Orthochess
//ˌɔːθəˈt͡ʃɛs// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The conventional game and rules of chess. uncountable, variant
"Problems of this sort have been exhaustively dealt with for orthochess (see A Guide to Fairy Chess, p. 39, for tables of results); Haas here presents 59 positions showing his best results for all possible moves, type A."
Example
More examples"Problems of this sort have been exhaustively dealt with for orthochess (see A Guide to Fairy Chess, p. 39, for tables of results); Haas here presents 59 positions showing his best results for all possible moves, type A."
Etymology
From ortho- + chess, probably as a clipping of orthodox chess.
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