Editing Janus Chess (section)

{{Short description|Chess variant played on a 10x8 board}}
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{{Use American English |date=September 2023}}
{{Chess diagram 8x10
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|rd|ad|nd|bd|kd|qd|bd|nd|ad|rd
|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd|pd
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|pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|pl|pl
|rl|al|nl|bl|kl|ql|bl|nl|al|rl
| '''Janus Chess''' initial position. The januses (knight+bishop compounds) start on the b- and i-files.
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'''Janus Chess''' is a [[chess variant]] invented in 1978 by Werner Schöndorf<ref name="CECV">{{cite book |last=Pritchard |first=D. B. |authorlink=David Pritchard (chess player) |editor-last=Beasley |editor-first=John |title=The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants |publisher=John Beasley |year=2007 |contribution=Janus Chess |page=124 |isbn=978-0-9555168-0-1 }}</ref> from [[Friedrichsthal|Bildstock]], Germany. It is played on a 10×8 board and features a [[fairy chess piece]], the ''[[princess (chess)|janus]]'', with the combined moves of a [[bishop (chess)|bishop]] and a [[knight (chess)|knight]]. The janus piece is named after the Roman god [[Janus (mythology)|Janus]] because this god was usually depicted with two faces looking in opposite directions.