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Gess. A Chess variant played on a Go board where pieces are collections of go stones. (18x18, Cells: 324) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Paul Bolchover wrote on Thu, Jan 9, 2003 04:36 PM UTC:
To avoid confusion, I'll point out that the name 'gess' is short for 'generalised chess'. Despite this, it's pronounced with a hard 'g'. Of course, the fact that it might be taken to stand for go/chess isn't a coincidence...