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Chess (12826 bytes)
1: : ''For other meanings, see [[Chess (disambiguation)]].''
3: ...ck [[knight (chess)|knight]], and white [[bishop (chess)|bishop]].]]
5: ...ks]], one [[queen (chess)|queen]] and one [[king (chess)|king]]. One player controls the white pieces; th...
8: ...not a [[game of chance]]; it is based solely on [[Chess tactic|tactics]] and [[strategy]]. Nevertheles...
10: ... Many [[Chess variant|variants]] and relatives of chess are played throughout the world. The most popular...

Skewer (chess) (6591 bytes)
1: ...)|Queen]]s, [[rook (chess)|rook]]s, and [[bishop (chess)|bishop]]s can skewer.
6: <td>[[Image:chess_l40.png]]</td>
7: <td>[[Image:chess_d40.png]]</td>
8: <td>[[Image:chess_l40.png]]</td>
9: <td>[[Image:chess_d40.png]]</td>

Martian Chess (4184 bytes)
1: ...d of the required size. See [http://ee0r.com/tri-chess/].
11: [[Image:Martian chess startpos.png|Starting positions]]
20: ... move one space diagonally (unlike [[pawn (chess)|chess pawns]], they may move backwards)
22: ...ically or diagonally, just like a [[queen (chess)|chess queen]]
62: ...d.com/icehouse/MartianChess.html Rules of Martian Chess | Looney Labs]

Patrol chess (1578 bytes)
1: '''Patrol chess''' is a [[chess variant]] in which captures can be made and check...
3: ...n ''The Problemist'' (the magazine of the British Chess Problem Society) in 1975.
5: ...="float:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em;">[[Image:Patrol chess example position.png|FEN notation - 8/1N3N2/8/4k3...
7: ...osition shows some of the peculiarities of patrol chess. The white king cannot take the black knight beca...
9: ...also possible to play complete games under patrol chess rules.

U.S. Chess Championship (2347 bytes)
1: [[Category:Chess competitions]]Winner list:
61: ...871]] [[Paul Morphy]] (Morphy retired from public chess competition in 1859)
62: *[[1845]] - [[1857]] [[Charles Stanley (Chess player)|Charles Stanley]]

Compact chess (339 bytes)
1: ...o replace the king and queen's pawn. All standard chess rules apply, including [[castling]].
4: *[http://www.cowplay.com/ A site to play compact chess online]
7: [[Category:Chess variants]]

Chess and music (2163 bytes)
1: ... following are individuals who were known both as chess players and musicians in their life:
6: ...s exhibition given by Capablanca at the Manhattan Chess Club in New York on February 23, 1922. Prokofiev ...
8: ...ng it a single time. He had the same ability with chess games, being able to recall games after seeing th...
10: ...ame collaborated with [[Tim Rice]] on a musical ''Chess''.
12: Chess and music are also two of the fields in which tru...

Timeline of chess (7417 bytes)
1: This is a '''timeline of [[chess]]'''.
4: ''Main article:'' [[Origins of chess]]
6: ...th Lady Zheng''], [http://www.yutopian.com/chinesechess/history.html ''The History of Xiangqi''] and [htt...
7: ...russian.htm ''The first Persian, Arab and Russian chessmen''].
8: ...729/chess.html ''Discovery News: Europe's Oldest Chess Piece Found''].

Shredder (chess) (796 bytes)
1: '''Shredder''' is a very strong [[chess program]] developed by [[Stefan Meyer-Kahlen]].
3: ...mputer Speed Chess Champion (See [[World Computer Chess Championships]]).
7: *[[Jakarta]] [[1996]]: World Micro-computer Chess Champion.
8: ...ter Chess World Champion and World Micro-computer Chess Champion.
9: *[[London]] [[2000]]: World Micro-computer Chess Champion.

Chess and mathematics (1609 bytes)
1: ...following mathematicians either played or studied chess in their life:
38: Many researchers who had some interest in chess did not have formal training in mathematics. How...
46: * [http://www.velucchi.it/mathchess Math Chess by Mario Velucchi]

Apple Chess (635 bytes)
1: ...]s such as [[crazyhouse]] and [[Antichess|suicide chess]]. It is shipped free with OS X, and
4: ...s with the [http://sjeng.org/indexold.html Sjeng] chess engine which runs in a separate process.

