# Balbo's game

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
Invented by G. Balbo in 1974.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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