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.

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Meanings

proper noun
  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

Invented by G. Balbo in 1974.

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APA

Balbo's game. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balbo's%20game

MLA

“Balbo's game.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balbo's%20game. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Balbo's game,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Balbo's%20game.

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