Search results for "Chess" - New World Encyclopedia
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- A chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is ... # (chess, transitive) To promote (a pawn) to a knight. knight|5634850 ...1 KB (199 words) - 15:27, 17 July 2023
- # (chess) A high level of performance in a chess tournament, several of which are required for a player to receive a title. ===Derived terms=== ...2 KB (244 words) - 19:13, 31 October 2023
- # (chess) Of or relating to the playing pieces of a board game deemed ... #:The black pieces in this chess set are made of dark blue glass. ...6 KB (906 words) - 20:05, 30 September 2023
- on Muddy Waters: His Best: 1947 to 1955. Chess, 1997. ASIN: B000005KQH Like ... was playing on Muddy's recordings for Chess Records, and his harmonica ...9 KB (1,411 words) - 07:45, 9 March 2023
- # (transitive, chess) To intentionally give up (a piece) in order to improve one’s position on the board. # (transitive, baseball) To advance ...2 KB (318 words) - 22:26, 29 December 2023
- # (board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces ... # (board games, chess) The person playing with the white set of pieces. ...5 KB (705 words) - 19:51, 30 September 2023
- ===Chess=== In 1894, Binet conducted one of the first psychological studies into ...12 KB (1,748 words) - 07:14, 20 July 2023
- ===The Chess years=== In 1960, James signed a recording contract with Chess Records. The ...20 KB (2,949 words) - 04:39, 22 March 2024
- and later releasing the rights for them to Chess Records. ... Wolf signed with Modern Records and to the Chess label in 1951. How Many More ...14 KB (2,286 words) - 01:26, 4 February 2023
- Records (which would later evolve into Chess Records) featured Waters ... his fortunes gradually began to wane as Chess Records turned their attention ...13 KB (1,982 words) - 01:47, 11 March 2023
- himself, who suggested he contact Leonard Chess of Chess Records. Berry thought ... In 1966, Berry left Chess Records, moving to the Mercury label. The ...20 KB (3,002 words) - 21:56, 10 December 2023
- labels, as well as for the better known Chess Records. His backing musicians ... * 1960 I Can't Hold Out b/w The Sun Is Shining (Chess 1756) ...13 KB (2,113 words) - 17:34, 13 February 2024
- | Label = Chess | Associated_acts = | URL = www.bluesheaven ... for Chicago's premier blues label, Chess Records, in its heyday during ...19 KB (2,749 words) - 15:21, 14 May 2023
- set in informal ways such as playing chess or holding animals, since ... 1554, Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna), The Chess Game (1555, Museum Narowe ...16 KB (2,469 words) - 22:03, 30 January 2023
- dances, and clubs, and was ultimately signed to the Chess subsidiary, Checkmate Records, releasing its first record, the Reeves-led "I'll Let ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 16:26, 6 November 2022
- Physics and Technology. As a child, he was a chess prodigy—something highly valued in the U.S.S.R. He performed in simultaneous and blindfold displays ...16 KB (2,307 words) - 01:29, 11 November 2022
- when his dramatic allegory, A Game at Chess was staged by the King's ... * A Game at Chess, a political satire (1624). Satirized the negotiations ...15 KB (2,278 words) - 21:23, 30 April 2023
- Robert James "Bobby" Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American-born chess Grandmaster, and the eleventh World Chess ...53 KB (7,890 words) - 08:45, 16 November 2023
- the Waters-inspired I'm A Man" at Chess Records. The record became ... . They then re-recorded the songs at Chess Studios. The record was released ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 05:43, 16 November 2023
- attempted to gain a recording contract with Chess Records, the premier record ... He was soon outselling even the great Chess blues stars like Muddy Waters ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 13:23, 1 August 2022
