chess

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chess

Summary

chess is a board game[1]. chess has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • chess's instance of is recorded as board game[3].
  • chess's instance of is recorded as type of sport[4].
  • chess's instance of is recorded as two-player game[5].
  • chess's instance of is recorded as game-based sport[6].
  • chess's instance of is recorded as hobby[7].
  • chess's instance of is recorded as abstract strategy game[8].
  • chess's instance of is recorded as table sports[9].
  • chess's genre is mind game[10].
  • chess's genre is abstract strategy game[11].
  • shah is named after chess[12].
  • chess is a type of sequential game[13].
  • chess is a type of mind sport[14].
  • chess is a type of individual sport[15].
  • chess's Commons category is recorded as Chess[16].
  • chess's country of origin is recorded as Gupta Empire[17].
  • 601 marks the founding of chess[18].
  • chess's significant event is recorded as Deep Blue versus Kasparov, 1997, Game 6[19].
  • chess's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chess[20].
  • chess's Commons gallery is recorded as Chess[21].
  • shatranj inspired chess[22].
  • chess's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Chess[23].
  • chess's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as sport=chess[24].
  • chess's earliest date is recorded as 1475[25].
  • chess's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[26].
  • chess's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for chess include Chess City[28], a sports venue[29], in Russia[30], founded in 1997[31] and Chessmaster[32], a video game series[33].

Why It Matters

chess has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] chess is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for chess include Chess City[28], a sports venue[29], in Russia[30], founded in 1997[31] and Chessmaster[32], a video game series[33].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Marcandre.lureau · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14579 18277
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  2. 19d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag chess
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: chess, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289923038|chess (#289923038)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  3. 21d ago · Comfyquiettree · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Chess programming wiki id Chess
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P11768]]: Chess, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293503834|Chess (#293503834)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8017|Chess Programming Wiki (art"
  4. 24d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  5. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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