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2004 In Chess
Events in chess in 2004: Deaths *April 30 – Kazimierz Plater (1915–2004), 89, Polish International Master and several time Polish champion. *August 3 – Bryon Nickoloff (1956–2004), 48, Canadian International Master. *August 22 – Konstantin Aseev (1960–2004), 43, Russian Grandmaster and trainer. *September 18 – Michael Valvo (1942–2004), 62, American International Master. *December 28 – Charles Bent (1919–2004), 85, English endgame study In the game of chess, an endgame study, or just study, is a type of chess problem that starts with a composed position—i.e. one that has been made up rather than played in an actual game—where the goal is to find the essentially unique way for ... composer. {{chess 21st century in chess Chess by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess
Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The players, referred to as White and Black in chess, "White" and "Black", each control sixteen Chess piece, pieces: one king (chess), king, one queen (chess), queen, two rook (chess), rooks, two bishop (chess), bishops, two knight (chess), knights, and eight pawn (chess), pawns, with each type of piece having a different pattern of movement. An enemy piece may be captured (removed from the board) by moving one's own piece onto the square it occupies. The object of the game is to "checkmate" (threaten with inescapable capture) the enemy king. There are also several ways a game can end in a draw (chess), draw. The recorded history of chess goes back to at least the emergence of chaturanga—also thought to be an ancesto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazimierz Plater
Kazimierz Plater (Broel-Plater) (3 March 1915, Vilna – 30 April 2004, Warsaw) was a Polish chess master. Born into an aristocratic family in Vilnius, he studied in Warsaw where he won the Warsaw County Chess Championship in 1934. After the Second World War, he participated twelve times in Polish championships (1946–1964). He was thrice Polish Chess Championship, Polish Champion (1949, 1956, 1957) and twice Sub-champion (1950, 1963). In 1947, he took 6th place in Warsaw in a tournament won by Svetozar Gligorić and 12th in the Hilversum zonal won by Albéric O'Kelly de Galway. In 1949, he took 7th in Bucharest (Luděk Pachman won). In 1957, he shared 4th in Szczawno Zdrój at the 2nd Przepiórka Memorial won by Efim Geller . He represented Poland in Chess Olympiads: * In 1952, at third board in 10th Chess Olympiad in Helsinki (+2 –3 =8); * In 1956, at second board in 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+3 –6 =4); * In 1960, at second board in 14th Chess Olympiad in Leipzig (+2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
