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Analysis of a very complicated end position - why is this move leading to a draw?
I am trying to understand this position a bit better and would appreciate some help in doing so. I am black and it's my turn... (the board is flipped .. ie. black plays up and white plays down)
[FEN "8/4Kp2/4p3/4k1p1/8/8/5PP1/8 b - - 0…
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Which is the oldest chess game?
Chess has more than 1000 years of existence and the pieces got their modern day movements in 15th century Spain. But which is the oldest chess game of which we know the moves?
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Is there an objective measure of how "complicated" or "tension-filled" a chess position can be?
Probably most chess players will have the intuitive notion of what kind of positions are not "tension-filled" and what kind of positions are. Usually these are middlegame positions.
Here's an idea of what kind of positions are "tension-filled": In…
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The strength of blind chess players
Before I begin, I'm not asking about people playing "Blindfold chess", but those who are actually blind.
Reading through the FIDE rules of chess like any good player should, I've previously noticed the section containing rules for players who are…
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What are the ideas behind the Short variation in Advance Caro-Kann?
What are the main strategic and tactical ideas behind the so-called Short variation in Advance Caro-Kann? I mean this line:
[FEN ""]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2
Isn't White's position a bit passive, and furthermore with Black's…
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What is accepted and declined in chess moves?
I'm very beginner in chess. I was just going through some of the opening moves like King's gambit,Budapest gambit,Queen's gambit. I encountered things like Queen's gambit Accepted or Declined kind of moves. Can somebody please explain me briefly…
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What is the current theoretical state for the Chinese Dragon?
I use this line a lot, as it tends to lead to interesting games, and I was wondering whether any advances in theory have been made here.
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10.…
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Where can I get a nice set for Capablanca chess?
Because I'm odd, I'm interested in obtaining a nice-looking set (that need not be portable) for Capablanca chess, the third world champion's chess variant which is played on 10 x 8 board and features two new pieces for each side: a chancellor that…
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How to prepare for an opponent
How does one prepare for an opponent (OTB or Online)? Do you go through recent games? How far do you normally go back? Would certain factors about an opponent dictate how you prepare for them?
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Why do many team championships have only 4 boards?
Team championships in my area have 10 boards per side. Board arrangements have to follow the Elo ranking to avoid tactical arrangements (such as putting a very weak player against the other team's star to try to have more strength in other boards).…
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How to defend from the crazy knight attack opening at Nf3 ..., Nd4 in Atomic chess?
Here's a game of Atomic chess I played with a friend. As you may see, neither of us are very good at Atomic chess and the game ended in under twenty moves.
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[Event "Casual game"]
[Site…
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Who are the seconds of famous players?
Can anyone provide lists of seconds of famous players?
They can contain the names of people that work/worked with top players for a long period or for a particular match/tournament. Besides the names of the seconds, I'm also curious about the…
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Why does the game end at checkmate and not upon taking the king?
Ever since I was a kid this has felt kind of odd to me. Victory in chess is achieved by "cornering" the king, and not by taking him outright, like what you do to all the other pieces. I always wondered why that is.
Of course the distinction between…
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Can I resign if my opponent only has his King?
Well, obviously if my opponent has only a King, I cannot lose...either a win or a draw. Suppose I also have a Queen(Forced win).
However suppose I want to lose (maybe I am winning and want to grant some points to my opponent or whatever), so can I…
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Find magic numbers for bitboards
I am writing a C++ chess engine and I am looking for magic numbers for Little-Endian Rank-File Mapping bitboards to generate moves for sliding pieces.
The rival chess website gives magic numbers but not for the same board mapping.
The chess…
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