• chess puzzle is a puzzle in which knowledge of the pieces and rules of chess is used to logically solve a chess-related problem. The history of chess...
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  • a list of puzzle topics, by Wikipedia page. Dexterity puzzle Ball-in-a-maze puzzle Brain teaser Chess puzzle Chess problem Computer puzzle game Cross...
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  • geometry puzzles) A chess problem is a puzzle that uses chess pieces on a chess board. Examples are the knight's tour and the eight queens puzzle. Mechanical...
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    Lichess (category Internet chess servers)
    as thanks for their support. Features include chess puzzles, computer analysis, tournaments and chess variants. Lichess was founded in 2010 by French...
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  • puzzle and the knight's tour problem, which have connection to graph theory and combinatorics. Many famous mathematicians studied mathematical chess problems...
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    intellectual precursor to the nine dots puzzle appeared credited to Sam Loyd. Said chess puzzle corresponds to a "64 dots puzzle", i.e., marking all dots of an...
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  • Other offerings include play versus a chess engine, computer analysis, chess puzzles, and teaching resources. Chess.com said it reached 100 million users...
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  • A joke chess problem is a puzzle in chess that uses humor as an element. Although most chess problems, like other creative forms, are appreciated for...
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  • Plaskett's Puzzle Gijs van Breukelen, 1970 Plaskett's Puzzle is a chess endgame study created by the Dutch endgame composer Gijs van Breukelen (February...
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    to be able to play a strong game of chess against a human opponent, as well as perform the knight's tour, a puzzle that requires the player to move a knight...
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  • The eight queens puzzle is the problem of placing eight chess queens on an 8×8 chessboard so that no two queens threaten each other; thus, a solution requires...
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    Computer chess includes both hardware (dedicated computers) and software capable of playing chess. Computer chess provides opportunities for players to...
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    A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with...
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    American chess player, chess composer, puzzle author, and recreational mathematician. Loyd was born in Philadelphia but raised in New York City. As a chess composer...
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  • endgames, along with checkmate patterns. Other games feature chess variants, chess puzzles or timed games with highscore boards. The programs were produced...
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  • Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess is a chess puzzle book written by Bobby Fischer and co-authored by Stuart Margulies and Donn Mosenfelder, originally published...
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  • Losing Chess Losing Chess Puzzles Losing Chess puzzles and endgame training Scidb a chess database supporting Losing Chess Losing Chess Losing Chess II Losing...
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    In computer chess, a chess engine is a computer program that analyzes chess or chess variant positions, and generates a move or list of moves that it regards...
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  • autonomous chess robot. The Mechanical Turk seemingly could play chess and beat opponents, even going as far as solving the iconic knight's tour chess puzzle. It...
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    Luca Pacioli (section Chess)
    Renaissance chess master and the Da Vinci decode mystery "International Herald Tribune: Experts link Leonardo da Vinci to chess puzzles in long-lost...
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    Puzzle video games make up a broad genre of video games that emphasize puzzle solving. The types of puzzles can test problem-solving skills, including...
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  • position (as opposed to a position found in a game) serving as a chess problem or chess puzzle. cook A second key move, unintended by the composer. A cook...
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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...
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    The 15 puzzle (also called Gem Puzzle, Boss Puzzle, Game of Fifteen, Mystic Square and more) is a sliding puzzle. It has 15 square tiles numbered 1 to...
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  • Irish chess player, chess correspondent and the compiler of the daily chess puzzle in The Irish Times. Walsh started contributing a weekly chess column...
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  • The World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC) is an annual competition in the solving of chess problems (also known as chess puzzles) organized by the World...
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    Endings, Everyman Chess, ISBN 1-85744-235-0 Reissued by Gambit in 2008, ISBN 978-1-904600-94-7 Emms, John (2000), The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book, Gambit Publications...
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    time, Maeder enjoys chess. Max enjoys a form of chess mode called "chess puzzles" and has told that his chess puzzle points on Chess.com is 2650. It is...
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    A sliding puzzle, sliding block puzzle, or sliding tile puzzle is a combination puzzle that challenges a player to slide (frequently flat) pieces along...
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  • Chess puzzle by Raymond Smullyan Monochromatic chess is a chess variant with unknown origin. The initial board position and all rules are the same as...
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