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Alice Chess is a popular variant which is usually played on two boards to facilitate the movement of pieces between the boards. [19] Three-dimensional boards are often represented by multiple two-dimensional boards. Variants may use anywhere from two to eight boards. [20] For example, Raumschach utilises five boards of twenty-five squares each ...
Chess boxes, chess clocks, and chess tables are common pieces of chess equipment used alongside chess sets. Chess sets are made in a wide variety of styles, sometimes for ornamental rather than practical purposes. For tournament play, the Staunton chess set is preferred and, in some cases, required. Human chess uses people as the pieces.
Four-player chess (also known as four-handed chess) is a family of chess variants played with four people. The game features a special board typically made of a standard 8×8 square, with 3 rows of 8 cells each extending from each side, and requires two sets of differently colored pieces.
A chess table is a table built with features to make it useful for playing the game of chess. A chess board is usually integral to the table top and often two drawers are provided to hold the pieces when not in use. Most chess tables have the board inlaid or engraved, though cheaper tables may have it painted on.
Thrones Chess, initial setup with the classic chess pieces. Free squares may be filled by additional classic or fairy chess pieces. Zonal chess: Board has triangular wings or "zones" on either side of the main 8×8 board. Queens, bishops, and rooks that start from one of the squares in either zone may change direction and keep going on the same ...
Capablanca chess (or Capablanca's chess) is a chess variant invented in the 1920s by World Chess Champion José Raúl Capablanca. It incorporates two new pieces and is played on a 10×8 board. Capablanca believed that chess would be played out in a few decades (meaning games between grandmasters would always end in draws). This threat of "draw ...