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  2. Solving chess - Wikipedia

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    It is also related to more generally solving chess-like games (i.e. combinatorial games of perfect information) such as Capablanca chess and infinite chess. In a weaker sense, solving chess may refer to proving which one of the three possible outcomes (White wins; Black wins; draw) is the result of two perfect players, without necessarily ...

  3. World Chess Solving Championship - Wikipedia

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    The World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC) is an annual competition in the solving of chess problems (also known as chess puzzles) organized by the World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC), previously by FIDE via the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions (PCCC).

  4. Software for handling chess problems - Wikipedia

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    Popeye is a chess problem-solving software accommodating many fairy chess rules and able to investigate set play and tries. It can be used with several operating systems and can be connected to several existing graphical interfaces since it comes with freely available source code, cf. popeye on GitHub. Since its origin, Popeye was designed as a ...

  5. Chess problem - Wikipedia

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    A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by the composer using chess pieces on a chess board, which presents the solver with a particular task.For instance, a position may be given with the instruction that White is to move first, and checkmate Black in two moves against any possible defence.

  6. Solved game - Wikipedia

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    A solved game is a game whose outcome (win, lose or draw) can be correctly predicted from any position, assuming that both players play perfectly.This concept is usually applied to abstract strategy games, and especially to games with full information and no element of chance; solving such a game may use combinatorial game theory and/or computer assistance.

  7. Retrograde analysis - Wikipedia

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    In chess problems, retrograde analysis is a technique employed to determine which moves were played leading up to a given position. While this technique is rarely needed for solving ordinary chess problems, there is a whole subgenre of chess problems in which it is an important part; such problems are known as retros.

  8. John Nunn - Wikipedia

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    John Denis Martin Nunn (born 25 April 1955) is an English chess grandmaster, a three-time world champion in chess problem solving, a chess writer and publisher, and a mathematician. He is one of England's strongest chess players and was formerly in the world's top ten .

  9. Category:International solving grandmasters - Wikipedia

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    FIDE awards title International solving grandmaster to solvers of chess problems since 1982. See also: Category:Chess Grandmasters; Category:Grandmasters for chess composition; Category:Correspondence chess grandmasters; Category:Chess double grandmasters.