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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Chess problem terminology
		Excelsior - a problem in which a pawn on its starting square in the initial position moves the length of the board to be promoted during the course of the solution.
		A problem with set play is said to have two phases (the set play being one phase, the post-key play being another); a problem with three tries would be a four phase problem (each try being one phase, with the post-key play the fourth).
		In chess problems, however, the letter S (standing for Springer, the German name for the knight) is often used instead, with N instead being reserved for the popular fairy piece, the nightrider.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ch/Chess_problem_terminology (1978 words)

	Chess problem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A chess problem, formally called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by somebody using chess pieces on a chess board, presenting the solver with a particular task to be achieved.
		Problems can be contrasted with tactical puzzles often found in chess columns or magazines in which the task is to find the best move or sequence of moves (usually leading to mate or gain of material) from a given position.
		Chess problems, on the whole, are not created for the purpose of practical chess training.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chess_problem (3005 words)

	Chess problem terminology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Excelsior - a problem in which a pawn on its starting square in the initial position moves the length of the board to be promoted during the course of the solution.
		A problem with set play is said to have two phases (the set play being one phase, the post-key play being another); a problem with three tries would be a four phase problem (each try being one phase, with the post-key play the fourth).
		In chess problems, however, the letter S (standing for Springer, the German name for the knight) is often used instead, with N instead being reserved for the popular fairy piece, the nightrider.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chess_problem_terminology (2516 words)

	The Pushed Pawn Chess for the Community
		chess pieces on a chess board, presenting the solver with a particular task to be achieved.
		Problems can be contrasted with tactical puzzles often found in chess columns or magazines in which the task is to find the best move or sequence of moves (usually leading to mate or gain of material) from a given position.
		Chess problems, on the whole, are not created for the purpose of practical chess training.
	pushedpawn.org /chesspedia/Chess_problems.htm (2966 words)

	Chess problem terminology \| English \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		There is a real chance of anticipation if the problem has a relatively simple theme, since there are only a finite number of positions and themes, and chess problems have been composed for hundreds of years.
		Examples are circe, maximummers, problems with unorthodox pieces (fairy pieces) and problems with unorthodox boards (such as cylindrical boards, or grid boards).Flight (square) - a square to which the fl king can legally move (that is, one not guarded by a white piece, and not occupied by a fl piece).
		Grotesque - a problem or study with an especially unnatural initial position, particularly one with large amounts of material or with a large material disparity between the sides.Heavy - adjective applied to a problem which has a relatively large number of pieces in the initial position.
	www.babylon.com /definition/Chess_problem_terminology (2043 words)

	Excelsior Hotel Nyc
		Excelsior currently has over 27,000 enrolled students and boasts the largest nursing program in the United States, and probably the world, with over 17,000 people pursuing their nursing degree with Excelsior.
		Project Excelsior was a series of high altitude parachute jumps made by Captain (later Colonel) Joseph Kittinger of the United States Air Force in 1959 and 1960 to test the Beaupre multi-stage parachute system.
		Excelsior are a group of fictional characters, a support group for former teenage superheroes, founded by Turbo of the New Warriors and Phil Urich, the heroic former Green Goblin.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/58/excelsior-hotel-nyc.html (2083 words)

	Chess problem at AllExperts
		A chess problem, formally called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by somebody using chess pieces on a chess board, presenting the solver with a particular task to be achieved.
		There is a good deal of specialized jargon used in chess problems; see chess problem terminology for a list.
		In both formal and informal tourneys, entries will normally be limited to a particular genre of problem (for example, mate in twos, moremovers, helpmates) and may or may not have additional restrictions (for example, problems in patrol chess, problems showing the Lacny theme, problems using fewer than nine units).
	en.allexperts.com /e/c/ch/chess_problem.htm (3074 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - Chess Olympiad: Chess and Culture
		The Chess Olympiad anthem was performed for the first time the 17th of April, during the Suzuki Talent Centres World Convention (thousands of young music students converged on Turin for this Convention dedicated to the learning method introduced by the Japanese violinist Suzuki).
		In any case the Lewis Carroll’s intention was to conceive a problem with the Excelsior theme, a poetic form for a walk in the footsteps of Sam Loyd.
		Chess and education: with a conference in the Aula Magna of the University of Turin, about the importance of chess as an education tool; Chess and books, Chess and ethic and many other topics.
	www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=3108 (1435 words)

	The Ultimate Chess problem - American History Information Guide and Reference
		There is a good deal of specialised jargon used in chess problems; see chess problem terminology for a list.
		In both formal and informal tourneys, entries will normally be limted to a particular genre of problem (for example, mate in twos, moremovers, helpmates) and may or may not have additional restrictions (for example, problems in patrol chess, problems showing the Lacny theme, problems using fewer than nine units).
		The title International Judge of Chess Compositions is given to individuals considered capable of judging compositing tourneys at the highest level.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Chess_problem (2973 words)

