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Co Tuong

Cờ tướng is the Vietnamese form of xiangqi, the two-player board game commonly called Chinese chess in English. It is pl...

Historical East Asian Regional Vietnamese

9.4 Excellent

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Makruk (Thai Chess)

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Historical Regional Thai Slow

9.2 Excellent

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Correspondence Chess

Correspondence chess offers a unique approach to playing chess. It’s a variant designed for remote play, typically utili...

Modern Historical Long Distance Slow

9.0 Excellent

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Chu Shogi

Chu Shogi is a traditional Japanese chess-variant developed during the 14th century. Played on a larger 12x12 board, it...

Japanese Historical 12x12 Shogi Family

8.8 Great

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Chaturanga (2-player)

Chaturanga is an ancient Indian board game generally regarded by historians as an early predecessor of modern chess. The...

Classic Indian Historical Ancient

8.7 Great

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Cambodian Chess (Ouk)

Ouk, also called Ouk Chatrang or Cambodian Chess, is a Cambodian regional chess variant closely related to Thai Makruk....

Historical Regional Cambodian Southeast Asian

8.4 Great

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Sittuyin (Burmese Chess)

Sittuyin, also called Burmese chess, is a traditional chess variant from Myanmar. It is played on an eight-by-eight boar...

Historical Regional Southeast Asian Burmese

8.2 Great

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Cambodian Chess

Cambodian Chess, known as Ouk Chaktrang, is the traditional chess game of Cambodia, closely related to Thai Makruk and d...

Variant Historical Regional Asean

8.1 Great

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Shatranj

Shatranj is the historical Persian form of chess that introduced the game to the Islamic world and medieval Europe follo...

Classical Medieval Historical Arabic

7.8 Good

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Tenjiku Shogi

Tenjiku Shogi is a historical Japanese chess variant played on a large 16×16 board. Developed during the 16th century, i...

Japanese Historical Shogi Family Large Board

7.8 Good

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Courier Chess

Courier chess is a historical European chess variant played on a board of 12 files by 8 ranks. Documented in medieval Ge...

European Medieval Historical Extended

7.7 Good

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Tori Shogi

Tori shogi, also called bird shogi, is a Japanese chess variant played on a 7 by 7 board. Its pieces bear bird names, in...

Japanese Historical Shogi Family Bird Pieces

7.7 Good

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Chaturanga

Chaturanga is an early Indian strategy board game generally regarded as an important ancestor of chess and related games...

Indian Historical Origin Ancient

7.6 Good

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Carrera's Chess

Carrera's Chess is a historical chess variant invented by Italian author Pietro Carrera in 1617. It is played on an expa...

Champion Historical Extended Centaur

7.6 Good

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Odds Chess

Odds chess is a handicap form of chess intended to compensate for a difference in playing strength. The stronger player...

Teaching Historical Imbalanced Handicap

7.6 Good

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Hiashatar

Hiashatar is a Mongolian chess variant played on a 10 by 10 board. Its defining feature is a bodyguard piece whose prese...

Historical Regional Mongolian Central Asian

7.6 Good

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Courier-Spiel

Courier-Spiel is a historical German chess variant played on a 12×8 board, part of the Courier chess family that was pla...

German Historical Large Board Courier Family

7.4 Good

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Star Trek Tri-Dimensional Chess

Star Trek Tri-Dimensional Chess is a fictional multi-board chess-like game associated with the original Star Trek televi...

Commercial Three Dimensional Scifi 3D Chess

7.2 Good

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Tri-Dimensional Chess

Tri-Dimensional Chess is a family of chess variants played across multiple vertically separated boards, allowing pieces...

Star Trek Three Dimensional Variant 3D Chess

6.8 Fair

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Millennium 3D Chess

Millennium 3D Chess, created by William D'Agostino in 2001, expands traditional chess into a three-dimensional format by...

Modern Commercial Three Dimensional 3D Chess

6.3 Fair