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Online chess

Online chess

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| Aug 4, 2023
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Online chess is chess that is played over the internet, allowing players to play against each other in real time. This is done through the use of Internet chess servers, which pair up individual players based on their rating using an Elo or simila...

Titles and rankings

Titles and rankings

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| Aug 4, 2023
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In order to rank players, FIDE, ICCF, and most national chess organizations use the Elo rating system developed by Arpad Elo. An average club player has a rating of about 1500; the highest FIDE rating of all time, 2882, was achieved by Magnus Carl...

Time control

Time control

imnotducanh
| Aug 4, 2023
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In competition, chess games are played with a time control. If a player's time runs out before the game is completed, the game is automatically lost (provided the opponent has enough pieces left to deliver checkmate). The duration of a game ranges...

How to draw?

How to draw?

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| Aug 4, 2023
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DrawThere are several ways a game can end in a draw: Stalemate: If the player to move has no legal move, but is not in check, the position is a stalemate, and the game is drawn.Dead position: If neither player is able to checkmate the other by an...

How to win?

How to win?

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| Aug 4, 2023
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WinA game can be won in the following ways: Checkmate: The king is in check and the player has no legal move. (See check and checkmate above.)Resignation: A player may resign, conceding the game to the opponent. If, however, the opponent has no w...

Promotion

Promotion

imnotducanh
| Aug 4, 2023
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When a pawn advances to its eighth rank, as part of the move, it is promoted and must be exchanged for the player's choice of queen, rook, bishop, or knight of the same color. Usually, the pawn is chosen to be promoted to a queen, but in some case...

En passant

En passant

imnotducanh
| Aug 4, 2023
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When a pawn makes a two-step advance from its starting position and there is an opponent's pawn on a square next to the destination square on an adjacent file, then the opponent's pawn can capture it en passant ("in passing"), moving to the square...

Castling

Castling

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| Aug 4, 2023
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Once per game, each king can make a move known as castling. Castling consists of moving the king two squares toward a rook of the same color on the same rank, and then placing the rook on the square that the king crossed. Castling is permissible ...

Movement

Movement

imnotducanh
| Aug 4, 2023
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-The king moves one square in any direction. There is also a special move called castling that involves moving the king and a rook. The king is the most valuable piece—attacks on the king must be immediately countered, and if this is impossible, t...

chess

chess

imnotducanh
| Aug 4, 2023
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Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish...

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