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2. Chess piece relative value - Wikipedia

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   [15] [1] In a less exotic case, it explains why trading rooks in the presence of a queen-vs-3-minors imbalance favours the player with the queen, as the rooks hinder the movement of the queen more than of the minor pieces. Adding piece values is thus a first approximation, because piece cooperation must also be considered (e.g. opposite ...

3. Queen (chess) - Wikipedia

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   The white queen starts on d1, while the black queen starts on d8. With the chessboard oriented correctly, the white queen starts on a white square and the black queen starts on a black square—thus the mnemonics "queen gets her color", "queen on [her] [own] color", or "the dress [queen piece] matches the shoes [square]" (Latin: servat rēgīna colōrem).

4. Chess piece - Wikipedia

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   A chess piece, or chessman, is a game piece that is placed on a chessboard to play the game of chess.It can be either white or black, and it can be one of six types: king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, or pawn.

5. Chess rating system - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

6. Queen versus pawn endgame - Wikipedia

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   The chess endgame of a queen versus pawn (with both sides having no other pieces except the kings) is usually an easy win for the side with the queen.However, if the pawn has advanced to its seventh rank it has possibilities of reaching a draw, and there are some drawn positions with the pawn on the sixth rank.

7. Endgame tablebase - Wikipedia

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   For instance, the endgame with a queen and bishop versus two rooks was thought to be a draw, but tablebases proved it to be a win for the queen and bishop, so almost all studies based on this endgame are unsound. [70] For example, Erik Pogosyants composed the study at right, with White to play and win. The intended main line was 1. Ne3!

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9. ICCF numeric notation - Wikipedia

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   ICCF numeric notation is the official chess notation system of the International Correspondence Chess Federation.The system was devised for use in international correspondence chess to avoid the potential confusion of using algebraic notation, as the chess pieces have different abbreviations depending on language.