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Type of move in chess
In chess, a cross-check (or counter-check) is a tactic in which a check is played in response to a check, especially when the original check is blocked
Cross-check_(chess)
Chess position where the King is attacked
In chess and similar games, check is a condition that occurs when a player's king is under immediate threat of capture on the very next turn. A king so
Check_(chess)
Topics referred to by the same term
media Cross-checking, an infraction in the sport of ice hockey and lacrosse Cross-check (chess), a chess tactic of blocking a check with a check to force
Cross_check
Variant where three checks wins the game
Three-check chess, also simply known as three-check, is a chess variant where a player can win by placing their opponent in check three times. Apart from
Three-check_chess
Chess variant
Cross chess is a chess variant invented by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1982. The game is played on a board comprising 61 cross-shaped cells, with players each
Cross_chess
Topics referred to by the same term
check Check (chess), a threat to capture the king or general Checking (ice hockey), several techniques The Checks (band), a New Zealand band "Check"
Check
Chess variant native to China
known as cờ tướng, literally 'General's chess', in contrast with Western chess or cờ vua, literally 'King's chess'. The game represents a battle between
Xiangqi
chess, Centaur chess or Cyborg chess Blindfold chess Chess handicap Correspondence chess Blitz chess Chess as mental training Chess boxing The Chess Variant
List_of_chess_variants
Traditional board game for two players
Chess is a board game for two players, played on a square board consisting of 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The players, referred to as "White"
Chess
Chess variant played on two chessboards by four players in teams of two
chess, transfer chess, double bughouse, doubles chess, cross chess, swap chess, or simply bughouse, bugsy, or bug. The name Siamese chess is also used but
Bughouse_chess
Chess move
and the king does not leave, cross over, or finish on a square attacked by an enemy piece. Castling is the only move in chess in which two pieces are moved
Castling
describe chess moves. For a list of: unorthodox chess pieces, see Fairy chess piece; terms specific to chess problems, see Glossary of chess problems;
Glossary_of_chess
Chess piece
Remote Chess Academy. Retrieved 2026-02-04. "King in Chess / About / World Chess – Official FIDE Online Chess Gaming Platform". "Double Check – Chess Terms"
King_(chess)
Special pawn move in chess
player is not in check, and capturing en passant is the only legal move, the player may not claim a draw by stalemate. In his book on chess organisation and
En_passant
Chess variant: goal is to lose pieces
Losing chess is one of the most popular chess variants. The objective of each player is to lose all of their pieces or be stalemated. Players must make
Losing_chess
Chess variant where every move must cross a grid line
hand, is in check from the rook on c8. Black cannot escape check as in standard chess with ...Ke7 or ...Kf7, as these moves do not cross a grid line.
Grid_chess
Chess variant
Checkless chess, also known as prohibition chess, is a chess variant where neither player may give check unless it is checkmate. All other rules are as
Checkless_chess
Rules of play for the game of chess
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
Rules_of_chess
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
Concrete sequence of chess moves leading to an advantage
In chess, a tactic is a sequence of moves that each makes one or more immediate threats – a check, a material threat, a checkmating sequence threat, or
Chess_tactic
Dj Sparc SS
CrossCheck was a 2017 collaborative fact-checking project organized by First Draft and supported by Google News Lab. It was announced at the News Impact
CrossCheck_(project)
Chess tactic
also a check or a cross-check. Blockade Chess tactic Interference Prophylaxis Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1984). The Oxford Companion to Chess (1 ed
Block_(chess)
Chess positions with few pieces where none of them are a pawn
queens versus one queen: Almost always a win. A cross-check may be necessary, see Cross-check (chess) § Two queens versus one for an example. A draw is
Pawnless_chess_endgame
Chess variant rules
Kriegspiel is a chess variant invented by Henry Michael Temple in 1899 and based upon the original Kriegsspiel (German for war game) developed by Georg
Kriegspiel_(chess)
World Chess Champion, Alexander Alekhine, which consists of placing the two rooks stacked one behind another and the queen at the rear. Cross-check – tactic
Outline_of_chess
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
Chess variant in which each player moves twice per turn
