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His first book, Sicilian 2 b3 (Snyder Sicilian) was published in 1983, in which 14 of the 75 analyzed games are from his own tournament experience. [2] Snyder is best known for authoring the Chess For Juniors children's book series. He has published multiple books and games, including Chess for Everyone and Unbeatable Chess Lessons. [3]
Robert Snyder (filmmaker) (1916–2004), documentary filmmaker; Robert C. Snyder (1919–2011), professor of English at Louisiana Tech University; Robert H. Snyder (1855–1906), Democratic politician; Robert Michael Snyder (born 1954), American author and US Chess Master; Robert Snyder (civil servant), American soldier and Acting Secretary of ...
Houdini (chess) Since the release of version 1.5 on 15 December 2010, it has taken the top spot in every rating list that includes it. Hydra (chess) is a very strong machine which uses custom parallel hardware. Junior is the winner of the 2006 World Computer Chess Championship, its third victory at this event. Rybka is an engine.
The Oxford Companion to Chess lists 1,327 named openings and variants. [1] Chess players' names are the most common sources of opening names. The name given to an opening is not always that of the first player to adopt it; often an opening is named for the player who was one of the first to popularise it or to publish analysis of it.
The cut-off value is 2700 for men (players with a rating at or above this value are colloquially known as super grandmasters) and 2500 for women. Notably, only six players achieved their over-2700 peak before the year 2000 and twenty-one players achieved their respective peak between the years 2000 and 2009 (inclusive).
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The Queen's Gambit follows the life of an orphan chess prodigy, Elizabeth Harmon, during her quest to become an elite chess player while struggling with emotional problems, drugs and alcohol dependency. The title of the series refers to a chess opening of the same name. The story is set in the mid-1950s and 1960s. [6]