Examples of using "шахмат" in a sentence and their english translations:
As for chess, I just know the rules.
People from China play another kind of chess.
The Internet has expanded the possibilities of studying and practicing chess all over the world.
That was the first time, in the history of chess, that a machine (Deep Blue) defeated a Grand Master (Garry Kasparov).
Sergey Karjakin became, at 12 years and 7 months old, the youngest player in the history of chess to win the title of Grand Master.
Raumschach (in German, "space chess") is a modality of chess invented in 1907 by Ferdinand Maack. It adds a third dimension to the board.
The Ruy López opening, also known as the Spanish opening (1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗b5), is perhaps the most famous and certainly one of the most studied lines of the game of chess.
Blind chess is a type of chess in which a chess player makes his moves without seeing the board and without making any written record. Therefore, he has to keep all the positions of the game exclusively in his memory.
Rafael Leitão points out that the insertion of chess in Brazilian schools is a positive fact, but he believes that we are still far from the minimum acceptable level for someone to earn stable incomes as a professional chess player.