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Chess composition whose solution is a mate or other clear objective
A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle created by the composer using chess pieces on a chessboard, which presents the solver with
Chess_problem
of chess problems explains commonly used terms in chess problems, in alphabetical order. For a list of: unorthodox pieces used in chess problems, see
Glossary_of_chess_problems
Problems in mathematics concerning chessboard or the sport chess
A mathematical chess problem is a mathematical problem which is formulated using a chessboard and chess pieces. These problems belong to recreational
Mathematical_chess_problem
Humorous chess puzzle
A joke chess problem is a puzzle in chess that uses humor as an element. Although most chess problems, like other creative forms, are appreciated for serious
Joke_chess_problem
Traditional board game for two players
books, chess magazines, newspaper chess columns, and internet chess sites. Samuel Loyd New York State Chess Association, 1892 Chess problems (also called
Chess
Mathematical problem
870,912.) The problem appears in different stories about the invention of chess. One of them includes the geometric progression problem. The story is
Wheat_and_chessboard_problem
Chess compositions with nonstandard rules (e.g. with fairy pieces)
fairy chess", invented many fairy pieces and new conditions. He was also problem editor of Fairy Chess Review (1930–1951). Although the term fairy chess is
Fairy_chess
Software to solve or assist people in creating or solving chess problems
or solving, chess problems – puzzles in which pieces are laid out as in a game of chess, and may at times be based upon real games of chess that have been
Software for handling chess problems
Software_for_handling_chess_problems
unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems; terms specific to computer chess, see Glossary
Glossary_of_chess
Title for chess players awarded by FIDE
Titles for correspondence chess, chess problem composition and chess problem solving are no longer administered by FIDE. A chess title, usually in an abbreviated
FIDE_titles
The world records in chess listed here are achieved in organized tournament, match, or simultaneous exhibition play. This article uses algebraic notation
List of world records in chess
List_of_world_records_in_chess
Chess move
Castling is a move in chess. It consists of moving the king two squares toward a rook on the same rank and then moving the rook to the square that the
Castling
Playing piece with non-standard chess rules
conventional chess but incorporated into certain chess variants and some unorthodox chess problems, known as fairy chess. Compared to conventional pieces, fairy
Fairy_chess_piece
as a chess variant. In addition, fairy chess pieces are used in fairy chess, an area of chess problems involving changes to the rules of chess. The following
List_of_fairy_chess_pieces
Puzzle based on chess
chess puzzle is a puzzle in which knowledge of the pieces and rules of chess is used to logically solve a chess-related problem. The history of chess
Chess_puzzle
Special pawn move in chess
In chess, en passant (French for 'in passing') describes the capture by a pawn of an enemy pawn on the same rank and an adjacent file that has just made
En_passant
Creator of endgame studies or chess problems
A chess composer is a person who creates endgame studies or chess problems. Chess composers usually specialize in a particular genre, e.g. endgame studies
Chess_composer
Topics referred to by the same term
problem in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A problem is a difficulty which may be resolved by problem solving. Specific types include: Chess problem
Problem_(disambiguation)
Chess problem
Loyd's most famous chess problems, originally published in London Era in 1861. In 1867, it participated together with five other problems as a set in an international
Excelsior_(chess_problem)
Chess variant
cylindrical board is used in some fairy chess problems. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. The game is played as if the left
Cylinder_chess
International Grandmasters for chess composition, for both chess problems and studies International Honorary Masters for chess composition International Solving
List of grandmasters for chess composition
List_of_grandmasters_for_chess_composition
