chess tournament
Competitive board event
A chess tournament is an organized competition in which players compete against each other in a series of chess matches.
Tournaments follow various formats—round-robin, elimination, or Swiss system—and may be rated for official rankings: She won her first chess tournament at age twelve.
The term applies to events ranging from local club competitions to international championships.
- world championshipTop-tier international tournament victory
- grandmasterSupreme competitive title
- checkmateInescapable capture position
- en passantPawn takes adjacent pawn
- pawnsLowest-ranked chess pieces
opening · endgame · blitz · time control · clock · rating · opponent · board · sacrifice · gambit · rounds · champion · arbiter · draw · resignation · rankings · bracket · knockout
- Board game competitions
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game type
chess tournamentslot machine
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