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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​

Chess Puzzles​

Rating System​

“A 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​

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