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Solkoff score

Games; Chess

A tie-breaking system applicable to Swiss tournaments. A player's Solkoff Score is equal to the scores off all his opponents.

A method of pairing players at a tournament, developed in Switzerland in the 19th century by Dr. Julius Muller and first employed in 1895. The three fundamental rules of the Swiss System are: a) No ...

Sissa

Games; Chess

A fairy chess piece that moves x number of spaces as a tower, followed by x number of places as a bishop.

Friend

Games; Chess

A fairy chess piece that takes on the movement capabilities of any friendly piece that is guarding it. If no pieces are guarding it then it has no movement capabilities.

Checkmate

Games; Chess

In chess, notifying the putting of an opponent's king into inextricable check, by which the game is won.

Knight

Games; Chess

The knight is a piece in the game in chess, representing a knight(armoured cavalry.It is normally represented by a horse's head and neck. Each players starts with two knights, which begin on the row ...

Bishop

Games; Chess

A bishop is a piece in the board game of a chess, Each player begins the game with two bishops. One starts between the king's knight and the king the other between the queen's knight and the queen. ...