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158: 259: 25: 122: 142: 255:, since 1923. The game commemorates a legendary chess game played in 1454 by two young knights in order to settle which of them would court the lady that both had fallen in love with. The event lasts 3 days. The participants of the game dress in historic clothes. The human chess game has strict rules which have been set by a specific committee. The performance lasts 30 minutes. 231:. When this is the case, piece captures are represented by choreographed fights that determine whether the piece is actually taken or not. Alternatively, the pieces may spar, following rules similar to those used by the 385:
features a human chess game that the main protagonist is forced to play. Eliminated human chess pieces seem to be killed, but it is revealed in the end that all kills and all deaths are faked.
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2/4 "Deadly Pawn", an insane Chessmaster uses the little people as live chess pieces; if they can't escape, they are either turned over to the SIDE or killed.
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with magically animated human-sized pieces. The characters Harry, Ron, and Hermione take the place of three of the pieces.
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where the pieces are human captives and captures in the game are replaced by fights to the death between them.
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featured a game of human chess played at a concentration camp during WWII. This was criticized by the
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A costumed human chess game has been staged every two years on the second week in September in the
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Many human chess games are choreographed stage shows performed by actors trained in
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costumes. Tendō and Marostica have been sister cities since 1993.
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depicts a version of a Martian chess variant called
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Monselice
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Carinthia
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Renaissance fairs
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Northern Delta
Lunar New Year
stage combat

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