British Chess Problem Society is considered the oldest chess problem society in the world. The inaugural meeting of the British Chess Problem Society
British_Chess_Problem_Society
Chess piece
The bishop (♗, ♝) is a piece in the game of chess. It moves and captures along diagonals without jumping over interfering pieces. Each player begins the
Bishop_(chess)
Mathematical problem set on a chessboard
The eight queens puzzle is the problem of placing eight chess queens on an 8×8 chessboard so that no two queens threaten each other; thus, a solution requires
Eight_queens_puzzle
Chess rule
In chess, promotion is the replacement of a pawn with a new piece when the pawn is moved to its last rank. The player replaces the pawn immediately with
Promotion_(chess)
Game related to chess
addition to orthodox chess. In the context of chess problems, chess variants are also called heterodox chess or fairy chess. Fairy chess variants tend to
Chess_variant
Chess piece
The queen (♕, ♛) is the most powerful piece in the game of chess. It can move any number of squares vertically, horizontally or diagonally, combining
Queen_(chess)
Title in chess awarded by FIDE
composers and solvers of chess problems, awarded by the World Federation for Chess Composition (see List of grandmasters for chess composition). The International
Grandmaster_(chess)
Chess piece
The knight (♘, ♞) is a piece in the game of chess. It moves two squares vertically and one square horizontally, or two squares horizontally and one square
Knight_(chess)
Notation indicating the writer's assessment of a chess move
bad or good are ubiquitous in chess literature. Some publications intended for an international audience, such as the Chess Informant, have a wide range
Chess_annotation_symbols
Bimonthly chess problem magazine
bimonthly chess problem magazine which has been in publication since January 1926. It originally had the subtitle "Proceedings of the British Chess Problem Society"
The_Problemist
The history of chess can be traced back nearly 1,500 years to its earliest known predecessor, called chaturanga, in India; its prehistory is the subject
History_of_chess
1951 chess program
Chess, also known as Robot Chess and Mate-in-Two, was a chess program developed by German scientist Dietrich Prinz, which first ran in November 1951 on
Chess_(Dietrich_Prinz)
Type of chess problem
Zdravko Maslar, 1981 A helpmate is a type of chess problem in which both sides cooperate in order to achieve the goal of checkmating Black. In a helpmate
Helpmate
Finding an optimal algorithm for playing chess
Solving chess consists of finding an optimal strategy for the game of chess; that is, one by which one of the players (White or Black) can always force
Solving_chess
Genre of chess problem concerned with determining previously played moves
This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. In chess problems, retrograde analysis is a technique employed to determine which moves were
Retrograde_analysis
Game piece for playing chess
A chess piece, or chessman, is a game piece that is placed on a chessboard to play the game of chess. It can be either white or black, and it can be one
Chess_piece
Mathematical problem set on a chessboard
knight's tour problem is the mathematical problem of finding a knight's tour. Creating a program to find a knight's tour is a common problem given to computer
Knight's_tour
Type of chess problem
A selfmate is a chess problem in which White, moving first, must force Black to deliver checkmate within a specified number of moves. Selfmates were once
Selfmate
Problem in the game of chess
An Albino is a type of chess problem, "in which, at some point in the solution, a white Pawn on its starting square makes each of its four possible moves
Albino_(chess)
Overview of and topical guide to chess
Sittuyin Chess boxing Human chess Shot chess Strip chess ChessV Fairy-Max Wizard's chess Chess portal Glossary of chess Glossary of chess problems Hippogonal
Outline_of_chess
Macro theory of human motivation and personality
intrinsic motivation. Participants were randomly assigned to two groups. A chess-problem task was used in this study. Data was collected in two sessions. Participants
Self-determination_theory
Form of entertainment in mathematics
Rubik's Cubes, magic squares, fractals, logic puzzles and mathematical chess problems, but this area of mathematics includes the aesthetics and culture of
