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1. Chess: Chess, once known as “checker,” a game played with certain “pieces” on a special “board” described below. It takes its name from the Persian word shah, a king, the name of one of the pieces or men used in the ... [100%] 2022-09-02
2. Chess: Chess is an intellectually challenging game of chivalry between two players. Based purely on skill without any element of chance, chess has long been one of the most popular games in the world, and today chess is played by upwards ... [100%] 2023-03-01 [Chess] [Chivalry]...
3. Chess: Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it ... (Strategy board game) [100%] 2024-01-13 [Chess] [Abstract strategy games]...
4. Chess: Chess is a two-player strategic board game. The chessboard is square and divided into 64 alternating light and dark squares which are arranged in an 8x8 grid. [100%] 2023-08-18
5. Chess: A game of skill, usually played by two persons, with sixteen pieces each, on a board divided into sixty-four squares alternately light and dark. Authoritative opinions agree that chess, under the Sanskrit name of "chaturanga" (= the four "angas" or ... (Jewish encyclopedia 1906) [100%] 1906-01-01 [Jewish encyclopedia 1906]
6. Chess: Chess steht für Chess ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Chess bezeichnet folgende geographische Objekte. [100%] 2024-01-12
7. Chess: Chess (inglés: Ajedrez) es un musical escrito por Tim Rice, Björn Ulvaeus y Benny Andersson. En diciembre de 1981, cenando con Tim Rice en Estocolmo, nació el proyecto del musical Chess. [100%] 2024-04-05
8. Chess: Chess (с англ. — «шахматы»). [100%] 2024-04-05
9. Chess: A questo titolo corrispondono più voci, di seguito elencate. Questa è una pagina di disambiguazione; se sei giunto qui cliccando un collegamento, puoi tornare indietro e correggerlo, indirizzandolo direttamente alla voce giusta. Vedi anche le voci che iniziano con o contengono il ... [100%] 2024-04-05
10. Chess: Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. [100%] 2024-04-05
11. Chess theory: Chess theory is a field of study and practice which draws upon books and puzzles. The top colleges in chess which have the strongest teams have traditionally been. [70%] 2023-02-22
12. Chess tournament: A chess tournament is a series of chess games played competitively to determine a winning individual or team. Since the first international chess tournament in London, 1851, chess tournaments have become the standard form of chess competition among serious players. (Series of competitive chess games) [70%] 2023-12-11 [Chess competitions]
13. Chess strategies: The following is a list of some of the more general strategies in the game of chess. Obviously, such a list is not even close to exhaustive, and entire books are devoted to some of these themes by themselves. [70%] 2023-02-27 [Chess]
14. Chess websites: Here is a growing list of websites available for playing chess online, and learning about the game: Here are additional ".com" chess websites which are popular. [70%] 2023-03-05
15. Chess notation: Chess notation systems are used to record either the moves made or the position of the pieces in a game of chess. Chess notation is used in chess literature, and by players keeping a record of an ongoing game. (Methods for describing chess moves and/or positions) [70%] 2023-12-02 [Notation]
16. Chess tactics: The following is a short overview of some of the more common tactical themes in chess. There are several basic types of moves that win material. [70%] 2023-02-16 [Chess]
17. Harry Chess: Harry Chess is the central character of the first gay-themed ongoing comic strip, first appearing in the mid 1960s. He was created by Al Shapiro under the pseudonym "A. [70%] 2023-11-26 [1964 comics debuts] [American comics characters]...
18. Knightmare Chess: Knightmare Chess, o Ajedrez Knightmare, es una variante de ajedrez publicada por Steve Jackson Games en 1996. Este juego es una traducción del juego francés Tempête sur l'échiquier (Tormenta en el tablero de ajedrez), diseñado por Pierre Cléquin y ... [70%] 2023-12-17
19. Shamkir Chess: Gashimov Memorial is a chess supertournament played in Azerbaijan in memory of Vugar Gashimov (24th July 1986– 11th January 2014). The Gashimov Memorial 2014 took place in the Heydar Aliyev Centre in Shamkir City from 16 April to 30 April ... (Chess tournament) [70%] 2024-01-26 [Chess competitions] [Chess in Azerbaijan]...
20. Chess Openings: The most popular Chess Openings are as follows (by the white pieces): During the Match of the Century between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, Fischer surprised Spassky by opening with c4 after Spassky had been extensively coached to expect e4 ... [70%] 2023-02-16
21. Chess libraries: Chess libraries are library collections of books and periodicals on the game of chess. In 1913, preeminent chess historian H. (Library with collection related to chess) [70%] 2024-01-09 [Chess publications] [Libraries by subject]...
22. Kasparov Chess: Kasparov Chess is a commercial internet chess server, internet forum and social networking website. The former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov is affiliated with this online chess club. (Online chess playing site) [70%] 2023-11-27 [2021 establishments in France] [2021 in chess]...
23. Chess scoring: In chess, by far the most common scoring system is 1 point for a win, ½ for a draw, and 0 for a loss. A number of different notations are used to denote a player's score in a match or ... (System of points scoring in the game of chess) [70%] 2023-11-27 [Chess]
24. Battle Chess: Battle Chess is a video game version of chess with 2.5D graphics and fighting animations showing the result of one piece moving onto the square of another. It was developed and released by Interplay Entertainment for the Amiga in ... (Software) [70%] 2023-11-14 [Chess software] [DOS games]...
