Glossary of chess problemsThe glossary of chess problems explains commonly used terms in chess problems, in alphabetical order.
Fairy chessChess compositions with nonstandard rules (e.g. with fairy pieces) Oniţiu, Petrović, Dawson & Fox1st Pr. Kniest TT. 1930FIDE Album 1914-1944/III abcdefgh8877665544332211abcdefgh Mate in 8 (with grasshoppers Ga8, f7, h2 and h1) Solution: 1.Gh3 Gh4 2.Gh5 Gh6 3.Gh7 Gh8 4.Ge7 Gd7 5.Gc7 Gb7 6.Ga7+ Ga6 7.Ga5+ Ga4 8.Ga3# Fairy chess is the area of chess composition in which there are some changes to the rules of chess.
Chess pieceA chess piece, or chessman, is a game piece that is placed on a chessboard to play the game of chess. It can be either white or black, and it can be one of six types: king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, or pawn. Chess sets generally come with sixteen pieces of each color. Additional pieces, usually an extra queen per color, may be provided for use in promotion or handicap games.
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The Chess Monthly (American magazine)The Chess Monthly was a short-lived monthly chess magazine produced from January 1857 and May 1861 in the United States. Edited by professional diplomat and linguistics professor Daniel Willard Fiske, it was co-edited for a time by Paul Morphy. The magazine was based in New York City. Eugene B. Cook (1830–1915) and Sam Loyd edited the chess problems section.
Rules of chessThe rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess. Chess is a two-player abstract strategyboard game. Each player controls sixteen pieces of six types on a chessboard. Each type of piece moves in a distinct way. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king; checkmate occurs when a king is threatened with capture and has no escape.
Max LangeMax Lange (August 7, 1832, Magdeburg – December 8, 1899, Leipzig) was a German chess player, problem composer, and writer, as well as an important chess organizer and chess governance leader. Chess careerLange was an editor of the Deutsche Schachzeitung (German Chess Newsletter) from 1858 to 1864.
Sam LoydSamuel Loyd (January 30, 1841 – April 10, 1911) was an American chess player, chess composer, puzzle author, and recreational mathematician. Loyd was born in Philadelphia but raised in New York City. As a chess composer, he authored a number of chess problems, often with interesting themes. At his peak, Loyd was one of the best chess players in the US, and he was ranked 15th in the world, according to chessmetrics.com.
Die SchwalbeDie Schwalbe (English: "The Swallow") is the German chess composition society. It issues the bimonthly magazineDie Schwalbe. SocietyDie Schwalbe was founded on 10 February 1924 in Essen as Vereinigung von Problemfreunden zur Förderung der Aufgabenkunst (Society of problem friends for advancement of chess composition art). There were 15 founding fathers from the Ruhr Area lead-managed by Wilhelm Maßmann. Anton Trilling was their first president.Deutsche SchachzeitungDeutsche Schachzeitung (English: "German Chess Magazine") was the first Germanchess magazine. Founded in 1846 by Ludwig Bledow under the title Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft and appearing monthly, it took the name Deutsche Schachzeitung in 1872. (Another magazine used the title Deutsche Schachzeitung from 1846 to 1848.)
CheckmateCheckmate (often shortened to mate) is any game position in chess and other chess-like games in which a player's king is in check (threatened with capture) and there is no possible escape. Checkmating the opponent wins the game. In chess, shogi, and other related games, the king is never actually captured. The player loses as soon as their king is checkmated. In formal games, it is usually considered good etiquette to resign an inevitably lost game before being checkmated.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.