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  2. Rules of chess - Wikipedia

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    Staunton style chess pieces. Left to right: king, rook, queen, pawn, knight, bishop. The rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess. Chess is a two-player abstract strategy board game. Each player controls sixteen pieces of six types on a chessboard. Each type of piece moves in a distinct way.

  3. 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, ... Chess starting position.

  4. List of chess variants - Wikipedia

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    The chess variants listed below are derived from chess by changing one or more of the many rules of the game. The rules can be grouped into categories, from the most innocuous (starting position) to the most dramatic (adding chance/randomness to the gameplay after the initial piece placement).

  5. Glossary of chess - Wikipedia

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    Historically this was established by reference to chess endgame literature, but in simplified positions (currently seven pieces or fewer) computer analysis in an endgame tablebase can be used. [50] break A move that gains space and therefore freedom of movement, or the opening of a blocked position by the advance or capture of a pawn. [51]

  6. Forsyth–Edwards Notation - Wikipedia

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    Forsyth–Edwards Notation (FEN) is a standard notation for describing a particular board position of a chess game. The purpose of FEN is to provide all the necessary information to restart a game from a particular position. FEN is based on a system developed by Scottish newspaper journalist David Forsyth.

  7. Pawn (chess) - Wikipedia

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    Reasons for underpromotion include tactical positions involving a knight check, and avoiding stalemate. While some chess sets include an extra queen of each color, most standard sets do not come with additional pieces, so the physical piece used to replace a promoted pawn on the board is usually one that was previously captured.

  8. Fischer random chess numbering scheme - Wikipedia

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    The game Fischer random chess, played with conventional chess pieces and rules, starts with a random selection of one of 960 positions for the pieces.Arrangements of the pieces are restricted so that the king is between the rooks and the bishops are on different colored squares.

  9. Chess960 - Wikipedia

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    Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant that randomizes the starting position of the pieces on the back rank. It was introduced by former world chess champion Bobby Fischer in 1996 to reduce the emphasis on opening preparation and to encourage creativity in play.

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