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The doubled b-pawn is worth 0.75 points. If the black pawn on a6 were on c6, it would not be possible to dissolve the doubled pawn, and it would be worth only 0.5 points. The doubled pawn on f2 is worth about 0.5 points. The second white pawn on the h-file is worth only 0.33 points, and additional pawns on the file would be worth only 0.2 ...
In chess, an exchange [1] or trade of chess pieces is a series of closely related moves, typically sequential, in which the two players capture each other's pieces. Any type of pieces except the kings may possibly be exchanged, i.e. captured in an exchange, although a king can capture an opponent's piece.
Gauntlet Dark Legacy is an arcade video game released in 2000. [6] It is the seventh title in the Gauntlet series, and is an expansion of the previous title in the series, Gauntlet Legends . The expansion adds five new levels, and four new character classes: Dwarf, Knight, Jester, and Sorceress.
In 1994, Pasternak co-founded Knight Trading Group along with Walter Raquet, which benefited exponentially from the advent of internet trading. Knight Trading went public in 1998 [4] with a market capitalization of $7 billion. [4] Pasternak served as the company's chief executive officer from its founding in 1995 until he retired on January 21 ...
In the United States, a group purchasing organization (GPO) is an entity that is created to leverage the purchasing power of a group of businesses to obtain discounts from vendors based on the collective buying power of the GPO members. [1] Many GPOs are funded by administrative fees which are paid by the vendors that GPOs oversee.
Later armets have a visor. A stereotypical knight's helm. Favoured in Italy. Close helmet or close helm: 15th to 16th century: A bowl helmet with a moveable visor, very similar visually to an armet and often the two are confused. However, it lacks the hinged cheekplates of an armet and instead has a movable bevor, hinged in common with the ...
KCG Holdings, Inc. was an American global financial services firm engaging in market making, high-frequency trading, electronic execution, and institutional sales and trading. [3] The company was formed on July 1, 2013, upon the completion of the merger between Knight Capital Group, Inc. and GETCO Holding Company, LLC . [ 4 ]
Gauntlet is a 1985 fantasy-themed hack-and-slash arcade video game developed and released by Atari Games. [3] It is one of the first multiplayer dungeon crawl arcade games. [8] [9] The core design of Gauntlet comes from 1983 game Dandy for the Atari 8-bit computers, which resulted in a threat of legal action. [10]