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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 .
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Rashid Gibyatovich Nezhmetdinov (Russian: Раши́д Гибя́тович Нежметди́нов, Tatar: Рәшит Һибәт улы Нәҗметдинов, Räşit Hibät ulı Näcmetdinov; IPA: [ræˈʃit næʑmetˈdinof]; 15 December 1912 – 3 June 1974) was a Soviet chess player, chess writer, International Master and checkers player.
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The World Chess Federation (FIDE) divides time controls for chess into "classical" time controls, and the fast chess time controls.As of July 2014, for master-level players (with an Elo of 2400 or higher) the regulations state that at least 120 minutes per player (based on a 60-move game) must be allocated for a game to be rated on the "classical" list; [3] for lower-rated players, this can be ...
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The ship has therefore come to be regarded as the epitome of Noah's Ark for a generation of chess players. Significantly, all members of the German team also chose not to return to Nazi Germany. 27 December 1939 - American Chess Federation and National Chess Federation form the United States Chess Federation (USCF). [4]
According to Jim Bickford, [1] one of the characteristics of this defense is the "cork-screw" maneuver the knight makes by traveling to the second rank via f6 and h5. In the introduction to his monograph, Bickford quotes the late Tony Miles as saying "The black knights are better on the second rank – a shame it takes two moves for them to get there."