Answers.Body: <p>There are a few fairy chess pieces that can take more space. A better known example might be the white king from the chess-inspired video game Shotgun King, if it counts as a chess variant :)  There are more obscure examples, an extreme example being: <a href="https://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/invent-the-new-worst-chess-piece-ever?page=3#comment-21237974" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/invent-the-new-worst-chess-piece-ever?page=3#comment-21237974</a></p>
  <p>There are variants that allow a piece to be on multiple squares in some way, such as <a href="https://www.chessvariants.com/d.betza/chessvar/tirebiter.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.chessvariants.com/d.betza/chessvar/tirebiter.html</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>I have seen pieces that can take multiple other pieces at once, but never seen a piece that takes up more than one square.</p>
  
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Title: Is there any Chess piece that takes up more than one square on the board?
ThreadText: # Is there any Chess piece that takes up more than one square on the board?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2024-06-18)
  
  I have seen pieces that can take multiple other pieces at once, but never seen a piece that takes up more than one square.
  
  **Tags:** rules, chess-variants, online-chess, pieces, unorthodox-pieces
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2024-06-23. Score: 2
  
  There are a few fairy chess pieces that can take more space. A better known example might be the white king from the chess-inspired video game Shotgun King, if it counts as a chess variant :) There are more obscure examples, an extreme example being: <https://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/invent-the-new-worst-chess-piece-ever?page=3#comment-21237974>
  
  There are variants that allow a piece to be on multiple squares in some way, such as <https://www.chessvariants.com/d.betza/chessvar/tirebiter.html>
  
  
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