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Games

An activity engaged in for diversion or amusement; whether electronic games such as those on computers or phones, or simple board games.

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attack

Games; Chess

An aggressive action during a game or to threaten to capture a piece or Pawn. Minority Attack: an attack of minor pieces against a majority of minor pieces of the opponent with ...

annotation

Games; Chess

Written comments about a position or a game, it can be narrative, chess notation or both.

arbiter

Games; Chess

chess has Arbiters for the enforcement of the rules.

accelerated pairing systems

Games; Chess

Swiss System Variant used to reduce the number of tournament leaders in as few rounds as is practical.

adjournment

Games; Chess

An unfinished game may be adjourned and continued at a later time/date.

Deep Blue

Games; Chess

A series of special supercomputers made by IBM that had the express purpose of beating the chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov. The initial hardware was designed as a hobby by ...