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Lichess (/ ˈ l iː tʃ ɛ s /; LEE-ches) [3] [4] is a free 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 register an account to play rated games .
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Pieces representing human characters (the king, queen, bishop, and pawn) have a flat disk separating the body from the head design, which is known as a collar. A modified Staunton chess set, described in the FIDE Laws of Chess, [13] is used for the blind and visually impaired. In such a set, the black pieces are differentiated from the white ...
Interested in most things chess. Current rating: 1900/2100 (chess.com Rapid/Lichess Blitz) but constantly improving. e4 or death. Maxipups Mamsipupsovich 13:34, 23 April 2021 (UTC) Mark Chung (talk · contribs) 02:12, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Mark Glickman created the Glicko rating system in 1995 as an improvement on the Elo rating system. [1]Both the Glicko and Glicko-2 rating systems are under public domain and have been implemented on game servers online like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Team Fortress 2, [2] Dota 2, [3] Guild Wars 2, [4] Splatoon 2, [5] Online-go.com, [6] Lichess and chess.com.
Polgar reform chess [multivariant]: In his book Reform-Chess (1997), László Polgár proposed several variants played on board of size 5×8, 6×8, 8×6, or 9×6. [12] The initial piece setup is determined by players in the same way as in Benko's Pre-chess. There are special rules for castling depending on the board. Polgár recommended these ...
Positions are usually shown as diagrams (images), using the symbols shown here for the pieces. There is also a notation for recording positions in text format, called the Forsyth–Edwards notation (FEN). This is useful for adjourning a game to resume later or for conveying chess problem positions without a diagram.