Marseillais chess (also called Double-Move chess) is a chess variant in which each player moves twice per turn. The rules of the game were first published
Marseillais_chess
Chess variant
this chess variant is not to checkmate the king, but to capture it. A player is not told if their king is in check. Failing to move out of check, or moving
Dark_chess
Chess piece
The rook (/rʊk/; ♖, ♜) is a piece in the game of chess. Each player starts the game with two rooks, one in each corner on their side of the board. It
Rook_(chess)
Chess variant played on two boards
Alice chess is a chess variant invented in 1953 by V. R. Parton which employs two chessboards rather than one, and a slight (but significant) alteration
Alice_chess
Chess variant in which dice are used to alter gameplay
Dice chess can refer to a number of chess variants in which dice are used to alter gameplay; specifically that the moves available to each player are determined
Dice_chess
Free and open-source chess engine
open-source chess engine, available for various desktop and mobile platforms. It can be used in chess software through the Universal Chess Interface. Stockfish
Stockfish_(chess)
2014 video game
Chess 2: The Sequel is a chess variant created by David Sirlin and Zachary Burns of Ludeme Games. Sirlin, whose previous design work includes rebalancing
Chess_2:_The_Sequel
English chess variant inventor (1897–1974)
December 1974) was an English chess enthusiast and prolific chess variant inventor, his most renowned variants being Alice chess and Racing Kings. Many of
V._R._Parton
Chess variant native to Korea
sometimes called Korean chess, is a strategy board game popular on the Korean Peninsula. The game was derived from xiangqi (Chinese chess), and is very similar
Janggi
Family of chess variants specially designed for four players
Four-player chess (also known as four-handed chess) is a family of chess variants played with four people. The game features a special board typically
Four-player_chess
Hungarian chess grandmaster (born 1976)
Polgár (born 23 July 1976) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster, widely regarded as the strongest female chess player of all time. She is the only woman to
Judit_Polgár
Fairy chess piece
superqueen, is a fairy chess piece that can move like a queen or a knight. It may thus be considered the sum of all orthodox chess pieces other than the
Amazon_(chess)
Pattern of intersecting vertical and horizontal stripes
Check (also checker, Brit: chequer, dicing, or checkerboard and checkerboard pattern) is a pattern of modified stripes consisting of crossed horizontal
Check_(pattern)
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
Chess with a randomized starting position
article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant that randomizes the starting position
Chess960
Indian businessman
of the Indian Red Cross Society | GNS News". Retrieved 12 November 2023. "Ajay Patel elected as Asian Zone President – All India Chess Federation". aicf
Ajay_Patel
Playing piece with non-standard chess rules
A fairy chess piece, variant chess piece, unorthodox chess piece, or heterodox chess piece is a chess piece not used in conventional chess but incorporated
Fairy_chess_piece
Chess variant using two new chessmen
Capablanca chess, also called Knighted chess, is a family of over twenty Western chess variants which incorporate two new pieces. The family includes
Capablanca_chess
Chess variant with more moves per turn
progressive chess (otherwise known as Scotch chess). The two have the following rules in common: A check must be escaped from on the first move of a series—if
Progressive_chess
Tactic in the game of chess
In chess, a pin is a tactic in which a defending piece cannot move out of an attacking piece's line of attack without exposing a more valuable defending
Pin_(chess)
Set of chess variants played on a board with hexagonal cells
Hexagonal chess is a group of chess variants played on boards composed of hexagon cells. The best known is Gliński's variant, played on a symmetric 91-cell
Hexagonal_chess
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
Game related to chess
A chess variant is any board game related to, derived from, or inspired by orthodox chess. Chess variants can differ from standard chess in many different
Chess_variant
Chess compositions with nonstandard rules (e.g. with fairy pieces)
uses algebraic notation. Fairy chess is the area of chess composition in which there are some changes to the rules of chess. It may involve changes to the
Fairy_chess
Competition to determine the World Chess Champion
+sidebar%5D%5D{{{CRITERION}}} The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Gukesh Dommaraju
World_Chess_Championship
Chess variant
notation to describe chess moves. De Vasa's hexagonal chess Also by George Dekle: Masonic Shogi Cross chess – a hexagonal variant with cross-shaped cells Pritchard
