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In chess, a tactic is a sequence of moves that each makes one or more immediate threats – a check, a material threat, a checkmating sequence threat, or the threat of another tactic – that culminates in the opponent's being unable to respond to all of the threats without making some kind of concession.
Chess world champion Centowic wants to travel by ship to an important chess tournament. However, the ship's departure is delayed by the belated arrival of a mysterious and obviously anxious passenger accompanied by Bishop Ambrosse. During the trip, passengers ask grumpy Centowic to play a chess game, which he reluctantly agrees to.
He won the 2005 Oceania Chess Championship and represented Oceania at the Chess World Cup 2005. He has also represented Australia in the 2002, 2004, and 2006 Chess Olympiads . [ 2 ] In the 2004 Olympiad he helped Australia score a 2–2 draw with his former country England, scoring a decisive win over World Championship title contender Nigel ...
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Magnus is a 2016 documentary film [1] [2] [3] by Benjamin Ree about the early life of Norwegian chess prodigy Magnus Carlsen, him becoming a Grandmaster at age 13 [4] and winning the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2013. [5] The film premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2016, [6] and was sold to 64 countries. [7]
In chess, a fork is a tactic in which a piece attacks multiple enemy pieces simultaneously. The attacker usually aims to capture one of the forked pieces. The defender often cannot counter every threat. A fork is most effective when it is forcing, such as when the king is put in check. A fork is a type of double attack.
His movie "Critical Thinking" is based on the true story of how five Miami public high school students shocked the country by becoming the first inner city team to win the U.S. National Chess ...
Triangulation is a tactic used in chess to put one's opponent in zugzwang (a position in which it is a disadvantage to move). Triangulation is also called losing a tempo or losing a move.