Fortress chess
{{Short description|Four-player chess variant}}
{{About|a chess variant|the chess manoeuvre|Fortress (chess)}}
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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.
See also
- Forchess
- Four-player chess
- {{portal-inline|Chess}}
References
- {{cite book
|last=Pritchard
|first=D. B.
|authorlink=David Pritchard (chess player)
|title=The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants
|chapter=Fortress Chess
|pages=111–12
|publisher=Games & Puzzles Publications
|year=1994
|isbn=0-9524142-0-1}}
- {{cite book
|last=Pritchard
|first=D. B.
|authorlink=David Pritchard (chess player)
|editor-last=Beasley
|editor-first=John
|title=The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants
|chapter=Fortress Chess
|pages=324–25
|publisher=John Beasley
|year=2007
|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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Category:18th century in chess
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