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708:PlunderChess
703:Patrol chess
688:Losing chess
663:Dynamo chess
633:Beirut chess
628:Atomic chess
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1240:Chadarangam
1210:Navia Dratp
1164:Quatrochess
1144:Four Fronts
1096:Multiplayer
1057:Omega Chess
1047:Dragonchess
1032:Chesquerque
994:Janus Chess
989:Grand Chess
885:rules using
818:Alice chess
683:Legan chess
658:Cubic chess
648:Circe chess
605:traditional
543:Cross chess
290:dragon king
129:Piece moves
28:Cross chess
1472:Categories
1250:Chaturanga
1233:Historical
1082:Wolf chess
1023:Unorthodox
883:Unorthodox
863:Rollerball
823:Apocalypse
795:Kriegspiel
785:Dice chess
780:Dark chess
653:Crazyhouse
603:rules with
601:Unorthodox
534:Grid chess
304:References
109:Game rules
1407:Fairy-Max
1328:Dai shogi
1323:Chu shogi
1245:Chaturaji
1179:Tri-chess
1072:2000 A.D.
1062:Stratomic
853:Jeson Mor
848:Dragonfly
833:Chessence
800:Penultima
643:Chessplus
616:8Ă—8 board
563:Minichess
350:1041-0546
180:Promotion
167:queenside
163:(0-0) or
136:diagonals
123:stalemate
119:checkmate
91:Shafran's
87:Gliński's
62:diagonals
48:hexagonal
1395:Software
1340:Sittuyin
1308:Senterej
1296:variants
1284:Regional
1265:Shatranj
1215:The Duke
1134:Forchess
1104:Bosworth
948:Cheskers
908:Berolina
614:Standard
498:Handicap
369:(1994).
254:Hexshogi
229:See also
159:kingside
1426:Related
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1124:Duchess
903:Baroque
155:either
1412:XBoard
1402:ChessV
1350:Jungle
1313:Shatar
1303:Makruk
1291:Janggi
1195:Arimaa
1119:Djambi
913:Chakra
889:pieces
607:pieces
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153:castle
121:, and
1355:Banqi
1318:Shogi
1226:games
1200:Jetan
923:Duell
838:Congo
294:shogi
267:Notes
207:White
143:ranks
115:Check
101:files
95:chess
54:ranks
40:board
30:is a
1154:Gala
1052:Gess
828:Chad
445:list
397:ISBN
375:ISBN
346:ISSN
256:– a
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