Recreational_mathematics
Chess opening
The King's Indian Attack (or KIA) is a chess opening system where White adopts the setup more commonly seen being played by Black in the King's Indian
King's_Indian_Attack
Chess term
Nowotny, even in non-German sources) is a device found in chess problems named after a problem from 1854 by Antonín Novotný, though the first example was
Novotny_(chess)
Style of chess, 18th to 19th century
Romantic chess is a style of chess popular in the 19th century until its decline in the 1880s. This style of chess emphasizes quick, tactical maneuvers
Romantic_chess
Problem or enigma that tests a person's ingenuity
three cups problem, and three utilities problem Sangaku (Japanese temple tablets with geometry puzzles) A chess problem is a puzzle that uses chess pieces
Puzzle
Chess problem theme
([ˈalʊmˌvandlʊŋ], German for "complete promotion", sometimes abbreviated AUW) is a chess problem theme where, at some stage in the solution, a pawn (or sometimes pawns)
Allumwandlung
US periodical
The monthly Chess Life and bi-monthly Chess Life Kids (formerly School Mates and Chess Life for Kids) are the official magazines published by the United
Chess_Life
Type of chess problem, often humorous
In chess, a grotesque is a problem or endgame study which features a particularly unlikely or impossible initial position, especially one in which White
Grotesque_(chess)
Type of move in chess
in actual play, but are popular in chess problems since they make for a relatively unobvious solution. In the problem shown to the right, White is to move
Cross-check_(chess)
mathematical problem-solving in children, which is why several local governments, schools, and student organizations all over the world are implementing chess programs
Chess_as_mental_training
Special checkmate position
from being an economical mate. Economical mates are of interest to chess problem composers for their aesthetic value. In real gameplay, their occurrence
Economical_mate
Chess problem composer (born 1958)
Ferhat Karmil is a chess composer, formerly representing the Soviet Union, Georgia, and Turkey. Since 2025 he has been active as an independent author
Ferhat_Karmil
Annual chess puzzles competition
World Chess Solving Championship (WCSC) is an annual competition in the solving of chess problems organized by the World Federation for Chess Composition
World Chess Solving Championship
World_Chess_Solving_Championship
Estimate of number of possible chess games
Claude Shannon, is a conservative lower bound of the game-tree complexity of chess of 10120, based on an average of about 103 possibilities for a pair of moves
Shannon_number
Methods for describing chess moves and/or positions
Chess notation systems are used to record either the moves made or the position of the pieces in a game of chess. Algebraic notation is the standard method
Chess_notation
English chess grandmaster (born 1955)
(born 25 April 1955) is an English chess grandmaster, a three-time world champion in chess problem solving, a chess writer and publisher, and a mathematician
John_Nunn
Competition to determine the World Chess Champion
are also chess world championships in rapid, blitz, correspondence, problem solving, Fischer random chess and computer chess. The game of chess in its modern
World_Chess_Championship
Beauty in chess
Chess aesthetics or beauty in chess is the aesthetic appreciation of chess games and problems, by both players and composers. This is evident, for example
Chess_aesthetics
Russian and American novelist (1899–1977)
Award for Fiction. He also was an expert lepidopterist and composer of chess problems. Time magazine wrote that Nabokov had "evolved a vivid English style
Vladimir_Nabokov
Internet chess server
Chess.com is an internet chess server. The largest chess platform in the world, the site operates on a freemium model in which some features are available
Chess.com
Composed chess endgame position
In the game of chess, an endgame study, or just study, is a type of chess problem that starts with a composed position—i.e. one that has been made up rather
Endgame_study
Type of chess problem
A reflexmate is a chess problem in which White, moving first, must force Black to deliver checkmate within a specified number of moves against their will
Reflexmate
German chess player (1818–1879)
important figure in the development of chess problems, driving forward the transition from the "Old School" of problem composition to the elegance and complexity
