Questions relating to psychological influence on an opponent during a game.
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Psychological tricks in chess?
Are there any psychological tricks that can be used in chess to throw off an opponent regardless of rating? It also does not matter if it is the opening, middle, or end game.
By psychological, I ...
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Why would a player throw a game?
So I am kind of new to chess and I have been playing online. I have been playing for a year and I consider myself a mediocre player, not too good and not too bad. Recently I got this invitation from ...
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Does swapping the colors of the squares affect the gameplay?
If for example, the bottom-left square is light instead of dark AND we place the queens in their colors:
By affect I mean psychologically, etc., because it is pretty obvious that everything you can ...
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How do I stop blundering my queen?
I have a particular bad habit when I play chess. I play reasonably well (at least by the standards of people I play with), and am quite careful with my pieces. But in about 80% of games I play, once I ...
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Does the chess community have a problem with manners and sportsmanship? [closed]
Chess can be such an emotional game, when your intelligence is paired up against your opponent's.
It's great fun at times, but at other times, it seems like we get too sensitive. More so than, say, ...
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Can a single player's choice of opening dictate a more (or less) aggressive game?
Usually a player feels comfortable with few "positions" (unless he/she is a GM). That's why sometimes it's said that a player should choose and begin to study openings whose outcome results in a ...
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How can I deal with defenses I don't like?
I like to play 1. e4, as I favor open and dynamic positions, and feel comfortable with most black responses, but I there are some openings I don't like, e.g. Sicilian or French. My aversion might be ...
