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Cylinder chess

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Cylinder chess (or Cylindrical chess) is a chess variant with an unusual board. [1]

12 relations: Al-Masudi, British Chess Variants Society, Castling, Chess piece, Chess problem, Circular chess, Cylinder, En passant, Java (programming language), List of chess variants, Torus, Zugzwang.

Al-Masudi

Al-Mas‘udi (أبو الحسن علي بن الحسين بن علي المسعودي,; –956) was an Arab historian and geographer.

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British Chess Variants Society

The British Chess Variants Society (or BCVS) was an association of chess variant players and developers active between 1997 and 2010.

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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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Chess piece

A chess piece, or chessman, is any of the six different movable objects used on a chessboard to play the game of chess.

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Chess problem

A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by somebody using chess pieces on a chess board, that presents the solver with a particular task to be achieved.

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Circular chess

Circular chess is a chess variant played using the standard set of pieces on a circular board consisting of four rings, each of sixteen squares.

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Cylinder

A cylinder (from Greek κύλινδρος – kulindros, "roller, tumbler"), has traditionally been a three-dimensional solid, one of the most basic of curvilinear geometric shapes.

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En passant

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

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Java (programming language)

Java is a general-purpose computer-programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, and specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.

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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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Torus

In geometry, a torus (plural tori) is a surface of revolution generated by revolving a circle in three-dimensional space about an axis coplanar with the circle.

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Zugzwang

Zugzwang (German for "compulsion to move") is a situation found in chess and other games wherein one player is put at a disadvantage because they must make a move when they would prefer to pass and not move.

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Cylinder Chess, Cylindrical chess, Toroidal chess, Torus chess.

References

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

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