Chess

:For other meanings, see Chess (disambiguation).

Chess variants

:For more details on this topic, see Chess variant.

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Chess variants are forms of chess where the game is played with a different board, special fairy pieces or different rules. There are over 1500 unique variants of chess. Bobby Fischer noted the over emphasis on memorizing chess openings in normal chess and invented Fischer Random Chess. Fischer Random Chess and other versions with different starting positions work by scrambling the initial starting position for every game. See the list of chess variants for more details.

Related Topics:
Fairy pieces - Bobby Fischer - Fischer Random Chess - List of chess variants

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