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Hopscotch is a popular playground game in which players toss a small object, called a lagger, [1] [2] into numbered triangles or a pattern of rectangles outlined on the ground and then hop or jump through the spaces and retrieve the object. [3]
Infinite chess: Numerous players and mathematicians have conceived of chess variations played on an unbounded chessboard. [84] In one example, when using "Converse's rules," the pieces and their relative starting positions are unchanged—only the board is infinitely large. [89] Masonic Chess: Every other board rank is indented. Same as chess ...
Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Winter Variation: 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1; A98 Dutch, Ilyin–Genevsky Variation with 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Qc2: 8.Qc2 Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Alatortsev-Lisitsyn Line: 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4 ...
Chinese jump rope combines the skills of hopscotch with some of the patterns from the hand-and-string game cat's cradle. The game began in 7th-century China. In the 1960s, children in the Western hemisphere adapted the game. German-speaking children call Chinese jump rope gummitwist and British children call it elastics. The game is typically ...
Paandi, also known as Pandi or Nondi, is a regional hopscotch game traditionally played in rural parts of India (such as Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka and also in certain other countries with large numbers of immigrant Indians. [1] [2] The game is played only for leisure and does not involve serious rules or regulations. [3]
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Piko is the Philippine variation of the game hopscotch.The players stand behind the edge of a set of boxes (commonly in the shape of a cross or a little girl), and each throws their cue ball. The first to play is determined depending on the players' agreement (e.g. nearest to the markings of the moon, wings or chest).
Owen's Defence (also known as the Queen's Fianchetto Defence [1]) is an uncommon chess opening defined by the moves: . 1. e4 b6. By playing 1...b6, Black prepares to fianchetto the queen's bishop where it will participate in the battle for the centre.