³1username³2NormanWerner³2name³2text_default³2version³21³2ts³2980514497³2ip³2141.44.11.5³2data³2newauthor³31³3minor³30³3text³3Is a game which is some thousend years old.
It is especially popular for it's complexity.

the world organization of chess players is the [http://www.fide.org FIDE] 

all you need is:
* two players
* chessboard with figures
* optional watch

unfortunatly the rules are to complicated to describe here
a lot of more-fun-more-beer-less-thinking variants emerged. 
but i don't know the english terms
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