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ARTICLES RELATED TO Chess - Alternative ways to play chess | | | |  Chess - Alternative ways to play chess: Encyclopedia II - Chess - History
Chess - Origins of chess.
Main article: Origins of chess
Many countries claim to have invented the chess game in some incipient form. The most commonly held belief is that chess originated in India, where it was called Chaturanga, which appears to have been invented in the 6th century AD. Although this is commonly believed, it is thought that Persians created a more modern version of the game after the Indians. In fact, the oldest known chess pieces have been found in excavation ...
See also:Chess, Chess - Introduction, Chess - History, Chess - Origins of chess, Chess - Modern chess, Chess - World chess champions, Chess - Computer chess, Chess - Gameplay, Chess - Rules of chess, Chess - Strategy and tactics, Chess - Alternative ways to play chess, Chess - Chess variants, Chess - Famous chess games, Chess - History of chess, Chess - Chess literature, Chess - Chess in the arts and literature Read more here: » Chess: Encyclopedia II - Chess - History |
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Chess - Rules of chess.
Main article: Rules of chess
When a game of chess begins, one player controls the sixteen white pieces while the other uses the sixteen black pieces. The colors are chosen either by a friendly agreement, by a game of chance, or by a tournament director. White always moves first and therefore has a slight advantage over black. The chess pieces should be set up on a standard chessboard with a white squ ...
See also:Chess, Chess - Introduction, Chess - History, Chess - Origins of chess, Chess - Modern chess, Chess - World chess champions, Chess - Computer chess, Chess - Gameplay, Chess - Rules of chess, Chess - Strategy and tactics, Chess - Alternative ways to play chess, Chess - Chess variants, Chess - Famous chess games, Chess - History of chess, Chess - Chess literature, Chess - Chess in the arts and literature Read more here: » Chess: Encyclopedia II - Chess - Gameplay |
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| | | | Chess - Alternative ways to play chess: Encyclopedia II - Chess - Computer chess Serious work on machines that play chess has been going on since 1890, and chess-playing computer programs featured prominently in the artificial intelligence boom of the 1950s - 1970s. At first considered only a curiosity, the best chess playing programs — like Shredder, Fritz etc. — have become extremely strong players. In blitz chess, they can beat the best human players; at regular time controls, however, battles between the very best chess programs and the very best human players have been tantalizingly finely balanced. However, it ...
See also:Chess, Chess - Introduction, Chess - History, Chess - Origins of chess, Chess - Modern chess, Chess - World chess champions, Chess - Computer chess, Chess - Gameplay, Chess - Rules of chess, Chess - Strategy and tactics, Chess - Alternative ways to play chess, Chess - Chess variants, Chess - Famous chess games, Chess - History of chess, Chess - Chess literature, Chess - Chess in the arts and literature Read more here: » Chess: Encyclopedia II - Chess - Computer chess |
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| | | | Chess - Alternative ways to play chess: Encyclopedia II - Chess - Introduction Chess is not a game of chance; it is based solely on tactics and strategy. Nevertheless, the game is so complex that not even the best players can consider all contingencies: although only 64 squares and 32 pieces are on the board, the number of possible games that can be played far exceeds the number of atoms in the universe (see Shannon number).
Chess is one of the world's most popular games; it has been described not only as a game but also as an art and a science. Chess is sometimes seen as an abstract wargame; as a "mental martia ...
See also:Chess, Chess - Introduction, Chess - History, Chess - Origins of chess, Chess - Modern chess, Chess - World chess champions, Chess - Computer chess, Chess - Gameplay, Chess - Rules of chess, Chess - Strategy and tactics, Chess - Alternative ways to play chess, Chess - Chess variants, Chess - Famous chess games, Chess - History of chess, Chess - Chess literature, Chess - Chess in the arts and literature Read more here: » Chess: Encyclopedia II - Chess - Introduction |
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