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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p>A <b>chess database</b> is a <a href="Database" title="Database">database</a> of <a href="Chess" title="Chess">chess</a> games.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_notable_chess_databases">List of notable chess databases</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Chess_Assistant" title="Chess Assistant">Chess Assistant</a></li>
<li><a href="Chess_Informant_Expert" class="mw-redirect" title="Chess Informant Expert">Chess Informant Expert</a></li>
<li><a href="Chess_opening_book_(computers)" title="Chess opening book (computers)">Chess opening book (computers)</a></li>
<li><a href="Chess.com" title="Chess.com">Chess.com</a></li>
<li><a href="Chess24" title="Chess24">chess24</a></li>
<li><a href="ChessBase" title="ChessBase">ChessBase</a></li>
<li><a href="Lichess" title="Lichess">Lichess</a></li>
<li><a href="Shane's_Chess_Information_Database" title="Shane's Chess Information Database">Shane's Chess Information Database</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Computer_chess" title="Computer chess">Computer chess</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_chess_games" title="List of chess games">List of chess games</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_chess_software" title="List of chess software">List of chess software</a></li></ul>
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</style><cite id="CITEREFEade" class="citation news cs1">Eade, James. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dummies.com/games/chess/one-spot-chess-databases/">"All in One Spot: Chess Databases"</a>. <i>Dummies.com</i>. <a href="Wiley_(publisher)" title="Wiley (publisher)">Wiley</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 13,</span> 2019</span>.</cite></span>
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<ul><li><a href="Chess_theory" title="Chess theory">Chess theory</a></li>
<li><a href="Chess_title" title="Chess title">Chess titles</a>
<ul><li><a href="Grandmaster_(chess)" title="Grandmaster (chess)">Grandmaster</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Computer_chess" title="Computer chess">Computer chess</a>
<ul><li><a href="Glossary_of_computer_chess_terms" title="Glossary of computer chess terms">glossary</a></li>
<li><a href="Human%E2%80%93computer_chess_matches" title="Human–computer chess matches">matches</a></li>
<li><a href="Chess_engine" title="Chess engine">engines</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_chess_software" title="List of chess software">software</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Correspondence_chess" title="Correspondence chess">Correspondence chess</a></li>
<li><a href="FIDE" title="FIDE">FIDE</a></li>
<li><a href="Glossary_of_chess" title="Glossary of chess">Glossary</a></li>
<li><a href="Online_chess" title="Online chess">Online chess</a>
<ul><li><a href="Premove" title="Premove">Premove</a></li>
<li><a href="Internet_chess_server" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet chess server">Internet chess server</a>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_internet_chess_platforms" title="List of internet chess platforms">list</a></li></ul></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Chess_rating_system" title="Chess rating system">Rating system</a>
<ul><li><a href="FIDE_world_rankings" class="mw-redirect" title="FIDE world rankings">world rankings</a></li>
<li><a href="Norm_(chess)" title="Norm (chess)">norms</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Chess_variant" title="Chess variant">Variants</a>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_chess_variants" title="List of chess variants">List</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="List_of_world_records_in_chess" title="List of world records in chess">World records</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Chess_equipment" title="Chess equipment">Equipment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Chess_set" title="Chess set">Chess set</a>
