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2. 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 ...

3. 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. The ...

4. 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 ...

5. Algebraic notation (chess) - Wikipedia

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   Algebraic notation. 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 ...

6. Play Chess Online for Free - AOL.com

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   Chess. Play free chess online against the computer or challenge another player to a multiplayer board game. With rated play, chat, tutorials, and computer opponents from beginner to expert! By ...

7. Elo rating system - Wikipedia

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   The USCF initially aimed for an average club player to have a rating of 1500 and Elo suggested scaling ratings so that a difference of 200 rating points in chess would mean that the stronger player has an expected score of approximately 0.75. A player's expected score is their probability of winning plus half their probability of drawing. Thus ...

8. Scholar's mate - Wikipedia

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   Scholar's mate was named and described in The Royall Game of Chesse-Play, a 1656 text by Francis Beale which adapted the work of the early chess writer Gioachino Greco. [1] The example given above is an adaptation of that reported by Beale. The Schollers Mate.

9. Evans Gambit - Wikipedia

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   Evans Gambit. The Evans Gambit is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 2. Nf3 Nc6. 3. Bc4 Bc5. The Evans Gambit is an attacking line of the Giuoco Piano. White offers a pawn to divert the black bishop on c5. If Black accepts, White can follow up with c3 and d4, ripping open the centre, while also opening diagonals to play Ba3 or Qb3 at ...