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2. Queen (chess) - Wikipedia

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   The queen (♕, ♛) is the most powerful piece in the game of chess. It can move any number of squares vertically, horizontally or diagonally, combining the powers of the rook and bishop. Each player starts the game with one queen, placed in the middle of the first rank next to the king. Because the queen is the strongest piece, a pawn is ...

3. Chess symbols in Unicode - Wikipedia

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   The standard set of chess pieces— king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, or pawn, with white and black variants—were included in the block Miscellaneous Symbols. In Unicode 12.0, the Chess Symbols block (U+1FA00–U+1FA6F) was allocated for inclusion of extra chess piece representations. This includes fairy chess pieces, such as rotated pieces ...

4. Algebraic notation (chess) - Wikipedia

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   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, the international ...

5. Chess annotation symbols - Wikipedia

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   When annotating chess games, commentators frequently use widely recognized annotation symbols. Question marks and exclamation points that denote a move as bad or good are ubiquitous in chess literature. [ 1 ] Some publications intended for an international audience, such as the Chess Informant, have a wide range of additional symbols that ...

6. Template:Chess diagram - Wikipedia

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   Contents. Template:Chess diagram. These templates shows a chess diagram, a graphic representation of a position in a chess game, using standardised symbols resembling the pieces of the standard Staunton chess set. The default template for a standard chess board is {{ Chess diagram }}. This documentation covers all related templates.

7. Template:Unicode chart Chess Symbols - Wikipedia

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   To display the Unicode block: {{Unicode chart Chess Symbols}} This template does not take any parameters. The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Unicode chart/block documentation. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages. Subpages of this template.

8. Checkmate pattern - Wikipedia

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   The triangle mate involves a queen, supported by a rook on the same file two squares away, delivering checkmate to a king that is either at the edge of the board or whose escape is blocked by a piece; the queen, rook, and king together form a triangular shape, hence the name of the mating pattern.

9. Promotion (chess) - Wikipedia

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   In chess, promotion is the replacement of a pawn with a new piece when the pawn is moved to its last rank. The player replaces the pawn immediately with a queen, rook, bishop, or knight of the same color. [1] The new piece does not have to be a previously captured piece. [2] Promotion is mandatory when moving to the last rank; the pawn cannot ...