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These templates shows a chess diagram, a graphic representation of a position in a chess game, using standardised symbols resembling the pieces of the standard Staunton chess set.
A 10x10 chequered square board is used as in a Continental Checker board. Each player has 15 pieces that are initially lined up on the dark squares of the first three ranks of each player's side. The five pieces on the first rank are called stars, and are marked with one to five stars in ascending order from left to right.
The general rule is that all moves and captures are made diagonally. All references to squares refer to the dark squares only. The main differences from English draughts are: the size of the board (10×10), pieces can also capture backward (not only forward), the long-range moving and capturing capability of kings known as flying, and the requirement that the maximum number of men be captured ...
A square checkerboard with an alternating pattern is used for games including: Amazons; Chapayev; Chess and some of its variants (see chessboard) Czech draughts; Draughts, also known as checkers; Fox games; Frisian draughts; Gounki; International draughts; Italian draughts; Lines of Action; Pool checkers; Russian checkers
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 ...
MacMahon Squares are an edge-matching puzzle first published by Percy MacMahon in 1921, [1] using 24 unique squares with 3-color patterns; each of the four edges is assigned a single color. The complete set of 24 squares are organized next to each other by matching edge colors to create a 4 by 6 grid .
Example game of Dots and Boxes on a 2×2 square board. The second player ("B") plays a rotated mirror image of the first player's moves, hoping to divide the board into two pieces and tie the game. But the first player ("A") makes a sacrifice at move 7 and B accepts the sacrifice, getting one box.
TetraVex is a computer game that presents the player with a square grid and a collection of tiles, by default nine square tiles for a 3×3 grid. Each tile has four single-digit numbers, one on each edge. The objective of the game is to place the tiles into the grid in the proper position, completing this puzzle as quickly as possible.