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  2. Chess theory - Wikipedia

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    The game of chess is commonly divided into three phases: the opening, middlegame, and endgame. [1] There is a large body of theory regarding how the game should be played in each of these phases, especially the opening and endgame. Those who write about chess theory, who are often also eminent players, are referred to as "theorists" or ...

  3. Shannon number - Wikipedia

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    Claude Shannon. The Shannon number, named after the American mathematician Claude Shannon, is a conservative lower bound of the game-tree complexity of chess of 10 120, based on an average of about 10 3 possibilities for a pair of moves consisting of a move for White followed by a move for Black, and a typical game lasting about 40 such pairs ...

  4. Rules of chess - Wikipedia

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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 controls sixteen pieces of six types on a chessboard. Each type of piece moves in a distinct way. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king; checkmate occurs when a king is ...

  5. List of chess variants - Wikipedia

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    Endgame chess (or The Pawns Game, with unknown origins) [8x8]: Players start the game with only pawns and a king. Normal check, checkmate, en passant, and pawn promotion rules apply. Los Alamos chess (or Anti-Clerical chess) [6x6]: Played on a 6×6 board without bishops. This was the first chess-like game played by a computer program.

  6. Dragonchess - Wikipedia

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    Dragonchess. The Dragonchess 3D gameboard: Air (upper board) Land (middle board) Subterranean world (lower board) Gary Gygax. Dragonchess is a three-dimensional fantasy chess variant created by Gary Gygax, co-creator of the famed role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. The game was introduced in 1985 in issue No. 100 of Dragon Magazine.

  7. Garry Kasparov - Wikipedia

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    from Kasparov's interview for Echo of Moscow, 13 September 2011. Garry Kimovich Kasparov [a] (born Garik Kimovich Weinstein [b] on 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion (1985–2000), political activist and writer. His peak FIDE chess rating of 2851, [2] achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being ...

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