A chess clock is a device that comprises two adjacent clocks with buttons to stop one clock while starting the other, so that the two clocks never run...
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2009 London Chess Classic. Chess portal Algebraic chess notation Cheating in chess Chess Chessboard Chess clock Chess glossary Chess piece Chess tournament...
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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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sections specifying how tournaments are organized and regulated. A chess clock is a clock with two separate time displays of which only one display can be...
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Fast chess is subdivided, by decreasing time controls, into rapid chess, blitz chess, and bullet chess. Armageddon chess is a variant of fast chess with...
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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...
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The World Blitz Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under blitz time controls. Since 2012, FIDE...
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A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals...
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queen per color. Chess boxes, chess clocks, and chess tables are common pieces of chess equipment used alongside chess sets. Chess sets are made in a...
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Bughouse chess (also known as exchange chess, Siamese chess (but not to be confused with Thai chess), tandem chess, transfer chess, double bughouse, doubles...
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includes: chess pieces, chessboard, chess clock, score sheets, pen to record the moves and table. A chess player playing a game of online chess, correspondence...
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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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The US Chess Championship is an invitational tournament organized by the United States Chess Federation to determine the country's chess champion. It...
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Game clock – dual timer used to monitor each player's thinking time. Only the timer of the player who is to move is active. Used for speed chess, and...
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Simultaneous exhibition (redirect from Simultaneous chess)
simply as a "simul". In a regular simul, no chess clocks are used (if they are involved it is called a clock simul). The boards are usually arranged in...
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Top Chess Engine Championship, formerly known as Thoresen Chess Engines Competition (TCEC or nTCEC), is a computer chess tournament that has been run since...
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Under FIDE rules, a player may stop the clocks and summon the arbiter to provide a piece for promotion. Under US Chess Federation rules and in casual play...
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agreed number of moves at the beginning of the game), extra time on the chess clock, and special conditions (such as requiring the odds-giver to deliver...
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Solving chess consists of finding an optimal strategy for the game of chess; that is, one by which one of the players (White or Black) can always force...
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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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A chess piece, or chessman, is a game piece that is placed on a chessboard to play the game of chess. It can be either white or black, and it can be one...
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the first use of the double-sided chess clock, invented and manufactured by Thomas Bright Wilson of Manchester Chess Club. A common story relates to an...
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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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using a chess clock that has two displays, one for each player's remaining time. Analog chess clocks have been largely replaced by digital clocks, which...
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The World Chess Championship 2024 was a chess match between the reigning world champion Ding Liren and the challenger Gukesh Dommaraju to determine the...
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World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC) is an event held periodically from 1974 to 2024 where computer chess engines compete against each other. The event...
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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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costs. Atomic clock Chess clock History of timekeeping devices Fully automatic time Horology Referee Sense of time Stopwatch Time clock Timegrapher Timesheet...
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Chessboard (redirect from Chess Board)
chessboard is a game board used to play chess. It consists of 64 squares, 8 rows by 8 columns, on which the chess pieces are placed. It is square in shape...
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The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) is a reference work describing the state of opening theory in chess, originally published in five volumes from...
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