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  2. Chess symbols in Unicode - Wikipedia

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    Chess symbols in Unicode. Font depictions of Unicode chess symbols (in the same order as the table). 1st: DejaVu Sans; 2nd: FreeSerif; 3rd: Quivira; 4th: Pecita. GNU Chess using Unicode chess characters to display a chess board in the terminal. Chess symbols are part of Unicode.

  3. Chess notation - Wikipedia

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    Chess notation systems are used to record either the moves made or the position of the pieces in a game of chess. Chess notation is used in chess literature, and by players keeping a record of an ongoing game. The earliest systems of notation used lengthy narratives to describe each move; these gradually evolved into more compact notation systems.

  4. Code of Hammurabi - Wikipedia

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    Full text. Code of Hammurabi at Wikisource. The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed during 1755–1750 BC. It is the longest, best-organized, and best-preserved legal text from the ancient Near East. It is written in the Old Babylonian dialect of Akkadian, purportedly by Hammurabi, sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon.

  5. King (chess) - Wikipedia

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    The king (♔, ♚) is the most important piece in the game of chess; the object of the game is to capture the king b by checkmate, and the loss of the king entials loss of the game. It may move to any adjoining square; it may also perform, in tandem with the rook, a special move called castling. If a player's king is threatened with capture ...

  6. List of chess variants - Wikipedia

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    Anti-King chess: Features an anti-king. The anti-king moves in the same way as a king. This piece is in check when not attacked. If a player's anti-king is in check and unable to move to a square attacked by the opponent, the player loses (checkmate). The anti-king cannot capture enemy pieces, but can capture friendly pieces.

  7. Algebraic notation (chess) - Wikipedia

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    Algebraic notation is the standard method for recording and describing the moves in a game of chess. It is based on a system of coordinates to uniquely identify each square on the board. [1] It is now almost universally used by books, magazines, newspapers and software, and is the only form of notation recognized by FIDE, the international ...

  8. List of One Piece video games - Wikipedia

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    List of. One Piece. video games. From TV Animation - One Piece: Become the Pirate King! The One Piece video games series is published by Bandai and Banpresto, later as part of Bandai Namco Entertainment, and is based on Eiichiro Oda 's shonen manga and anime series of the same name. The games take place in the fictional world of One Piece, and ...

  9. Chess endgame - Wikipedia

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    Chess endgame. The endgame (or ending) is the final stage of a chess game which occurs after the middlegame. It begins when few pieces are left on the board. The line between the middlegame and the endgame is often not clear, and may occur gradually or with a quick exchange of pieces.