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|aka = 4-D chess | |aka = 4-D chess | ||
|type = [[Game]] | |type = [[Game]] | ||
|only = The Iytean Menace (game) | |only = The Iytean Menace (game) | ||
|appearances = [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Games (short story)|page=22}} | |||
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'''Four-dimensional chess''', or '''4-D chess''', was a [[Time Lord]] variant of the [[Earth]]ly game of [[chess]] which was "very popular" on [[Gallifrey]]. | '''Four-dimensional chess''', or '''4-D chess''', was a [[Time Lord]] variant of the [[Earth]]ly game of [[chess]] which was "very popular" on [[Gallifrey]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|The Iytean Menace (game)|namedpart=Skill Explanations}}) | ||
The game shared the basic rules of Earth chess, ([[GAME]]: {{cs|The Iytean Menace (game)|namedpart=Skill Explanations}}) including the use of [[chess piece]]s such as [[King (chess)|Kings]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Games (short story)|page=22}}) but could be played on "multiple levels" ([[GAME]]: {{cs|The Iytean Menace (game)|namedpart=Skill Explanations}}) or on an ever-increasingly fast translucent [[sphere]] whose [[Chessboard|board]] [[pattern]] changed over the course of the game, which resulted in the "[[structure]] of the [[conflict]]" being rearranged every time. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Games (short story)|page=22}}) The pieces were capable of [[time travel]], ([[GAME]]: {{cs|The Iytean Menace (game)|namedpart=Skill Explanations}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Games (short story)|page=22}}) being able to dematerialise from the board and materialise elsewhere on later turns of the games, ([[GAME]]: {{cs|The Iytean Menace (game)|namedpart=Skill Explanations}}) as well as moves occurring the [[future]] being twist back on themselves to affect moves made in the [[present]]. The pieces also increased in number over the course of a game. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Games (short story)|page=22}}) | |||
[[Rollo]] was a skilled 4-D chess player. ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Iytean Menace (game)|namedpart=Player Characters}}) | [[Rollo]] was a skilled 4-D chess player. ([[GAME]]: {{cite source|The Iytean Menace (game)|namedpart=Player Characters}}) | ||
== Known challenges == | |||
[[The Mandarin]] and [[the Entity (Games)|the Entity]] once played [[The Mandarin-the Entity chess match|a match]] in [[Shadow Dimensions|the non-world]] where the Entity was banished. The game was played until the Mandarin began to lose, so he strategically manoeuvred the game to result in a [[stalemate]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Games (short story)|page=22}}) | |||
[[Category:Chess| ]] | [[Category:Chess| ]] | ||
[[Category:Gallifreyan culture]] | [[Category:Gallifreyan culture]] | ||