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  2. List of chess variants - Wikipedia

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    The chess variants listed below are derived from chess by changing one or more of the many rules of the game. The rules can be grouped into categories, from the most innocuous (starting position) to the most dramatic (adding chance/randomness to the gameplay after the initial piece placement).

  3. Rules of chess - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  4. Swiss-system tournament - Wikipedia

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    The Monrad system used in chess in Denmark is quite simple, with players initially ranked at random, and pairings modified only to avoid players meeting each other twice. [5] The Norwegian system has an optional seeding system for the first-round pairings, and within a score group, the pairing algorithm endeavours to give players alternating ...

  5. Chess variant - Wikipedia

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    The origins of the chess family of games can be traced to the game of chaturanga during the time of the Gupta Empire in India. [2] Over time, as the game spread geographically, modified versions of the rules became popular in different regions.

  6. Fast chess - Wikipedia

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    The World Chess Federation (FIDE) divides time controls for chess into "classical" time controls, and the fast chess time controls.As of July 2014, for master-level players (with an Elo of 2400 or higher) the regulations state that at least 120 minutes per player (based on a 60-move game) must be allocated for a game to be rated on the "classical" list; [2] for lower-rated players, this can be ...

  7. 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.

  8. Minichess - Wikipedia

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    Minichess is a family of chess variants played with regular chess pieces and standard rules, but on a smaller board. [1] The motivation for these variants is to make the game simpler and shorter than standard chess. The first chess-like game implemented on a computer was the 6×6 chess variant Los Alamos chess. The low memory capacity of early ...

  9. Chess - Wikipedia

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    Finally, the rules around castling and en passant captures were standardized – variations in these rules persisted in Italy until the late 19th century. The resulting standard game is sometimes referred to as Western chess [81] or international chess, [82] particularly in Asia where other games of the chess family such as xiangqi are ...

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