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	Chess Variant Applets
		I programmed these to show some of the many chess variants, rather than to be strong opponents.
		A check or a move to a square under attack both end a sequence early.
		Billiards chess with pocketed pieces returned to their squares of origin.
	www.pathguy.com /chess/ChessVar.htm (2773 words)

	Chess - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chess is one of the world's most popular games; it has been described not only as a game, but also as an art, science, and sport.
		Chess is sometimes seen as an abstract wargame; as a "mental martial art", and teaching chess has been advocated as a way of enhancing mental prowess.
		A chess table is a table with a chessboard painted or engraved on it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chess (1829 words)

	Check
		A check or cheque is a document instructing a financial institution to pay a specific amount of a specific currency from a specific demand account held in the issuer's name with that institution.
		In chess, if the king is in check and the threat cannot be stopped by interposing a piece, and the king cannot be moved without placing him back into check at the new location (or the king cannot be moved), the king is said to be checkmated and the game is over.
		In chess, when a check is answered by a check, particularly when this second check is delivered by a piece blocking the first, it is termed a cross-check.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/check.html (612 words)

	The Chess Page
		The king is forced to capture the rook, whereupon the elephant at h3 moves to f5, exposing the fl king to check from the rook at h1.
		One of the general features of chess in the far east is that draws by repetition are not allowed; the player first repeating his moves must vary the pattern, even if the variance is to his disadvantage.
		Chess reached its present form in the 15th and 16th centuries, when the queen was endowed with her sweeping powers, and when castling was introduced to the game.
	www.stmoroky.com /games/chess/chess.htm (3464 words)

	Chess Glossary
		It is a combination of letters and numbers (a to h and 1 to 8) which denotes the 64 squares of the board.
		The King should move out of check, place another piece between the King and the attacking piece, or the attacking piece must be captured.
		A clock which, in addition to serving the usual functions of a Chess clock, adds a certain amount of time to each player's clock after each move, in order to avoid desperate time scrambles at the end of a game, which often result in poor moves.
	www.chess-poster.com /english/glossary.htm (4349 words)

	check. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
		To arrest the motion of abruptly; halt: checked the flow by shutting a valve.
		One such means was a counterfoil, a part of a check, for example, retained by the issuer as documentation of a transaction.
		Check first meant “counterfoil” and then came to mean anything, such as a bill or bank draft, with a counterfoil—or eventually even without one.
	www.bartleby.com /61/37/C0263700.html (814 words)

	Chess Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		When one side or color in a game of chess is winning the game, then that side is said to have the advantage, edge, pull, or plus.
		If the moving piece also gives check, then the move is described as a double check.
		It is intended as a standard position notation for chess programmers, for page layout programs, and for confirming position status for e-mail competition.
	www.logicalchess.com /info/reference/glossary.html (4519 words)

	Chess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Chess is believed to have originated in India in around the year 600.
		Chess is played on an 8 x 8 grid of alternating squares.
		Chess is an obvious member of the 3M Bookshelf Classics line.
	www.gamepile.com /3m23.html (364 words)

	Kids check out chess Sherry Boas Sentinel correspondent Posted February 5
		Chess clubs, once thought of as gathering places for bookworms and nerds, have become a popular pastime for all types of children at several Lake elementary schools.
		Chess also helps children learn how to cooperateand improves their sense of sportsmanship, according to chess club organizers.
		Gerry is a passionate chess player who, for the past four years, has been a member of the Dickens-Reed Bookstore Chess Club in Mount Dora.
	www.chess.gr /news/2001/kids_check_out_chess.html (890 words)

	chessterms
		Players should check for correct orientation (i.e., that the square to their lower right is light in color) before starting a game.
		In this situation the enemy pawn is allowed by chess rules to capture the en passant pawn as if it had only advanced one square, but this may only occur on the opponent's next move.
		Chess games stored in a cross-platform software format (.pgn) which may be read by all major chess database programs.
	www.angelfire.com /games5/chessodyssey/chessterms.htm (12983 words)

	Chess
		If the king and a rook have not yet been moved and there are no intervening pieces, you may move the king 2 spaces towards the rook, and move the rook to the other side of the king.
		The restriction is that the king can not currently be in check, and none of the squares through which the king moves can be in check.
		The opponent must then move to avoid check, either by moving the king out of check, moving a piece to block the threat, or by capturing the threatening piece.
	www.gamerz.net /pbmserv/chess.html (790 words)

