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Touch-move rule

The touch-move rule in chess specifies that a player, having the move, who deliberately touches a piece on the board must move or capture that piece if it is legal to do so. If it is the player's piece that was touched, it must be moved if the piece has a legal move. If the opponent's piece was touched, it must be captured if possible. If the touched…

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Touch-move rule

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples58
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
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related to history · 24
Touch-move rule → After, At, Benjamin Franklin, Black, Chess, Echtermeyer, In, Ke2, Kiel, Lindemann, London Chess Club, Lucena, Luis Ramirez, Middle Ages, Nc3, Qe4, Qxd5 White, Repetición, Since, The
related to Examples · 23
Touch-move rule → After, Bd3, Black, Black's, Bobby Fischer, Boris Spassky, Buenos Aires, Bxf5 Rc1, Bxh6, Fischer, Had Fischer, Having, He, In, Jan Hein Donner, Piatigorsky Cup, Qg5, Qxc1 Bxc1, Rxc2, The
related to Example of misuse · 6
Touch-move rule → It, J'adoubovic, Milan Matulović, Such, The Yugoslav, There

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the USCFinstance ofA few sites0.80text
FIDE online chess websites enforce touch-move by disallowing any other pieces to be played after picking up oneinstance ofA few sites0.80text
in the 1893 game between Lindemanninstance ofit occasionally led to tragicomedies0.80text
Echtermeyerinstance ofit occasionally led to tragicomedies0.80text
at Kielinstance ofit occasionally led to tragicomedies0.80text
Touch-move rulerelated to Example of misuseThere0.60section
Touch-move rulerelated to Example of misuseIt0.60section
Touch-move rulerelated to Example of misuseSuch0.60section
Touch-move rulerelated to Example of misuseThe Yugoslav0.60section
Touch-move rulerelated to Example of misuseMilan Matulović0.60section
Touch-move rulerelated to Example of misuseJ'adoubovic0.60section
Touch-move rulerelated to ExamplesIn0.60section

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