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2. Chess on a really big board - Wikipedia

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   Chess on a really big board is a large chess variant invented by Ralph Betza around 1996. [1] It is played on a 16×16 chessboard with 16 pieces (on the back rank) and 16 pawns (on the second rank) per player.

3. Dubrovnik chess set - Wikipedia

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   The chess box was felted with a metallic badge on the inside of the box with the inscription "IX. šah olimpijada Dubrovnik, Jugoslavija." [4] The box was unusually large, featuring 60 millimetres (2.4 in) squares. Approximately 50 chess sets were made with original sets being very rare if not impossible to locate or buy. [4]

4. List of chess variants - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Chess set - Wikipedia

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   Extra pieces may be provided for use in promotion, most commonly one extra queen per color. 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.

6. Grand Chess - Wikipedia

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   Grand Chess is a large-board chess variant invented by Dutch games designer Christian Freeling in 1984. [1] [2] It is played on a 10×10 board, with each side having two additional pawns and two new pieces: the marshal and the cardinal. The marshal (M) combines powers of a rook and a knight. The cardinal (C) combines powers of a bishop and a ...

7. Chess piece - Wikipedia

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   A chess piece, or chessman, is a game piece that is placed on a chessboard to play the game of chess. It can be either white or black, and it can be one of six types: king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, or pawn. Chess sets generally come with sixteen pieces of each color.