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Chess is a board game for two players. It is played on a square board, made up of 64 smaller squares, with eight squares in each row and column. Each... |
A chess club is a place where people come to play chess. Sometimes, chess clubs host chess tournaments. Many chess clubs are open to the public, while... |
Chess and computers have been connected since the earliest days of the computer. In the 19th century Charles Babbage had thought of the idea,p87 and in... |
A Master in chess is a player who is awarded a master title by the world chess organisation FIDE, or by a national chess organisation. The term was used... |
List of chess terms: in alphabetical order. When the game is paused temporarily. Less common today, as most games are played to a finish. If a game is... |
Bughouse chess (also known as transfer chess or exchanged chess) is a version of the game chess. It is played by four people in two teams. Each team has... |
Chess openings are listed and classified according to their first few moves. There are interesting statistics on the frequency of chess openings from... |
World Chess Champions are players who have won a match or tournament for the World Championship at chess. Both men and women can become champion, but no... |
Chess notation is a method for writing down chess moves: after a player makes a move, both players write it down. This is compulsory in all organized... |
This is a list of chess grandmasters rated 2700+, plus other players of the highest status. There are at present over 1900 chess grandmasters, and the... |
Chess Olympiads are chess events open to all national teams. They have been run since 1927 by the world chess organisation, FIDE. Since 1950, they have... |
The history of chess goes back almost 1500 years. The game originated in northern India in the 6th century AD and spread to Persia. When the Arabs conquered... |
A chess tournament is a competition between chess players. It can take one of these forms: A knock-out tournament. Not a popular choice in chess events... |
The queen is a chess piece that stands next to the king at the start of a game.The queen starts on the d1 square for white and the d8 square for black... |
The United States Chess Federation (USCF) is the national chess federation in the United States. It is the U.S. member of FIDE. It was established in... |
of chess symbols. This means that chess symbols can be encoded as text instead of images. Algebraic notation (text that shows where to move a chess piece)... |
A chess rating system is a system used in chess to estimate the strength of a player, based on his performance against other players. They are used by... |
The English Chess Federation (ECF) is the governing chess organisation in England and is affiliated to FIDE. The ECF was formed in 2004, and took charge... |
The endgame in chess (or end game or ending) is the part of the game when there are few pieces left on the board. Alternatively, endgames begin when the... |
The Azerbaijan Chess Federation (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Şahmat Federasiyası, AŞF) is the national chess organization in Azerbaijan. It is a member of... |