<ul><li><a href="Chessboard" title="Chessboard">chessboard</a></li>
<li><a href="Dubrovnik_chess_set" title="Dubrovnik chess set">Dubrovnik chess set</a></li>
<li><a href="Staunton_chess_set" title="Staunton chess set">Staunton chess set</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Chess_piece" title="Chess piece">Chess pieces</a>
<ul><li><a href="King_(chess)" title="King (chess)">King</a></li>
<li><a href="Queen_(chess)" title="Queen (chess)">Queen</a></li>
<li><a href="Rook_(chess)" title="Rook (chess)">Rook</a></li>
<li><a href="Bishop_(chess)" title="Bishop (chess)">Bishop</a></li>
<li><a href="Knight_(chess)" title="Knight (chess)">Knight</a></li>
<li><a href="Pawn_(chess)" title="Pawn (chess)">Pawn</a></li>
<li><a href="Fairy_chess_piece" title="Fairy chess piece">Fairy</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Chess_clock" title="Chess clock">Chess clock</a></li>
<li><a href="Chess_table" title="Chess table">Chess table</a></li>
<li><dfn><a href="Glossary_of_chess#score_sheets" title="Glossary of chess"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of chess § Score sheets" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">Score sheets</span></a></dfn></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="History_of_chess" title="History of chess">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Timeline_of_chess" title="Timeline of chess">Timeline</a>
<ul><li><i><a href="Versus_de_scachis" title="Versus de scachis">Versus de scachis</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="G%C3%B6ttingen_manuscript" title="Göttingen manuscript">Göttingen manuscript</a></i></li>
<li><a href="Charlemagne_chessmen" title="Charlemagne chessmen">Charlemagne chessmen</a></li>
<li><a href="Lewis_chessmen" title="Lewis chessmen">Lewis chessmen</a></li>
<li><a href="Romantic_chess" title="Romantic chess">Romantic chess</a></li>
<li><a href="Hypermodernism_(chess)" title="Hypermodernism (chess)">Hypermodernism</a></li>
<li><a href="Soviet_chess_school" title="Soviet chess school">Soviet chess school</a></li>
<li><a href="Comparison_of_top_chess_players_throughout_history" title="Comparison of top chess players throughout history">Top player comparison</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Geography_of_chess" title="Geography of chess">Geography of chess</a>
<ul><li><a href="Chess_in_Africa" title="Chess in Africa">Africa</a>
<ul><li><a href="Chess_in_South_Africa" title="Chess in South Africa">South Africa</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Chess_in_China" title="Chess in China">China</a></li>
<li><a href="Chess_in_Europe" title="Chess in Europe">Europe</a>
<ul><li><a href="Chess_in_Armenia" title="Chess in Armenia">Armenia</a></li>
<li><a href="Chess_in_Spain" title="Chess in Spain">Spain</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Chess_in_India" title="Chess in India">India</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="List_of_chess_games" title="List of chess games">Notable games</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_chess_players" title="List of chess players">List of chess players</a>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_amateur_chess_players" title="List of amateur chess players">amateurs</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_female_chess_players" title="List of female chess players">female</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_chess_grandmasters" title="List of chess grandmasters">grandmasters</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Women_in_chess" title="Women in chess">Women in chess</a></li>
<li><a href="Transgender_people_in_chess" title="Transgender people in chess">Transgender people in chess</a></li>
<li>Chess museums
<ul><li><a href="Bobby_Fischer_Center" title="Bobby Fischer Center">Bobby Fischer Center</a></li>
<li><a href="G%C3%B6kyay_Association_Chess_Museum" title="Gökyay Association Chess Museum">Gökyay Association Chess Museum</a></li>
