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Radical Digressions 6
Diemer, Ulli
Website
2009

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The Ancient Game That Saved a Village
Palfrey, Jack
2017
The village of Marottichal in India was rife with alcoholism and illicit gambling, but everything changed after one man taught the town to play the ancient game of chess.
Adolf Anderssen
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Chess player.
Chess
Wikipedia article
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. Chess is played by millions of people worldwide, both amateurs and pr...
Chess endgame
Wikipedia article
In chess and chess-like games, the endgame (or end game or ending) is the stage of the game when few pieces are left on the board.
Chess Fundamentals
Capablanca, Jose
1921
Chess History Center
Notes and features on the history of chess.
Chess opening
Wikipedia article
A chess opening is the group of initial moves of a chess game. Recognized sequences of initial moves are referred to as openings by White, or defenses by Black, but opening is also used as the general...
Chess Psychology
Approaching the psychological battle both on and off the board
Dunnington, Angus
2003
Chess and Sherlock Holmes
Winter, Edward
2012
Sherlock Holmes' famous remark ‘Amberley excelled at chess – one mark, Watson, of a scheming mind’ appeared in ‘The Adventure of the Retired Colourman’ in The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes (1927).
Elo rating system
Wikipedia article
A method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as chess.
History of chess
Wikipedia article
The history of chess spans over 1500 years. The earliest predecessor of the game probably originated in India, before the 6th century AD; a minority of historians believe the game originated in China....
Emanuel Lasker
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Chess player and mathematician.
List of chess games
Wikipedia article
A list of notable chess games sorted chronologically.
Returning to Chess
Diemer, Ulli
2012
Rediscovering chess after years of not playing.
Schlechter, Carl
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Chess player.
Steinitz, Wilhelm
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Chess player.
World Chess Championship
Wikipedia article
The World Chess Championship (sometimes abbreviated as WCC) is played to determine the World Champion in chess.