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  2. Rules of chess - Wikipedia

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    The rules of chess have evolved much over the centuries from the early chess-like games played in India in the 6th century. For much of that time the rules have varied from area to area. The modern rules first took form in southern Europe during the 13th century, giving more mobility to pieces that previously had more restricted movement (such ...

  3. Four-player chess - Wikipedia

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    Four-player chess (also known as four-handed chess) is a family of chess variants played with four people. The game features a special board typically made of a standard 8×8 square, with 3 rows of 8 cells each extending from each side, and requires two sets of differently colored pieces.

  4. Chaturaji - Wikipedia

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    Chaturaji (meaning "four kings") is a four-player chess-like game. It was first described in detail c. 1030 by Al-Biruni in his book India. [1] Originally, this was a game of chance: the pieces to be moved were decided by rolling two dice. A diceless variant of the game was still played in India at the close of the 19th century.

  5. Tie-breaking in Swiss-system tournaments - Wikipedia

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    In chess, where results are simply win/loss or draw, strength of schedule is the idea behind the methods based on the games already played: that the player that played the harder competition to achieve the same number of points should be ranked higher. In other games, results may supply more data used for breaking ties.

  6. Four Knights Game - Wikipedia

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    The Four Knights Game is a chess opening that begins with the moves: . 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6. This is the most common sequence, but the knights may develop in any order to reach the same position.

  7. Quatrochess - Wikipedia

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    Quatrochess is a chess variant for four players invented by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1986. [1] [2] It is played on a square 14×14 board that excludes the four central squares. Each player controls a standard set of sixteen chess pieces, and additionally nine fairy pieces. The game can be played in partnership (two opposing teams of two) or all ...

  8. Kyoto shogi - Wikipedia

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    The original rules states that a third repetition would end the game as a draw, but kept open the possibility that this should be changed if playing experience would reveal it as undesirable. An alternative would be to declare a loss for the player repeating a position too many times, except in cases of perpetual check, where the checker would ...

  9. Draw by agreement - Wikipedia

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    A game of chess can end in a draw by agreement.A player may offer a draw at any stage of a game; if the opponent accepts, the game is a draw. [1] In some competitions, draws by agreement are restricted; for example draw offers may be subject to the discretion of the arbiter, or may be forbidden before move 30 or 40, or even forbidden altogether.