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Chess is played on a square board divided into eight rows of squares called ranks and eight columns called files, with a dark square in each player's lower left corner. [13] There are 64 …

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Wikichess is an open-source chess repertoire project.[1] WikiChess was started on January 10, 2006, and is a definitive communal resource dedicated to providing information about Chess …

Each type of chess piece has its own method of movement. A piece moves to a vacant square except when capturing an opponent's piece. [8] Except for any move of the knight and …

The rules of chess prescribe the moves each type of chess piece can make. During play, the players take turns moving their own chess pieces. The rook may move any number of squares …

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A 2014 release called Chess: The Original Recording Remastered Deluxe Edition was released in celebration of the 30th anniversary original double album. Released as a double-CD and …

There are various systems for recording moves and referring to the squares of the chessboard; the standard contemporary system is algebraic notation. In algebraic notation, the files are …

The pawn is the weakest but most numerous piece in Chess, with a value of 1 point. It may move one vacant square directly forward or two vacant squares on its first move. Although the pawn …

Chinese chess (Chinese: 象棋), also known as Xiangqi, is a popular board game currently played by millions of people in many Asian countries. It is not different from chess in principle. Each …

Morphy vs. Löwenthal, 1858 Engraving of Paul Morphy by Winslow Homer appearing in Ballou's Pictorial (1859) Up to this time, Morphy was not well known or highly regarded in Europe. …

Most players realize after a while that they play certain types of positions better than others, and that the amount of theory they can learn is limited. Therefore, most players specialize in …

Larry Evans gives a method of evaluating space. The method (for each side) is to count the number of squares attacked or occupied on the opponent's side of the board. In this diagram …