Jetan
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Jetan, also known as Martian chess, is a chess variant first published in 1922. It was created by Edgar Rice Burroughs as a game played on Barsoom, his fictional version of Mars. The game was introduced in The Chessmen of Mars, the fifth book in the Barsoom series. Its rules are described in Chapter 2 and in the Appendix of the book, with an actual game partly described in Chapter 17.
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- Instance of
- chess variant
- Sport
- chess
- Image
- Jetan Board.svg
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- discoverer or inventor
- Edgar Rice Burroughs
- described by source
- The Chessmen of Mars
- Commons category
- Jetan
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Description
- Board and pieces
- Movement
- Ending the game
- Jetan in Burroughs's novels
- Wagering and scoring
- Computer implementations
- Similar games in other fiction
- See also
- References
- External links
Jetan, also known as Martian chess, is a chess variant first published in 1922. It was created by Edgar Rice Burroughs as a game played on Barsoom, his fictional version of Mars. The game was introduced in The Chessmen of Mars, the fifth book in the Barsoom series. Its rules are described in Chapter 2 and in the Appendix of the book, with an actual game partly described in Chapter 17.
==Description==
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