Chessence

Chessence

Chessence is a chess variant invented by Jim Winslow in 1989. The game is played on a 6×9 rectangle of squares with eight squares missing, and each player has a king and nine men. The objective is to win by checkmate or stalemate the opponent. Some key aspects of the game include:

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