Adolf_Anderssen
On domino tiling after removing two corners
ISBN 978-94-010-5542-0; see especially Section 13.1, "The mutilated chess board problem", pp. 271–274 Archived 2022-07-18 at the Wayback Machine. Golomb
Mutilated_chessboard_problem
Special checkmate position
may also be considered as pure mate. Pure mates are of interest to chess problem composers for their aesthetic value. In real gameplay, their occurrence
Pure_mate
Wikipedia page. Dexterity puzzle Ball-in-a-maze puzzle Brain teaser Chess puzzle Chess problem Computer puzzle game Cross Sums Crossword puzzle Cryptic crossword
List_of_puzzle_topics
American conservationist and chess expert
(March 3, 1880 to April 12, 1951) was an American conservationist and chess problem composer in the first half of the 20th century. He played a pivotal
Alain_C._White
Chess game played in London in 1851
The Immortal Game was a chess game played in 1851 between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky during the London 1851 chess tournament, an event in
Immortal_Game
Point-based valuation system for chess pieces
In chess, a relative value (or point value) is a numerical value conventionally assigned to each piece. Piece valuations have no role in the rules of
Chess_piece_relative_value
A. G. Corrias, Good Companion, 1917 A Grimshaw is a device found in chess problems in which two pieces (usually a rook and bishop) arriving on a particular
Grimshaw_(chess)
Advantage of White over Black in chess
In chess, there is a consensus among players and theorists that the player who makes the first move (White) has an inherent advantage, albeit not one
First-move_advantage_in_chess
Special checkmate position
uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Miroslav Havel 1st Prize, Zlata Praha 1910 This example shows a problem by Miroslav Havel. The key 1. Bc5
Model_mate
Chess-playing automaton hoax (1770–1854)
(German: Schachtürke, lit. 'chess Turk'), also known as the Automaton Chess Player or simply the Turk (Hungarian: A Török), was a chess-playing machine first
Mechanical_Turk
Hindu joke Holocaust humor In-joke In Soviet Russia Jewish humor Joke chess problem Knock-knock joke Lawyer joke Lightbulb joke Little rabbit jokes Mathematical
Index_of_joke_types
"while not all artists are chess players, all chess players are artists." Duchamp composed an enigmatic endgame chess problem in 1943, included in the announcement
List_of_amateur_chess_players
Old form of chess
chatrang) is an old form of chess, as played in the Sasanian Empire. Its origins lie in the Indian game of chaturanga. Modern chess gradually developed from
Shatranj
Computer hardware and software capable of playing chess
Computer chess includes both hardware (dedicated computers) and software capable of playing chess. Computer chess provides opportunities for players to
Computer_chess
1962 novel by Vladimir Nabokov
placename Thule appears in Pale Fire, as does the phrase solus rex (a chess problem in which one player has no pieces but the king). The book is also full
Pale_Fire
Chess opening
The Caro–Kann Defence is a chess opening beginning with the moves: 1. e4 c6 Black prepares to contest the centre with 2...d5. It is a common defence against
Caro–Kann_Defence
board games; terms specific to chess, see Glossary of chess; terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems. Directory: A B C D E F G H
Glossary_of_board_games
Type of metric geometry
Taxicab geometry or Manhattan geometry is geometry where the familiar Euclidean distance is ignored, and the distance between two points is instead defined
Taxicab_geometry
focuses primarily on some aspect of chess. Canadian chess periodicals Chess library Chess columns in newspapers List of chess books The place, dates and frequency
List_of_chess_periodicals
Hungarian chess teacher
World Chess Champion. He has written well-known chess books such as Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games and Reform Chess, a survey of chess variants
László_Polgár
Fairy Chess Review (FCR) was a British magazine devoted principally to fairy chess problems, but also included extensive original results on related questions
Fairy_Chess_Review
Croatian chess problemist (1907–1989)
chess problemist. Nenad Petrović was the first Croatian Grandmaster of chess composition and World Champion in 1947 in the solving of chess problems.
