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  2. László Polgár - Wikipedia

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    Judit is widely considered the greatest female chess player ever, as she is the only woman to have been ranked in the top 10 worldwide, while Zsuzsa became the Women's World Chess Champion. He has written well-known chess books such as Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games and Reform Chess, a survey of chess variants. He is also ...

  3. Fool's mate - Wikipedia

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    Fool's mate was named and described in The Royal Game of Chess-Play, a 1656 text by Francis Beale that adapted the work of the early chess writer Gioachino Greco. [2]Prior to the mid-19th century, there was not a prevailing convention as to whether White or Black moved first; according to Beale, the matter was to be decided in some prior contest or decision of the players' choice. [3]

  4. Economical mate - Wikipedia

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    Nevertheless, some notable games have concluded with an economical mate such as the Opera game, won by Paul Morphy. In chess problem composition, the concept of an economical mate is motivated by the aesthetic notion of economy of force, the idea that a composition is simpler and more beautiful when it uses minimal material to maximal effect.

  5. Combination (chess) - Wikipedia

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    In chess, a combination is a sequence of moves, often initiated by a sacrifice, which leaves the opponent few options and results in tangible gain. At most points in a chess game, each player has several reasonable options from which to choose, which makes it difficult to plan ahead except in strategic terms.

  6. Solving chess - Wikipedia

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    A variant first described by Claude Shannon provides an argument about the game-theoretic value of chess: he proposes allowing the move of “pass”. In this variant, it is provable with a strategy stealing argument that the first player has at least a draw thus: if the first player has a winning move in the initial position, let him play it, else pass.

  7. Minichess - Wikipedia

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    The book contained problems, combinations and games for 5×6 chess. Polgar recommended to use it as a first book to teach children to play chess. Magnus Carlsen promoting 5×6 chess variant Chess Attack. Chess Attack, which has the same setup as Gardner minichess (but played on a bigger board) is sold by Norway company Yes Games AS since 2008 ...

  8. Excelsior (chess problem) - Wikipedia

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    Loyd had a friend who was willing to wager that he could always find the piece which delivered the principal mate of a chess problem. Loyd composed this problem as a joke and bet his friend dinner that he could not pick a piece that didn't give mate in the main line (his friend immediately identified the pawn on b2 as being the least likely to deliver mate), and when the problem was published ...

  9. Chess problem - Wikipedia

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    A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with a particular task.. For instance, a position may be given with the instruction that White is to move first, and checkmate Black in two moves against any possible defen