He wrote three books on chess strategy: Mein System ( My System ), 1925, Die Praxis meines Systems ( The Practice of My System ), 1929, commonly known as Chess Praxis, and Die Blockade ( The Blockade ), 1925, though much in the latter book is generally held to be a rehash of material already presented in Mein System.

It sets out Nimzowitsch's most important ideas, while his second most influential work, Chess Praxis, elaborates upon these ideas, adds a few new ones, and has immense value as a stimulating collection of Nimzowitsch's own games accompanied by his idiosyncratic, hyperbolic commentary which is often as entertaining as instructive.

Göran Bror Benny Andersson () ( born 16 December 1946 ), known professionally as Benny Andersson, is a Swedish musician, composer, former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA ( 1972 – 1983 ), and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia !.

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid.

The first official World Chess Champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, claimed his title in 1886 ; the current World Champion is Viswanathan Anand.

The Chess Olympiad is a popular competition among teams from different nations.

Chess is played on a square board of eight rows ( called ranks and denoted with numbers 1 to 8 ) and eight columns ( called files and denoted with letters a to h ) of squares.

The Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world and acts as the governing body of international chess competition.

FIDE's most visible activity is organizing the World Chess Championship ( overall and for women and juniors ), regional championships and the Chess Olympiad.

Correspondence chess ( chess played by post or email ) is regulated by the International Correspondence Chess Federation, an independent body that co-operates with FIDE where appropriate.

Irina Krush ( born December 24, 1983 ) is an American chess player who has won the U. S. Women's Chess Championship in 1998, 2007, 2010, and 2012.

" Chess is a form of intellectual activity, so this applies to chess.

In an interview regarding playing against computers she said, " Chess is 30 to 40 % psychology.

" When asked in 2002 if she still desired to win the world championship she said, " Chess is my profession and of course I hope to improve.

* Jadavpur University Chess Club: The Jadavpur University Chess Club is a nascent venture of chess enthusiasts at promoting the sport among the students of the university.

This new direction is reflected in Lucia, Minerva and Europa Anguissola Playing Chess ( 1555 ; Poznan, N.

Chess is a common strategy game played throughout the world.

The Rolling Stones emergence brought greater international recognition to the primitive urban blues typified by Chess Records ' artists such as Muddy Waters, writer of " Rollin ' Stone ", the song for which the band is named.

The most extensive treatment of the chess motif in Carroll's novel is provided in Glen Downey's The Truth About Pawn Promotion: The Development of the Chess Motif in Victorian Fiction.

* March 29 – Wilhelm Steinitz becomes first recognized World Chess Champion.

As a child, he was recognized as a prodigy, and won the U. S. Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994.

Lasker thus became the second formally recognized World Chess Champion, and confirmed his title by beating Steinitz even more convincingly in their re-match in 1896 – 97 ( ten wins, five draws, and two losses ).

The Russian Chess Federation is the officially recognized arm of the FIDE in Russia.

Chess is recognized as a sport by the International Olympic Committee.

Fischer later became an internationally recognized chess Grandmaster and the 11th World Chess Champion.

The United States Chess Federation recognized him as the top American chess teacher of the 20th century.

Charles Ivars Kalme (, November 15, 1939 – March 20, 2002 ) was a Latvian American International Master of chess recognized by FIDE, the World Chess Federation, and a mathematician.

Chess boxing uses a fast version for the chess component of this sport.

He received the Deutscher Schachpreis ( German Chess Award ) of the German Chess Federation on two occasions ( 1983 / 2001 ) for his commitment to the sport of chess, as well as the Medal of the European Chess Union ( ECU ) and the Gold Merit Award of the World Chess Federation FIDE in 2002.

* Chess boxing, a hybrid sport mixing elements from chess and boxing

The Irish Chess Championship is the national Championship of Ireland as run by the Irish Chess Union ( ICU ), the governing body for the sport and a member of FIDE since 1933.

FIDE, the International Chess Federation, refused to allow this proviso, and FIDE declared that Fischer forfeited his crown.

International Master John L. Watson has dubbed the line 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 the " Nimzo-English ", employing this designation in Chapter 11 of his recent book Mastering the Chess Openings, Volume 3.

The International Correspondence Chess Federation awards the title of International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster ( ICCGM ).

Category: Chess International Masters

The International Chess Federation would not permit the Polgárs to play against men in team competitions.

* No Regrets: Fischer – Spassky by Yasser Seirawan ; International Chess Enterprises ; March 1997.

* 1977, The International Computer Chess Association is established.

for Dynamic Leadership, Women in Science & Engineering, Amnesty International, Habitat for Humanity, Capoeira Club, Chess Club, Coro Santa Maria, Non-traditional Students, Society of Poets & Writers, Swim Club, Fiesta Physics, Society for Applied Ethics.

* Boris Gulko ( born 1947 ), International Grandmaster and former winner of the U. S. Chess Championship.

Just as in over-the-board play, the titles International Grandmaster, International Master and FIDE Master are awarded by FIDE via the Permanent Commission of the FIDE for Chess Compositions ( PCCC ) for especially distinguished problem and study composers and solvers ( unlike over-the-board chess, however, there are no women-only equivalents to these titles in problem chess ).

The title International Judge of Chess Compositions is given to individuals considered capable of judging composing tourneys at the highest level.

* Rice, John ( 1996 ), Chess Wizardry: The New ABC of Chess Problems, Batsford / International Chess Enterprises.

* International Chess Open

Junior won the World Microcomputer Chess Championship in 1997 and 2001 and the World Computer Chess Championship in 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2011 ; both organised by the International Computer Games Association.

The most famous tournament held in Britain is probably the Hastings International Chess Congress, which runs from late December to early January.