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2. Rules of chess - Wikipedia

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   Chess is played on a chessboard, a square board divided into a grid of 64 squares (eight-by-eight) of alternating color (similar to the board used in draughts). [1] Regardless of the actual colors of the board, the lighter-colored squares are called "light" or "white", and the darker-colored squares are called "dark" or "black".

3. Chessboard - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Chess - Wikipedia

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   Pawns are placed on each square of the second rank. Black's position mirrors White's, with equivalent pieces on every file. [2] The board is oriented so that the right-hand corner nearest each player is a light square; as a result the white queen always starts on a light square, while the black queen starts on a dark square.

5. Monochromatic chess - Wikipedia

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   Monochromatic chess is a chess variant with unknown origin. The initial board position and all rules are the same as in regular chess, except that pieces that begin on a black square must always stay on a black square and pieces that begin on a white square must always stay on a white square.

6. White and Black in chess - Wikipedia

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   For example, the squares on vinyl boards may be off-white ("buff") and green, while those on wood boards are often light brown and dark brown. [1] white: 1. There are 16 light-colored pieces and 32 squares called white. 2. When capitalized, the word refers to the player of the white pieces.

7. Endgame tablebase - Wikipedia

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   Syzygy tablebases were developed by Ronald de Man and released in April 2013 in a form optimized for use by a chess program during search. This variety consists of two tables per endgame: a smaller WDL (win/draw/loss) table which contains knowledge of the 50-move rule, and a larger DTZ table (distance to zero ply, i.e., pawn move or capture).