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  2. Skill-based matchmaking - Wikipedia

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    The game's matchmaker also aims to pair coordinated teams with other coordinated teams in order to avoid an unfair communication advantage. [10] According to game director Ben Brode, Hearthstone (2014) maintains a separate pool of new players. Players remain in the pool until they win ten games or obtain two legendary minions.

  3. Glossary of chess - Wikipedia

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    This glossary of chess explains commonly used terms in chess, in alphabetical order.Some of these terms have their own pages, like fork and pin.For a list of unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; for a list of terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems; for a list of named opening lines, see List of chess openings; for a list of chess-related games, see List of ...

  4. Game of the Day: Chess - AOL

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    Today's Game of the Day is classic free online Chess. Games.com's free online Chess is a rich, deep experience. You can play against the computer or against real people online. The outcome of each ...

  5. Disguised Toast - Wikipedia

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    Wang became known for his Hearthstone streams. In the summer of 2019, he gained a huge following while streaming Riot Games' new game Teamfight Tactics, and another spike during the test phase of Riot's upcoming card game, Legends of Runeterra. During that time, he was the second most-watched streamer on Twitch.

  6. History of chess - Wikipedia

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    The oldest recorded game in chess history is a 10th-century game played between a historian from Baghdad and a pupil. [ 11 ] [ non-tertiary source needed ] A manuscript explaining the rules of the game, called "Matikan-i-chatrang" (the book of chess) in Middle Persian or Pahlavi, still exists. [ 33 ]

  7. Hearthstone - Wikipedia

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    Hearthstone is a 2014 online digital collectible card video game produced by Blizzard Entertainment, released under the free-to-play model. Originally subtitled Heroes of Warcraft, Hearthstone builds upon the existing lore of the Warcraft series by using the same elements, characters, and relics.

  8. Tie-breaking in Swiss-system tournaments - Wikipedia

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    In chess, where results are simply win/loss or draw, strength of schedule is the idea behind the methods based on the games already played: that the player that played the harder competition to achieve the same number of points should be ranked higher. In other games, results may supply more data used for breaking ties.

  9. Chess - Wikipedia

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    The recorded history of chess goes back at least to the emergence of chaturanga—also thought to be an ancestor to similar games like xiangqi and shogi —in seventh-century India. After its introduction in Persia, it spread to the Arab world and then to Europe. The modern rules of chess emerged in Europe at the end of the 15th century, with ...