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Other pieces, not used in conventional chess but used in chess variants or certain kinds of chess problems, are known as fairy pieces.
Physical chess pieces used to play a game are usually three-dimensional figurines, taller than they are wide (a set of pieces designed for a board with squares two inches wide will typically have a king around 3.75 inches tall). They are available in a variety of designs, with the most usual known as the "Staunton design", named after the 19th century English chess player, Howard Staunton, being designed by Nathaniel Cook. On computers, chess pieces are often two-dimensional symbols on a 2D board, although some programs have fancier 3D graphics engines with more traditional styles.
For games played at the top level, pieces made of woodThis article describes the wood that comprises trees and boards. For the Chinese element, see wood (classical element). For the town, see Wood, South Dakota or Wood, Wisconsin. For the type of golf club, see golf club (equipment). Veluwe, The Netherlands are usual, but for lower-level games or very large tournaments, plasticThe term plastics covers a range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic condensation or polymerization products that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or fibers. Their name is derived from the fact that in their semi-liquid state they are ma sets are more normal.
Some small magnetic sets, designed to be compact, have pieces more like those used in ShogiShogi shogi ) is one of a family of strategic board games of which chess and xiangqi are also members, which originated from the 6th century Indian game of chaturanga or a close relative thereof. Shogi is native to Japan, and is sometimes called Japanese and XiangqiXiangqi ( Chinese: ; pinyin: xiangqi, Wade-Giles: hsiang-ch'i; roughly pronounced "shyang-chee"; literally translated as elephant chess is one of a family of strategic board games of which chess and shogi are also members, which originated from the 6th ce - each piece being a similar flat token, with a symbol drawn on it to show which piece it is.
See Also: Lewis chessmenThe Lewis chessmen belong to one of the few complete medieval chess sets that have survived until today. The chessmen are believed to have been made in Norway, perhaps by craftsmen in Trondheim, sometime during the 12th century. During that period the Heb, Charlemagne chessmen , Rules of chessWhile the exact origins of chess are unclear, the modern rules of chess first took form in Italy during the 16th century. The rules kept being slightly modified until early 19th century, when they reached their current form. Chess has a whole set of rules, Chess piece point valueIn chess, the chess pieces are often assigned certain point values that help determine how valuable a piece is strategically. These values are useful to players, and are also used in computer chess to help the computer figure out what moves to make. Clear
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