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Checkmate and List of chess variants

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Difference between Checkmate and List of chess variants

Checkmate vs. List of chess variants

Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is a game position in chess and other chess-like games in which a player's king is in check (threatened with) and there is no way to remove the threat. A chess variant (or unorthodox chess) is a game "related to, derived from, or inspired by chess".

Similarities between Checkmate and List of chess variants

Checkmate and List of chess variants have 10 things in common (in Unionpedia): A History of Chess, Bobby Fischer, Check (chess), Chess, Chess opening, Chess problem, Chessboard, Glossary of chess, King (chess), Queen (chess).

A History of Chess

The book A History of Chess was written by H. J. R. Murray (1868–1955) and published in 1913.

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Bobby Fischer

Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion.

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Check (chess)

A check is a condition in chess, shogi, and xiangqi that occurs when a player's king (or general in xiangqi) is under threat of on their opponent's next turn.

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Chess

Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid.

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Chess opening

A chess opening or simply an opening refers to the initial moves of a chess game.

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Chess problem

A chess problem, also called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by somebody using chess pieces on a chess board, that presents the solver with a particular task to be achieved.

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Chessboard

A chessboard is the type of checkerboard used in the board game chess, consisting of 64 squares (eight rows and eight columns).

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Glossary of chess

This page explains commonly used terms in chess in alphabetical order.

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King (chess)

In chess, the king (♔,♚) is the most important piece.

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Queen (chess)

The queen (♕,♛) is the most powerful piece in the game of chess, able to move any number of squares vertically, horizontally or diagonally.

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Checkmate and List of chess variants Comparison

Checkmate has 70 relations, while List of chess variants has 217. As they have in common 10, the Jaccard index is 3.48% = 10 / (70 + 217).

References

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