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单词 fairy chess
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fairy chessn.

Brit. /ˈfɛːrɪ ˌtʃɛs/, U.S. /ˈfɛri ˌtʃɛs/
Forms: also with capital initials and with capital initial in the first element.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fairy n., chess n.1
Etymology: < fairy n. + chess n.1
Chess.
Any of various versions of chess involving unorthodox rules or pieces. Also: an unorthodox chess problem; = fairy problem n. at fairy n. and adj. Compounds 2.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > form of chess
living chess1836
kriegspiel1903
fairy chess1914
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > problems
jeopardyc1369
problem1817
Indian problem1846
mover1868
Indian1878
retractive problem1890
waiting problem1891
retractor1893
help-mate1897
sui1897
miniature1903
waiter1906
grab theme1909
fairy chess1914
King's (or Queen's) Indian1931
1914 Australasian 20 June 1448/2 That region [of chess] which we think may fitly be called ‘Fairy Chess’ is developing phenomenally.
1947 T. R. Dawson Caissa's Fairy Tales 8 Ought we not in a contentious game like Fairy Chess have a Dragon?
1970 A. Sunnucks Encycl. Chess 126 Fairy chess, also known as heterodox chess. A form of chess problem, in which the normal rules of the game only partially apply.
1975 A. S. M. Dickins Short Hist. Fairy Chess 1/1 Fairy Chess might claim to be the poetry of the Chess Problem.
2009 Western Morning News (Plymouth) (Nexis) 3 Jan. 5 He was a pioneer of Fairy Chess.

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General attributive.
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1936 (title) The Problematist. Fairy chess supplement.
1947 T. R. Dawson Caissa's Fairy Tales 5 It continues into the Fairy Chess world a type of book all too rare in the normal problem world... Between the lines..is much of my Fairy Chess experience and life.
1973 Nature 14 Dec. 388/3 A problem position..must be a position that could, theoretically, be reached from the starting position of a game of chess (unless it is specifically stated to be a ‘fairy chess’ problem).
2004 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 19 Dec. 89 The book covers topics like Directmates, Helpmates and the mysterious Fairy chess problems which use pieces like grasshopper and nightrider.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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