Questions tagged [chessboards]
For questions about the boards used for playing chess.
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Are there non-Chess games that use a chess board with "black on the right"
Are there any non-Chess games that use a chess board where the bottom-right hand cell for each player is black rather than white?
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Initial position with board "reflected"
The rule says that the a1 (and consequently the h8) square must be black, in other words, the leftmost square of the first row of each player must be black. With this the kings stay at the right side ...
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Alright so if you a pawn makes it to the other side can that player grab a castle and say its a queen? [duplicate]
EDIT - Tony adds this interpretation, which hopefully the OP will accept by removing this line.
If one of my pawns captures a Rook (which is on the 8th rank) can I promote that pawn to a Queen in the ...
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Opening a chess club
Beside the chess sets and clocks, what materials are needed? I took care of the place, I'm talking about chess materials needed.
Now lets talk about the materials, I would like to buy them this week, ...
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For best chess players.... Help me [closed]
I have one question in my mind that while playing chess game with real person...
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I also want to become winner.not only me but all starters.
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1. What do you feel.
2. How do you think.
3. How can you ...
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Are alphanumeric style chessboards becoming less popular?
It seems that most of the chessboards being offered for sale in the House of Staunton or Regency Chess - except for cheap vinyl tournament chess boards - do not have alphanumeric coordinates marked on ...
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Why is a 0x88 chessboard array of size 128 bytes when 0x88 is decimal 136?
I am starting to look at chessboard representation with the 0x88 hex array board rep, but I'm getting confused! Please help me understand it properly!
The 0x88 chess board representations I have seen ...
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Chess Pieces like classic 1997 "Pure Mate" ad
I used to have this print up on my locker in highschool, and have had a blown-up, framed version in my living room for the past several years.
I've recently started playing chess regularly again and ...
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