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  2. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.

  3. Rook (chess) - Wikipedia

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    The rook cannot jump over pieces. The rook may capture an enemy piece by moving to the square on which the enemy piece stands, removing it from play. The rook also participates with the king in a special move called castling, wherein it is transferred to the square crossed by the king after the king is shifted two squares toward the rook.

  4. Glossary of chess - Wikipedia

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    This 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 chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems; for a list of named opening lines, see List of chess openings; for a list of chess-related games, see List of ...

  5. Chess symbols in Unicode - Wikipedia

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    Unicode 15.1 specifies a total of 110 spread across two blocks. The standard set of chess pieces—king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, or pawn, with white and black variants—were included in the block Miscellaneous Symbols. In Unicode 12.0, the Chess Symbols block (U+1FA00–U+1FA6F) was allocated for inclusion of extra chess piece ...

  6. Parker Brothers - Wikipedia

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    After this, Parker Brothers produced the first Nerf ball. [5] In the UK during the 1970s, Parker Brothers sold the rights of some games to the games division of Palitoy (also a General Mills company), [8] and produced a variety of releases such as Escape from Colditz. [9] In 1977, the company built its headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts. [10]

  7. Queen versus rook endgame - Wikipedia

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    A rook's pawn loses on the second rank, because the rook has only one protected square to use. [22] To win against a rook's pawn on the third rank, it is necessary for the attacking king to advance on the pawn's own file from ahead; [ 3 ] if this cannot be achieved, then the defending king cannot be forced out of the corner.

  8. Ruy Lopez - Wikipedia

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    The Ruy Lopez (/ r ɔɪ, ˈ r uː i /; Spanish: [ˈruj ˈlopeθ]), [1] also called the Spanish Opening or Spanish Game, is a chess opening characterised by the moves: . 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.

  9. Mikhail Botvinnik - Wikipedia

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    In 1951, he drew with David Bronstein over 24 games in Moscow, +55=14, keeping the world title, but it was a struggle for Botvinnik, who won the second-last game and drew the last in order to tie the match. [51] In 1954, he drew with Vasily Smyslov over 24 games in Moscow, +7−7=10, again retaining the title. [52]