• Popular Chess, formerly known as Everyman Chess and Cadogan Chess, is a major publisher of books and CDs about chess. "Everyman" is a registered trademark...
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    Online chess, which first appeared in the mid-1990s, also became popular in the 21st century. This example uses algebraic notation. Precursors to chess originated...
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  • Losing chess is one of the most popular chess variants. The objective of each player is to lose all of their pieces or be stalemated, that is, a misère...
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    one of the world's most popular games, with millions of players worldwide. Organized chess arose in the 19th century. Chess competition today is governed...
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    American chess grandmaster, streamer, YouTuber, Five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the reigning World Fischer Random Chess Champion. A chess prodigy,...
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    A chess variant is a game related to, derived from, or inspired by chess. Such variants can differ from chess in many different ways. "International"...
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  • Romantic chess is a style of chess popular in the 18th century until its decline in the 1880s. This style of chess emphasizes quick, tactical maneuvers...
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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 has a freemium model in...
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    chess, double bughouse, doubles chess, cross chess, swap chess or simply bughouse, bugsy, or bug) is a popular chess variant played on two chessboards...
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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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  • Brine Pritchard (19 October 1919 – 12 December 2005) was a British chess player, chess writer and indoor games consultant. He gained pre-eminence as an...
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    Shogi (redirect from Japanese chess)
    Japanese: [ɕoːɡi]), also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same...
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    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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    Xiangqi (redirect from Chinese chess)
    xiàngqí), commonly known as Chinese chess or elephant chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is the most popular board game in China. Xiangqi is...
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    is as it seems" experience probably accounts for Alice chess remaining Parton's most popular and successful variant among the numerous others he invented...
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  • Displacement chess is a family of chess variants in which a few pieces are transposed in the initial standard chess position. The main goal of these variants...
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  • newspaper Le Soleil in 1925. The variant became quite popular in the late 1930s with such chess grandmasters as Alexander Alekhine, Richard Réti, Eugene...
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  • rules are as in regular chess. The origin of the game is unknown, dating from the mid-19th century. The variant is a popular chess problem theme, usually...
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  • The opening is the initial stage of a chess game. It usually consists of established theory. The other phases are the middlegame and the endgame. Many...
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  • Several methods have been suggested for comparing the greatest chess players in history. There is agreement on a statistical system to rate the strengths...
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  • Chess960 (redirect from Fischerandom chess)
    article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant that randomizes the starting position...
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  • Spanish Game, is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 The Ruy Lopez remains one of the most popular chess openings, featuring...
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  • Segura, 16th-century Spanish priest and early chess master Ruy Lopez, one of the oldest and most popular chess openings, named after him, also known as the...
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    Algebraic notation is the standard method of chess notation, used for recording and describing moves. It is based on a system of coordinates to identify...
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  • recalculate ratings after individual games. Popular online chess sites such as Chess.com, Lichess, and Internet Chess Club also implement rating systems. In...
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    Agadmator (category Croatian chess players)
    Croatian YouTuber and chess player. He has one of the most popular chess channels on YouTube, and was the most subscribed chess YouTuber from 2018 to...
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    Four-player chess (also known as four-handed chess) is a family of chess variants played with four people. The game features a special board typically...
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    Chessboxing is particularly popular in the United Kingdom, India, Finland, France, and Russia. An earlier version of combining chess and boxing took place in...
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  • Courier chess (or courier game) is a chess variant that dates probably from the 12th century and was popular for at least 600 years. It was a part of the...
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  • known as the Mad King's Game, Maharajah chess, or Sarvatobhadra "auspicious on all sides", is a popular chess variant with different armies for White...
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