	Chess Terms Dictionary
		Discovered Check: The movement of a friendly piece or pawn that reveals a check on the enemy King with a piece hidden behind the moved piece.
		The Queen can move by diagonals, ranks, or files; combining the movements of the Bishop and the Rook as long and as far as she please until her moves are obstructed by another piece.
		A Spite Check does not eliminate the threat of checkmate; it merely delays it for a move or two.
	www.geocities.com /allentownchess/terms.html (4089 words)

	Chess Links - Regularly Updated Chess Sites
		I also think their Forum is one of the more active and interesting sites for chess discussion.
		The great chess historian (semi-emeritus) shares his findings in a series of articles, formerly at Chess Cafe.
		Though it seems to have begun with a focus on chess in the state of New Jersey, it attracts responders from all over the world and is far from provincial.
	www.rci.rutgers.edu /~goeller/urusov/links (1291 words)

	check - yourDictionary.com - American Heritage Dictionary
		checked the brakes and lights for defects; checked out the system to make sure there were no errors in the software.
		checked her facts before speaking; check a spelling in the dictionary.
		Check first meant "counterfoil" and then came to mean anything, such as a bill or bank draft, with a counterfoil
	www.yourdictionary.com /ahd/c/c0263700.html (621 words)

	Chessays - Newton: Shah Mat - is the king really dead?
		When the Shah in chess was attacked by any other piece it was usual to call attention to the fact by saying Shah, it being incumbent upon the player whose Shah was attacked to move it or otherwise to remedy the check.
		It's entry under "check mate" states, in part: The word is derived from the Persian shah, meaning king, and mat, meaning helpless or defeated.
		The term check mate comes from Persian shaah maat, the king is dumfounded/ stymied (and not from Arabic Shah maat, the king died, which is the etymology most dictionaries give).
	www.goddesschess.com /chessays/shahmatjan.html (2206 words)

	Progressive Chess
		Although the Progressive Chess concept can be applied to almost any variant, the game is typically played as a variant of orthodox chess with orthodox board and pieces.
		When a player gives check at the end of a sequence, he forfeits any remaining moves in that sequence.
		Scottish Chess is the oldest of all progressive chess variants, probably originating in Great Britain (or possibly Scotland) just before World War II.
	www.chessvariants.com /multimove.dir/progressive.html (863 words)

	OMEGA CHESS - Rules (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		All the familiar pieces in Omega Chess follow the same rules as in Traditional Chess, except for pawns which have been modified for play on a 10x10 board.
		Omega Chess is played with the same rules as chess, except for the Pawns.
		All Chess pieces (including the Omega Chess pieces) capture an opponent's piece by landing on the square occupied by the opponent's piece.
	www.omegachess.com /rules.htm (1229 words)

	Wanna Play Chess? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The general public in the U.S. may perceive chess as simply a boring activity, but nothing could be further from the truth...
		Chess is a unique combination of warfare, artistry, science, and sport...
		Whether you're new to chess and would like to learn how to play, or would like to learn more, please check out the sites below and become part of a tradition enjoyed by millions and millions.
	www.famu.edu /acad/colleges/sbi/dshabazz/Chess_Page.html (151 words)

	Students flock to 'check' out chess tournament (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Chess Club members love the intellectual appeal of chess, and it seems that the appeal only gets stonger when money is thrown into the pot.
		From Nov. 20 to Dec. 13, 24 students competed in a chess tournament sponsored by the Chess Club.
		The final match of the chess tournament between Dabel and Gilham ended during sixth period on Dec. 12 when Dabel put Gilham's king in checkmate.
	www.digisys.net /fhspub/96-97/Dec20/nchess.htm (385 words)

	Bryan's Chess World
		I have made my commentary accessable to the beginning or intermediate player, since I consider myself an intermediate player and I find that there is much analysis out on the web, but a lot of it is advanced.
		Finally, there is a page of links to the chess world on the World Wide Web.
		Chess Eye is a cool program that my friend Jan Matthies had a part in creating.
	www.geocities.com /kidlat121/chess (557 words)

	Chess Sets from The Chess Piece, for that unique chess set and more!'
		Our wooden chess sets are made of the finest woods, including ebony, striped ebony and rosewood and bud rosewood, and our metal chess sets include our Grand Master Brass Chess Set, the copper Art Deco Chess Set, and the silver Chariots chess sets.
		These are distinctive high quality historical chess set patterns that appeal to discerning chess players, chess collectors and those many people wishing to buy our decoration chess sets as part of an interior design scheme such as in an office or hotel foyer.
		Our line of chess computers is popular with beginners wanting to learn to play chess and getting to understand the rules of chess or players who wish to improve their chess game.
	www.thechesspiece.com (1039 words)

