Chess variants with different board sizes – Green Chess

2. Chess variants with different board sizes

These chess variants are played on a rectangular board, but not on the usual 8x8. Otherwise the rules and the pieces are the same.

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Wider

9x8 board, one more queen

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Wide chess – 10

10x8 board, more minor pieces

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Wide chess – 11

11x8 board, more minor pieces

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Wide chess – 12

12x8 board, more minor pieces

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Farther

Far chess – 9

8x9 board, larger distance

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Far chess – 10

8x10 board, larger distance

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Far chess – 11

8x11 board, larger distance

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Far chess – 12

8x12 board, larger distance

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Nearer

Near chess – 7

8x7 board, shorter distance

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Near chess – 6

8x6 board, shorter distance

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Narrower

Narrow chess – 7

7x8 board

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Narrow chess – 6

6x8 board

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Narrow chess – 5

5x8 board

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Narrow chess – 4

4x8 board

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Smaller

Los Alamos Chess

6x6 board, no bishops

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6x6 board, no queen

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Mallett Chess – 6x6

6x6 board, bishops against knights

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4x5 board, single pawn

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