<li><a href="World_Chess_Hall_of_Fame" title="World Chess Hall of Fame">World Chess Hall of Fame</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Rules_of_chess" title="Rules of chess">Rules</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Castling" title="Castling">Castling</a></li>
<li><a href="Cheating_in_chess" title="Cheating in chess">Cheating in chess</a></li>
<li><a href="Check_(chess)" title="Check (chess)">Check</a></li>
<li><a href="Checkmate" title="Checkmate">Checkmate</a></li>
<li><a href="Draw_(chess)" title="Draw (chess)">Draw</a>
<ul><li><a href="Draw_by_agreement" title="Draw by agreement">by agreement</a></li>
<li><a href="Fifty-move_rule" title="Fifty-move rule">Fifty-move rule</a></li>
<li><a href="Perpetual_check" title="Perpetual check">Perpetual check</a></li>
<li><a href="Stalemate" title="Stalemate">Stalemate</a></li>
<li><a href="Threefold_repetition" title="Threefold repetition">Threefold repetition</a></li></ul></li>
<li><i><a href="En_passant" title="En passant">En passant</a></i></li>
<li><a href="Promotion_(chess)" title="Promotion (chess)">Pawn promotion</a></li>
<li><a href="Time_control" title="Time control">Time control</a>
<ul><li><a href="Fast_chess" title="Fast chess">Fast chess</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Touch-move_rule" title="Touch-move rule">Touch-move rule</a></li>
<li><a href="White_and_Black_in_chess" title="White and Black in chess">White and Black</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Glossary_of_chess" title="Glossary of chess">Terms</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Blunder_(chess)" title="Blunder (chess)">Blunder</a></li>
<li><a href="Chess_notation" title="Chess notation">Chess notation</a>
<ul><li><a href="Algebraic_notation_(chess)" title="Algebraic notation (chess)">algebraic</a></li>
<li><a href="Descriptive_notation" title="Descriptive notation">descriptive</a></li>
<li><a href="Portable_Game_Notation" title="Portable Game Notation">PGN</a></li>
<li><a href="Chess_annotation_symbols" title="Chess annotation symbols">annotation symbols</a></li>
<li><a href="Chess_symbols_in_Unicode" title="Chess symbols in Unicode">symbols in Unicode</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Fianchetto" title="Fianchetto">Fianchetto</a></li>
<li><a href="Gambit" title="Gambit">Gambit</a></li>
<li><a href="Key_square" title="Key square">Key square</a></li>
<li><a href="King_walk" title="King walk">King walk</a></li>
<li><a href="Open_file" title="Open file">Open file</a>
<ul><li><a href="Half-open_file" title="Half-open file">Half-open file</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Outpost_(chess)" title="Outpost (chess)">Outpost</a></li>
<li><a href="Pawn_(chess)" title="Pawn (chess)">Pawns</a>
<ul><li><a href="Backward_pawn" title="Backward pawn">backward</a></li>
<li><a href="Connected_pawns" title="Connected pawns">connected</a></li>
<li><a href="Doubled_pawns" title="Doubled pawns">doubled</a></li>
<li><a href="Isolated_pawn" title="Isolated pawn">isolated</a></li>
<li><a href="Passed_pawn" title="Passed pawn">passed</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Swindle_(chess)" title="Swindle (chess)">Swindle</a></li>
<li><a href="Tempo_(chess)" title="Tempo (chess)">Tempo</a></li>
<li><a href="Transposition_(chess)" title="Transposition (chess)">Transposition</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_chess_traps" title="List of chess traps">Trap</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Chess_tactic" title="Chess tactic">Tactics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Castling#Artificial_castling" title="Castling">Artificial castling</a></li>
<li><a href="Battery_(chess)" title="Battery (chess)">Battery</a>
<ul><li><a href="Alekhine's_gun" title="Alekhine's gun">Alekhine's gun</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Block_(chess)" title="Block (chess)">Block</a></li>
<li><a href="Checkmate_pattern" title="Checkmate pattern">Checkmate patterns</a></li>
<li><a href="Combination_(chess)" title="Combination (chess)">Combination</a></li>
<li><a href="Decoy_(chess)" title="Decoy (chess)">Decoy</a></li>
