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Welcome	KI QU RO BS KT PA KM VC	Notation Syntax
Opening level-1	Middlegame level-1	Endgame level-1
Minor pieces	MPs/mps	Openings
History-1 2 3 4 5 6	History notes-1 2	Begin level-1 here?
GU level-2-3	Begin level-2-3 here?	Your first game
Level-1	Level-1 problems	Laws level-1
Eco AZ	Score sheet	Openings AZ
Computer Hal 9000	Play level-1	Play opening level-1 AZ
Glossary level-1	Glossary levels 1-2-3 etc	Symbol
Western	Chinese CN KN AD MR GE	Korean
Shatranj	Cambodian	Thai
Mongolian	Shogi Tori	Ethopian
Draughts/Checkers	Burmese	Chu shogi
Chesmayne lexicon	Piececlopedia AZ	Encyclopedia
Zillions	Variants AZ	Kaleidoscope!
Best chess links	Links 5000+ by category	The greats
Chess beauty contest!	Q&A mail	Goddess
Who’s who	On this day	PGN files
Quiz Quiz	Ark-1 2	NDE Accounts
Telescopes	The 88 constellations

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Western 8x8, Chinese 10x9, Shogi 7x7, 9x9 & 10x10 etc. Print-n-play levels 1, 2 and 3 with the board and pieces shown below - just print, cut, bend into a triangular shape and glue. Use small coins/pennies as weights - simple!

Western pieces	8x8-1 orthodox board	GU-ards level-2-3
8x8-2 +4 XW blockers	8x8-3 +2 XW blockers	8x8-4 +2 XW blockers
Chinese pieces	Chinese 9x10 board	Blockers [how to use]
Burmese pieces	Burmese 8x8 board	Checker/Draught pieces
Korean pieces	Korean 9x10 board	Shatranj pieces
Cambodian pieces	Cambodian 9x9 board	Thai pieces
Shogi pieces	Shogi 9x9 board	Tori shogi 7x7 +pieces
8x8-5 2^nd&7^th XP cells	Blank chess set	Mongolian pieces
6x6 6x7 6x8 6x9 6x10	7x6 7x7 7x8 7x9 7x10	8x6 8x7 8x8 8x9 8x10
9x6 9x7 9x8 9x9 9x10	10x6 10x7 10x8 10x9 10x10	11x6 11x7 11x8
11x9 11x10 11x11	12x6 12x7 12x8	12x9 12x10 12x11 12x12
16x8 16x10 16x12	16x14 16x16 20x12 20x16	20x20 24x24 36x36
20x40 30x40 40x40	20x50 30x50 40x50 50x50	30x60 40x60 50x60 60x60

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Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies fair, of Master and of Slave…

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A Civilization gone with the wind...

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