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Encyclopedia - Chess: Encyclopedia - Chess
Chess is a board game and mental-skill game for two players. It is played on a square board of eight rows (called ranks) and eight column...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chess: Encyclopedia Ii - Chess - History
Main article: Origins of chess Many countries claim to have invented the chess game in some incipient form. The most commonly held belief...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chess: Encyclopedia Ii - Chess - Gameplay
Chess - Rules of chess. See Rules of chess for some important details not covered here. When a game of chess begins, one player control...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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 pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chess: Encyclopedia Ii - Chess - Gameplay
Chess - Rules of chess. Main article: Rules of chess When a game of chess begins, one player controls the sixteen white pieces while ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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 ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chess: Encyclopedia Ii - Chess - Computer Chess
Main article: Computer chess Serious work on machines that play chess has been going on since 1890, and chess-playing computer programs f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 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 pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chess: Encyclopedia Ii - Chess - Modern Chess
Early on, the pieces in European chess had limited movement; bishops could only move by jumping exactly two spaces diagonally (similar to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chess: Encyclopedia Ii - Chess - Chess And Education
There is a flourishing movement to use the game of chess as a tool to aid the intellectual development of young people. Encouraged by the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chess: Encyclopedia Ii - Chess - Chess Variants
For more details on this topic, see Chess variant. Chess variants are forms of chess where the game is played with a different board, spe...   » Read the article