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  2. Adjournment (games) - Wikipedia

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    Considerations on when to adjourn a game can be complex, and involve an extra dimension of psychology that is not part of strictly logical gameplay. With the advent of strong chess playing computer programs, which can be used to analyze adjourned positions, most tournaments have abandoned adjourning games in favor of shorter time controls.

  3. Kasparov, Karpov and the KGB? Four decades on from the ... - AOL

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    On February 15, 1985, FIDE President Florencio Campomanes announced that he was abandoning the World Chess Championship match between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. For 40 years, the chess ...

  4. Forfeit (sport) - Wikipedia

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    As well as checkmate, chess games can be resigned or lost on time, but the term "forfeit" generally has a narrower meaning in the game. A forfeit occurs when a player does not appear at the match, and is generally a rare occurrence. A notable instance of forfeiture happened in the second game of the 1972 World Chess Championship.

  5. Rules of chess - Wikipedia

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    Staunton style chess pieces. Left to right: king, rook, queen, pawn, knight, bishop. The rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess. Chess is a two-player abstract strategy board game. Each player controls sixteen pieces of six types on a chessboard. Each type of piece moves in a distinct way.

  6. Chess - Wikipedia

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    Chess is an abstract strategy board game for two players which involves no hidden information and no elements of chance.It is played on a square game board called a chessboard containing 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid.

  7. List of World Chess Championships - Wikipedia

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    Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...

  8. Glossary of chess - Wikipedia

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    Suspension of a chess game with the intention to finish it later. It was once very common in high-level competition, often occurring soon after the first time control, but has been mostly abandoned due to the advent of computer analysis. [3] See also sealed move. adjudication A way to decide the result of an unfinished game.

  9. Chessmaster 10th Edition - Wikipedia

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    Chessmaster 10th Edition is a 2004 chess video game developed and published by Ubisoft for the Windows and Xbox.It is part of the Chessmaster series. The Xbox version is titled simply Chessmaster. [5]