	The Oakland Press: Oakland Life: Check this out: Kids learn to play chess
		Whittier Elementary is one of hundreds, maybe thousands, of schools in the United States where chess is being taught to kids.
		At Whittier, chess is taught once a week to the entire fifth grade.
		The chess instructor is Douglas Goralski, called Mr.
	www.theoaklandpress.com /stories/060804/oak_20040608005.shtml (591 words)

	Chess News - Topix
		Chess Grandmaster Yury Shulman of Barrington is hoping to add another title to his laundry list of accomplishments: world champion.
		Spotlight on Chess Sets The historical origins of chess are commonly attributed to a game played in India in the 6th century, chaturanga or "the four parts of an army," infantry, chariots, horses and elephants.
		A chess master in " Stalin 's Ghost" contemptuously describes one rival as "really just a wood pusher," someone who lacks inspiration as he moves chess figures around a board.
	www.topix.net /games/chess (660 words)

	Check The Check (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Your task is to write a program that reads a chess board configuration and answers if there's a king under attack (i.e.
		A king is in check if it's in a square which is attacked by an oponnet's piece (i.e.
		pieces) and there won't be a configuration where both kings are in check.
	acm.uva.es /p/v101/10196.html (467 words)

	Check out these Chess Spots!
		If approved by you, our webmaster will do it because I have no clue how these things are done.
		Also, I would like to be profiled in the Chess Drum.
		I started a chess club in Canton in 1992.
	www.thechessdrum.net /newsbriefs/2003/NB_ChessSpots.html (262 words)

	Watson Consulting: Chess
		You can still play a good game of chess with your opponent -- it just requires some human intelligence in addition to the chess script.
		The columns (files) are labeled A through H and the rows (ranks) are numbered 1 through 8 (from White's perspective).
		The script does not check for 'check' and subsequently does not enforce any of the associate rules.
	www.watson-net.com /free/perl/s_chess.asp (475 words)

	Rules
		If you cannot get it out of danger as described in the Check Page, then it is Checkmate and the game is over.
		To be checkmated the King has to be in check, and have no way of getting out of the check.
		The fl King is in check by the Bishop and all his escape squares are covered (shown by the arrows).
	www.chessclub.com /resources/rules/Checkmate.html (194 words)

	Single check chess and variants
		Thus, variants of this basic form of single check chess were proposed.
		Presto Chess (possibly also invented by Lawrence Crane in the beginning of the 20th century) is probably the most played `single check chess'-variant:
		Frank Hopkins, when confronted with the forced win of white in the original single check, proposed to play single check chess, but with all pawns originally on the third and sixth rows.
	www.chessvariants.com /winning.dir/singleck.html (270 words)

	US Chess Federation:
		Be sure to check on our wide variety of information/forms located in our Forms & Brochures area of our website.
		We are grateful for this latest of many contributions to the scholastic chess community.
		Check out: Chess Workbook for Children by NM Todd Bardwick Written for the child and includes 200 problems...100 beginner, 100 intermediate!
	www.uschess.org /scholastic (529 words)

	How to Play Chess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		This book is based on Fine's Thirty Rules of Chess with the games of Paul Morphy used to demonstrate these principles.
		I highly recommend this book for two reasons: It is an excellent book and Frisco is an old chess advocate who has help hundreds of young chess players learn the game.
		If you purchase Frisco's book, it will help if you have a copy of: The Thirty Rules of Chess It has download in Word option at the top and bottom of the page, (even if you don't purchase Frisco's book, it will help if you download and study The Thirty Rules of chess).
	www.chessdryad.com /education/magictheater (294 words)

	Chess - MSN Games - Free Online Games
		Chess - MSN Games - Free Online Games
		Chess is a classic strategy board game that has been played for hundreds of years.
		Each type of chess piece is allowed to make certain moves.
	zone.msn.com /en/chess/default.htm (213 words)

	Chess Store - Wholesale Chess
		You don't have to sacrifice the quality service and easy online experience at our online chess store just to save a few dollars to catch a sale at another chess store.
		We are chess players too, so it is important for us to choose the best products!
		Our quality chess boards are made in the USA and lay flat!
	www.wholesalechess.com /about.html (906 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Chess showdown ends in check melt
		Europe's unseasonably warm winter has almost put paid to a chess match between London and Moscow, using huge pieces carved from ice.
		The pieces began melting so quickly that some were almost indistinguishable by the time the match finished.
		With the game an hour old and the pieces dripping litres of water, the Russians offered a draw which the British accepted, he said.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/6252071.stm (358 words)

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