<li><a href="Deflection_(chess)" title="Deflection (chess)">Deflection</a></li>
<li><a href="Desperado_(chess)" title="Desperado (chess)">Desperado</a></li>
<li><a href="Discovered_attack" title="Discovered attack">Discovered attack</a></li>
<li><a href="Double_check" title="Double check">Double check</a></li>
<li><a href="Fork_(chess)" title="Fork (chess)">Fork</a></li>
<li><a href="Interference_(chess)" title="Interference (chess)">Interference</a></li>
<li><a href="Overloading_(chess)" title="Overloading (chess)">Overloading</a></li>
<li><a href="Pawn_storm" title="Pawn storm">Pawn storm</a></li>
<li><a href="Pin_(chess)" title="Pin (chess)">Pin</a></li>
<li><a href="Sacrifice_(chess)" title="Sacrifice (chess)">Sacrifice</a>
<ul><li><a href="Queen_sacrifice" title="Queen sacrifice">Queen sacrifice</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Skewer_(chess)" title="Skewer (chess)">Skewer</a></li>
<li><a href="Undermining_(chess)" title="Undermining (chess)">Undermining</a></li>
<li><a href="Windmill_(chess)" title="Windmill (chess)">Windmill</a></li>
<li><a href="X-ray_(chess)" title="X-ray (chess)">X-ray</a></li>
<li><a href="Zwischenzug" title="Zwischenzug">Zwischenzug</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Chess_strategy" title="Chess strategy">Strategy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Compensation_(chess)" title="Compensation (chess)">Compensation</a></li>
<li><a href="Exchange_(chess)" title="Exchange (chess)">Exchange</a>
<ul><li><a href="The_exchange_(chess)" title="The exchange (chess)">the exchange</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Initiative_(chess)" title="Initiative (chess)">Initiative</a>
<ul><li><a href="First-move_advantage_in_chess" title="First-move advantage in chess">first-move advantage</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Chess_middlegame" title="Chess middlegame">Middlegame</a></li>
<li><a href="Pawn_structure" title="Pawn structure">Pawn structure</a>
<ul><li><a href="Hedgehog_(chess)" title="Hedgehog (chess)">Hedgehog</a></li>
<li><a href="Isolated_pawn" title="Isolated pawn">Isolated Queen's Pawn</a></li>
<li><a href="Mar%C3%B3czy_Bind" title="Maróczy Bind">Maróczy Bind</a></li>
<li><a href="Minority_attack" title="Minority attack">Minority attack</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Chess_piece_relative_value" title="Chess piece relative value">Piece values</a></li>
<li><a href="Prophylaxis_(chess)" title="Prophylaxis (chess)">Prophylaxis</a></li>
<li><a href="School_of_chess" title="School of chess">School of chess</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Chess_opening" title="Chess opening">Openings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Flank_opening" title="Flank opening">Flank opening</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="King's_Fianchetto_Opening" title="King's Fianchetto Opening">Benko Opening</a></li>
<li><a href="Bird's_Opening" title="Bird's Opening">Bird's Opening</a></li>
<li><a href="Dunst_Opening" title="Dunst Opening">Dunst Opening</a></li>
<li><a href="English_Opening" title="English Opening">English Opening</a></li>
<li><a href="Grob's_Attack" title="Grob's Attack">Grob's Attack</a></li>
<li><a href="Larsen's_Opening" class="mw-redirect" title="Larsen's Opening">Larsen's Opening</a></li>
<li><a href="Zukertort_Opening" title="Zukertort Opening">Zukertort Opening</a>
<ul><li><a href="King's_Indian_Attack" title="King's Indian Attack">King's Indian Attack</a></li>
<li><a href="R%C3%A9ti_Opening" title="Réti Opening">Réti Opening</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="King's_Pawn_Game" title="King's Pawn Game">King's Pawn Game</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Alekhine's_Defence" title="Alekhine's Defence">Alekhine's Defence</a></li>
<li><a href="Caro%E2%80%93Kann_Defence" title="Caro–Kann Defence">Caro–Kann Defence</a></li>
<li><a href="French_Defence" title="French Defence">French Defence</a></li>
<li><a href="Modern_Defense" title="Modern Defense">Modern Defence</a></li>
