Triangulation is a tactic used in chess to put one's opponent in zugzwang (a position in which it is a disadvantage to move). Triangulation is also called...
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point by forming triangles to it from known points. Triangulation may also refer to: Triangulation (chess), a maneuver in which one player moves a piece (often...
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The knight (♘, ♞) is a piece in the game of chess, represented by a horse's head and neck. It moves two squares vertically and one square horizontally...
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Kc7 (See King and pawn versus king endgame.) Corresponding squares Triangulation (chess) Zugzwang (Flear 2004:12) (Flear 2000:36) (Flear 2004:23) "Svetozar...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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tablebase Endgame theory Fortress Opposition Pawnless chess endgame Prokeš maneuver Tarrasch rule Triangulation Wrong bishop Wrong rook pawn Zugzwang Specific...
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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 progress of significant human–computer chess matches. Chess computers were first able to beat strong chess players in the late 1980s. Their most famous...
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The bishop (♗, ♝) is a piece in the game of chess. It moves and captures along diagonals without jumping over interfering pieces. Each player begins 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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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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English Opening (redirect from A19 (chess opening))
The English Opening is a chess opening that begins with the move: 1. c4 A flank opening, it is the fourth most popular and, according to various databases...
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Réti Opening (redirect from A09 (chess opening))
The Réti Opening is a hypermodern chess opening whose "traditional" or "classic method" begins with the moves: 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 White attacks Black's pawn...
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In chess, there is a consensus among players and theorists that the player who makes the first move (White) has an inherent advantage, albeit not one...
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Benoni Defense (redirect from A60 (chess opening))
The Benoni Defense, or simply the Benoni, is a chess opening characterized by an early reply of ...c5 against White's opening move 1.d4. The original...
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Zugzwang (redirect from Squeeze (chess))
Lasker's Manual of Chess. The British master George Walker analyzed a similar position in the same endgame, giving a maneuver (triangulation) that resulted...
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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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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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Staircase maneuver Tempo Triangulation Undermining Windmill Shogi tactics Edward R. Brace, Illustrated Dictionary of Chess (Fodor's Travel Publications...
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Internet Chess Server, commonly known as Internet Chess Server (ICS) was a telnet-based chess server which allowed users to play live chess over the internet...
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draw from a clearly losing position. The exchange – see § Chess tactics above Triangulation – technique of making three moves to wind up in the same position...
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Endgame study (redirect from Study (chess))
In the game of chess, an endgame study, or just study, is a composed position—that is, one that has been made up rather than played in an actual game—presented...
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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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Chess Battle Chess Battle vs. Chess Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess Chess Champion 2175 Chess Mates Chess Player 2150 Chess Simulator Chess Titans Chess Ultra...
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King and pawn versus king endgame (category Chess endgames)
opposition. 128. e7+ Ke8 129. Ke6 stalemate. Corresponding squares Triangulation (chess) (Lasker 1915) (Griffiths 1976:1). (Levy & Newborn 1991:144) (Müller...
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