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Chess is a board game for two players, each controlling a set of chess pieces. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The recorded history of chess goes back at least to the emergence of a similar game, chaturanga, in seventh-century India. The rules of chess as they are known today emerged in Europe at the end of the 15th century, with standardization and universal acceptance by the end of the 19th century. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, and is played by millions of people worldwide.
Chess is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no elements of chance. It is played on a chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. At the start, each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns. White moves first, followed by Black. The game is won by checkmating the opponent's king, i.e. threatening it with inescapable capture. There are also several ways a game can end in a draw.
Organized chess arose in the 19th century. Chess competition today is governed internationally by FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs; the International Chess Federation). The first universally recognized World Chess Champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, claimed his title in 1886; Ding Liren is the current World Champion. (Full article...)
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In chess, a relative value (or point value) is a standard value conventionally assigned to each piece. Piece valuations have no role in the rules of chess but are useful as an aid to assessing a position.
The best known system assigns 1 point to a pawn, 3 points to a knight or bishop, 5 points to a rook and 9 points to a queen. However, valuation systems provide only a rough guide and the true value of a piece is very position dependent.
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FIDE world ranking
Rank | Player | Rating |
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1 | Magnus Carlsen | 2830 |
2 | Fabiano Caruana | 2805 |
3 | Hikaru Nakamura | 2795 |
4 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2770 |
5 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2765 |
6 | Gukesh D | 2763 |
7 | Ding Liren | 2762 |
8 | Arjun Erigaisi | 2761 |
9 | Wesley So | 2757 |
10 | Wei Yi | 2755 |
11 | Viswanathan Anand | 2751 |
12 | Sergey Karjakin | 2750 |
13 | Leinier Dominguez | 2748 |
14 | Praggnanandhaa R | 2747 |
15 | Anish Giri | 2745 |
16 | Alireza Firouzja | 2738 |
17 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 2734 |
18 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2734 |
19 | Parham Maghsoodloo | 2733 |
20 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2732 |
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Dommaraju Gukesh (born 29 May 2006) is an Indian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he is the third-youngest Grandmaster in history, the third-youngest to reach a chess rating of 2700, the youngest to reach a rating of 2750 and the youngest winner of the FIDE Candidates tournament. Gukesh won the 2024 Candidates Tournament, making him the youngest contender to compete for the title of World Chess Champion. (Full article...)
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Chess is a board game for two players, each controlling a set of chess pieces. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The recorded history of chess goes back at least to the emergence of a similar game, chaturanga, in seventh-century India. The rules of chess as they are known today emerged in Europe at the end of the 15th century, with standardization and universal acceptance by the end of the 19th century. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, and is played by millions of people worldwide. (Full article...)
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Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. He is a five-time World Chess Champion, the reigning five-time World Rapid Chess Champion, the reigning seven-time World Blitz Chess Champion, and the reigning Chess World Cup Champion. He has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE world chess rankings since 1 July 2011 and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world, while holding the record for longest consecutive reign. His peak rating of 2882 is the highest in history. He also holds the record for the longest unbeaten streak at an elite level in classical chess at 125 games. (Full article...)
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The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Ding Liren, who defeated his opponent Ian Nepomniachtchi in the 2023 World Chess Championship. Magnus Carlsen, the previous world champion, had declined to defend his title. (Full article...)
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (born 10 August 2005) is an Indian chess grandmaster. Praggnanandhaa and his sister Vaishali are the first brother-sister duo to both earn the GM title. They are also the first brother-sister duo to qualify for the Candidates. (Full article...)
Did you know...
- ... that Magnus Carlsen, the current World Chess Champion, resigned a recent tournament game after only one move?
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