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Army SP4 Chester Wozney: 8: 1967: Army SP4 Michael Senkiewicz: He was also a world class Scrabble player, backgammon player, and poker player. He played for the British Virgin Islands in the 1988 chess Olympiad, scoring 9 out of 12. He was once ranked 35th in the nation in chess. 9: 1968: Army Private First Class Charles "Charlie" Powell (1944 ...
Chess with different armies (or Betza's Chess [1] or Equal Armies [2]) is a chess variant invented by Ralph Betza in 1979. Two sides use different sets of fairy pieces . There are several armies of equal strength to choose from, including the standard FIDE army.
In 2005, CHESS introduced the Consolidated Buy (CB) program. This allowed the Army to offer IT solutions at a lower cost, through a large quantity purchasing strategy. It allows end users to purchase CHESS-approved hardware and services at the same rate. In 2010, CHESS is reported to have helped the Army generate a cost avoidance of $724 ...
Chinese military chess (luzhanqi) (Chinese: 陸戰棋; pinyin: lùzhànqí) (lit. “Land Battle Chess”) is a two-player Chinese board game. There is also a version for four players. It bears many similarities to dou shou qi, Game of the Generals and the Western board game Stratego.
Maharajah and the Sepoys, originally called Shatranj Diwana Shah and also known as the Mad King's Game, [1] Maharajah chess, [2] or Sarvatobhadra "auspicious on all sides", [3] is a popular chess variant with different armies for White and Black. It was first played in the 19th century in India.
Dunsany's chess, also known as Dunsany's game, [1] is an asymmetric chess variant in which Black has the standard chess army and White has 32 pawns. This game was invented by Lord Dunsany in 1942. It was published the same year in Fairy Chess Review (August issue) [ 1 ] and in Joseph Boyer's Nouveaux Jeux d'Echecs Non-orthodoxes .
Chess is a board game for two players. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). Chess is an abstract strategy game which involves no hidden information and no elements of chance.
Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 1980s Country Player Peak rating in 1980s Achieved 1 Garry Kasparov: 2775 1989-01 2 Anatoly Karpov: 2755 1989-07 3 Mikhail Tal: 2705 1980-01 4 Viktor Korchnoi: 2695 1980-01 5 Jan Timman: 2675 1988-01 6 Nigel Short: 2665 1988-07 7 Artur Yusupov: 2660 1986-07 Vasyl Ivanchuk: 2660 1989-07 9 Lajos ...