<li><a href="Nimzowitsch_Defence" title="Nimzowitsch Defence">Nimzowitsch Defence</a></li>
<li><a href="Open_Game" title="Open Game">Open Game</a>
<ul><li><a href="Four_Knights_Game" title="Four Knights Game">Four Knights Game</a></li>
<li><a href="Giuoco_Piano" title="Giuoco Piano">Giuoco Piano</a></li>
<li><a href="Italian_Game" title="Italian Game">Italian Game</a></li>
<li><a href="King's_Gambit" title="King's Gambit">King's Gambit</a></li>
<li><a href="Petrov's_Defence" title="Petrov's Defence">Petrov's Defence</a></li>
<li><a href="Philidor_Defence" title="Philidor Defence">Philidor Defence</a></li>
<li><a href="Ponziani_Opening" title="Ponziani Opening">Ponziani Opening</a></li>
<li><a href="Ruy_Lopez" title="Ruy Lopez">Ruy Lopez</a></li>
<li><a href="Semi-Italian_Opening" title="Semi-Italian Opening">Semi-Italian Opening</a></li>
<li><a href="Scotch_Game" title="Scotch Game">Scotch Game</a></li>
<li><a href="Two_Knights_Defense" title="Two Knights Defense">Two Knights Defense</a></li>
<li><a href="Vienna_Game" title="Vienna Game">Vienna Game</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Owen's_Defence" title="Owen's Defence">Owen's Defence</a></li>
<li><a href="Pirc_Defence" title="Pirc Defence">Pirc Defence</a>
<ul><li><a href="Pirc_Defence%2C_Austrian_Attack" title="Pirc Defence, Austrian Attack">Austrian Attack</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Scandinavian_Defense" title="Scandinavian Defense">Scandinavian Defense</a></li>
<li><a href="Sicilian_Defence" title="Sicilian Defence">Sicilian Defence</a>
<ul><li><a href="Sicilian_Defence%2C_Alapin_Variation" title="Sicilian Defence, Alapin Variation">Alapin</a></li>
<li><a href="Sicilian_Defence%2C_Dragon_Variation" title="Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation">Dragon</a>/<a href="Sicilian_Defence%2C_Accelerated_Dragon" title="Sicilian Defence, Accelerated Dragon">Accelerated Dragon</a></li>
<li><a href="Sicilian_Defence%2C_Najdorf_Variation" title="Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation">Najdorf</a></li>
<li><a href="Sicilian_Defence%2C_Scheveningen_Variation" title="Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation">Scheveningen</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Queen's_Pawn_Game" title="Queen's Pawn Game">Queen's Pawn Game</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Budapest_Gambit" title="Budapest Gambit">Budapest Gambit</a></li>
<li><a href="Colle_System" title="Colle System">Colle System</a></li>
<li><a href="Dutch_Defence" title="Dutch Defence">Dutch Defence</a></li>
<li><a href="English_Defence" title="English Defence">English Defence</a></li>
<li><a href="Indian_Defence" title="Indian Defence">Indian Defence</a>
<ul><li><a href="Benoni_Defense" title="Benoni Defense">Benoni Defence</a></li>
<li><a href="Modern_Benoni" title="Modern Benoni">Modern Benoni</a></li>
<li><a href="Bogo-Indian_Defence" title="Bogo-Indian Defence">Bogo-Indian Defence</a></li>
<li><a href="Catalan_Opening" title="Catalan Opening">Catalan Opening</a></li>
<li><a href="Gr%C3%BCnfeld_Defence" title="Grünfeld Defence">Grünfeld Defence</a></li>
<li><a href="King's_Indian_Defence" title="King's Indian Defence">King's Indian Defence</a></li>
<li><a href="Nimzo-Indian_Defence" title="Nimzo-Indian Defence">Nimzo-Indian Defence</a></li>
<li><a href="Old_Indian_Defense" title="Old Indian Defense">Old Indian Defense</a></li>
<li><a href="Queen's_Indian_Defense" title="Queen's Indian Defense">Queen's Indian Defence</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="London_System" title="London System">London System</a></li>
<li><a href="Richter%E2%80%93Veresov_Attack" title="Richter–Veresov Attack">Richter–Veresov Attack</a></li>
<li><a href="Queen's_Gambit" title="Queen's Gambit">Queen's Gambit</a>
<ul><li><a href="Queen's_Gambit_Accepted" title="Queen's Gambit Accepted">Accepted</a></li>
<li><a href="Queen's_Gambit_Declined" title="Queen's Gambit Declined">Declined</a></li>
<li><a href="Slav_Defense" title="Slav Defense">Slav Defence</a></li>
<li><a href="Semi-Slav_Defense" title="Semi-Slav Defense">Semi-Slav Defence</a></li>
