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Chess

Concepts

  • Gambits - "moves that set everything in motion"

Research

  • Openings

Piece Names

  • Pawn x8
  • Rook x2
  • Knight x2
  • Bishop x2
  • Queen x1
  • King x1

Starting Positions

White...

  • Pawn x8
  • Rook / Knight / Bishop / Queen / King / Bishop / Knight / Rook

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Bullet Chess

  • A variant of blitz chess, bullet chess games have less than three minutes per player, based on a 40-move game.

Drop Chess

  • https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/gXLqCxELLKZRTWoMc/ideal-chess-drop-chess-perfects and

Chess Puzzles

  • https://github.com/rebeccaloran/432k-chess-puzzles
  • https://lichess.org

Rating System

β€œA chess rating system is a system used in chess to estimate the strength of a player, based on their performance versus other players. They are used by organizations such as FIDE, the US Chess Federation, International Correspondence Chess Federation, and the English Chess Federation.”

Chess Organizations

Engines

  • https://stockfishchess.org
  • blunder

Sets

  • Isle of Lewis

Terminology

  • Rank
  • File
  • Pinning

Piece Points

  • Pawn - 1
  • Knight - 3
  • Bishop - 3
  • Rook - 5
  • Queen - 9

Resources

Moves

  • The Scholar’s mate

Notable Players / Grandmasters

  • Paul Morphy

Endings

  • Zugzwang