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Chess
Questions about the game of Chess. Electronic versions of chess may be asked about here, as a second category, but would be more appropriately placed in a Video Games category.
2,793 Questions
In chess one gets return of pawn when it reaches to other side. where to replace that return?
It becomes a queen
When will be the pawn will be promoted in the last Eight square?
It is promoted immediately as soon as it arrives.
A fairy chess piece is a chess piece not used in conventional chess, but used in certain chess variants and some chess problems. These pieces vary in movement abilities and possible additional properties.
What happen when a pawn promoted and the player does not declare what the pawn is but calls check?
The opponent of the player is to force them to declare the promoted pawn is to become, then make a move to avoid the check (if any).
What is the name of umpire in chess?
In tournament chess games, such a character can be reffered to as a 'referee', but is more commonly described as the adjudicator. It is the adjudicator's duty to call illegal moves as well as to monitor the abidance of rules by the players themselves.
Where can one keep up to date with chess news?
Chess is a game that is played around the world. Chess-related news can be found online at websites like Chess Base, Chess, Game Knot, and Chess Daily News.
What is an attacked square in chess?
If a player moves a piece into a position that will allow it to remove the piece from a particular square in its next move, then that square is under attack.
How many checks do you have to make to kill a king?
You don't take/kill a king in chess. You have to put it into checkmate, ie, there are no moves the opponent can make with any piece, to take the king out of check. When this happens, the game is over.
What are some of the benefits of chess as a pastime?
There are many benefits to playing chess as a pastime. The main one being that it is fun. The rules are easy to learn and once you do you can set up and play a game of chess in seconds, especially if you have access to the internet. Another benefit is it is sociable. Many people play chess in clubs or in parks, and it is easy to become part of a team who play chess together in competitions. Another benefit is it helps logical thinking. In order to get good at chess you need to constantly calculate what's going to happen next in a game.
The king can move one square in any direction. If it moves into a square that is occupied by another piece, it takes that piece only if the king is not endangered if it gets next to it in order to capture it.
How many complete squares on a chessboard?
there are 204 total squares on a chessboard or a checkerboard
What is the value of an 1869 nickel 3 cent piece?
I acquired one today and it costs a pretty penny for that pretty penny.
In good condition around 500 bucks, however I got mine free because I have friends in a museum.
No it hasn't been solved.
It has been claimed that amount of possible chess positions would be higher than amount of atoms in our universe. In practice this would mean that it's impossible to solve due to lack of memory units needed to process solution.
Who are the officials related to Chess?
They are such people such as of the FIDE. They watch over games in tournaments to avoid cheating and conflict during games.
What does modem tapping mean in pawn tactics?
Well every house that has Internet has a 'modem' here's a little outline of the
internet for you house.
1) cable comes from street to a box probably mounted on the side of your house. 2) Box cable normally would run through your roof or below your house up into a little box you have (normally located in someone's office area).
3) Cables run out of that box and into your computers, also the box may have a little Ariel on it an that will provide WiFi for your house.
So now we know that, well you know how to tap something (you could tap something with your finger or foot) well "modem tapping" is well known throughout a lot of games, the person simply "tapps" the modem with his hand or foot and for safety reasons the modem will simply "freeze" just temporarily. In a online gaming situation this normally means everyone in that persons game will be frozen and just stay there, this gives the person and advantage to quickly move and kill another player or get to a different position, this also can be referred to as "Map Jumping","Jumping" or "Teleporting" as on the other persons screen you will be in one place then "disappear" and pop up somewhere else.
What is the data structure used to predict the next move in chess?
A decision tree or a weighted graph.