Chess master (1747 bytes)
1: ...e average player in the general population. Among chess players, the term is often abbreviated to ''maste...
3: ...play, and gained the informal reputation of being chess masters.
5: ...er". [[Emanuel Lasker]], who later became [[World chess championship|World Champion]], first earned a mas...
7: The establishment of the world chess body, [[Fédération Internationale des Échecs]] (F...
9: ...tes Chess Federation]] (USCF) [[ELO rating system|chess rating]] of 2200 are automatically awarded a Nati...

Chess in Europe (2566 bytes)
3: ...xact location, time and method of the entry of '''chess''' into western '''Europe''' is unknown, however ...
5: ...ain, France and Italy knowing that our version of chess came from the arabs has not helped in identifying...
9: ...s the so-called chess village [[Ströbeck]], where chess became popular among the farmers in the early 11t...
11: ==Chess in Britain==
13: ...Chess Federation (BCF). Tournament organisers and chess clubs send game results and appropriate fees to t...

Correspondence chess (5667 bytes)
1: ...ard'' (OTB) chess, where the players are sat at a chessboard at the same time.
3: Correspondence chess allows people or clubs geographically distant to ...
5: ...oped especially for the purpose of correspondence chess.
7: ...ter]] and six computer programs underway ([http://chessfriend.com/ Arno Nickel vs. Engines]).
9: ...Email Chess Group (IECG) and International E-mail Chess Club (IECC)).

Alice Chess (2201 bytes)
1: ... Chess''' is a [[chess variant]] played using two chess boards rather than one. Its name is a reference t...
3: ...d without the ''en passant'' rule (see [[rules of chess]]). At the start of the game, the pieces are set ...
5: [[Image:Alice chess after d4 Nf6.png]]
11: A short game of Alice Chess (notated in [[algebraic notation]]) might run 1. ...
13: [[Image:Final position of short Alice chess game.png]]

Capablanca Chess (3461 bytes)
1: ...s. The game is named after its inventor, [[World chess champion]] [[José Raúl Capablanca]].
3: ...ge:Capablanka.png|right|thumb|300px|'''Capablanca Chess'''. Archbishop is placed between knight and bisho...
5: ...]s, two [[knight (chess)|knight]]s, two [[bishop (chess)|bishop]]s, and ten [[pawn]]s.
7: ==Ideas that predate Capablanca's chess==
9: ...chess. In [[1617]], D. Pietro Carrera published a chess variant with the following rules:

Grand Chess (1367 bytes)
1: '''Grand Chess''' is a [[chess]] variant invented by [[Christian Freeling]]. It ...
3: ...ll moves like the knight and the rook of standard chess; the Cardinal moves like the knight and the bisho...
5: ...her variations are in piece setup, and in [[pawn (chess)|pawn]] promotion. The pieces are set up so that ...
10: ...riants.org/large.dir/freeling.html Grand Chess at chessvariants.org]
11: ...http://www.mindsports.net/Arena/GrandChess/ Grand Chess information on Freeling's website]

Chess Records (1991 bytes)
1: ...the [[game]] of [[Chess]], see [[World records in Chess]]''.
4: ...ame sole owners and renamed Aristocrat Records to Chess Records.<br/>
5: ...ational. In August 1975 GRT sold what remained of Chess Records to [[All Platinum Records]]. The master t...
7: ...d released on the label. Artists associated with Chess Records included [[Willie Dixon]], [[Muddy Waters...
9: ... him because he noticed he was carrying a copy of Chess LP-1427, "The Best of Muddy Waters." He wanted to...

Monster Chess (1250 bytes)
1: ...ge:monster_chess.jpg|right|thumb|300px|'''Monster Chess'''. White can move twice per turn.]]
3: ...ll the pieces of the Black side. All the rules of chess apply, except that White makes 2 successive moves...
5: ...gs on the board, White can easily force a Monster Chess checkmate.
8: ...hessvariants.org/unequal.dir/monster.html Monster Chess]
9: ...riants.org/d.betza/chessvar/muenster.html Monster Chess Variants] - contains description, how the Black c...

Chess historian (347 bytes)
1: ==List of chess historians==
14: ....com/winter/winter.htm Edward Winter's Column at ChessCafe]

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