History Main / HumanChess

* ''{{Miyuki-chan in Wonderland}}'' has the FetishFuel LesYay version of the ''AliceInWonderland'' chess game.

* ''[[{{Ptitlec66c3kqh}} True Jackson, VP]]'', where Max challenges his fashion rival to a game.

* ''Carrion Comfort'', by Dan Simmons. Oh god, Carrion Comfort. The OurVampiresAreDifferent [[OurVampiresAreDifferent mind vampires]] (pretty much in name only, they are simply people who can control minds) in the novel are seen doing this on several occasions. In the first instance, holocaust victims are used as pieces (to the death, naturally). The plot of novel runs like this as well, as the two puppet master villians play a game corresponding to the events of the plot. The book is even divided into "beginings" "middle game" and "end game".

* Carrion Comfort, by Dan Simmons. Oh god, Carrion Comfort. The OurVampiresAreDifferent [[OurVampiresAreDifferent mind vampires]] (pretty much in name only, they are simply people who can control minds) in the novel are seen doing this on several occasions. In the first instance, holocaust victims are used as pieces (to the death, naturally). The plot of novel runs like this as well, as the two puppet master villians play a game corresponding to the events of the plot. The book is even divided into "beginings" "middle game" and "end game".

** --> "isn't the queen a good sport?"

* Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg's short sotry "Anioł Przemocy" ("Angel of Death") involves a woman forced to take part in one of these. It's a game played by two computers where the pieces are mind-controlled humans that kill each other. (It turns out to be a virtual reality simulation, though.)

* Features in ''[[AliceInWonderland Through the Looking Glass]]'', but probably [[AdaptationDisplacement better known]] for being in WaltDisney's ''AliceInWonderland'' film .
** "Features"? it was basically the whole plot of through the looking glass.

* While not a traditional example, Lelouch of ''CodeGeass'' is seen using a chessboard to plot strategy during battles, and actually thinks of himself and his fellow Black Knights in terms of chess (he's the King, Kallen's the Queen, everyone else is a Pawn [[spoiler: Later on Suzaku gets promoted to Knight.]]

* in [[FullMetalAlchemist Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood]], Roy Mustang occasionally refers to his men as various chess pieces. Feury is his pawn, Havoc is his knight, etc.

'''Ant-Man:''' Aw man. I know where this is going.\\

** Mentioning "a nod to castling," all of the pieces have nods to their actual chess counterparts. The Pawns take small steps (though they can change direction) and attack not only to the front, but to the back diagonally (as a reference to how a pawn attacks diagonally and the move "en passant." They can also be promoted. Knights can jump over the pieces and attack by landing on Dante (other pieces will try and fail to move through other pieces). The King can only attack in his immediate area. And the Queen can move diagonally and horizontally the full length of the board (though, ironically, this, along with the cackle she makes when she moves, allows her to be the most easily avoidable). Rooks and Bishops also only move and attack along their normal counterparts' paths. ThisTroper believes the idea to be that the game of chess was designed after these statue demons.

* in "FullMetalAlchemist", Roy Mustang occasionally refers to his men as various chess pieces. Feury is his pawn, Havoc is his knight, etc.

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[[caption-width-right:350:I ''like'' this kind of chess!]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:I ''like'' this kind of chess!]]

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[[caption-width-right:250:I ''like'' this kind of chess!]]

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[[caption-width-right:250:I ''like'' this kind of chess!]]

* While not a traditional example, Lelouch of ''CodeGeass'' is seen using a chessboard to plot strategy during battles, and actually thinks of himself and his fellow Black Knights in terms of chess (he's the King, Kallen's the Queen, everyone else is a Pawn [[spoiler: Later on Suzaku gets promoted to Knight.]] ThisTroper some characters like C.C. has Bishop status?).

* You fight a PuzzleBoss in Karazhan in ''WorldOfWarcraft'' by controlling the chess pieces.

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