Human chess

A game of human chess at Palace Square, Leningrad, Soviet Union (1924)
A game of human chess in Monselice, Italy.
A game of body painted human chess at the World Bodypainting Festival in Pörtschach am Wörthersee, Carinthia, Austria.

Human chess, living chess or live chess is a form of chess in which people take the place of pieces. The game is typically played outdoors, either on a large chessboard or on the ground, and is often played at Renaissance fairs.

In Vietnam, human chess is one of the folk games that take place during folk festivals of in general and the Northern Delta in particular, especially during the Lunar New Year of the nation.


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