<li><a href="Chigorin_Defense" title="Chigorin Defense">Chigorin Defense</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Torre_Attack" title="Torre Attack">Torre Attack</a></li>
<li><a href="Trompowsky_Attack" title="Trompowsky Attack">Trompowsky Attack</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="List_of_chess_openings" title="List of chess openings">List of openings</a>
<ul><li><a href="Chess_opening_theory_table" title="Chess opening theory table">theory table</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="List_of_chess_gambits" title="List of chess gambits">List of chess gambits</a></li>
<li><a href="Irregular_chess_opening" title="Irregular chess opening">Irregular</a>
<ul><li><a href="Bongcloud_Attack" title="Bongcloud Attack">Bongcloud Attack</a></li>
<li><a href="Fool's_mate" title="Fool's mate">Fool's mate</a></li>
<li><a href="Scholar's_mate" title="Scholar's mate">Scholar's mate</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Chess_endgame" title="Chess endgame">Endgames</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Bishop_and_knight_checkmate" title="Bishop and knight checkmate">Bishop and knight checkmate</a></li>
<li><a href="King_and_pawn_versus_king_endgame" title="King and pawn versus king endgame">King and pawn vs. king</a></li>
<li><a href="Opposite-colored_bishops_endgame" title="Opposite-colored bishops endgame">Opposite-coloured bishops</a></li>
<li><a href="Pawnless_chess_endgame" title="Pawnless chess endgame">Pawnless endgame</a></li>
<li><a href="Queen_and_pawn_versus_queen_endgame" title="Queen and pawn versus queen endgame">Queen and pawn vs. queen</a></li>
<li><a href="Queen_versus_pawn_endgame" title="Queen versus pawn endgame">Queen vs. pawn</a></li>
<li><a href="Queen_versus_rook_endgame" title="Queen versus rook endgame">Queen vs. rook</a></li>
<li><a href="Rook_and_bishop_versus_rook_endgame" title="Rook and bishop versus rook endgame">Rook and bishop vs. rook</a></li>
<li><a href="Rook_and_pawn_versus_rook_endgame" title="Rook and pawn versus rook endgame">Rook and pawn vs. rook</a>
<ul><li><a href="Lucena_position" title="Lucena position">Lucena position</a></li>
<li><a href="Philidor_position" title="Philidor position">Philidor position</a></li></ul></li>
<li>Strategy
<ul><li><a href="Fortress_(chess)" title="Fortress (chess)">fortress</a></li>
<li><a href="Opposition_(chess)" title="Opposition (chess)">opposition</a></li>
<li><a href="Tarrasch_rule" title="Tarrasch rule">Tarrasch rule</a></li>
<li><a href="Triangulation_(chess)" title="Triangulation (chess)">triangulation</a></li>
<li><a href="Zugzwang" title="Zugzwang">Zugzwang</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Endgame_study" title="Endgame study">Study</a></li>
<li><a href="Endgame_tablebase" title="Endgame tablebase">Tablebase</a></li>
<li><a href="Two_knights_endgame" title="Two knights endgame">Two knights endgame</a></li>
<li><a href="Wrong_bishop" title="Wrong bishop">Wrong bishop</a></li>
<li><a href="Wrong_rook_pawn" title="Wrong rook pawn">Wrong rook pawn</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Chess_tournament" title="Chess tournament">Tournaments</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="List_of_strong_chess_tournaments" title="List of strong chess tournaments">List of strong chess tournaments</a></li>
<li><a href="Chess_Olympiad" title="Chess Olympiad">Chess Olympiad</a>
<ul><li><a href="Women's_Chess_Olympiad" title="Women's Chess Olympiad">Women</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="World_Chess_Championship" title="World Chess Championship">World Chess Championship</a>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_World_Chess_Championships" title="List of World Chess Championships">List</a></li>
<li><a href="Candidates_Tournament" title="Candidates Tournament">Candidates Tournament</a></li>
<li><a href="Chess_World_Cup" title="Chess World Cup">Chess World Cup</a></li>
<li><a href="FIDE_Grand_Prix" title="FIDE Grand Prix">FIDE Grand Prix</a></li></ul></li>
<li>Other world championships
