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2. Rules of chess - Wikipedia

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   The rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess. Chess is a two-player abstract strategy board game. Each player controls sixteen pieces of six types on a chessboard. Each type of piece moves in a distinct way. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king; checkmate occurs when a king is ...

3. Hexapawn - Wikipedia

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   Hexapawn is a deterministic two-player game invented by Martin Gardner. It is played on a rectangular board of variable size, for example on a 3×3 board or on a regular chessboard. On a board of size n × m, each player begins with m pawns, one for each square in the row closest to them. The goal of each player is to either advance a pawn to ...

4. Algebraic notation (chess) - Wikipedia

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   Algebraic notation is the standard method for recording and describing the moves in a game of chess. It is based on a system of coordinates to uniquely identify each square on the board. [ 1 ] It is now almost universally used by books, magazines, newspapers and software, and is the only form of notation recognized by FIDE, the international ...

5. Three-player chess - Wikipedia

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   Three-player chess (also known as three-handed, three-man, or three-way chess) is a family of chess variants specially designed for three players. [ 1 ] Many variations of three-player chess have been devised. They usually use a non-standard board, for example, a hexagonal or three-sided board that connects the center cells in a special way.

6. Hex (board game) - Wikipedia

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   Hex (also called Nash) is a two player abstract strategy board game in which players attempt to connect opposite sides of a rhombus-shaped board made of hexagonal cells. Hex was invented by mathematician and poet Piet Hein in 1942 and later rediscovered and popularized by John Nash. It is traditionally played on an 11×11 rhombus board ...

7. List of chess variants - Wikipedia

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   Knight relay chess: Pieces defended by a friendly knight can move as a knight. Legan chess: Played as if the board would be rotated 45°, initial position and pawn movements are adjusted accordingly. Madrasi chess (or Weird chess): A piece which is attacked by the same type of piece of the opposite color is paralysed.

8. Chess rating system - Wikipedia

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   Contents. Chess rating system. A chess rating system is a system used in chess to estimate the strength of a player, based on their performance versus other players. They are used by organizations such as FIDE, the US Chess Federation (USCF or US Chess), International Correspondence Chess Federation, and the English Chess Federation.

9. Pie rule - Wikipedia

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   The pie rule, sometimes referred to as the swap rule, is a rule used to balance abstract strategy games where a first-move advantage has been demonstrated. After the first move is made in a game that uses the pie rule, the second player must select one of two options: Letting the move stand. The second player remains the second player and moves ...