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In chess problems, battery refers to an arrangement of two pieces in line with the enemy king on a rank, file, or diagonal so that if the middle piece moves a discovered check (or a threat other than a check) will be delivered. [28] See also Alekhine's gun. BCF British Chess Federation, the former name of the English Chess Federation. [29] See ...
The 2023 Hungarian psychological thriller Mastergame has several story elements and characters based on the novel. Most of the movie is set on the last refugee train leaving the country as the 1956 Revolution is being crushed by the invading Soviet army. "B", in this movie is a priest who was first tortured by the Nazis during the war to reveal ...
Calabrese Countergambit of the Bishop's Opening – 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5; Cambridge Gambit of the Alekhine's Defence – 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 g5; Cambridge Springs Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Nf3 c6 6.e3 Qa5
Mantri (minister); also known as senapati (general): moves one step diagonally in any direction, like the fers in shatranj. Ratha (chariot) (also known as sakaṭa) moves the same as a rook in chess: horizontally or vertically, through any number of unoccupied squares. Gaja (elephant) (also known as hasti).
This is a list of chess openings that are gambits. The gambits are organized into sections by the parent chess opening, giving the gambit name, ECO code, and defining moves in algebraic chess notation .
The board and the pieces in these variants are the same as in standard chess. Avalanche chess: Each move consists of a standard chess move followed by a move of one of the opponent's pawns. Double-Move Chess: Similar to Marseillais chess, but with no en passant, check, or checkmate. The objective is to capture the king.
The Oxford Companion to Chess lists 1,327 named openings and variants. [1] Chess players' names are the most common sources of opening names. The name given to an opening is not always that of the first player to adopt it; often an opening is named for the player who was one of the first to popularise it or to publish analysis of it.
Hiashatar (Mongolian decimal chess) Moves like a Queen but only one or two squares. Special power: any sliding piece must stop if it moves within a King's move from the Bodygard. Called Hia in Mongolian. Boyscout: BT: zB: Fairy Chess problems: Moves like a bishop, but takes 90 degree turns after each step. Invented by J. de Almay in the years ...