The game of Chess is shown at least once ✣ in the chronicles, as a game Moxana plays, and appears to be played by the same rules in Europa Wulfenbach as on our world. The next page ✣ uses the term "check".
Other references to chess include the ultimate endgame chess ✣ set that Zola was rescued from by Gil in Paris, and the Knights of Jove clanks shaped like chess pieces ✣ .
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In Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess, it is mentioned that while with the Circus, Krosp attempts to operate Moxana's chess-playing functions (before learning she doesn't actually need an operator), but his whiskers keep getting caught in her gear-work. He and Master Payne do start playing a nightly game of chess, with both players flagrantly cheating,