Masonic_chess
Method of payment
meaning of check to come from "a check against forgery", with the use of "check" to mean "control" stemming from the check used in chess, a term which
Cheque
Chess match between Ding Liren and Gukesh Dommaraju
The World Chess Championship 2024 was a chess match between the reigning world champion Ding Liren and the challenger Gukesh Dommaraju to determine the
World_Chess_Championship_2024
Chess variant
Dunsany's chess, also known as Dunsany's game, is an asymmetric chess variant in which Black has the standard chess army and White has 32 pawns. This
Dunsany's_chess
Sport combining diving and chess
Diving chess is a sport in which chess is played underwater. It was invented by Etan Ilfeld; and, since 2013, it has been included as one of the disciplines
Diving_chess
Norwegian chess grandmaster (born 1990)
Norwegian chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, reigning six-time World Rapid Chess Champion, reigning nine-time World Blitz Chess Champion
Magnus_Carlsen
Chess variant
Beirut chess is a chess variant invented by Jim Winslow in 1992. The game is played using the standard chess pieces and board, with each side having secretly
Beirut_chess
Chess variant
Cylinder chess (or cylindrical chess) is a chess variant. The game is played as if the board were a cylinder, with the left side of the board joined to
Cylinder_chess
Chess variant
Hostage chess is a chess variant invented by John A. Leslie in 1997. Captured pieces are not eliminated from the game but can reenter active play through
Hostage_chess
Chess variant
Makruk (Thai: หมากรุก; RTGS: mak ruk; pronounced [màːk rúk]), or Thai chess (Thai: หมากรุกไทย; RTGS: mak ruk thai; pronounced [màːk rúk tʰaj]), is a strategy
Makruk
Fairy chess piece
The empress is a fairy chess piece that can move like a rook or a knight. It cannot jump over other pieces when moving as a rook but may do so when moving
Empress_(chess)
Four-player chess variant
Enochian chess is a four-player chess variant, similar to chaturaji, associated with the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The name comes from the Enochian
Enochian_chess
Chess variant
Andernach chess is a chess variant in which a piece making a capture (except kings) changes colour. For instance, if a white bishop on a2 were to capture
Andernach_chess
Chess variant
Grand Chess is a large-board chess variant invented by Dutch games designer Christian Freeling in 1984. It is played on a 10×10 board, with each side having
Grand_Chess
Commercial chess variant
Omega Chess is a commercial chess variant designed and released in 1992 by Daniel MacDonald. The game is played on a 10×10 board with four extra squares
Omega_Chess
Chess variant
Wildebeest chess is a chess variant created by R. Wayne Schmittberger in 1987. The Wildebeest board is 11×10 squares. Besides the standard chess pieces,
Wildebeest_chess
Chess variant
Chess puzzle by Raymond Smullyan Monochromatic chess is a chess variant with unknown origin. The initial board position and all rules are the same as
Monochromatic_chess
Variant of chess
starting position. Cubic chess follows the normal rules of chess (including castling, check, checkmate, etc.), but with the following special differences:
Cubic_chess
1989 chess variant by Jim Winslow
opponent. In Chessence, kings cannot move and must remain on their starting squares for the entire game. Thus, a king is unable to move out of check. A man
Chessence
Chess variant
bughouse chess. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Though the four-player "bughouse" chess became prominent in western chess circles
Crazyhouse
Chess variant
This example uses algebraic notation. Wolf chess (German: Wolf-Schach) is a chess variant invented by Dr. Arno von Wilpert in 1943. It is played on an
Wolf_chess
Chess variant played on a 10x8 board
Janus Chess is a chess variant invented in 1978 by Werner Schöndorf from Bildstock, Germany. It is played on a 10×8 board and features a fairy chess piece
Janus_Chess
Indian chess grandmaster (born 2001)
Vaishali Rameshbabu (born 21 June 2001) is an Indian chess grandmaster. She is a two-time champion of the FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament, winning
Vaishali_Rameshbabu
Board game
game is also known as the jungle game, children's chess, oriental chess, animal kingdom and animal chess. The Jungle gameboard represents a jungle terrain
Jungle_(board_game)
Chess variant played on a 16×12 board
Double chess is a chess variant invented by Julian S. Grant Hayward in 1916. The game is played on a 16×12 chessboard with each player in control of two
Double_chess
Chess variant played on a 6×6 board without bishops
Los Alamos chess (or anti-clerical chess) is a chess variant played on a 6×6 board without bishops. This was the first chess-like game played by a digital
