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From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

Contents 1 Parent topics 2 Subtopics 2.1 World Champions 2.2 Other important chess players 2.3 Chess tournaments 3 Other related topics

Parent topics

• Game [r]: A structured or semi-structured contrived activity, primarily undertaken for enjoyment or, sometimes, practice. [e]

Subtopics

• Chess variants [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Correspondence chess [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Chess composition [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Computer chess [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Chess960 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• World Chess Championship [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Chess openings [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Chess tournament [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Chess clock [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Chess strategy [r]: Add brief definition or description

World Champions

. . . including unofficial World Champions . . .

• Howard Staunton [r]: English chess player and Shakespearean actor and scholar (1810-74); considered the strongest chess player in the world mid-19th century. [e]
• Paul Morphy [r]: American chess player (1837-84) who, after defeating the best players in Europe, was considered the strongest player in the world, but then immediately retired from the game. [e]
• Adolf Anderssen [r]: German chess player (1818-79), considered the strongest player in the world, known for his extremely tactical style which produced some of the most famous games in history. [e]
• Wilhelm Steinitz [r]: Austrian chess player (1836-1900) who won the first official world championship match and whose theories and play revolutionized the game. [e]
• Emanuel Lasker [r]: German chess player (1868-1941), world champion 1894-1921; he approached the game as if it were a battle, and not merely a cold scientific endeavor. [e]
• Jose Raul Capablanca [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Alexander Alekhine [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Max Euwe [r]: Dutch chess player (1901-81), world champion from 1935-37, and President of International Chess Federation (FIDE) from 1970-78. [e]
• Mikhail Botvinnik [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Vassily Smyslov [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mikhail Tal [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Tigran Petrosian [r]: Armenian / Soviet chess player (1929-84) who was noted for his stubborn defensive playing style; world champion 1963-69. [e]
• Boris Spassky [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Robert James Fischer [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Anatoly Karpov [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Gary Kasparov [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other important chess players

• Richard Reti [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Aron Nimzowitsch [r]: (November 7, 1886, Riga – March 16], 1935, Denmark) was a chess player of grandmaster strength and a very influential chess writer. He was the foremost figure amongst the hypermoderns. [e]
• David Bronstein [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Judit Polgar [r]: Add brief definition or description

Chess tournaments

• London 1851 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• London 1862 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Vienna 1873 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• London 1883 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• St. Petersburg 1909 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• New York 1924 [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Federation Internationale des E'checs [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Shogi [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Chinese chess [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Vladimir Nabokov [r]: Add brief definition or description