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The critical first moves in a game of [[chess]] that set the stage for the rest of the game.

American chess player (1837-84) who, after defeating the best players in Europe, was consi

...rooks, one in each of the corners nearest their own side. In [[algebraic chess notation|algebraic notation]], white's rooks start on a1 and h1, while blac ...an enemy piece stands. The rook also participates, along with the [[king (chess)|king]], in a special move called [[castling]].

...ned purpose and limited formal organization. (E.g., card club, model club, chess club). The term can also be applied to larger membership associations (e.g.

...mensional [[board game|board]] with an eight-by-eight grid; ancestral to [[chess]].

...''' is a multi-processor version of the [[computer chess]] engine [[Fritz (chess)|Fritz]] written by [[Frans Morsch]] and [[Mathias Feist]].

...ith an eight-by-eight grid; derived from [[chaturanga]] and ancestral to [[chess]].

A move in chess in which a pawn that has just completed an initial advance to its fourth ra

...s added by Muddy Waters on 27 June and released as a single that year by [[Chess Records]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Danchin|first=Sebastian|year=2001|title=Ear ...hook Me' resulted in Hooker being employed on Waters recording sessions by Chess, and Dixon being asked to contribute more of his material. Dixon also playe

...do the governing bodies of more than fifty individual sports, including [[chess]], [[golf]] and [[ice skating]].

...assant''' ([[French language|French]]: 'in passing') is the only move in [[chess]] in which a capturing piece does not occupy the square of the captured pie Both 'pieces' are in fact [[pawn (chess)|pawn]]s. The rule was devised to prevent a player using the two-squares r

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In [[chess]], '''tactics''' in general concentrate on short-term actions or plans. Ta ...)|underminings]], [[Overloading (chess)|overloadings]] and [[Interference (chess)|interferences]].<ref>Harding (2003), p. 8ff</ref>

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...րոսյան; [[June 17]], 1929 &ndash; [[August 13]],1984) was a former [[world chess champion]]. Due to [[Russification]] in the [[Soviet Union]] he is also kno ...e he lived in the [[Russia]]n capital, [[Moscow]]. He learned the game of chess at the age of eight. A significant step for Petrosian was moving to Moscow

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...hess tactics|tactics]], and into three consecutive stages in a game: the [[Chess opening|opening]], [[middle game]], and [[endgame]]. Tactics might be descr ...having more pieces, or more valuable pieces on the board. In the study of chess, the pieces are assigned a point value:

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...l chess writer. He was the foremost figure amongst the ''[[hypermodernism (chess)|hypermoderns]]''. ...in 1922 (some sources say 1920) and lived there until his death. His best chess mostly dates from that year forward. He is buried in Bispebjerg Cemetery in

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...l opening theory, or by controlling it from the sides, as in [[hypermodern chess opening]] theory. Secondly, the player will attempt to get space for his pi Chess openings are usually classified by the first move that white makes. King pa

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...ay: Civilisation was a successful board game first. (Or do only games like chess count as "board" games?) * Is chess played on a PC no longer a board game?

...lips]]. In 1952, he moved to [[Chicago, Illinois]], where he signed with [[Chess Records]], for whom he recorded 'Evil', 'I'm the Wolf', 'Smokestack Lightni ...]. He began to suffer from heart problems, but continued making albums for Chess Records, and in 1970 returned to Europe and recorded the above-mentioned ''

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:'''Note:''' ''This article only deals with human players. See [[computer chess]] for machine players.'' There is no consensus on who is the '''greatest [[chess]] player of all time''', but it is a topic often discussed by fans and addr

.... 55; Comedy Overture, Op. 53; Dance Vision, Op. 11; Suite from the play ''Chess'', Op. 5 (Alba ABCD 162)

...ed almost identical for millennia. Other traditional board games include [[chess]], [[draughts]]/[[checkers]], and members of the [[mancala]] family.