This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Chess (Polish: Szachy) is a poem written by Jan Kochanowski, first published in 1564 or...

monthly in the UK Chess (musical) Chess (poem), a c. 1565 poem by Jan Kochanowski Chess Records, an American record label Army CHESS (Computer Hardware...

goddess of chess. She was first mentioned during the Renaissance by Italian poet Hieronymus Vida. The concept of Caïssa originated in a 658-line poem called...

poem Caissa in English, based on a 658-line poem called "Scacchia, Ludus" published in 1527 by Marco Girolamo Vida, giving a mythical origin of chess...

The queen (♕, ♛) is the most powerful piece in the game of chess. It can move any number of squares vertically, horizontally or diagonally, combining...

medieval manuscripts, as well as poems, which were often created with the purpose of describing the rules. After chess gained popularity in the 15th and...

"Verses on Chess"), also known as the Einsiedeln Poem in some literature, is the title given to a 10th-century Medieval Latin poem about chess. It is the...

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...

A poem Caïssa published in 1527 led to the chess rook being often renamed as "castle", and the modern shape of the rook chess piece; see Vida's poem for...

Catalonia in Barcelona. The poem is conceived as a chess game in which the players are Castellví, playing White (in modern chess) (Mars Març, Love Amor, and...

middle parts of the poem, which deal with scenes of sexuality. "A Game of Chess" includes a scene of a married couple playing chess in an opulent setting...

in Russian and translated by Nabokov, 14 poems written in English, and 18 chess problems. One of the 39 poems originally written in Russian, "Lilith,"...

November 1936 – 28 June 1992) was a Soviet and Latvian chess player and the eighth World Chess Champion. He is considered a creative genius and is widely...

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...

of unorthodox chess, from fairy chess problems and chess variants (including historical and regional ones), and the six orthodox chess pieces. The columns...

similar to that worn by women of the period. In literature, the poem Verses on the Game of Chess written by the Spanish Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra at the end of...

earliest reference to the game in Middle Latin is a poem de scachis, preserved in Einsiedeln Abbey. Chess in medieval Europe was played in monasteries and...

following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to chess: Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard (a square-checkered...

Scandinavian Defense, described in the poem Scachs d'amor, is the oldest opening by Black recorded in modern chess. Considered to be the most directly challenging...

can read only by holding it up to the mirror. She also observes that the chess pieces have come to life, though they remain small enough for her to pick...

Sam Loyd, London Era, 1861 "Excelsior" is one of Sam Loyd's most famous chess problems, originally published in London Era in 1861. In 1867, it participated...

were many differing local Chess games with varying rules or assizes such as Short assize chess, Courier chess and Dice Chess. An important source of medieval...

evolution towards modern chess from Medieval Chess. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Courier chess is played on an 8×12 board...

poet, inventor, engineer, musician, and the Philippines' first National Chess Champion in 1908. Fernando Canon was born to Fernando Canon and Blasa Alumno...

chatrang) is an old form of chess, as played in the Sasanian Empire. Its origins lie in the Indian game of chaturanga. Modern chess gradually developed from...

"Jabberwocky" is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll about the killing of a creature named "the Jabberwock". It was included in his 1871 novel Through...

book on the chess openings. He has also written some non-chess poems, articles and plays. This section uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Panov...

Example of stalemate Stalemate is a situation in chess where the player whose turn it is to move is not in check and has no legal move. Stalemate results...

Persian ghazal (love poem) of seven verses by the 13th-century poet Jalal-ed-Din Rumi (usually known in Iran as Mowlavi or Mowlana). The poem is said to have...

of notable chess games sorted chronologically. 1475: Francesc de Castellví vs. Narcís de Vinyoles, Valencia 1475. The first documented chess game played...