Circular chess is a chess variant dated to 2001 and played by two players on a circular board. It follows the basic rules of chess, including castling and capturing en passant, but adapts them to a ring: the pieces are set up as in normal chess, and a ninth diameter, or file, is added with unplayable spaces in the first two circles, or ranks, which stops pieces on the first rank from attacking each other directly. The board layout was patented in the United States by its designers. It is distinct from Byzantine chess and from another game also called Circular chess that was developed by David Reynolds, which uses a different board layout, setup and rules. A game is listed at sixty minutes.
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1. Circular chess (source article)
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Year 2001
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Players 2 Players
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Circular Chess is a board game for
Derived From: Chess, About section
This chess variant follows the basic rules of chess
View the Source2. Circular Chess (BoardGameGeek)
- Playing Time: 60
- Designer: Alan Mattlage
- Designer: Martin Mattlage
- Publisher: (Self-Published)
- Game Category: Abstract Strategy
- Game Mechanic: Grid Movement
- Minimum Players: 2
- Maximum Players: 2
View the SourceCircular chess (Wikipedia)
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The history of circular chess goes back at least to the Byzantine Empire, as suggested by its alternate name.
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