The Oxford University Chess Club (OUCC) was founded at the University of Oxford in 1869. It is the oldest university chess club in the United Kingdom...
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The Oxford Companion to Chess is a reference book on the game of chess written by David Vincent Hooper and Kenneth Whyld. The book is written in an encyclopedia...
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computer. Good was a member of the Bletchley Chess Club which defeated the Oxford University Chess Club 8–4 in a twelve-board team match held on 2 December...
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Caissa & Friends, Caissa Editions, 2003 The Chess Teacher, Oxford University Press, 1978 Times Obituary Chess Games of Alan Phillips Spectator article...
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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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ratings after individual games. Popular online chess sites such as Chess.com, Lichess, and Internet Chess Club also implement rating systems. In almost all...
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following Oxford University clubs: Oxford University Chess Club Oxford University Cricket Club Oxford University Cycling Club Oxford University Cave Club This...
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2019-05-14. H. J. R. Murray, A History of Chess, (Oxford University Press) Helena M. Gamer, The Earliest Evidence of Chess in Western Literature: The Einsiedeln...
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Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (category Chess patrons)
entered Christ Church, Oxford, where he studied a variety of subjects and became president of the Oxford University Chess Club. On coming of age in 1874...
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Theodore Tylor (category British chess players)
from 1909 to 1918. He studied at Oxford University beginning in 1918, and captained the Oxford University Chess Club. Tylor received First-class Honours...
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'World Chess Champion'". Retrieved 2008-06-06. Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1992). The Oxford Companion to Chess (2 ed.). Oxford University Press. p...
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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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spelled MacDonnell, was an Irish chess master, who contested a series of six matches with the world's leading chess player Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais...
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Whyld, The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed. 1992), Oxford University Press, p. 219. ISBN 0-19-866164-9. Emanuel Lasker, Lasker's Manual of Chess, Dover...
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to Chess. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-866164-9. Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1992). The Oxford Companion to Chess, Second edition. Oxford University...
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Charles Henry Stanley (redirect from Charles Stanley (Chess player))
he published the first US book on a chess match, 31 Games of Chess and became secretary of the New York Chess Club. In 1855 Stanley organized the first...
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Chess, Oxford University Press, 1992 (2nd edition), p.44. ISBN 0-19-866164-9. The Earl of Mexborough's speech to the meeting of Yorkshire Chess Clubs...
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The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-280049-3 Nimzowitsch, Aron (2007) [1925], My System, Quality Chess, ISBN 978-1-907982-14-9...
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openings, have standard names such as "Sicilian Defense". The Oxford Companion to Chess lists 1,327 named openings and variants, and there are many others...
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Leamington Chess Club was founded in 1851 in Royal Leamington Spa, the year of the first international chess tournament in London. The club currently competes...
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Walter Parratt (category Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford)
first sight. He served for a few months as president of the Oxford University Chess Club and for two years was captain of the eight chosen to play against...
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Bobby Fischer (redirect from Bobby Fischer (chess career))
1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight...
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Immortal Game (redirect from Immortal game (chess))
1992]. The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280049-3. Hübner, Robert. "The Immortal Game." American Chess Journal...
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History". Art Museum at the University of Toronto. "Chess pieces and paper cranes". October 21, 2013. "History; Hart House Chess Club". May 13, 2016. "Lecture...
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information. On the Internet Chess Club, Kriegspiel is called Wild 16. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. There are several different...
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"Encyclopedia of Chess Openings". The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 123. ISBN 0-19-280049-3. "Chess Informant". Publisher's...
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Hou Yifan (redirect from Hou Yifan (Chinese chess player))
February 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster, three-time Women's World Chess Champion and professor at Peking University. She is the second highest rated...
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His grave (no.12861) has no headstone or marker. Oxford Companion to Chess, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press, 1992, pp. 224–5, ISBN 0-19-866164-9 A first...
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pieces", The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-280049-3 Just, Tim; Burg, Daniel S. (2003), U.S. Chess Federation's...
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Charles Wreford-Brown (category Oxford University A.F.C. players)
amateur clubs found to be increasingly driven by the financial gain of the professional clubs. He was a keen sportsman at the University of Oxford and played...
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