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is a Norwegian chess grandmaster |
Magnus Carlsen |
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Magnus Carlsen born in |
30 November 1990 |
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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. |
Magnus Carlsen |
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CHESS is originated in? before the 6th century AD. |
INDIA |
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is a Two-player Game, where one player is assigned white pieces and the other black. |
Chess |
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Each player has? (material/chessmen) to start the game:? |
16 chess pieces; one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights and eight pawns. |
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In chess, what objective of the game is to? |
capture the other player's king. |
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Chess board is consists of? squares in an? grid. |
64 squares in an 8x8 grid. |
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In chess, Who is the player to move first? |
The White player moves first. |
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In chess, What are the Equipment? |
Chess Pieces Chess Clocks Score Sheets |
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The most familiar and popular pieces follow the Staunton pattern, first registered in? . Staunton pieces are required for most tournaments. |
Chess; 1849 by Nathaniel Cook |
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used in the 19th century, were sandglasses, which kept track of each player's time on a different device. These were soon superseded by two connected analog clocks. |
Chess Clocks |
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For recording the moves of a game are another necessity for tournament play |
Score Sheets |
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move one square in any direction, so long as that square is not attacked by an enemy piece. |
King |
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move diagonally, horizontally, or vertically any number of squares. They are unable to jump over pieces. |
Queen |
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move horizontally or vertically any number of squares. They are unable to jump over pieces. |
Rooks |
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move diagonally any number of squares. They are unable to jump over pieces. |
Bishops |
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move in an „L" shape": two squares in a horizontal or vertical direction, then move one square horizontally or vertically. |
Knights |
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move vertically forward one square, with the option to move two squares if they have not yet moved. |
Pawns |
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capture one square diagonally in a forward direction. |
Pawns |
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When Arabs conquered Persia, chess was taken up by Muslim world and spread to |
Southern Europe |