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	Chess Guide - Online Games Information
		Chess (the "Game of Kings") is a board game for two players, which requires 32 chesspieces (or chessmen) and a board demarcated by 64 squares.
		Chess is played both recreationally and competitively in clubs, tournaments, on-line, and by mail (correspondence chess).
		At one time, chess games were recorded using Descriptive chess notation, a somewhat clumsy notation that takes more space, more time to say, and more time to explain than its replacement, algebraic chess notation.
	www.chess.freegames.eu.com (1116 words)

	Martian Chess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Martian Chess is an abstract strategy game for two or four players invented by Andrew Looney.
		At any given time a player controls only those pieces that are in his or her territory.
		Edgar Rice Burroughs described an unrelated game of "Martian Chess" called Jetan in The Chessmen of Mars.
	www.icyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/martian_chess.html (584 words)

	Wikinfo \| Chess
		Chess is one of humanity's more popular games; it is has been described not only as a game, but also as both art and science.
		Chess is sometimes seen as an abstract wargame; as a "mental martial art".
		In May 2002, several leaders in the chess world met in Prague and signed a unity agreement which intended to ensure the crowning of an undisputed world champion before the end of 2003, and restore the traditional cycle of qualifying matches by 2005.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=chess (1216 words)

	Martian Race
		Martians from the same family (pieces of the same color) can pass through or land on partially or totally blocked squares freely.
		If a Martian ends a move (not necessarily a turn) in a square occupied by one or more vulnerable enemy Martians (see Blocking rules), the Martians are 'pushed' to other squares as decided by the owner of the newly arriving Martian.
		All large pieces are Martians that have finished their preparations and are on the way to the Launch Pad to head off into space.
	home.att.net /~kerry_and_ryan/MartianRace.html (1980 words)

	The Rules of Martian Chess
		Martian Chess is a chess-like strategy game in which location, rather than piece color, determines which pieces you may move.
		Like Chess, each type of piece has its own way of moving, and you capture by moving onto an opponent's square; but unlike Chess, you can only move pieces sitting in your own quadrant, and only attack those in other quadrants which may include your own former pieces.
		To play Martian Chess, you need to imagine a pair of perpendicular dividing lines which split the board into fourths.
	www.wunderland.com /icehouse/MartianChess.html (816 words)

	Rocky Mountain News: Local
		Martian Chess is much like regular chess, except that you roll a die to determine how many pieces you can move in your turn.
		Regular chess is strictly a logic problem, but in real life, as in Martin chess, there is not only strategy, but also luck, and deception.
		Martian Chess is played on an ordinary chessboard using a standard set of chess pieces, a standard deck of 52 playing cards, and a six-sided die.
	denver.rockymountainnews.com /zubrin/0723zubrin.shtml (1802 words)

	Chess Guide > Chess Variants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Fischer Random Chess: the placement of the pieces on the 1st and 8th rank is randomized to enhance the adaptability of chess players.
		Grid Chess: the board is overlaid with a grid of lines; for a move to be legal, it must cross at least one of these lines.
		Madrasi chess: a piece which is attacked by the same type of piece of the opposite colour is paralysed.
	chess.go.ro /variants (725 words)

	Monochrome: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		A monochrome computer display is capable of displaying only a single color, often...
		...Chess Martian Chess Trice Trice Trice Monochrome-Chess Monochrome Chess Monochrome Chess Nanofictionary...
		ss Martian Chess Trice Trice Trice Monochrome-Chess Monochrome Chess Monochrome Chess Nanofictionary...
	www.encyclopedian.com /mo/Monochromatic.html (221 words)

	Icehouse: Martian Chess - Page 1
		Martian Chess is the spotlight of this review, because it’s the name that’s actually listed on the container (which isn’t especially sturdy, unfortunately.
		So, basically, if you like strategy games like checkers or chess then there is a vast world of possibilities with an Icehouse set.
		This comes in handy if you really like Martian Chess, because it looks better if all of the players are using the same color.
	www.dndorks.com /article/12/Page1.aspx (632 words)

	Chess Variant Applets
		I programmed these to show some of the many chess variants, rather than to be strong opponents.
		Billiards chess with pocketed pieces returned to their squares of origin.
		Hero Chess II The queen is replaced by the hero.
	www.pathguy.com /chess/ChessVar.htm (2771 words)

