Fortress chess (also known as Russian Four-Handed chess) is a four-player
chess variant
A chess variant is a game related to, derived from, or inspired by chess. Such variants can differ from chess in many different ways.
"International" or "Western" chess itself is one of a family of games which have related origins and could be co ...
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
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Forchess
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Four-player chess
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References
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External links
* http://www.chessvariants.com/historic.dir/fortress.html
* https://web.archive.org/web/20081013193034/http://www.quadibloc.com/chess/ch0206.htm
Chess variants
Chess in Russia
18th century in chess
Russian inventions
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