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What is Chess960?
Chess960 (also called FischerRandom) is just like regular chess... except that the starting position is shuffled to include 960 different possible positions! So you can throw out your opening book, but keep your opening principl...
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Castling is the only time in the game when more than one piece may be moved during a turn. Castling can only occur if there are no pieces standing between the king and the rook. Neither king nor rook may have moved from its original po...
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This article is about Algebric notation.First we will talk about what the pieces mean:
K=king
Q=queen
R=rook
B=bishop
N=knight
when pawns move,only the destination square is described.
Here is an example of an opening with algebric notation...
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Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (von der Lasa) was born on October 17, 1818 in Berlin, Germany. He studied law in Berlin and Bonn, Germany.
In 1837, he was one of the seven co-founders of the Berlin Chess School (the Berlin Pleiades),...
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Susan Polgar, born Zsuzsanna Polgar in Budapest, Hungary, was the oldest of three sisters, Judit and Sophia Polgar. She discovered the game purely by accident when she was not quite four years old. She had been rummaging around in a closet looking...
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Mark's Opening is a chess opening characterized by the moves
1 d4 Nf6
2 Nc3 d5
3 Bf4
This position can also be reached by transposition (the move order isn't important).
The advantages of the opening include fast piece develo...
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e4 is played by White to develop his pieces rapidly and castle. e4 is a good move for beginners! You learn to develop quickly and to attack, since it opens up the Queen and Bishop. If met by e5, you have what's called an "open game." Then the most...
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