The Dubrovnik chess set is a style of chess pieces influenced by the Staunton chess set. These chessmen are considered to have significant historical...
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A chess set consists of a chessboard and white and black chess pieces for playing chess. There are sixteen pieces of each color: one king, one queen,...
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The Staunton chess set is the standard style of chess pieces, recommended for use in competition since 2022 by FIDE, the international chess governing body...
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called Tulip Chess Sets.[citation needed] Chess portal Dubrovnik chess set Makonde chess set Staunton chess set "The Conventional Chess Sets from 1700 to...
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still carved in Tanzania and Mozambique. Chess portal Dubrovnik chess set Selenus chess set Staunton chess set Alexander Bortolot, "Artesaos da Nossa Patria:...
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Fischer discussing his Dubrovnik chess set Fischer, Bobby; Margulies, Stuart; Mosenfelder, Donn (1966). Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess. ISBN 9780553263152....
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destroyer Dubrovnik, a destroyer built in 1931 for the Royal Yugoslav Navy KK Dubrovnik, basketball club from Dubrovnik Dubrovnik chess set, a chess set Dubrovnik...
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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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can be one of six types: king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, or pawn. Chess sets generally come with sixteen pieces of each color. Additional pieces, usually...
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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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from 16 nations played a total of 480 games. The acclaimed 1950 Dubrovnik chess set was designed and manufactured specifically for the Olympiad. The...
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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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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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events. The domain Chess.com was set up in 1995 by Aficionado, a company based in Berkeley, California, to sell Chess Mentor, a chess-tutoring app. In 2005...
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version of the Dubrovnik chess set by Andrija Maurović was created and produced in the workshop of Jakopović in Zagreb. Changes in the set's redesign can...
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In chess, by far the most common scoring system is 1 point for a win, ½ for a draw, and 0 for a loss. A number of different notations are used to denote...
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Croatia portal Dalmatia Dubrovnik chess set List of people from Dubrovnik Republic of Ragusa Tourism in Croatia Walls of Dubrovnik Register of spatial units...
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Queen's Gambit (category 15th century in chess)
The Queen's Gambit is the chess opening that starts with the moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 It is one of the oldest openings and is still commonly played today...
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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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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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Lichess (category Internet chess servers)
and open-source Internet chess server run by a non-profit organization of the same name. Users of the site can play online chess anonymously and optionally...
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Immortal Game (redirect from Immortal game (chess))
Immortal Game was a chess game played in 1851 by Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky. It was played while the London 1851 chess tournament was in progress...
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London System (category Chess openings)
The London System is an opening system in chess where White opens with 1.d4 and develops the dark-squared bishop to f4, then supports the d4-pawn with...
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A chess table is a table built with features to make it useful for playing the game of chess. They can come in various sizes and shapes, and are usually...
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Petrov's Defence (redirect from C43 (chess opening))
Game, Russian Defence, or Russian Game – Russian: Русская партия) is a chess opening characterised by the following moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 Though...
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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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Bird's Opening (redirect from A03 (chess opening))
Bird's Opening (or the Dutch Attack) is a chess opening characterised by the move: 1. f4 Named after 19th century English player Henry Bird, Bird's opening...
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Benko Gambit (redirect from A57 (chess opening))
The Benko Gambit (or Volga Gambit) is a chess opening characterised by the move 3...b5 in the Benoni Defence arising after: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5...
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King's Gambit (redirect from C39 (chess opening))
The King's Gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 White offers a pawn to divert the black e-pawn. If Black accepts the gambit...
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Fried Liver Attack (category Chess openings)
Attack, also called the Fegatello Attack (named after an Italian dish), is a chess opening. This opening is a variation of the Two Knights Defense in which...
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