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  2. Lichess - Wikipedia

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    Lichess (/ ˈ l iː tʃ ɛ s /; LEE-ches) [3] [4] is a free and open-source Internet chess server run by a non-profit organization of the same name. Users of the site can play online chess anonymously and optionally register an account to play rated games .

  3. Online chess - Wikipedia

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    Online chess is chess that is played over the Internet, allowing players to play against each other in real time. This is done through the use of Internet chess servers, which often include a system to pair up individual players based on their rating using an Elo or similar chess rating system. Online chess has existed since the 1970s, but has ...

  4. Glicko rating system - Wikipedia

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    Mark Glickman created the Glicko rating system in 1995 as an improvement on the Elo rating system. [1]Both the Glicko and Glicko-2 rating systems are under public domain and have been implemented on game servers online like Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Team Fortress 2, [2] Dota 2, [3] Guild Wars 2, [4] Splatoon 2, [5] Online-go.com [6], Lichess and chess.com.

  5. Chess annotation symbols - Wikipedia

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    The "?!" may also indicate that the annotator believes the move is weak or deserves criticism but not bad enough to warrant a "?". On certain Internet chess servers, such as Chess.com and Lichess, this kind of move is marked as an "inaccuracy", denoting a weak move, appearing more regularly than with most annotators.

  6. Chess - Wikipedia

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    Chess is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no elements of chance. It is played on a chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The players, referred to as "White" and "Black", each control sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns.

  7. Chess rating system - Wikipedia

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    Chess rating system. 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.

  8. Losing chess - Wikipedia

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    Losing chess[a] is one of the most popular chess variants. [1][2] The objective of each player is to lose all of their pieces or be stalemated, that is, a misère version. In some variations, a player may also win by checkmating or by being checkmated. Losing chess was weakly solved in 2016 by Mark Watkins as a win for White, beginning with 1.e3.

  9. List of chess players by peak FIDE rating - Wikipedia

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    Magnus Carlsen. 2882. 2014-05. 1990. Highest-rated Chess Player in the World, with a 14 year reign, 5 time world champion, first player to achieve 2800+ at 18, first to be #1 FIDE at 19, drew the previous longest reigning chess player at age of 13. 2. Soviet Union. Russia.

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