Chess and Chess-like Games
- Chaturaji (India)
- Chaturanga (Indian chess)
- Chess (Western chess)
- Chess variants (other chess-like games)
- Courier chess (German chess)
- Djambi (modern French chess variant)
- Fortress chess (Russia)
- Four-handed chess
- Hexagonal chess
- Hnefatafl (Nordic chess variant)
- Hiashatar (Mongolian chess variant)
- Hive (Board-less chess like game)
- Janggi (Korean chess)
- Jeson Mor (Mongolian chess variant)
- Maharajah and the Sepoys (Indian chess variant)
- Makruk (Thai chess)
- Senterej (Ethiopian chess)
- Shatar (Mongolian chess)
- Shatra
- Shatranj (Persian and Arabian chess)
- Shogi (Japanese chess)
- Shogi variants (other shogi-like games)
- Sittuyin (Burmese chess)
- Tamerlane chess (Persian)
- Three-player chess
- Xiangqi (Chinese chess)
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