7.1 Heavy

Chess

1475 (Uncredited)

Chess is an abstract strategy game for 2 players

silence at the table

Players 2-2

Best At 2 players

Play Time 60 min

Teach 25 min

Age 6+

BGG Rank #452

Complexity 3.7/5

From $9.99 at Calendars 20 offers

Who is this for?

For experienced gamers who enjoy deep strategic decisions.

Where to buy

BoardGameGeek → BGG →

Archive Metadata

Design (Uncredited)

Publisher Wizards of the Coast, Milton Bradley, Piatnik, Parker Brothers, Sophisticated Games, Schmidt Spiele, Hasbro, Winning Moves Games (USA), Hexagames (I), E.S. Lowe, Blatz, 3M, Mattel, Waddingtons, Gibsons, Pressman Toy Corp., Klee, Research Games, Inc. / Athol / RGI / ARC, (Public Domain), Crisloid, Fundex, Patch Products, WizKids, Cardinal, Invicta Games, Golden, Spear's Games, Noris Spiele, Lagoon Games, Jumbo, Selchow & Righter, Dynamic Games / Dynamic Design Industries, Skor-Mor, Epoch Playthings, Dal Negro, Paul Lamond Games Ltd, Chad Valley Co Ltd., Toy Brokers Ltd, The Op, Peri Spiele, Berwick's Toy Co. Ltd., David Westnedge, LEGO, Classic Games, Homas Spelen, Tactic, Arrco Playing Card Co., Pin International, Sababa Toys, Inc., House of Marbles, Nintendo Co., Ltd., Magnetic Poetry Inc, Estrela, House Martin, Pacific Game Company, Character Games LTD, Friendly Games, Inc., Pavilion, Pleasantime Games, innovative KIDS, CHH Games, Masters Games, Sterling Games, Majora, Hausemann & Hötte N.V., Thomas Salter Ltd, Kitfix Swallow Group, WHSmith, Wm F. Drueke & Sons, Inc., K & C Ltd, (Unknown), Merit, Si-Si-Spiele, Big League Promotions Corp., Rong Fa, MB Spellen, Creative Educational Aids Pvt. Ltd., Challenge Master Game Co Ltd, Holdson, De La Rue, Hartung-Spiele, Cayro, the games, Western Publishing Company, John Jaques of London, Lindop (William Lindop LTD), Piet Hein A/S, Super Accord, Walt Disney Productions, L. P. Septímio, U3, Imaginarium, Wood Expressions, Alexander, Tesco, DeAgostini, Efko, Inovac Rima SA, King International, Melissa & Doug, House of Staunton, MB Jeux, DreamWorks, Bayerwald Spiele, Revanche Spelen, Bar-Zim, Wiley Publishing, Inc., nestorgames, Volume-One Products, Excalibur Electronics, Comedy Central, Oriental Trading Company, Fame Products, Dilemma Games, Poptoy, Westside Fun Games, Robin and Nell Dale, The Mark of Westminster, Klopffleisch, Deuce, Neroulia, Vilac, Longfield Games, EnumeroCribbageBoards, Fifth Avenue Crystal Ltd., Ludens Planet, Bello Games New York, Inc., Monkey Pod Games, WorldWise Imports, LLC, Wicked Vision, Chupa Chups, F. W. Woolworth Company, Creative Crafthouse, Coca-Cola, Marigó, K.E. Mathiasen A/S, Allied Van Lines, Air France, H. Baron, Ramsons, Manchester United Football Club, Węgiel, à la carte AG, Dourios, Οδύσσεια, Adams Brothers & Shardlow Ltd., Bisonte, CCI India, Guigou, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Lardy International, Spencer Gifts, Bozart Toys, Studio Anne Carlton (SAC), Kingsway Inc, Sunrise Chess & Games, Colombine BVBA, Darmon Diffusion, Søstrene Grene, Tezuka Productions, The Noble Collection, Musketeer Chess, Open Board Games, Chess Geeks, ChessUSA, Comedy Partners, O'Gowna Studio

Art (Uncredited), Néstor Romeral Andrés, J. R. R. Tolkien, Honoré Daumier, Paolo Chiari, Rafael Guigou, F. Lanier Graham, Karim Rashid, Peter Ganine

Mechanisms

Grid MovementPattern MovementSquare GridStatic Capture

Taxonomy

Abstract Strategy

Attribute Vector

luck

0.2

social

0.1

conflict

complexity

0.68

Expansions

Royal Chess Knightmare Chess (Third Edition)