• 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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  • book published in the series was The Oxford Companion to English Literature (1932), compiled by the retired diplomat Sir Paul Harvey. The series has included...
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    13 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Mark Weeks' Chess Pages David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld, The Oxford Companion to Chess, Oxford University Press,...
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    The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 343–44, ISBN 0-19-280049-3 Horton, Byrne J. (1959), Dictionary of modern chess,...
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    Algebraic notation is the standard method for recording and describing the moves in a game of chess. It is based on a system of coordinates to uniquely identify...
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    variants. The Oxford Companion to Chess lists 1,327 named openings and variants. Middlegame theory is usually divided into chess tactics and chess strategy...
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  • as openings, have standard names such as "Sicilian Defense". The Oxford Companion to Chess lists 1,327 named openings and variants, and there are many...
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    Whyld, Kenneth (1996) [First pub. 1992], "knight", The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, pp. 203–04, ISBN 0-19-280049-3 Mednis...
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    Machine from nytimes.com Fiske 1905 The Oxford Companion to Chess The Everything Chess Basic Book, by the US Chess Federation and Peter Kurzdorfer, 2003...
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    A chess tournament is a series of chess games played competitively to determine a winning individual or team. Since the first international chess tournament...
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  • Kenneth (1967), The Official Chess Handbook, McKay Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1992), The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press...
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    the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9 December 2006. Hooper, David & Whyld, Kenneth (1996). "Hauptturnier". The Oxford companion to chess (2 ed.). Oxford University...
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    "Three-dimensional chess". The Oxford Companion to Chess. Oxford University Press. pp. 351–52. ISBN 0-19-281986-0. "Three Dimensional (index)". The Chess Variant...
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  • Anderssen's Opening (category Chess openings)
    in the Oxford Companion to Chess' index of 1327 openings, due to a systematic ordering which begins at White's left-hand queenside and proceeds to White's...
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    of Chess, Hamlyn Publishing Group, p. 151, ISBN 1-55521-394-4 Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1996) [First pub. 1992], "king", The Oxford Companion to Chess...
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  • population in 1947. David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld, The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed. 1992), Oxford University Press, p. 402. ISBN 0-19-866164-9. Rehman...
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    Evans on Chess, Cornerstone Library, ISBN 0-87749-699-4 Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1992), "Value of pieces", The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed...
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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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  • "Encyclopedia of Chess Openings". The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 123. ISBN 0-19-280049-3. "Chess Informant". Publisher's...
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  • title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain...
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    1992]. The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280049-3. Just, Tim; Burg, Daniel B. (2003), U.S. Chess Federation's...
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    Oxford Companion to Chess. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-866164-9. Hooper, David and Whyld, Kenneth (1992). The Oxford Companion to Chess, Second...
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    Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, ISBN 0-517-53146-1 Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1996) [First pub. 1992], "queen", The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed...
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  • February 2022. Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1996) [First pub. 1992]. The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280049-3....
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    competitive chess, Fine was among the strongest eight players in the world." David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld, The Oxford Companion to Chess, Oxford University...
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    Kenneth (1992), The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-866164-9 Just, Tim; Burg, Daniel B. (2003), U.S. Chess Federation's...
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    1992]. The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280049-3. Hübner, Robert. "The Immortal Game." American Chess Journal...
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    for chess composition Chess problem § Titles Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1992), The Oxford Companion to Chess (2 ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 156...
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    "pawn", The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 294, ISBN 0-19-280049-3 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chess pawns...
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  • Ken Whyld (category English chess players)
    British chess author and researcher, best known as the co-author (with David Hooper) of The Oxford Companion to Chess, a single-volume chess reference...
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