Batsford Chess Books, Beasley, Cazaux, Charles, Chess, Chess Variants, Chess Variations, Civilizations, Games, Gollon, ISBN, Its Development, Jean-Louis, John, John Beasley, Knowlton, LCCN, McFarland, Modern
related to Modern era · 17
Chess variant → Alekhine, Alexander Alekhine, Bobby Fischer, Capablanca Chess, Chess Review, Chess960, Fischer Random Chess, Furthermore, In, José Raúl Capablanca, Other, Seirawan, September, Several, Susan Polgar, The, Yasser Seirawan
related to overview · 17
Chess variant → According, British, Cazaux, Chess, Chess Variants, Chess Variants Pages, Encyclopedia, History, Indian, Internet, Knowlton, Murray, Pritchard, The, There, These, World
related to Scholarship and cataloguing · 15
Chess variant → Abstract Games, British Chess Variants Society, Chess Variants, David Pritchard, Following Pritchard's, John Beasley, L'Associazione Italiana Scacchi Eterodossi, Mario Leoncini, Most, The, The Classified Encyclopedia, The Italian, This, Variant Chess, Various
related to Equipment · 14
Chess variant → Another, As, English Barleycorn, Gothic Chess, Lund, Omega Chess, One, Other, RPG, Selenus, Some, Specialized, Standard, Staunton
related to Chess variants in fiction · 13
Chess variant → An, Another, Chess, Edgar Rice Burroughs, In The Chessmen, Jetan, Mars, Martian, More, On-screen, Star Trek, Star Wars, Tri-Dimensional Chess
related to Islamic variants · 13
Chess variant → Arabic, Byzantine, Chess, Ferdowsi, In, Islamic, Muslim, One, Several, Shahnameh, There, This, Yet
related to Pre-modern Europe · 12
Chess variant → Arabic, Before, Catalan, Europe, European, Further, Scachs, Spain, Spanish, The, This, When
related to Play · 8
Chess variant → Carlsen, Chess960, FIDE, Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, Several Gliński's, Western, While, World Chess Champion Magnus
related to Computer variant chess · 7
Chess variant → Arimaa, Conversely, Gardner's Minichess, Los Alamos, MANIAC, The, While

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chess variants pieces game variant also modern board fairy games introduced new several one like played developed chess960 play different

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Chess variantis alarge board grant acedrex0.90text
unique boardsinstance ofbut others require special equipment0.80text
chessmen to represent the fairy piecesinstance ofbut others require special equipment0.80text
the variant discussed in the Harihara chaturaga of Prataparudra of Odishainstance ofVarious Indian large board variants with unique chess pieces were also introduced in later times0.80text
theinstance of12 board and had multiple unique pieces0.80text
the kaiser's gameinstance ofThis book included different variants0.80text
Chess variantrelated to BibliographyCazaux0.60section
Chess variantrelated to BibliographyJean-Louis0.60section
Chess variantrelated to BibliographyKnowlton0.60section
Chess variantrelated to BibliographyRick0.60section
Chess variantrelated to BibliographyWorld0.60section
Chess variantrelated to BibliographyChess0.60section

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