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Re:Magnus Carlsen is World Chess Champion by S4M on Friday November 22, 2013 @10:34AM (#6781293)
You can try Chinese chess (xiang qi) or Japanese chess (shogi). I particularly like shogi because it has the rule that you can reuse the pieces of your opponent you capture.

Both are a bit hard to learn though because the pieces are oriental characters.

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Re:Magnus Carlsen is World Chess Champion by se523 on Saturday November 23, 2013 @05:09PM (#6787639)
Shogi is derived from xiangqi (same with Korean chess or janggi). And note that the characters are called hanzi or kanji (literally Chinese/Han characters), not oriental characters. It may be hard because the pieces don't have distinct shapes, but it's not after you learn/recognize the characters.
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