Orthochess

//ˌɔːθəˈt͡ʃɛs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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"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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