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  2. List of chess traps - Wikipedia

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    In chess, a trap is a move which tempts the opponent to play a bad move. Traps are common in all phases of the game; in the opening , some traps have occurred often enough that they have acquired names.

  3. 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 ...

  4. List of chess players - Wikipedia

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    Houdini (chess) Since the release of version 1.5 on 15 December 2010, it has taken the top spot in every rating list that includes it. Hydra (chess) is a very strong machine which uses custom parallel hardware.

  5. Chess tactic - Wikipedia

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    In chess, a tactic is a sequence of moves that each makes one or more immediate threats – a check, a material threat, a checkmating sequence threat, or the threat of another tactic – that culminates in the opponent's being unable to respond to all of the threats without making some kind of concession.

  6. List of amateur chess players - Wikipedia

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    Several amateur chess players have been noted in other endeavors, while their lives and work have been influenced by the game of chess.. Woody Allen The film comedian and occasional player taught his adopted son Moses Farrow the game; [1] authored a comical epistolary short story titled "The Gossage-Vardebedian Papers" involving a chess game played via mail.

  7. The Oxford Companion to Chess - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford Companion to Chess The Oxford Companion to Chess is a reference book on the game of chess written by David Vincent Hooper and Kenneth Whyld. The book is written in an encyclopedia format. The book belongs to the Oxford Companions series. Details The first edition of the book was published in 1984 by Oxford University Press. The second edition (1992) has over 2,500 entries, including ...

  8. Chess opening - Wikipedia

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    Chess players' names are the most common sources of opening names. [16] The name given to an opening is not always that of the first player to adopt it; often an opening is named for the player who was the first to popularize it or to publish analysis of it.

  9. List of chess openings - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of chess openings, organised by the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) code classification system.The chess openings are categorised into five broad areas ("A" through "E"), with each of those broken up into one hundred subcategories ("00" through "99").