There are simply an endless number of Chess positions to answer this question. Besides, it would be of no help to a player to know various positions of pieces at any given time in any given game.
The components of Chess are the game board and the pieces. There are 6 different kinds of pieces: the king, the queen, the knights, the bishops, the rooks(castles), and the pawns.
Different kinds of solids have surfaces of different shapes.
There are many different kinds of garden chess sets and most are actually very portable, here is some more information on them: http://www.megachess.com/chessparkdesign.htm
Kinds of sport.
There are many different kinds of strip games. Strip poker is probably the most well known. Others include strip scrabble, strip twister and strip chess.
There are many different types of tournaments. Tournaments can be involved with sports. Tournaments can also be involved with games, such as chess or cards. Tournaments can also be academic.
Chinese chess has different rules and characters and the board is different. It has triangles and squares and different pieces compared to International Chess.
Chess variant is a game derived from chess. So it is quite similar to chess. Most people would probably play normal chess rather than chess variant. The difference between chess and chess variant are: Similar but different rules. Different board. Similar but different pieces.
The Japanese variant of chess is called Shogi and is played on a different board with a different set of rules.
The figures were the same and were called the same. But no , Chess was very different in ancient chess. Much different. Im sure theyve added more rules and more technicques to it .
The Lord of the Rings chess set is different to a normal chess set. The pieces of the chess set, rook, knight etc, are all featured on Lord of the Rings characters.
Different themes for chess games are chess. Chess was invented in India a long time ago, and is still used by many, any usually by kids. That is the theme game for kids.