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The fifty-move rule in chess states that a player can claim a draw if no has been made and no pawn has been moved in the last fifty moves (for this purpose a "move" consists of a player completing a turn followed by the opponent completing a turn).[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 41 relations: Aeroflot Open, Alexey Troitsky, Anatoly Karpov, Armenian Chess Championship, Belle (chess machine), Best response, Checkmate, Chess, Chess endgame, Chess Life, Christopher Lutz, Correspondence chess, Draw (chess), Draw by agreement, Endgame tablebase, Everyman Chess, FIDE, Garry Kasparov, Glossary of chess, Jan Timman, Ken Thompson, London 1883 chess tournament, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn, Pawn (chess), Pawnless chess endgame, Pietro Carrera, Polanica-Zdrój, Queen and pawn versus queen endgame, Retrograde analysis, Rook and bishop versus rook endgame, Rules of chess, Ruy López de Segura, Shatranj, Smbat Lputian, Solving chess, Stalemate, Threefold repetition, Two knights endgame, Ulf Andersson.

  2. 50 (number)
  3. Rules of chess

Aeroflot Open

The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot.

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Alexey Troitsky

Alexey Alexeyevich Troitsky (Алексе́й Алексе́евич Тро́ицкий; March 14, 1866 – August 1942; also Alexei, Troitzky, Troitzki) was a Russian chess theoretician.

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Anatoly Karpov

Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (Анатолий Евгеньевич Карпов,; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, ⁣and politician.

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Armenian Chess Championship

This is a list of all the winners of the Armenian Chess Championship.

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Belle (chess machine)

Belle is a chess computer that was developed by Joe Condon (hardware) and Ken Thompson (software) at Bell Labs.

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Best response

In game theory, the best response is the strategy (or strategies) which produces the most favorable outcome for a player, taking other players' strategies as given. The concept of a best response is central to John Nash's best-known contribution, the Nash equilibrium, the point at which each player in a game has selected the best response (or one of the best responses) to the other players' strategies.

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Checkmate

Checkmate (often shortened to mate) is any game position in chess and other chess-like games in which a player's king is in check (threatened with) and there is no possible escape. Fifty-move rule and Checkmate are rules of chess.

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Chess

Chess is a board game for two players.

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Chess endgame

The endgame (or ending) is the final stage of a chess game which occurs after the middlegame.

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Chess Life

The monthly Chess Life and bi-monthly Chess Life Kids (formerly School Mates and Chess Life for Kids) are the official magazines published by the United States Chess Federation (US Chess).

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Christopher Lutz

Christopher Lutz (born 24 February 1971) is a German chess grandmaster and a two-time German Chess Champion.

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Correspondence chess

Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, traditionally through the postal system.

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Draw (chess)

In chess, there are a number of ways that a game can end in a draw, neither player winning. Fifty-move rule and draw (chess) are rules of chess.

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Draw by agreement

A game of chess can end in a draw by agreement. Fifty-move rule and draw by agreement are rules of chess.

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Endgame tablebase

In chess, the endgame tablebase, or simply tablebase, is a computerised database containing precalculated evaluations of endgame positions.

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Everyman Chess

Everyman Chess, formerly known as Cadogan Chess, is a major publisher of books and CDs about chess.

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FIDE

The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations and acts as the governing body of international chess competition.

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Garry Kasparov

Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born Garik Kimovich Weinstein on 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion (1985–2000), political activist and writer.

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Glossary of chess

This glossary of chess explains commonly used terms in chess, in alphabetical order.

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Jan Timman

Jan Timman (born 14 December 1951) is a Dutch chess grandmaster who was one of the world's leading chess players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s.

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Ken Thompson

Kenneth Lane Thompson (born February 4, 1943) is an American pioneer of computer science.

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London 1883 chess tournament

The London 1883 chess tournament was a strong chess tournament among most of the leading players of the day.

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Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais

Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1795 – December 1840) was a French chess master, possibly the strongest player in the early 19th century.

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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (born 21 October 1990), often referred to by his initials, MVL, is a French chess grandmaster who is a former World Blitz Champion.

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Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn

Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn (born 23 February 1990) is a Vietnamese chess player.

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Pawn (chess)

The pawn (♙, ♟) is the most numerous and weakest piece in the game of chess.

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Pawnless chess endgame

A pawnless chess endgame is a chess endgame in which only a few pieces remain, and no pawns.

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Pietro Carrera

Pietro Carrera (July 12, 1573 – September 18, 1647) was an Italian chess player, historian, priest and author.

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Polanica-Zdrój

Polanica-Zdrój (Altheide-Bad) is a spa town in Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

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Queen and pawn versus queen endgame

The queen and pawn versus queen endgame is a chess endgame in which both sides have a queen and one side has a pawn, which one tries to promote.

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Retrograde analysis

In chess problems, retrograde analysis is a technique employed to determine which moves were played leading up to a given position.

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Rook and bishop versus rook endgame

The rook and bishop versus rook endgame is a chess endgame where one player has just a king, a rook, and a bishop, and the other player has just a king and a rook.

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Rules of chess

The rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess.

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Ruy López de Segura

Rodrigo "Ruy" López de Segura (c. 1530 – c. 1580) was a Spanish chess player, author, and Catholic priest whose 1561 treatise Libro de la invención liberal y Arte del juego del Axedrez was one of the first books about modern chess in Europe.

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Shatranj

Shatranj (Arabic and Persian: شطرنج; from Middle Persian چترنگ) is an old form of chess, as played in the Sasanian Empire.

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Smbat Lputian

Smbat Gariginovich Lputian (also transliterated as Lputyan; Սմբատ Լպուտյան; born 14 February 1958) is an Armenian chess grandmaster.

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Solving chess

Solving chess consists of finding an optimal strategy for the game of chess; that is, one by which one of the players (White or Black) can always force a victory, or either can force a draw (see solved game).

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Stalemate

Stalemate is a situation in chess where the player whose turn it is to move is not in check and has no legal move. Fifty-move rule and Stalemate are rules of chess.

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Threefold repetition

In chess, the threefold repetition rule states that a player may claim a draw if the same position occurs three times during the game. Fifty-move rule and threefold repetition are rules of chess.

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Two knights endgame

The two knights endgame is a chess endgame with a king and two knights versus a king.

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Ulf Andersson

Ulf Andersson (born 27 June 1951) is a leading Swedish chess player.

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See also

50 (number)

Rules of chess

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty-move_rule

Also known as 50 move rule, 50-move rule, 75-move rule, Blessed loss, Cursed win, Fifty move rule, Seventy-five move rule, Seventy-five-move rule, Seventyfive-move rule.