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Balbo's game

Balbo's game proper noun: a variant of the game of chess, with a novel board shape with 70 squares, and each player commanding a full chess army minus one pawn. There is no castling, and promotion squares are specially defined.

balbo's game: a variant of the game of chess, with a novel board shape with 70 squares, and each player...
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Proper noun

Balbo's game

  1. A variant of the game of chess, with a novel board shape with 70 squares, and each player commanding a full chess army minus one pawn. There is no castling, and promotion squares are specially defined.

Origin of Balbo's game

Invented by G. Balbo in 1974.

Questions about Balbo's game

What does Balbo's game mean?
Balbo's game means a variant of the game of chess, with a novel board shape with 70 squares, and each player commanding a full chess army minus one pawn. There is no castling, and promotion squares are specially defined.
What part of speech is Balbo's game?
Balbo's game is a proper noun.

Words near Balbo's game in the dictionary

  1. Balbi
  2. Balbirnie
  3. Balbirnies
  4. balbis
  5. balbises
  6. Balbo's game
  7. balboa
  8. Balboa Heights
  9. balboas
  10. Balbodh
  11. Balboni

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