Four Fronts
{{Short description|Four-player chess variant}}
{{Infobox game
| title = Four Fronts
Cuatro Frentes
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| designer = Gabriel Baldi Lemonnier
| years = 2012 - present
| genre = Board game, abstract strategy game
| players = 2, 3 or 4
| setup_time = 1 minute
| playing_time = Casual games usually last 4 to 40 minutes.
| random_chance = None
}}
Four Fronts (Cuatro Frentes in Spanish) is a board game created by the Uruguayan professor{{ambig|date=September 2022}} Gabriel Baldi Lemonnier.{{cite web|url= http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/255616/se-necesitan-cuatro-para-jugar-ajedrez/|author=Luis Roux |title= Se necesitan cuatro para jugar ajedrez|work= El Observador|date= 20 July 2013|accessdate= 20 July 2013|trans-title=It takes four to play chess|language= es|location= Uruguay |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130726232119/http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/255616/se-necesitan-cuatro-para-jugar-ajedrez/|archive-date= 26 July 2013|url-status= dead}}
History
It was created in 2012 by Lemonnier, who invented and patented it as «Ajedrez Uruguayo» (Uruguayan Chess).{{cite web |url= http://www.metro.pr/deportes/four-fronts-ajedrez-a-lo-grande/pGXmfy!PZt7jOoDS7Y2/|title= Four fronts: ajedrez a lo grande |trans-title= Four fronts: chess at large|work = Metro|date= 25 June 2013 |accessdate= 20 July 2013|language=es}}
- {{cite web|url = http://www.canal10.com.uy/hola-vecinos/2013/invento-uruguayo-ajedrez-para-cuatro|title = Invento uruguayo: ajedrez para cuatro |trans-title=Uruguayan invention: chess for four|website = Canal 10|date = 15 June 2013|accessdate = 20 July 2013|location= Uruguay |language = es|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20130720174512/http://www.canal10.com.uy/hola-vecinos/2013/invento-uruguayo-ajedrez-para-cuatro|archivedate = 20 July 2013}}
It is a variant of chess, for two, three or four opponents who play in pairs or individually, although when playing in pairs, partners cannot speak. It involves moving the pieces through the checkered gameboard of black or white, with the intention of capturing. To the standard board of eight by eight frames, four sections were added to the respective formations.{{cite web |url = http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&idioma=1&id=1609231&Itemid=1|title = Uruguayo inventa variante de ajedrez para cuatro jugadores |trans-title=Uruguayan invents chess variant for four players|work= Prensa Latina|date =14 July 2013 |accessdate= 20 July 2013|language=es}}
The pieces are 12 per player: the king, the queen, the bishop, the knight, rook and the pawn, incorporating as a novelty the prince, a piece that moves similarly to a queen.{{cite web |url =http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/uruguayo-patento-ajedrez-principes-fourt-fronts.htmlde |title =Uruguayo patentó ajedrez con principes |trans-title=Uruguayan patented chess with princes|work =El País |date =14 July 2013 |accessdate =20 July 2013 |language =es|location= Uruguay}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The pieces are colored white, black, yellow and red.
References
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External links
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