chess
strategy board game
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Summary
chess is a board game[1]. chess ranks in the top 0.16% of board game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (83,951 views/month, #1 of 611).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: type of sport[3], two-player game[4], game-based sport[5], hobby[6], abstract strategy game[7], table sports[8]
- Genre: mind game[9], abstract strategy game[10]
- Named after: shah[11]
- Subclass of: sequential game[12], mind sport[13], individual sport[14]
- Commons category: Chess[15]
- Country of origin: Gupta Empire[16]
- Inception: 1500[17], 601[18]
- Significant event: Deep Blue versus Kasparov, 1997, Game 6[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Chess[20]
- Commons gallery: Chess[21]
- Inspired by: shatranj[22]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Chess[23]
- OpenStreetMap tag: sport=chess[24]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[25], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[29], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], New International Encyclopedia[31], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[32]
- Topic has template: Template:Chess[33], Template:Chess grandmasters[34]
- Minimum number of players: 2[35]
- Maximum number of players: 2[36], 3[37], 4[38]
- Different from: chess video game[39]
- History of topic: history of chess[40]
- Uses: chessboard[41], chess piece[42], chess clock[43]
- Hashtag: chess[44]
- Permanent duplicated item: Chess[45]
- Practiced by: chess player[46], chess coach[47], chess arbiter[48]
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Cultural Impact
Things named for chess include Chessmaster[49], a video game series[50] and Chess City[51], a sports venue[52], in Russia[53], founded in 1997[54].
Why It Matters
chess has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] chess is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]
Entities named for chess include Chessmaster[49], a video game series[50] and Chess City[51], a sports venue[52], in Russia[53], founded in 1997[54].