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Polgar reform chess [multivariant]: In his book Reform-Chess (1997), László Polgár proposed several variants played on board of size 5×8, 6×8, 8×6, or 9×6. [12] The initial piece setup is determined by players in the same way as in Benko's Pre-chess.
A chess rating system is a system used in chess to estimate the strength of a player, based on their performance versus other players. They are used by organizations such as FIDE, the US Chess Federation (USCF or US Chess), International Correspondence Chess Federation, and the English Chess Federation. Most of the systems are used to ...
Board representation in computer chess is a data structure in a chess program representing the position on the chessboard and associated game state. [1] Board representation is fundamental to all aspects of a chess program including move generation, the evaluation function, and making and unmaking moves (i.e. search) as well as maintaining the state of the game during play.
Such a position is sometimes termed a "cursed win" (where mate can be forced, but it runs afoul of the 50-move rule), or a "blessed loss" from the perspective of the other player. [47] In 2013, ICCF changed the rules for correspondence chess tournaments starting from 2014; a player may claim a win or draw based on six-man tablebases. [48]
First appearing in the "Overture Teaser: The Final Feast" trailer in July 2023, [9] Furina was added to Genshin Impact in an August 2023 update alongside the nation of Fontaine. [10] She serves as the game's Hydro Archon. [5] [10] Her full name is Furina de Fontaine, and her birthday is October 13. [6]
A norm in chess is awarded if a player has a performance rating in a tournament at or above a threshold rating. As an example, for the Grandmaster (GM) title, a player must achieve three GM norms corresponding to performance ratings of at least 2600 against opponents with an average rating of 2380 and must also have reached a required peak live ...
In contemporary chess, a digital board is a chess board connected to a computer that is capable of transmitting the moves to the computer itself: the information about the moves can be used to play a game against a chess engine, or simply to record the moves sequence of a game in automatic.
Blindfold chess – one or both players play without seeing the board and pieces. Chess handicap – one of the players gives a handicap to the other player, usually starting the game without a certain piece. Fast chess – chess played with a time control limiting each player to a specified time of 60 minutes or less (can be as low as 1 minute).