Events in chess in 1932: Canadian Chess Federation (later renamed Chess Federation of Canada) replaces the Canadian Chess Association, and for the first...
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founded in 1872, was replaced in 1932 by the Canadian Chess Federation (CCF), which for the first time included representation from all major cities in Canada...
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Buchholz system (redirect from Buchholz (chess rating))
spelled Buchholtz) is a ranking or scoring system in chess developed by Bruno Buchholz (died c. 1958) in 1932, for Swiss system tournaments (Hooper & Whyld...
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took the chess world by storm. In an international chess career of less than five years (1929–33), he won the British Championship three times in four attempts...
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to chess: Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard (a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid). In a chess...
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Daniël Noteboom (category Dutch chess players)
Daniël Noteboom (26 February 1910 – 12 January 1932) was a Dutch chess player. He gained notice at the 1930 Chess Olympiad at Hamburg, scoring 11½/15, including...
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(March 22, 1932 – November 15, 2010) was an American chess player, author, and journalist who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1957. He won...
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of the winners of the Catalan Chess Championship. Note: In 1992, two championships were held. "Absolut". Catalan Chess Federation. Retrieved 3 December...
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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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The Luxembourg Chess Championship has been held since 1932 by the Luxembourg Chess Federation [Wikidata] (French: Fédération Luxembourgeoise des Échecs...
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Betty Boop (category Film series introduced in 1932)
compromise her virginity were reflected in Chess-Nuts (1932) and most importantly in Boop-Oop-a-Doop (1932). In Chess-Nuts, the Black King goes into the house...
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Philip Baker may refer to: Philip Baker (chess player) (1880–1932), Irish chess player Philip Baker (provost) (born 1523), provost of King's College, Cambridge...
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November 1932, London) was an English chess master who won the British Chess Championship on six occasions. He started a career in accountancy, but in 1909...
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In chess, promotion is the replacement of a pawn with a new piece when the pawn is moved to its last rank. The player replaces the pawn immediately with...
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The following people have all been grandmasters (GM) of chess. The title is awarded to players who have met the standards required by the sport's governing...
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(in Russian the consonant h is replaced with the consonant g). Notable people with the Kagan surname include: Bernhard Kagan (1866–1932), German chess...
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Chuvash enlightener, educator, and writer Lora Yakovleva (born 1932), Russian chess grandmaster Maksim Sergeyevich Yakovlev (born 1991), Russian footballer...
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politician and banker C.W. Lemoine, US author Claude Lemoine (born 1932), French chess master and journalist Cyril Lemoine (born 1983), French cyclist Émile...
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Edgard Colle (category Belgian chess players)
Edgard Colle (18 May 1897 – 19 April 1932) was a Belgian chess master. He scored excellent results in major international tournaments, including first...
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This list of chess players includes people who are primarily known as chess players and have an article on the English Wikipedia. Jacob Aagaard (Denmark...
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Opera Game (redirect from Opera game (chess))
The Opera Game was an 1858 chess game, played at an opera house in Paris. The American master Paul Morphy played against two strong amateurs: the German...
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Notable people with those names include: Noteboom Daniël Noteboom (1910–1932), Dutch chess player Erin Noteboom (born 1972), American-born Canadian author with...
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Chess-Nuts is a 1932 Fleischer Studios animated short film starring Betty Boop, and featuring Bimbo and Koko the Clown. A live action chess game becomes...
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of Youghal in 1569, 1576 and 1581, Youghal garrison commander and a spy for Francis Drake Philip Baker (1880–1932), Irish chess champion in 1924, 1927...
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Robert Forbes Combe (category Chess Olympiad competitors)
Combe played in the British Chess Federation Congress in London in 1932, finishing in a tie for fourth place with a score of 7½/11 in the First Class...
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Hermanis Matisons (category Chess players from Riga)
Herman Mattison; 1894, Riga – 1932) was a Latvian chess player and one of world's most highly regarded chess masters in the early 1930s. He was also a...
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been involved in the game of chess and have significantly contributed to the development of chess. Chess gained popularity amongst Jews in the 12th century...
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which she sold to the Queen Mother. She founded the Mary Chess Company in 1932. While in London Chess sent her daughter Carley to study with Nadia Boulanger...
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a draw In chess, there are a number of ways that a game can end in a draw, neither player winning. Draws are codified by various rules of chess including...
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describe chess moves. In 1946, W.F. Streeter examined the results of 5,598 games played in 45 international chess tournaments between 1851 and 1932. Streeter...
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