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  2. Chess piece - Wikipedia

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    A chess piece, or chessman, is a game piece that is placed on a chessboard to play the game of chess. It can be either white or black, and it can be one of six types: king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, or pawn. Chess sets generally come with sixteen pieces of each color.

  3. History of chess - Wikipedia

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    In some parts of India the pieces in the places of the rook, knight and bishop were renamed by words meaning (in this order) Boat, Horse, and Elephant, or Elephant, Horse, and Camel, but keeping the same moves. [27] In early chess the moves of the pieces were:

  4. Glossary of computer chess terms - Wikipedia

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    The computer may make a poor move because it is unable to see the consequences even one ply beyond its maximum search depth. The horizon effect was a major problem in the early years of computer chess, but it is less of an issue today as modern chess engines can search many moves deep even in complex positions. See horizon effect. iterative ...

  5. Outline of chess - Wikipedia

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    The most popular style for competitive play is the Staunton chess set, named after Howard Staunton, which are described below; some regions have alternate standard shapes for some pieces. The relative point values given are approximate and depend on the current game situation. Chess pieces – two armies of 16 chess pieces, one army designated ...

  6. Chess - Wikipedia

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    In 1970, the first major computer chess tournament, the North American Computer Chess Championship, was held, followed in 1974 by the first World Computer Chess Championship. In the late 1970s, dedicated home chess computers such as Fidelity Electronics' Chess Challenger became commercially available, as well as software to run on home computers.

  7. List of chess variants - Wikipedia

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    Einstein chess: Pieces transform into more or less powerful pieces when they move. [52] Gravity chess: After every turn, all pieces other than pawns fall towards the higher ranks of the board, until they either reach the eighth rank, or another piece or pawn in the way. [53] [54] Grid chess: The board is overlaid with a grid of lines. For a ...

  8. Rules of chess - Wikipedia

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    Staunton style chess pieces. Left to right: king, rook, queen, pawn, knight, bishop. 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.

  9. Checkmate pattern - Wikipedia

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    It occurs when a knight checkmates a king that is smothered (surrounded) by his friendly pieces and he has nowhere to move nor is there any way to capture the knight. [25] One common checkmating pattern finishing with a smothered mate is known as Philidor's Legacy after François-André Danican Philidor , though its documentation predates ...

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