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Hint

Answer

Piece

Moves in an "L" Shape

Knight

Number

Minimum number of moves to checkmate

Two

Person

The "Magician From Riga"

Mikhail Tal

Person

Only U.S World Champion

Bobby Fischer

Person

Current World Champion

Magnus Carlsen

Person

World champion 3 separate times

Mikhail Botvinnik

Term

Player has no legal moves upon their turn

Stalemate

Term

Opening sacrifice to gain a later advantage

Gambit

Term

Rook moves adjacent to King, King teleports to the other side of the Rook

Castle

Term

Pawn captures diagonally to a square that an opposing pawn has just moved past

En Passant

Term

Word for giving up

Resignation

Engine

Recently defeated Stockfish 290 wins- 24 losses

Alpha Zero

Engine

Computer which defeated Kasparov in 1997

Deep Blue

Country

Former Country which dominated the world chess championships for over 30 years

Soviet Union

Country

Where Chess originated

India

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