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  2. Chess notation - Wikipedia

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    Correspondence chess card showing algebraic notation and ICCF notation. In organized competition, both players are required to keep a record of the moves played on a score sheet. If required, score sheets may be used to resolve disputes, for example about whether an illegal move has been made or whether a threefold repetition has occurred

  3. 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.

  4. Chess scoring - Wikipedia

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    In chess, by far the most common scoring system is 1 point for a win, ½ for a draw, and 0 for a loss. A number of different notations are used to denote a player's score in a match or tournament, or their long-term record against a particular opponent.

  5. ICCF numeric notation - Wikipedia

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    ICCF numeric notation is the official chess notation system of the International Correspondence Chess Federation.The system was devised for use in international correspondence chess to avoid the potential confusion of using algebraic notation, as the chess pieces have different abbreviations depending on language.

  6. Descriptive notation - Wikipedia

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    Scoresheet in descriptive notation used by Bobby Fischer in a 1970 game against Miguel Najdorf.. Descriptive notation is a chess notation system based on abbreviated natural language.

  7. Glossary of chess - Wikipedia

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    See chess clock. game score Often shortened to score. The record of a game in some form of notation, usually algebraic notation. In over-the-board tournaments, the game score is recorded on a score sheet. [190] gardez [from French: gardez la reine!, "Protect the Queen!"] An announcement to the opponent that their queen is under direct attack ...

  8. Algebraic notation (chess) - Wikipedia

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    Descriptive notation was usual in the Middle Ages in Europe. A form of algebraic chess notation that seems to have been borrowed from Muslim chess, however, appeared in Europe in a 12th century manuscript referred to as "MS. Paris Fr. 1173 (PP.)". The files run from a to h, just as they do in the current standard algebraic notation. The ranks ...

  9. Chess rating system - Wikipedia

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    This is an impossible score as not 0, 1 ⁄ 2 or 1 but as this is higher than 0.5 even a draw will very slightly damage Portisch's rating; conversely a draw will very slightly improve Hort's rating. Portisch's expected score is summed for each of his matches, which gave a total expected score of 9.66. Then the formula is: