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The 25 pages that link to Chess, each with the reason it gives.

• EsportsCompared with: Chess tests how far the idea of sport extends beyond physical exertion and digital games.

• Board gameBroader topic: Chess became a globally influential model of abstract competitive play.

• Game balanceCompared with: Its fixed, symmetric rules make it a useful contrast to frequently patched games.

• Game treeBroader topic: Chess engines search trees of legal move sequences to select moves.

• MinimaxRelated: Chess programs use minimax-style search to compare candidate moves.

• Turn-based gameBroader topic: Chess is a classic game built around alternating turns.

• Lewis CarrollRelated: Through the Looking-Glass organizes Alice’s journey around a chess game and its rules.

• Zero-sum gameRelated: When outcomes are scored as opposite utilities, competitive play can be modeled as zero-sum.

• GoCompared with: Unlike Go's persistent stones and territorial scoring, chess centers on piece movement and checkmate.

• Perfect informationBroader topic: Chess is a familiar finite game with perfect information and no hidden actions.

• Turn-based strategyRelated: Chess is a perfect-information strategy game whose alternating moves make tempo decisive.

• Lewis ChessmenNarrower topic: The hoard’s central group of figures represents a medieval form of this game.

• BackgammonCompared with: Unlike backgammon, chess has no dice and no random movement.

• Emanuel LaskerNarrower topic: Lasker’s competitive career unfolded at the highest level of this game.

• ShatranjCompared with: Modern chess’s powerful queen and bishop transformed the pace and tactics.

• Strategy video gameRelated: Its turn-based planning and positional play influenced early computer strategy games.

• Through the Looking-GlassRelated: The novel maps Alice’s progress onto chess moves across a field of squares.

• Game of skillBroader topic: Its lack of random events makes chess a familiar example of skill determining results.

• StrategoCompared with: Chess exposes every piece’s identity, unlike Stratego’s concealed ranks.

• XiangqiCompared with: Both games involve generals or kings and tactical piece play, but their boards and rules differ.

• Game of chanceCompared with: It provides a clear case where chance does not determine moves or outcomes.

• History of gamesBroader topic: Its spread and rule changes trace cultural exchange across continents.

• Tabletop gameBroader topic: Its evolving rules and global spread illustrate tabletop games' cultural reach.

• JanggiCompared with: Both games use armies and checkmate-like aims, but their boards and piece movement systems differ.

• Mind sportBroader topic: It is the best-known example of a mind sport built around strategic calculation.