Chess
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Artists as diverse as [[Marcel Duchamp]], [[Vladimir Nabokov]] and [[Raymond Roussel]] have been chess enthusiasts. [[Hans Richter]] and [[Jean Cocteau]] dedicated a [[surrealist film]] to it called ''[[8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements ]]''. | Artists as diverse as [[Marcel Duchamp]], [[Vladimir Nabokov]] and [[Raymond Roussel]] have been chess enthusiasts. [[Hans Richter]] and [[Jean Cocteau]] dedicated a [[surrealist film]] to it called ''[[8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements ]]''. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
+ | *[[List of Jewish chess players]] | ||
*[[Female chess]] | *[[Female chess]] | ||
*[[Castling]] | *[[Castling]] |
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Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide.
Artists as diverse as Marcel Duchamp, Vladimir Nabokov and Raymond Roussel have been chess enthusiasts. Hans Richter and Jean Cocteau dedicated a surrealist film to it called 8 × 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements .
See also
- List of Jewish chess players
- Female chess
- Castling
- Marcel Duchamp and Eve Babitz playing chess, a photo by Julian Wasser of Marcel Duchamp playing chess with a Eve Babitz
- Human–computer chess matches
- Wheat and chessboard problem
- The Royal Game, a novella by Austrian author Stefan Zweig
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