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    the bay where they were found, are a group of distinctive 12th century chess pieces, along with other game pieces, most of which are carved from walrus...
    23 KB (2,523 words) - 09:31, 18 April 2024
  • Capablanca chess (or Capablanca's chess) is a chess variant invented in the 1920s by World Chess Champion José Raúl Capablanca. It incorporates two new...
    17 KB (1,969 words) - 21:55, 6 March 2024
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    The Staunton chess set is the standard style of chess pieces, recommended for use in competition since 2022 by FIDE, the international chess governing body...
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  • This is the list of top-ranked chess grandmasters, ordered by their peak Elo rating. The cut-off value is 2700 for men (players with a rating at or above...
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    Chess is a board game for two players. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games such as xiangqi...
    156 KB (17,523 words) - 09:51, 23 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for History of chess
    The history of chess can be traced back nearly 1,500 years to its earliest known predecessor, called chaturanga, in India; its prehistory is the subject...
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    The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Ding Liren, who defeated his opponent Ian...
    100 KB (10,065 words) - 07:41, 19 May 2024
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    open-source chess engine, available for various desktop and mobile platforms. It can be used in chess software through the Universal Chess Interface. Stockfish...
    67 KB (4,878 words) - 05:28, 25 May 2024
  • the Huangzhou Qi-Yuan Hall. All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00) "Chess - Competition Schedule & Results". Retrieved 7 October 2023. Results...
    38 KB (43 words) - 02:01, 4 December 2023
  • title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain...
    29 KB (3,263 words) - 11:05, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for 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...
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  • Thumbnail for List of chess variants
    This is a list of chess variants. Many thousands of variants exist. The 2007 catalogue The Encyclopedia of Chess Variants estimates that there are well...
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  • a list of unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems; for a list of...
    261 KB (24,673 words) - 18:14, 12 May 2024
  • of unorthodox chess, from fairy chess problems and chess variants (including historical and regional ones), and the six orthodox chess pieces. The columns...
    126 KB (1,126 words) - 16:53, 7 May 2024
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    The World Chess Championship 2024 will be a chess match between the reigning world champion Ding Liren and the challenger Gukesh Dommaraju to determine...
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  • A fairy chess piece, variant chess piece, unorthodox chess piece, or heterodox chess piece is a chess piece not used in conventional chess but incorporated...
    56 KB (6,807 words) - 23:15, 28 February 2024
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    The queen (♕, ♛) is the most powerful piece in the game of chess. It can move any number of squares vertically, horizontally or diagonally, combining...
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  • Thumbnail for Chess boxing
    Chess boxing, or chessboxing, is a hybrid sport that combines two traditional disciplines: chess and boxing. Two combatants play alternating rounds of...
    52 KB (5,182 words) - 00:21, 15 May 2024
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    ChessBase. "UAE Chess Championship 2008". Chess-Tournament-Results-Server. 9 July 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2017. "U.A.E Chess Championship 2011 Men"...
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  • Thumbnail for Women in chess
    Women represent a small minority of chess players at all ages and levels. Female chess players today generally compete in a mix of open tournaments and...
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