Los_Alamos_chess
Chess variant
Apocalypse is a chess variant invented by C. S. Elliott in 1976. Each player starts with two horsemen and five footmen on a 5×5 board. The two sides make
Apocalypse_(chess_variant)
Defensive technique in chess
In chess, a fortress is an endgame drawing technique in which the side behind in material sets up a zone of protection that the opponent cannot penetrate
Fortress_(chess)
Chess variant
Portal chess is a chess variant which uses at least two fairy pieces called portals (or less commonly portholes). These pieces can be easily added by using
Portal_chess
Three-dimensional chess variant by Gary Gygax
Dragonchess is a three-dimensional fantasy chess variant created by Gary Gygax, co-creator of the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. The game was introduced
Dragonchess
Chess variant
Quatrochess is a chess variant for four players invented by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1986. It is played on a square 14×14 board that excludes the four central
Quatrochess
Chess variant
Congo is a chess variant invented by Demian Freeling in 1982 when he was nearly 8 years old. His father, Dutch abstract games designer Christian Freeling
Congo_(chess_variant)
Chess variant
Avalanche chess is a chess variant designed by Ralph Betza in 1977. After moving one of their own pieces, a player must move one of the opponent's pawns
Avalanche_chess
Chess match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren
The World Chess Championship 2023 was a chess match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren to determine the new World Chess Champion, held under the
World_Chess_Championship_2023
Chess variant intended for three players and played on a hexagonal board
Three-man chess is a chess variant for three players invented by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1984. The game is played on a hexagonal board comprising 96 quadrilateral
Three-man_chess
American record label (1950–1975)
Chess Records was an American record company established in 1950 in Chicago, specializing in blues and rhythm and blues. It was the successor to Aristocrat
Chess_Records
Final phase in the game of chess
The endgame (or ending) is the final stage of a chess game which occurs after the middlegame. It begins when few pieces are left on the board. The line
Chess_endgame
Chess endgame
The queen versus rook endgame is a chess endgame where one player has just their king and their queen, and the other player has just their king and a
Queen_versus_rook_endgame
Variant of chess
known as the Mad King's Game, Maharajah chess, or Sarvatobhadra ("auspicious on all sides"), is a popular chess variant with different armies for White
Maharajah_and_the_Sepoys
Family of chess variants played on a smaller board
and shorter than standard chess. The first chess-like game implemented on a computer was the 6×6 chess variant Los Alamos chess. The low memory capacity
Minichess
Topics referred to by the same term
generation Light Tactical Aircraft by Sukhoi Chess Champion 2175, a chess video game, also known as Checkmate Check (disambiguation) Operation Checkmate (disambiguation)
Checkmate_(disambiguation)
Chess variants played on spherical boards
Spherical chess is any of several chess variants played on boards composed of fields arranged on the surface of a sphere. A variant described by Don Miller
Spherical_chess
Chess variant
Triangular chess is a chess variant for two players invented by George R. Dekle Sr. in 1986. The game is played on a hexagon-shaped gameboard comprising
Triangular_chess_(game)
Diagonal chess variant created in 1913
Legan chess (or Legan's game) is a chess variant invented by L. Legan in 1913. It differs from standard chess by the starting position as well as by pawn
Legan_chess
Chess variant
Rhombic chess is a chess variant for two players created by Tony Paletta in 1980. The gameboard has an overall hexagonal shape and comprises 72 rhombi
Rhombic_chess
Ways to improve winning chances against a stronger player
Handicaps (or odds) in chess are setup or rule modifications which enable a weaker player to have a higher chance of winning against a stronger one. There
Handicap_(chess)
Abstract strategy game
Martian Chess is an abstract strategy game for two or four players invented by Andrew Looney in 1999. It is played with Icehouse pyramids on a chessboard
Martian_Chess
Chess variant
Chess on a really big board is a large chess variant invented by Ralph Betza around 1996. It is played on a 16×16 chessboard with 16 pieces (on the back
Chess_on_a_really_big_board
Fairy chess piece
algebraic notation to describe chess moves. In the diagram, the white grasshopper on d4 can move to the squares marked with crosses (b2, d1, d7, and h8) or capture
Grasshopper_(chess)
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