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Word: ervand (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have over the years developed variations that make the game even more complex. In one version called Capablanca Concentric Chess, the pieces move in spiraling arcs around a circular board. A number of three-dimensional chess games have also made their appearance, including one invented by Russian-born Mathematician Ervand G. Kogbetliantz that was so bewildering that it never really caught on; it is played on an eight-tiered board with 64 pieces to a side. Now, working independently, two other buffs have devised chesslike games for three players, all competing at the same time. Both encourage the formation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Chess for Three | 1/8/1973 | See Source »

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