glossary of chess explains commonly used terms in chess, in alphabetical order. Some of these terms have their own pages, like fork and pin. For a list of unorthodox...

a list of terms used in computer chess. For terms used in chess in general, see Glossary of chess. For terms used in chess problems, see Glossary of chess...

see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms used in chess is general, see Glossary of chess; for a list of chess-related games, see List of chess variants...

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...

games; for terms specific to chess, see Glossary of chess; for terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems. Directory:  A B C D...

one of the best chess engines in the world for several years; it has won all main events of the Top Chess Engine Championship (TCEC) and the Chess.com...

The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Ding Liren, who defeated his opponent Ian...

which the proper course of action (see list of chess terms#Optimal play) has been analyzed in detail. However, an increasing number of books are about endgame...

it was modified in terms of shapes and rules and developed into Shatranj. Following the Arab invasion and conquest of Persia, chess was taken up by the...

The rook (/rʊk/; ♖, ♜) is a piece in the game of chess. It may move any number of squares horizontally or vertically without jumping, and it may capture...

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...

archive of past games. Apple Chess Battle Chess Battle vs. Chess Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess Chess Champion 2175 Chess Mates Chess Player 2150 Chess Simulator...

such it has been used in numerous contexts. GNU Chess is free software, licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 or any later...

Players of the game of Go often use jargon to describe situations on the board and surrounding the game. Such technical terms are likely to be encountered...

xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). Chess is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no elements of chance. It is...

for comparing the greatest chess players in history. There is agreement on a statistical system to rate the strengths of current players, called the...

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powerful piece in the game of chess. It can move any number of squares vertically, horizontally or diagonally, combining the powers of the rook and bishop....

The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) is a reference work describing the state of opening theory in chess, originally published in five volumes from...

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...

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...

The opening is the initial stage of a chess game. It usually consists of established theory. The other phases are the middlegame and the endgame. Many...

The international chess governing body FIDE grants several titles, the most prestigious of which is Grandmaster; many national chess federations also grant...

Fritz is a German chess program originally developed for Chessbase by Frans Morsch based on his Quest program, ported to DOS, and then Windows by Mathias...

some aspect of chess. Canadian chess periodicals Chess library Chess columns in newspapers List of chess books The place, dates and frequency of publication...

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...

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...

actual play. There are thousands of known chess variants (see list of chess variants). The Classified Encyclopedia of Chess Variants catalogues around two...

chances of playing for a win. List of chess openings List of chess openings named after people List of chess openings named after places Chess Archaeology:...

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, two...