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Tablebases have solved chess to a limited degree, determining perfect play in a number of endgames, including all non-trivial endgames with no more than seven pieces or pawns (including the two kings). [2] One consequence of developing the seven-piece endgame tablebase is that many interesting theoretical chess endings have been found.
In 1995 he also won the world title in the World Youth Chess Championship in Guarapuava (Brazil), ahead of Emil Sutovsky. The following year he was awarded the grandmaster title and participated in his first Chess Olympiad, and has since then participated in six chess olympiads 1996–2006, with a 52.1% overall performance. [2]
Robert Aghasaryan (Armenian: Ռոբերտ Աղասարյան; born 1994 in Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster (2014). As of June 2018 [update] , he is rated by FIDE as with an Elo rating of 2537, his best until now.
He has published multiple books and games, including Chess for Everyone and Unbeatable Chess Lessons. [3] He founded the Chess for Juniors club, claiming it was the largest of its kind in the country, and that he trained 36 national chess champions, and holds a world record for having introduced chess to more than 170,000 students. [4]
[8] [9] He has been actively involved in computer chess since he first started to program a computer to play chess in 1968. These efforts have been supported by various computer vendors such as Univac (1978), Cray Research (1980–1994), and more recently AMD via their developer's lab. Crafty is freely available both in executable form (from ...
Robert Lee Hess (born December 19, 1991) is an American chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 2009. In May 2012, his FIDE rating was 2635, fifth in the United States. [ 1 ] Hess is a commentator for Chess.com, covering events such as the World Chess Championship and Candidates Tournament.
Chess explodes on Twitch.tv. Twitch.tv is a live-video streaming website that was started in 2011 as a platform for users to watch other people play video games.
In chess, there is a consensus among players and theorists that the player who makes the first move has an inherent advantage, albeit not one large enough to win with perfect play. This has been the consensus since at least 1889, when the first World Chess Champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, addressed the issue, although chess has not been solved.