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Magnus Carlsen, a 34-year-old Norwegian, is among the greatest chess players of all time.

In 1964, the Rolling Stones took a break from their first American tour to record several songs at Chess Records at 2120 S.

Freestyle chess is now popular because of the abundance of knowledge about the standard starting position. It randomizes the opening and side-steps memorization by shuffling the pieces on the back ...

The chess pieces are placed in the following manner: Chess is played between two opposing armies, black and white. The ultimate goal of the game is to check or checkmate the other King.

How to play chess: You are playing as white, your goal is to use your pieces to take your opponent's black pieces, and eventually checkmate their king. Don't let them put your king into checkmate.