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2. Mutilated chessboard problem - Wikipedia

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   Gomory's theorem: Removing any two oppositely-colored squares of a chessboard leaves a region that can be tiled by dominoes. The two removed squares partition a Hamiltonian cycle through the squares into one (left) or two (right) paths through an even number of squares, allowing the modified chessboard to be tiled by dominoes laid along the paths.

3. List of chess variants - Wikipedia

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   Stratomic: Adds nuclear missiles to the standard chess array on a 10×10 board. When launched they irradiate any 3×3 area (friendly pieces included) except kings. By Robert Montay-Marsais (1972). Wildebeest Chess: Uses an 11×10 board, each player has two camels and a wildebeest (camel + knight). Pawns move one, two, or three squares initially.

4. Masonic chess - Wikipedia

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   Masonic chess is a chess variant invented by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1983. [1] [2] The game is played on a modified chessboard whereby even-numbered ranks are indented to the right—resembling masonry brickwork. The moves of the pieces are adapted to the new geometry; in other respects the game is the same as chess.

5. Chess variant - Wikipedia

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   A three-player chess variant which uses a hexagonal board. A chess variant is a game related to, derived from, or inspired by chess. [1] Such variants can differ from chess in many different ways. "International" or "Western" chess itself is one of a family of games which have related origins and could be considered variants of each other.

6. Staunton chess set - Wikipedia

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   A modified Staunton chess set, described in the FIDE Laws of Chess, [13] is used for the blind and visually impaired. In such a set, the black pieces are differentiated from the white pieces by a small point/spike atop the pieces, and the dark squares are raised above the light squares to allow the user to feel the board and pieces to ...

7. Rules of chess - Wikipedia

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   Staunton style chess pieces. Left to right: king, rook, queen, pawn, knight, bishop. The rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess. Chess is a two-player abstract strategy board game. Each player controls sixteen pieces of six types on a chessboard. Each type of piece moves in a distinct way.