	EXCELSIOR : Encyclopedia Entry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		"Excelsior (Longfellow)" is a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
		Excelsior (comics), a support group for former teenage superheroes.
		Excelsior (wood wool) an aspen-fiber material similar to wood shavings, used for packaging and for stuffing Teddy Bears, and for cooling pads in evaporative air conditioners.
	bahairesearch.com /LookUpDefinitions/Excelsior (278 words)

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		Chess History and Chronology by Bill Wall (Jan 2, 2006) 0550 Chaturanga, earliest chess precursor, created in the Punjab.
		1093 Chess is condemned by the eastern orthodox church.
		1310 Chess forbidden to the clergy in Germany (Council of Trier).
	www.geocities.com /siliconvalley/lab/7378/history.txt (12388 words)

	Daily Excelsior.........sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A dream series win at home over the mighty Australians, highly creditable performance by chess prodigies and the first signs of a possible reversal of the country’s sliding hockey graph were the high points of 2001 which otherwise saw Indian sports being confined to the depths of mediocrity yet again........
		The perennial problem of inconsistency continued to haunt the team as the cricketers completed their engagements with most of their dreams, particularly of breaking the jinx of a series win abroad, remaining unfulfilled during the year which saw another major crisis break out after match referee mike Denness punished as many as six Indian cricketers.
		The year also proved lucky for talented chess players Pendyala Harikrishna and Koneru Humpy proving that the country had a bright future in the game as a number of other players continued their quest for securing the GM title.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /01dec26/sports.htm (3471 words)

	Facts about chess problem terminology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		There is a real chance of anticipation if the problem has a realitvely simply theme, since there are only a finite number of positions and themes, and chess problems have been composed for hundreds of years.
		Eceonomy of material or force (not using more pieces than necessary), economy of space (using the chessboard to its fullest, not cramming all the pieces into one corner) and economy of motivation (keeping all lines in the solution relevent to the theme) are all regarded as important.
		Flight (square) - a sqaure to which the fl king can legally move (that is, one not guarded by a white piece, and not occupied by a fl piece).
	www.supercrawler.com /Facts/chess_problem_terminology.html (2081 words)

	The Jamaica Star :: Sport :: Tears, cheers, jeers as Bridgeport lift Cup :: November 28, 2006
		The red and blue clad Bridgeport supporters, were easily outnumbered by a sea of gold, green and white-clad Excelsior fans, some of whom later attended the school's annual re-union dance at the Peppers Nightclub, St. Andrew, with spirits dampened by the defeat.
		A group of emotional Excelsior schoolgirls stood on the cycle track and watched as both the Bridgeport players and supporters ran onto the stadium field in jubilation and in a chorus they sang "a bawl dem bawl" to taunt the girls.
		He said the lack of a sixth form at Excelsior is costing him a lot of key players annually, because these players are forced to go elsewhere to further their studies.
	www.jamaica-star.com /thestar/20061128/sports/sports2.html (472 words)

	Chess Guide > Sam Loyd
		He also authored a number of chess problems, often with witty themes of solutions.
		Loyd bet a friend of his that he could not pick a piece that didn't give mate in the main line, and when it was published in 1861 it was with the stipulation that white mates with "the least likely piece or pawn".
		Loyd called the problem "Excelsior" after the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
	www.chess.freegames.eu.com /problems-puzzles/sam_loyd.html (177 words)

	ChessLogic.com - Webzine
		The Bright Knights Chess Club composed of Balboa High School Alumni from '00-'02 may be unable to compete as a team in scholastic chess however they have not given up scholastic chess.
		Their first scholastic chess program that they have set up was the Excelsior Library Youth Chess Program in which has an average attendance of 10-20 kids per session.
		The Bright Knights is very proud of their work at the Excelsior Library and in the future they will continue to establish more scholastic chess program in the area of San Francisco.
	www.chesslogic.com /webzine.php3?rec=103 (236 words)

	ACTD - Advanced Starship Design Bureau \| Excelsior-class Specs
		The Excelsior Class has transcended generations and, while no longer the glory posting it once was, still represents the backbone of Starfleet and one of her most enduring symbols.
		The Excelsior was escorted by two Miranda class starships, the USS Archangelisk and the USS Sevastapol on her maiden voyage to protect and to record the proceedings to verify the speed and efficiency of the new drives.
		Ongoing Scientific Investigation: An Excelsior class starship is equipped with scientific laboratories and a wide variety of sensor probes and sensor arrays, giving her the ability to perform a wide variety of ongoing scientific investigations.
	techspecs.acalltoduty.com /excelsior.html (10035 words)

