marks, boxes, or other symbols. When annotating chess games, commentators frequently use widely recognized annotation symbols. Question marks and exclamation...
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context it is a chess-specific term which no longer has its original meaning of "elephant". Chess notation Chess annotation symbols The main differences...
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U+2047 ⁇ DOUBLE QUESTION MARK, may refer to: A symbol indicating a blunder in chess annotation symbols The null coalescing operator, in some programming...
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bad or praise the move as a good one (see Chess annotation symbols). The following are commonly used for chess-related computer systems (in addition to...
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codes: B50-B99]: 2021 Chess annotation symbols – ECO uses symbols instead of text Chess Informant List of chess books List of chess openings – for all ECO...
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Plus–minus sign (redirect from Give or Take symbol)
is the range b updated using interval arithmetic. The symbols ± and ∓ are used in chess annotation to denote a moderate but significant advantage for White...
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Portable Game Notation (redirect from Numeric Annotation Glyphs)
as ChessPad, have variously used these higher glyphs. Some of the symbols are not rendered by some browsers The more exotic symbols used by Chess Informator...
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restaurant in Belgrade, Serbia ? (CONFIG.SYS directive) ? (chess), in chess annotation symbols, indicates a mistake ? and the Mysterians, an American band...
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Question mark (category Typographical symbols)
combinations are available: "⁇," "⁈," and "⁉," are usually used for chess annotation symbols; the interrobang, "‽," is used to combine the functions of the...
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Immortal Game (redirect from Immortal game (chess))
annotations below. Shortly after the game was played, Kieseritzky is believed to have telegraphed a report of the game to La Régence, a French chess journal...
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Chess symbols in Unicode Fairy chess piece – a piece used only in chess variants History of chess Lewis chessmen Outline of chess Rules of chess Staunton...
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of the game. See also post-mortem. annotation Written commentary on a game or a position using words, chess symbols, and/or notation. announced mate A...
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Dutch Defence (redirect from A85 (chess opening))
The Dutch Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. d4 f5 Black's 1...f5 stakes a claim to the e4-square and envisions an attack in the...
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A chess set consists of a chessboard and white and black chess pieces for playing chess. There are sixteen pieces of each color: one king, one queen,...
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Shogi (redirect from Japanese chess)
(将棋, shōgi; English: /ˈʃoʊɡi/, Japanese: [ɕoːɡi]), also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular...
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Lichess (category Internet chess servers)
and open-source Internet chess server run by a non-profit organization of the same name. Users of the site can play online chess anonymously and optionally...
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Chess.com is an internet chess server and social networking website. One of the largest chess platforms in the world, the site operates on a freemium...
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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...
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Mechanical Turk (redirect from Automaton Chess Player)
as the Automaton Chess Player (German: Schachtürke, lit. 'chess Turk'; Hungarian: A Török), or simply The Turk, was a fraudulent chess-playing machine...
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theory tables are commonly published in opening books with annotations by experienced chess players. These tables are typically arranged in a compact manner...
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Sicilian Defence (redirect from B52 (chess opening))
The Sicilian Defence is a chess opening that begins with the following moves: 1. e4 c5 1...c5 is the most popular response among masters to White's first...
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World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC) was an event held periodically from 1974 to 2024 where computer chess engines compete against each other. The...
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Réti Opening (redirect from A09 (chess opening))
The Réti Opening is a chess opening whose "traditional" or "classic method" begins with the moves: 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 White attacks Black's pawn from the...
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Scandinavian Defense (redirect from B01 (chess opening))
Counter Game) is a chess opening characterized by the moves: 1. e4 d5 This opening is classified under code B01 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. The...
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Dagger (mark) (redirect from Dagger (symbol))
other symbols. A dagger, obelisk, or obelus † is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used. The symbol is...
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The following people have all been grandmasters (GM) of chess. The title is awarded to players who have met the standards required by the sport's governing...
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Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, traditionally through the postal system. Today it is usually played...
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Mikhail Botvinnik (category Chess players from Saint Petersburg)
1995) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as...
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Junior is a computer chess program written by the Israeli programmers Amir Ban and Shai Bushinsky. Grandmaster Boris Alterman assisted, in particular...
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