25. Sega Chess: Sega Chess (also known as Master Chess) is a 1991 chess video game developed by Probe Software and published by Sega for the Master System. The game can be viewed from overhead or in a pseudo 3D mode. (Software) [70%] 2023-12-31 [Chess software] [Multiplayer and single-player video games]...
26. Chess title: A chess title is a title regulated by a chess governing body and bestowed upon players based on their performance and rank. Such titles are usually granted for life. (Title bestowed on a chessplayer by an official body, esp. "chessmaster") [70%] 2022-10-18 [Chess titles]
27. Chess theory: The game of chess is commonly divided into three phases: the opening, middlegame, and endgame. There is a large body of theory regarding how the game should be played in each of these phases, especially the opening and endgame. (Basic chess fundamentals and ideas developed to better understand the game) [70%] 2023-04-20 [Chess theory] [Chess terminology]...
28. Knightmare Chess: Knightmare Chess is a fantasy chess variant published by Steve Jackson Games (SJG) in 1996. It is a translation of a French game Tempête sur l'échiquier (Storm on the Chessboard), designed by Pierre Cléquin and Bruno Faidutti. (Chess variant played with rule-modifying cards) [70%] 2023-12-01 [Chess variants] [Bruno Faidutti games]...
29. Power Chess: Power Chess is a chess-playing video game originally released in September 1996 by Sierra On-Line for the Microsoft Windows 95 operating system. Later revisions of the software were released as Power Chess 98 (1997) and Power Chess 2 ... (Software) [70%] 2023-11-14 [Windows games] [Chess software]...
30. Chess City: Chess City ist ein hauptsächlich für Schachveranstaltungen verwendeter Baukomplex in der kalmückischen Hauptstadt Elista, der vom damaligen Weltschachbund-Präsidenten und kalmückischen Staatschef Kirsan Iljumschinow initiiert und am 30. September 1998 fertiggestellt wurde. [70%] 2023-12-15
31. Solving chess: Solving chess consists of finding an optimal strategy for the game of chess; that is, one by which one of the players (White or Black) can always force a victory, or either can force a draw (see solved game). It ... (Finding an optimal algorithm for playing chess) [70%] 2023-11-28
32. King (chess): The king (♔, ♚) is the most important piece in the game of chess. It may move to any adjoining square; it may also perform, in tandem with the rook, a special move called castling. (Chess) [70%] 2023-12-31 [Chess pieces]
33. REBEL (chess): REBEL is a world champion chess program developed by Ed Schröder. Development of REBEL started in 1980 on a TRS-80, and it was ported many times to dedicated hardware and the fastest microprocessors of the day. (Chess) [70%] 2023-12-19 [Chess engines]
34. Stockfish (chess): Stockfish is a free and open-source chess engine, commonly used to calculate the optimal move in various chess scenarios needed for a checkmate. It is available for various desktop and mobile platforms and can be used in chess software ... (Chess) [70%] 2023-05-01 [Free software programmed in C++] [Distributed computing projects]...
35. Fast chess: Fast chess, also known as speed chess, is a type of chess in which each player is given less time to consider their moves than classical chess time controls allow. Fast chess is subdivided, by decreasing time controls, into rapid ... (Chess variant with little move time allowed) [70%] 2023-07-12 [Chess terminology] [Chess variants]...
36. Speed chess: Speed chess is a popular form of chess that is typically described in X|Y terminology: "The first number refers to the number of minutes while the second number refers to the seconds of increment per move. Increment is how ... [70%] 2023-03-09
37. Pigeon chess: "Pigeon chess" or "like playing chess with a pigeon" is a figure of speech originating from a comment made in March 2005 on Amazon by Scott D. Weitzenhoffer regarding Eugenie Scott's book Evolution vs. [70%] 2023-11-23 [Creationism] [Skepticism]...
38. Fritz (chess): Fritz is a German chess program originally developed for Chessbase by Frans Morsch based on his Quest program, ported to DOS, and then Windows by Mathias Feist. With version 13, Morsch retired, and his engine was first replaced by Gyula ... (Chess) [70%] 2023-11-27 [Chess engines] [Chess software]...
39. Transposition (chess): In chess, a transposition is a sequence of moves that results in a position that may also be reached by another, more common sequence of moves. Transpositions are particularly common in the opening, where a given position may be reached ... (Chess) [70%] 2024-01-06 [Chess terminology]
40. Cylinder chess: Cylinder chess (or cylindrical chess) is a chess variant. The game is played as if the board were a cylinder, with the left side of the board joined to the right side. (Chess variant) [70%] 2023-12-17 [Chess variants] [Chess problems]...
41. Infinite chess: Infinite chess is any variation of the game of chess played on an unbounded chessboard. Versions of infinite chess have been introduced independently by multiple players, chess theorists, and mathematicians, both as a playable game and as a model for ... (Variation of chess) [70%] 2023-11-26 [Combinatorial game theory]
42. Combination (chess): In chess, a combination is a sequence of moves, often initiated by a sacrifice, which leaves the opponent few options and results in tangible gain. At most points in a chess game, each player has several reasonable options from which ... (Chess) [70%] 2024-02-01 [Chess terminology] [Chess tactics]...