	The Mambofish Weblog
		The problem is that the vision is static, but the organisation must continue to change and adapt to new internal and external pressures.
		For years, the US military had been wrestling with the problem of how to program the onboard computer on their helicopters to try to land safely if one of the rotor blades was shot off in combat.
		The second and real problem with native-code compilation is the fact that Java allows classes to be loaded dynamically, and a dynamically loaded class cannot be pre-compiled.
	jroller.com /page/mambofish (930 words)

	ChessBase Puzzles
		In 1858, in a joking mood in the Morphy Chess Rooms, he composed a mate problem for his friend Denis Julien.
		Julien was a problemist who boasted that he could always immediately spot the chess piece that would deliver mate in the main line of a chess problem.
		which white chess man is certain not to mate the fl king on h1 in five moves.
	www.chessbase.com /puzzle/puzz03a.htm (141 words)

	Mexico's Top Daily Newspaper Interviews LaRouche
		The problem of water in the U.S. southwest and northern Mexico.
		Therefore, when all those combined considerations are taken into account, we face not only a breakdown in the financial and economic systems, but also the mental stability of the leading circles of influence drawn from the under-fifty-five age-group in the U.S.A. and Europe.
		Both the economic and mental-health problems must be taken into account in attempting to understand and to deal with the immediate situation in the world at large today.
	www.larouchepub.com /pr/2002/021119excelsior_intvw.html (3704 words)

	Chess Problem Terms
		This was the first ever chess problem composed that made use of the new rule.
		Retroanalysis The art of deduction from a chess problem position, and any other information given, of possible plays that may have led up to the position, on the assumption that it has been reached from the usual opening position by legal though not necessarily sensible play.
		Set play In a chess problem, the moves that follow if it is assumed to be the other player's turn to play.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /gpjnow/VC-GP.htm (4360 words)

	Excelsior (Longfellow)
		Excelsior is a brief poem written and published in 1841 by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
		The famous Sam Lloyd chess problem, Excelsior, was named after this poem.
		The title of Excelsior was reportedly inspired by the state seal of New York, which bears the Latin motto Excelsior.
	articles.gourt.com /?article=Excelsior+(Longfellow) (337 words)

	Timeline3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Chess History, 1900-1930 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1900 Brentano invents Brentano variation of the Ruy Lopez.
		1921.09.22 Nadareishvili, soviet IGM of chess compositions, born.
		Prez of USSR Chess Fed (1973-1978) 1922.02.16 Teschner, German master and author, born.
	www.marshallschool.org /school/chess/team2/timeline3.html (2061 words)

	☞ Chess - Chess Problems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Here are a few collections of chess problems which may be useful to you;...
		Archive of chess problems where the legality of the position is a key element.
		A chess problem, formally called a chess composition, is a puzzle set by somebody...
	www.allchessinfo.com /chessproblems (1203 words)

	A Catastrophic Encyclopedia by Edward Winter
		On page 86 a hole is described as ‘the square in front of a backward pawn’, which is contradicted by the editor’s own use of the word on page 154.
		On page 146 the description of the Forsyth (misspelt as Forsythe) Notation as ‘a simple and effective method of describing a chess position’ is belied by a mix-up over white and fl bishops in the illustrative diagram and caption.
		The fact that Divinsky was part of the 13-member team of contributors to that earlier volume hardly entitles him to present under his own name the work (even entire entries or paragraphs) of the other contributors, notably the late Wolfgang Heidenfeld’s technical and illustrative material.
	chesshistory.com /winter/extra/divinsky.html (1835 words)

	9th TT Chess Composition Microweb
		Popular means that the problem should show some strong idea that catches the eye and provokes positive emotions, so that the problem can be used in some way for the promotion of fairy chess.
		That's the reason for choosing Václav as the judge, he is one of people able to compare problems of very different nature thanks to his own composing interests that are very wide.
		So look at them, if you want, express your opinion, send me other problems that are worth noting, let yourself be inspired and compete in 9th TT CCM.
	members.tripod.com /~JurajLorinc/chess/ann9tt.htm (1421 words)

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	Sam Loyd by Bill Wall
		In 1857 he was the problem editor of the chess magazine "Chess Monthly." Prior to being the problem editor, he won 1st prize in submitting the best problem to Chess Monthly.
		Sam Loyd liked to name his problems and called this one "Excelsior" (from one of Longfellow's poems) Loyd bet Julien a dinner that he could not pick a chessman which would not give mate in the main line.
		His first helpmate was published in the "Chess Monthly" in 1860, but it had a flaw (or cook as it is known).
	www.geocities.com /siliconvalley/lab/7378/loyd.htm (1654 words)

	Fro
		He is also good at dealing with large amounts of information at the same time, so he can solve complex problems, and might become a good tactician if he learns something about combat.
		The problem is that he often expects this of other people.
		Fro joined football, wrestling, and chess teamsbecoming more involved in anything than he had ever been.
	www.angelfire.com /games4/excelsior/Fro.html (855 words)

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