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Hectochess. 10x10 variant that can be played with 2 mismatched Chess sets.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Greg Strong wrote on Wed, Jan 9, 2019 01:01 AM UTC:

Chess on a 10x10 Board is not a good name either.  Strictly speaking, this is not "Chess" on a 10x10 board.  Look at this variant for comparison - Chess on a 12 by 12 Board. It really is Chess on a 12 by 12 board.

You have to understand that there are thousands of chess variants in existence. There are a minimum of a hundred variants like this - chess expanded to a 10x10 board with a few new pieces. Inventing a new one now and trying to give it a generic name as though this is "the" representative game of the genre is not really appropriate.