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Rank	Topic	Wikipedia views
1	Rules of chess	2,606
2	Stalemate	1,140
3	En passant	1,000
4	Checkmate	918
5	Castling	691
6	Draw (chess)	397
7	Promotion (chess)	227
8	Fifty-move rule	210
9	Threefold repetition	166
10	Check (chess)	166
11	Perpetual check	126
12	Time control	115
13	Tie-breaking in Swiss-system tournaments	82
14	Cheating in chess	75
15	Draw by agreement	68
16	Touch-move rule	62
17	Time trouble	30
18	Adjournment (games)	22
19	Bare king	16

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• Chess theory
• Game rules

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