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Chess on a Really Big Board

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Chess on a Really Big Board is a large chess variant invented by Ralph Betza around 1996. [1]

34 relations: Alfil (chess), Avalanche chess, Bishop (chess), Bishop and knight checkmate, Camel (chess), Castling, Checkmate, Chess, Chess with different armies, Chu shogi, Cylinder chess, Dabbaba (chess), Danvers Opening, Empress (chess), En passant, Fairy chess piece, Ferz, Fifty-move rule, King (chess), Kirin (chess), Knight (chess), List of chess variants, Nightrider (chess), Octagon, Phoenix (chess), Princess (chess), Ralph Betza, Rook (chess), The Chess Variant Pages, Three-dimensional chess, Threeleaper, Tripper (chess), Wazir (chess), Zebra (chess).

Alfil (chess)

An alfil (or elephant) is a xiangqi piece and fairy chess piece that jumps two squares diagonally.

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Avalanche chess

Avalanche chess is a chess variant designed by Ralph Betza in 1977.

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Bishop (chess)

A bishop (♗,♝) is a piece in the board game of chess.

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Bishop and knight checkmate

The bishop and knight checkmate in chess is the checkmate of a lone king which can be forced by a bishop, knight, and king.

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Camel (chess)

The camel (or long knight) is a fairy chess piece that moves like an elongated knight.

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Castling

Castling is a move in the game of chess involving a player's king and either of the player's original rooks.

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Checkmate

Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is a game position in chess and other chess-like games in which a player's king is in check (threatened with) and there is no way to remove the threat.

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Chess

Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid.

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Chess with different armies

Chess with different armies (or Betza's Chess or Equal Armies) is a chess variant invented by Ralph Betza in 1979.

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Chu shogi

Chu shogi (中将棋 chū shōgi or Middle Shogi) is a strategy board game native to Japan.

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Cylinder chess

Cylinder chess (or Cylindrical chess) is a chess variant with an unusual board.

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Dabbaba (chess)

A dabbaba (or dabaaba, dabbabah) is a fairy chess piece that jumps two squares orthogonally (the directions a chess rook can move), leaping over any intermediate piece.

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Danvers Opening

The Danvers Opening,Edward Winter, at chesshistory.com also known as the Kentucky Opening,, Dubuque Chess Journal, May 1875, page 250 scanned at Hathitrust (original from New York Public Library) Queen's Attack, Queen's Excursion, Wayward Queen Attack, Patzer OpeningLev Alburt & Al Lawrence,, Rowman & Littlefield, 2010 or Parham AttackThe Chess Drum,, 6 July 2003 is an unorthodox chess opening characterized by the moves.

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Empress (chess)

An empress is a fairy chess piece that can move like a rook or a knight.

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En passant

En passant (in passing) is a move in chess.

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Fairy chess piece

A fairy chess piece, variant chess piece, unorthodox chess piece, or heterodox chess piece is a chess piece not used in conventional chess but incorporated into certain chess variants and some chess problems.

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Ferz

A ferz (or fers) is a fairy chess piece that moves like a bishop, but can only go one square.

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Fifty-move rule

The fifty-move rule in chess states that a player can claim a draw if no has been made and no pawn has been moved in the last fifty moves (for this purpose a "move" consists of a player completing their turn followed by the opponent completing their turn).

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King (chess)

In chess, the king (♔,♚) is the most important piece.

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Kirin (chess)

A kirin is a fairy chess piece that moves as a ferz or a dabbaba.

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Knight (chess)

The knight (♘ ♞) is a piece in the game of chess, representing a knight (armored cavalry).

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List of chess variants

A chess variant (or unorthodox chess) is a game "related to, derived from, or inspired by chess".

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Nightrider (chess)

A nightrider (also known as a knightmare or unicorn, though the latter sometimes also means the bishop+nightrider compound) is a fairy chess piece that can move any number of steps as a knight in the same direction.

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Octagon

In geometry, an octagon (from the Greek ὀκτάγωνον oktágōnon, "eight angles") is an eight-sided polygon or 8-gon.

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Phoenix (chess)

A phoenix is a fairy chess piece that moves as a wazir or an alfil.

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Princess (chess)

A princess is a fairy chess piece that can move like a bishop or a knight.

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Ralph Betza

Ralph Betza (born 1945) is a FIDE Master and inventor of chess variants such as Chess with different armies, Avalanche chess, and Way of the Knight.

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Rook (chess)

A rook (♖,♜) is a piece in the strategy board game of chess.

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The Chess Variant Pages

The Chess Variant Pages is a popular non-commercial Internet website devoted to chess variants.

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Three-dimensional chess

Three-dimensional chess (or 3D chess) refers to any chess variant that uses multiple boards at different levels, allowing the chess pieces to move in three physical dimensions.

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Threeleaper

A threeleaper (or trébuchet) is a fairy chess piece that jumps three squares orthogonally (the directions a chess rook can move), leaping over any intermediate piece.

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Tripper (chess)

A tripper is a fairy chess piece that jumps three squares diagonally, leaping over any intermediate piece.

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Wazir (chess)

A wazir (or vizir) is a fairy chess piece that moves like a rook, but can go only one square.

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Zebra (chess)

The zebra is a fairy chess piece that moves like a stretched knight.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_on_a_Really_Big_Board

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