Chess

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 Azerbaijan Chess Federation (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Şahmat Federasiyası, AŞF) is the national chess organization in Azerbaijan. It is a member of...

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...