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No description. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status name name Name of a column to display Unknown optional ^ The Estonian chess terms were coined by Ado Grenzstein. ^ "Handbook". www.fide.com. Retrieved 22 March 2019. The pieces bear the names: Koenig, Dame, Turm, Laeufer, Springer, Bauer ^ a b H. J. R. Murray, A History of Chess, ch. 11.
The Oxford Companion to Chess lists 1,327 named openings and variants. [1] Chess players' names are the most common sources of opening names. 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 one of the first to popularise it or to publish analysis of it.
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The opening's name is thought to originate either from Chess.com user "Lenny_Bongcloud", who used the opening with little success, [1] or more generally in reference to a bong, a device used to smoke cannabis, humorously implying that one would need to be intoxicated to think that using the opening is a legitimate strategy.
In chess problems, battery refers to an arrangement of two pieces in line with the enemy king on a rank, file, or diagonal so that if the middle piece moves a discovered check (or a threat other than a check) will be delivered. [28] See also Alekhine's gun. BCF British Chess Federation, the former name of the English Chess Federation. [29] See ...
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A joke chess problem is a puzzle in chess that uses humor as an element. Although most chess problems, like other creative forms, are appreciated for serious artistic themes (such as Grimshaw, Novotny, and Lacny), joke chess problems are enjoyed for some twist. In some cases the composer plays a trick to prevent a solver from succeeding with ...
Chess aesthetics or beauty in chess is the aesthetic appreciation of chess games and problems, by both players and composers. This is evident, for example, in brilliancy prizes [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] awarded to some games in certain tournaments and also in the world of chess composition .