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For chess lovers, history and chess variants curious:
Chess Variants: you will see the evolution of
"the most beautiful game of the world" from its older known variant (the indian
Chaturanga, appeared more than 1000 years ago!) to the arab chess (Shatranj) which helped
the game spreading in Europe during the Middle Age. There are also dozens of other
old and modern variants, such as the beloved "Bughouse", and the 3-dimensional chess of
"Star Trek".
For chess lovers and other board games lovers (checkers, otello, chinese checkers, tic-tac-toe,
etc.):
Zillions of Games: from this site you can
download a program which wants to become the universal platform for board games:
in facts, as the name says, using a single program you can play an infinity of games,
from the most traditional ones to the strangest variants
(have you ever tried Chaturanga, cylindrical chess, or checkers with, at you choice, 12, 15, 20 men?)
or even invent your own rules for your personalized game. You can download the free shareware
version, or register and get the key to unlock all features.
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