USCF forces games to end at 175 moves, so if your opponent leaves you with a lone king on move 174, he has 1 move to checkmate you before it’s a draw. Why...

In chess, the queen has mobility (the crucial barometer of power in the game) but less value, as the game can continue without her; the hobbled king is re...

A kicker, also called a side card, is a card in a poker hand that does not itself take part in determining the rank of the hand, but that may be used to b...

Here are the specifics: The Knight piece can move forward, backward, left or right two squares and must then move one square in either perpendicular direc...

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Pre-flop is the second stage of the game, which occurs after the blinds have been placed. After the big and the small blind bets have been placed, the gam...

Another player may now bet, in which case you may fold your hand, call the bet or raise (the action of first checking and then raising when an opponent be...

Though Beth herself is fictional, Tevis was inspired by the extraordinary talents of Grandmasters Bobby Fischer, Boris Spassky, and Anatoly Karpov, whose ...

In chess, the rook can move only forward and backward or from side to side — always in a straight line. Each player has two rooks to start a match, and ea...