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Chess aesthetics or beauty in chess is the aesthetic appreciation of chess games and problems, by both players and composers. This is evident, for example, in brilliancy prizes [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] awarded to some games in certain tournaments and also in the world of chess composition .
Komodo and Dragon by Komodo Chess (also known as Dragon or Komodo Dragon) are UCI chess engines developed by Komodo Chess, [1] which is a part of Chess.com. [2] The engines were originally authored by Don Dailey and GM Larry Kaufman. Dragon is a commercial chess engine, but Komodo is free for non-commercial use. [3]
A chess engine generates moves, but is accessed via a command-line interface with no graphics. A dedicated chess computer has been purpose built solely to play chess. A graphical user interface (GUI) allows one to import and load an engine, and play against it. A chess database allows one to import, edit, and analyze a large archive of past games.
Computer chess provides opportunities for players to practice even in the absence of human opponents, and also provides opportunities for analysis, entertainment and training. Computer chess applications that play at the level of a chess grandmaster or higher are available on hardware from supercomputers to smart phones. Standalone chess ...
Ronald Watson Henley (born December 5, 1956, in Houston, Texas) is an American chess grandmaster, [1] writer, narrator and producer of chess videos, [2] as well as financial funding trader. For highschool, he went to Lamar High in Arlington Texas. He now works at Miami Country Day School and manages a chess club there.
In 1889, Wilhelm Steinitz, the first World Champion, wrote that "In all international and public Chess matches and tournaments ... it is the rule for the first player to have the white men". [20] Emanuel Lasker, the second World Champion, stated in Lasker's Manual of Chess (first published in 1927) [21] that "White makes the first move". [22]
Chess Titans is a chess video game with 3D graphics developed by Oberon Games and included in Windows Vista and Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate. It is a fully 3D animated, photorealistic interactive chess game with ten difficulty levels when played against the computer. It can be played by two participants, or one ...