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Principia Scacchorum (Lat) is about the basic #principles of #chess; related are #chessBasics and #chessSquareOne

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the same as #chessSquareOne (see its definition)

GM Yasser Seirawan, popularly Yaz, made a bold statement degrading the ideas of "perhaps the most brilliant theoretician in chess" (quote by the American GM Robert Byrne, a philosophy proffesor) to "all rubble" on day 3 of the Fischer random world championship match between GM Nakamura of USA and GM Carlsen, #1 in the classic chess. After making the statement without any further argumentation, GM Seirawan has never got back to the chess community to justify his tactless remark.

GM Yasser Seirawan, popularly Yaz, made a bold statement degrading the ideas of "perhaps the most brilliant theoretician in chess" (quote by the American GM Robert Byrne, a philosophy proffesor) to "all rubble" on day 3 of the Fischer random world championship match between GM Nakamura of USA and GM Carlsen, #1 in the classic chess. After making the statement without any further argumentation, GM Seirawan has never got back to the chess community to justify his tactless remark. That is the story behind #LookingForYaz hash tag...

The fundamentals that never change, the foundation and basic building blocks for everything we do and how we act in any domain of human endeavor; something that we should start teaching and learning the first thing at Square One.

Geometrical and functional relationships that chess men establish in the chess space. According to GM Yuri Averbakh there are four kind of piece relations/contacts: a) attack, b) restriction, c) protection, and d) blocking/cover (pin). synonym #chesscontacts

Geometrical and functional relationships that chess men establish in the chess space. According to GM Yuri Averbakh there are four kind of piece contacts: a) attack, b) restriction, c) protection, and d) blocking/cover (pin).

The very beginning or most elementary level in chess. Syn with chess square one. Ground zero is first used in 1946, originally with reference to atomic blasts.

The Chess Square One is the very beginnings in chess. The Initial stage, initial step, or starting point in chess. Origin: from the use of numbered squares in some board games (M-W dictionary)

The chess basics are traditionally vaguely defined. Typically, they will tell you it is the moves, the center, etc. which doesn't say much about the essence of chess. Momir Radovic has given a definition of the chess basics on his Principia Scacchorum blog on chess dot com.

the most fundamental principles of chess