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Subtopics
- Chess variants [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Correspondence chess [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chess composition [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Computer chess [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chess960 [r]: Fischer Random Chess, with some pieces randomly positioned at the start. [e]
- World Chess Championship [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chess openings [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Chess strategy [r]: Describes concepts in positional play and longer-term plans which, together with shorter-term maneuvers called tactics, are usable for success in the game of chess. [e]
World Champions
. . . including unofficial World Champions . . .
- Howard Staunton [r]: English chess player and Shakespearean actor and scholar (1810-74); considered the strongest chess player in the world mid-19th century. [e]
- Paul Morphy [r]: American chess player (1837-84) who, after defeating the best players in Europe, was considered the strongest player in the world, but then immediately retired from the game. [e]
- Adolf Anderssen [r]: German chess player (1818-79), considered the strongest player in the world, known for his extremely tactical style which produced some of the most famous games in history. [e]
- Wilhelm Steinitz [r]: Austrian chess player (1836-1900) who won the first official world championship match and whose theories and play revolutionized the game. [e]
- Emanuel Lasker [r]: German chess player (1868-1941), world champion 1894-1921; he approached the game as if it were a battle, and not merely a cold scientific endeavor. [e]
- Jose Raul Capablanca [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Alexander Alekhine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Max Euwe [r]: Dutch chess player (1901-81), world champion from 1935-37, and President of International Chess Federation (FIDE) from 1970-78. [e]
- Mikhail Botvinnik [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vassily Smyslov [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Mikhail Tal [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Tigran Petrosian [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Boris Spassky [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Robert James Fischer [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Anatoly Karpov [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Gary Kasparov [r]: Add brief definition or description
Other important chess players
- Richard Reti [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Aron Nimzowitsch [r]: Add brief definition or description
- David Bronstein [r]: Add brief definition or description