Nenad Petrović (chess composer)
Nenad_Petrović_(chess_composer)
Fairy chess piece
Dawson in 1913 in problems published in the Cheltenham Examiner newspaper. It is one of the most popular fairy pieces used in chess problems. In this article
Grasshopper_(chess)
Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions, PCCC) to individuals who have judged several chess problem or study tournaments and who are considered
International Judge of Chess Compositions
International_Judge_of_Chess_Compositions
2020 American television miniseries
strong player and chess problem enthusiast, friend of Benny Jonjo O'Neill as Mr. Ganz, a teacher and coach of the local high school chess team who invites
The Queen's Gambit (miniseries)
The_Queen's_Gambit_(miniseries)
Type of chess problem
A Babson Task (or simply Babson) is a directmate chess problem with the following properties: White has only one key, or first move, that forces checkmate
Babson_task
Variants of chess with multiple boards at different levels
Three-dimensional chess (or 3D chess) refers to a family of chess variants that replaces the two-dimensional board with a three-dimensional array of cells
Three-dimensional_chess
Ending goal in chess
Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is any game position in chess and other chess-like games in which a player's king is in check (threatened with capture)
Checkmate
Chess variant where every move must cross a grid line
governs Grid chess: for a move to be legal, the piece moved must cross at least one grid line. Grid chess is also used in chess problems. This article
Grid_chess
Topics referred to by the same term
Python programming language; see Stepping Chess Problem Database Server (PDB Server), a repository for chess problems Pousette-Dart Band, an American band
PDB
Game of chess via postal system or e-mail
Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, traditionally through the postal system. Today it is usually played
Correspondence_chess
Title bestowed on a chess player
A chess title is a title regulated by a chess governing body and bestowed upon players based on their performance and rank. Such titles are usually granted
Chess_title
Graph of king moves on a chessboard
a king's graph is a graph that represents all legal moves of the king chess piece on a chessboard where each vertex represents a square on a chessboard
King's_graph
City in Slovakia
Lačný, chess problem composer Master MS, Hungarian painter Samuel Mikovíny, mathematician, engineer, and cartographer Alexander Pituk, Hungarian chess problem
Banská_Štiavnica
GNOME Chess Hiarcs Chess Explorer PyChess Shane's Chess Information Database Shredder Winboard XBoard Apple Chess Battle Chess Battle vs. Chess Bobby
List_of_chess_software
CHESS PROBLEM
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Girl/Female
Indian
Purity, Righteousness, Honesty, Chest
Girl/Female
Hindu
Residing in chest of Lord Vishnu
Girl/Female
Muslim
Purity, Righteousness, Honesty, Chest
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Parsi
Peaceful
Girl/Female
Tamil
Vishnuvakshah | விஷà¯à®¨à¯à®‚வாகà¯à®·à®¾à®¹Â
Residing in chest of Lord Vishnu
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Boy/Male
Hindu
Chest
Boy/Male
British, English
Famous; Special
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Camp of the Soldiers
Girl/Female
Arabic, Indian, Muslim, Parsi
A Flower; Nasturtium; Indian Cress
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon)
English (Devon) : topographic name for someone who lived by a stream where cress grew, from Old English cærse ‘watercress’ + lacu ‘stream’.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Treasure Chest; A Box; With a Sweet Voice; A Box of Jewels; Lady with a Sweet Voice
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a chest maker, from Middle English, Old French arc ‘chest’, ‘bin’ + Middle English wright ‘maker’, ‘craftsman’ (see Wright).
Boy/Male
British, English
Makes Chests
Girl/Female
Muslim
Purity, Righteousness, Honesty, Chest
Boy/Male
Tamil
Chest
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Slavic
At Peace
Girl/Female
Slavic
At peace.
Girl/Female
Indian
Purity, Righteousness, Honesty, Chest
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
A Gem on the Chest of Lord Vishnu
Surname or Lastname
English (Gloucestershire)
English (Gloucestershire) : unexplained.
CHESS PROBLEM
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Girl/Female
Native American
Night (Black Foot).
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Inseparable Friend
Girl/Female
Muslim
Flower, Kind of aromatic plant
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Slave of the All Embracing
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Connector; Regulator
Boy/Male
Muslim
The Biblical Elijah is the English language equivalent.
Biblical
City; vocation; meeting
Boy/Male
Latin
Attendant.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Carlton.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English, French
Juniper; Phonetic Variant of Genevieve; Of the Race of Women
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n.
A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess.
n.
A move, as at chess or checkers.
n.
The chief piece in the game of chess.
n.
A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
v. i.
To deposit in a chest; to hoard.
imp. & p. p.
of Cess
pl.
of Cress
imp. & p. p.
of Chest
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Cess
n.
A piece used in the game of chess.
n.
A chest, or coffer.
n.
One who chews.
n.
A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.
n.
A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus.
v. t. & i.
See Guess.
n.
Indian cress.
n.
A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns.
n.
A cress.