<ul><li><a href="Women's_World_Chess_Championship" title="Women's World Chess Championship">Women</a></li>
<li><a href="World_Team_Chess_Championship" title="World Team Chess Championship">Team</a></li>
<li><a href="World_Rapid_Chess_Championship" title="World Rapid Chess Championship">Rapid</a></li>
<li><a href="World_Blitz_Chess_Championship" title="World Blitz Chess Championship">Blitz</a></li>
<li><a href="World_Junior_Chess_Championship" title="World Junior Chess Championship">Junior</a></li>
<li><a href="World_Youth_Chess_Championship" title="World Youth Chess Championship">Youth</a></li>
<li><a href="World_Senior_Chess_Championship" title="World Senior Chess Championship">Senior</a></li>
<li><a href="World_Amateur_Chess_Championship" title="World Amateur Chess Championship">Amateur</a></li>
<li><a href="World_Championship_of_Chess_Composition" title="World Championship of Chess Composition">Chess composition</a></li>
<li><a href="World_Chess_Solving_Championship" title="World Chess Solving Championship">Solving</a></li></ul></li>
<li>Computer chess championships
<ul><li><a href="Chess.com_Computer_Chess_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="Chess.com Computer Chess Championship">CCC</a></li>
<li><a href="Dutch_Open_Computer_Chess_Championship" title="Dutch Open Computer Chess Championship">CSVN</a></li>
<li><a href="North_American_Computer_Chess_Championship" title="North American Computer Chess Championship">North American</a></li>
<li><a href="Top_Chess_Engine_Championship" title="Top Chess Engine Championship">TCEC</a></li>
<li><a href="World_Computer_Chess_Championship" title="World Computer Chess Championship">WCCC</a></li>
<li><a href="World_Computer_Speed_Chess_Championship" title="World Computer Speed Chess Championship">WCSCC</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Art and media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Ca%C3%AFssa" title="Caïssa">Caïssa</a></li>
<li><a href="Chess_aesthetics" title="Chess aesthetics">Chess aesthetics</a></li>
<li><a href="Chess_in_the_arts" title="Chess in the arts">Chess in the arts</a>
<ul><li><a href="Chess_in_early_literature" title="Chess in early literature">early literature</a></li>
<li>film</li>
<li>novels</li>
<li>paintings</li>
<li>poetry</li>
<li>short stories</li></ul></li>
<li><a href="List_of_chess_books" title="List of chess books">Chess books</a>
<ul><li><a href="Chess_opening_book" title="Chess opening book">opening books</a></li>
<li><a href="Chess_endgame_literature" title="Chess endgame literature">endgame literature</a></li>
<li><a href="The_Oxford_Companion_to_Chess" title="The Oxford Companion to Chess"><i>Oxford Companion</i></a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Chess_libraries" title="Chess libraries">Chess libraries</a></li>
<li><a href="Chess_columns_in_newspapers" title="Chess columns in newspapers">Chess newspaper columns</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_chess_periodicals" title="List of chess periodicals">Chess periodicals</a></li></ul>
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<li><a href="Chess_engine" title="Chess engine">Chess engine</a>
<ul><li><a href="AlphaZero" title="AlphaZero">AlphaZero</a></li>
<li><a href="Deep_Blue_(chess_computer)" title="Deep Blue (chess computer)">Deep Blue</a></li>
<li><a href="Leela_Chess_Zero" title="Leela Chess Zero">Leela Chess Zero</a></li>
<li><a href="Mittens_(chess)" title="Mittens (chess)">Mittens</a></li>
<li><a href="Stockfish_(chess)" title="Stockfish (chess)">Stockfish</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Chess_problem" title="Chess problem">Chess problem</a>
<ul><li><a href="Glossary_of_chess_problems" title="Glossary of chess problems">glossary</a></li>
<li><a href="Joke_chess_problem" title="Joke chess problem">joke chess</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Chess_prodigy" title="Chess prodigy">Chess prodigy</a></li>
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<li><a href="Solving_chess" title="Solving chess">Solving chess</a></li></ul>
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