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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.


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Forchess Forchess is a four-player chess variant developed by T. K. Rogers, an American engineer. It uses one standard chessboard and two sets of standard pieces. History and motivation Forchess was developed around the year 1975. Its inventor T. K. Rog ...
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Four-player chess Four-player chess (also known as four-handed chess) is a family of chess variants played with four people. The game features a special board typically made of a standard 8×8 square, with 3 rows of 8 cells each extending from each side, and req ...
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* http://www.chessvariants.com/historic.dir/fortress.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20081013193034/http://www.quadibloc.com/chess/ch0206.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Fortress Chess Chess variants Chess in Russia 18th century in chess Russian inventions