Answers.Body: <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taikyoku_shogi" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Taikyoku shogi</a> should be a good candidate. It was created in the 16th century, so it's a variant that has actually been played. The board size is 36x36, and it has 209 different types of pieces.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Another contender is Kubikschach.   A 3-dimensional variant played on an 8x8x8 board (512 squares total)</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Suppose we only allow chess pieces (so excluding all shogis) and only a 2-dimensional board. Then there are:</p>
  
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  <li>Double Chess (II) (Hayward, 1916) (16 files x 12 ranks = 192 squares)</li>
  <li>Fortress chess (16x16 minus 8x2 off the centre of each side = 192 squares)</li>
  <li>Four-handed chess (many variants use a board 14x14 minus 3x3 off each corner = 160 squares)</li>
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  <p>s: David Pritchard. The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. pub. Games and Puzzles Publications.</p>
  
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Body: <p>The largest I could find was for Double Chess, with a 16x12 board. Is there a variant with a bigger board? It doesn't have to be a variant in which chess pieces follow their orthodox movement rules.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Dashpaad =10×10. Vrihadpad = nxn in even numbers like 12x12 14x14 and so on.. vrihadpaad is very very time consuming and pure war oriented game. This was played with real players instead of pieces in olden days..
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Title: Which chess variant has the largest board?
ThreadText: # Which chess variant has the largest board?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-11)
  
  The largest I could find was for Double Chess, with a 16x12 board. Is there a variant with a bigger board? It doesn't have to be a variant in which chess pieces follow their orthodox movement rules.
  
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  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capablanca_chess  
  > **username_2**: Dashpaad =10×10. Vrihadpad = nxn in even numbers like 12x12 14x14 and so on.. vrihadpaad is very very time consuming and pure war oriented game. This was played with real players instead of pieces in olden days..  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2017-12-11. Score: 4
  
  [Taikyoku shogi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taikyoku_shogi) should be a good candidate. It was created in the 16th century, so it's a variant that has actually been played. The board size is 36x36, and it has 209 different types of pieces.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: Related: https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/18392  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2018-01-11. Score: 3
  
  Another contender is Kubikschach. A 3-dimensional variant played on an 8x8x8 board (512 squares total)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2018-03-07. Score: 1
  
  Suppose we only allow chess pieces (so excluding all shogis) and only a 2-dimensional board. Then there are:
  
  * Double Chess (II) (Hayward, 1916) (16 files x 12 ranks = 192 squares)
  * Fortress chess (16x16 minus 8x2 off the centre of each side = 192 squares)
  * Four-handed chess (many variants use a board 14x14 minus 3x3 off each corner = 160 squares)
  
  s: David Pritchard. The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants. pub. Games and Puzzles Publications.
  
  
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