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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Charles Ranken (category British chess writers)
president of the Oxford University Chess Club. He was also the editor of the Chess Player's Chronicle and a writer for the British Chess Magazine. Ranken...
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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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The rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess. Chess is a two-player abstract strategy board game. Each player...
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Chinese-English chess player who resides in and plays for the Isle of Man. Wu moved to Coventry from China in 1999 and joined the Nuneaton Chess Club. He led...
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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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Adrian Hollis (category Classical scholars of the University of Oxford)
a member of the British team. He represented Oxford University Chess Club in four annual Varsity chess matches (1959–1962), playing on the top board...
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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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Saragossa, Spain. On 2 December 1944 Bletchley Park defeated the Oxford University Chess Club in a twelve-board team match 8 : 4. C.H.O'D. Alexander, Harry...
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to Chess. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-866164-9. Hooper, David and Whyld, Kenneth (1992). The Oxford Companion to Chess, Second edition. Oxford University...
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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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Kenneth Whyld, The Oxford Companion to Chess, Oxford University Press (2nd edition 1992), p. 332. ISBN 0-19-866164-9. Golombek's Chess Encyclopedia, p....
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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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James Macrae Aitken (category Scottish chess players)
1944 Bletchley Park played a 12-board team match against the Oxford University Chess Club. Bletchley Park won the match 8–4 with C.H.O'D. Alexander, Harry...
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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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athletes at some universities and schools for competition at the highest level. The awarding of blues began at Oxford and Cambridge universities in England...
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Whyld, Kenneth (1992). The Oxford Companion to Chess. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280049-3. Winter, Edward (1996). Chess Explorations. Cadogan. ISBN 1-85744-171-0...
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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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Hou Yifan (redirect from Hou Yifan (Chinese chess player))
February 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion and professor at Shenzhen University. She is the second highest rated...
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