	John Greschak - Connections between Music and Chess
		This work was presented in an exhibition at the Noguchi Museum titled The Imagery of Chess Revisited (October 21, 2005 - April 16, 2006); this was an expanded version of a 1944 exhibition organized by Marcel Duchamp and Max Ernst at the Julien Levy Gallery.
		For example, in chess, a person who creates puzzles and problems to be solved is called a composer, and two different sequences of moves that lead from one given position to another are said to be related by transposition.
		Some other terms that are used in chess and music are: play, piece, notation, score, tempo, theme, variation, development, minimal composition, round, major and minor, position, second, retrograde, mirror, attack, anticipation, phase and echo.
	www.greschak.com /muschess.htm (4301 words)

	The Martian Chessboard Section
		So, Martian Chess is a good game if you have one friend available, or if you have three friends available, but what if you only have two friends available?
		The special three-player Martian Chess board can be thought of as being three sides of a cube, flattened into two dimensions, and then stretched into a triangular shape.
		Martian Go You can also use this board to play three player Martian Go.
	www.ee0r.com /tri-chess (902 words)

	Mars - IcehouseOrg
		One of his characters believes that as the Martian surface became too dry to support life, the Martians emigrated to Earth.
		Within the context of the stories, the Emperor of Mars was the inventor of Icehouse, which he believed to be a recreation of an ancient Martian game.
		When Looney Labs made injection-molded plastic pyramids available as "Icehouse: The Martian Chess Set", the linkage between pyramid games and Mars was solidified.
	icehousegames.org /wiki/?title=Mars (251 words)

	Martian Frisby
		Martian Frisby is a board game for two players.
		This homemade set is for Martian Frisby only and will not allow you to play other Icehouse games.
		Martian Frisby is intended for players mature enough to use small pointy objects responsibly.
	www.efran.org /embassy/frisby.html (999 words)

	War of the worlds
		This game celebrates the War Of The World, as described by H.G.Wells : it is Chess (reinforced) against Jetan, the Martian Chess according to Edgar Rice Burroughs.
		Grand Chess is the invention of Christian Freeling (1984), introducing Marshall and Cardinal.
		Omega Chess has been recently invented by Daniel Mac Donald and endorsed by some American Grand Masters.
	history.chess.free.fr /warworlds.htm (488 words)

	MORPHY AND MARS
		That this great chess player, perhaps the greatest chess player of all time, should fail of having a biographer probably results from a lack of information concerning the latter part of his life.
		After a narrow escape from these, she is captured by more humanoid Martians, the Manatorians, and is set up as the prize in an exciting game of Martian chess, jetan, which the Manatorians play to the death with living men as pieces.
		On the psychological level, Gaham, a Martian warrior, is first rejected as a suitor by the princess before the storm, but later turns up to be her preserver throughout their adventures, though she does not recognize him.
	www.chessdryad.com /articles/ep/art_01.htm (678 words)

	Martian Chess board game: how to play, what strategy, setup, instructions and rules. Online
		Martian Chess board game: how to play, what strategy, setup, instructions and rules.
		The Martian Chess set is the startup for for setup the game.
		The Martian Chess is a free game, and in you can discover the history.
	www.gaissa.com /Board_Games/Modern/Martian_chess.htm (895 words)

	Amazon.com: The Chessmen of Mars (Martian Tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs): Books: Edgar Rice Burroughs,John Bolen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		John Gollon, a noted authority on chess variants, had a similar experience when he was writing "Chess Variations." He thought he'd include a chapter on jetan for some comic relief, so he made a jetan set and played a few games.
		The second is jetan, the Martian version of chess, which is usually played on a 10 x 10 game board of alternating fl and orange squares in the cities of Barsoom, but in the city of Manator is played with living pieces in a giant arena.
		As was the case with the previous Martian novel, "Thuvia, Maid of Mars," ERB introduces a new hero for this adventure in Gahan, Jed of Gathol.
	www.amazon.com /Chessmen-Martian-Tales-Edgar-Burroughs/dp/1400100216 (2648 words)

	Martian Go
		Martian Go is an elegant little strategy game for two or four players.
		You need a chessboard, a set of Icehouse pieces or Zarcana pieces, and four other tokens (which can be anything -- coins, pebbles, Brazil nuts, what have you).
		As of July 2002, Martian Go is more or less obsolete.
	www.eblong.com /zarf/martian-go.html (821 words)

	US Chess History
		If you were to be paired against Superman, say at a chess tournament, you'd no doubt be in awe of his very presence.
		He is also the president of Chess On Stamps Study Unit, an international group which focuses on chess philately.
		Other major interests include chess art, Mardi Gras doubloons with a chess motif-which he has researched thoroughly for nine years, and The CHESS 'n stuff Museum, located in Longmont, Colorado.
	www.chessmuseum.org /history14.htm (843 words)

