Fortress chess
Four-player chess variant
Fortress chess (also known as Russian Four-Handed chess) is a four-player chess variant played in Russia in the 18th and 19th centuries. The board contains 192 squares including the fortresses at its corners. The fortresses contain 16 squares and various pieces are placed inside.
See also
- Forchess
- Four-player chess
- Chess portal
References
- Pritchard, D. B. (1994). "Fortress Chess". The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. Games & Puzzles Publications. pp. 111–12. ISBN 0-9524142-0-1.
- Pritchard, D. B. (2007). "Fortress Chess". In Beasley, John (ed.). The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. John Beasley. pp. 324–25. ISBN 978-0-9555168-0-1.
External links
- http://www.chessvariants.com/historic.dir/fortress.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20081013193034/http://www.quadibloc.com/chess/ch0206.htm
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Chess variants (list)
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- Bosworth
- Bughouse chess
- Business chess
- Djambi
- Duchess
- Enochian chess
- Forchess
- Fortress chess
- Four Fronts
- Four-player chess
- Gala
- Hand and brain
- Quatrochess
- Three-man chess
- Three-player chess
- Tri-chess
- Arimaa
- Jetan
- Martian chess
- Navia Dratp
- The Duke
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