	Funagain Games: Icehouse: The Martian Chess Set
		Like a chess set, it can be used to play a complex abstract strategy board game, for which the game set itself is named.
		The Martian Chess Set offers you four exotic games, one of which requires a deck of Tarot cards to create the board.
		Martian chess requires a chess or checkerboard (not included) and Zarcana requires a deck of Tarot cards or regular playing cards (Tarot preferred).
	www.funagain.com /control/product/~product_id=08059/~affiliate_id=LUDI (920 words)

	Martian Chess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Martian Chess is an abstract strategy game for two tosix players invented by Andrew Looney.
		It is played with Icehouse pieces on a chessboard or checkerboard ; to play with a number ofplayers other than two or four, a small distorted board is available which can be tiled to produce a board of the required size.See [1].
		Edgar Rice Burroughs described an unrelated game of"Martian Chess" called Jetan in The Chessmenof Mars.
	www.therfcc.org /martian-chess-113650.html (604 words)

	Pagan Parenting
		Two of our favorites, Ice Castles and Martian Chess, are played with these nifty little plastic pyramids produced by Looney Labs, our favorite game makers.
		Martian Chess is a more complicated game than Ice Castles, but way less complicated than regular Human Chess.
		Looney Labs makes a "chess board bandana" that is easily carried, so you can do a 2 or 4 person game pretty easily.
	www.musicforthegoddess.com /parent/games (745 words)

	Kotra (Martian Backgammon) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Martian Go, both of which use a chessboard and are almost, but not quite, entirely unlike their namesakes.
		Instead of using them to simply count spaces, though, I opted to let the pieces be differentiated by size (in keeping with practice in most Icehouse games) and let the dice pick the pieces to play.
		The four-player variant is the brainchild of Benjamin Cordes, who sent it to me fully tested a few days after the game was first posted to the Icehouse mailing list.
	home.earthlink.net /~guardcaptain/Kotra.html (818 words)

	Chess Fonts
		Inspired by diagrams in the earliest chess litterature.
		Armando designed it to create diagrams with chess problems for children at the school "Colegio La Salle de San Cristobal" in the state of Chiapas, Mexico.
		Chess Usual is the same font, but redesigned by Armando H. Marroquin.
	www.enpassant.dk /chess/fonteng.htm (1285 words)

	The Martian Archeological Society
		One thing they noticed right away was that the game sets being used here had pyramids that were all of a single color, unlike the random mix of colors the rules had told them to use.
		He decided he didn't want to play Icehouse anymore since he was being discriminated against by the Children of Mars, so he came up with a new game that he could play with his Icehouse set.
		So, I guess the guy who created Martian Chess was hoping to get the Children of Mars pissed off, by claiming to have 'rediscovered' an old Martian thing even though he's not a redhead."
	www.wunderland.com /WTS/Andy/Leftovers/MartianArchSoc.html (2068 words)

	Martian Chess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Martian Chess is a 2 or 4 player game that uses Icehouse pieces, requiring one stash per player, and a chessboard.
		Like Chess, Martian Chess is turn based, and played on a chessboard.
		Lastly, Martian Chess supports 4 players as well as two, and plays just as well that way.
	www.boardgamegeek.com /game/19803 (212 words)

	Martian Checkers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Development of Martian Checkers stalled almost immediately after the game's invention.
		Martian Checkers, like many other great games (including some Earth games such as Chess and Checkers), is played on a Martian Chess Board.
		From two to 6 players may play, if a suitable number of distinguishable sets of pieces and a suitably shaped board may be found.
	jwelton.v-space.org /games/MartianCheckers (467 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
		The Manatorians have elevated Jetan, Martian chess, to an unprecedented level of skill and excitement: they use live chessmen who fight for live princesses.
		You, yourself, have aged, though not as much as most men in a corresponding number of years, which may be accounted for by the fact that the same blood runs in our veins; but I have not aged at all.
		I have discussed the question with a noted Martian scientist, a friend of mine; but his theories are still only theories.
	www.fictionwise.com /servlet/mw?t=book&bi=10314&id=26117 (981 words)

	Martian Chessboard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		You may want to trim the borders off and glue the quarter-boards to a large sheet of posterboard.
		Martian Chess, Martian Go, and no doubt any number of other games with this board.
		The intermingled landscapes of craters and dunes (okay, very regular dunes) was distantly inspired by Escher.
	www.eblong.com /zarf/martian-board.html (223 words)

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