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Why does White trade off into an endgame in the main line of the Hungarian Defense?

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When should you trade off a piece that's defended by two pawns?

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Pawn breaks and planning around pawn breaks in e4-e5 games [closed]

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How is “fianchetto” really pronounced?

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Trading off two rooks for queen and pawn

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Why do points matter in trading pieces?

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Trading queens in the opening

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Best chess blogs to write about your open source chess application [closed]

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Josh Waitzkin chessmaster mastery quiz - spatial advantage, trading bishops

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Why would you want to trade pieces?

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Is there modern chess software similar to ChessMaster series?

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Why go for stalemate here?

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Which chess openings trade the most pieces?

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Trade a bishop in the opening

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When should I trade into opposite colored bishops?

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Does this bishop sac when your knight is pinned to your queen have a name?

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Will there ever be a way to force checkmate from the starting position? Or any position? [duplicate]

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Looking for sound files from a VERY old version of Chessmaster Live

online-chess chessmaster

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How can I open (or convert into .PGN) old Chessmaster .CMG files, without Chessmaster?

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modified Jul 23 at 17:06 BCLC 998

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Java Library for PGN parser

database master-games annotation

answered Jul 23 at 11:49 Kumar Gaurav 121

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Cloud-based chess database solutions for opening preparation

opening software database

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Why do miniature games happen at the grandmaster level?

grandmaster master-games

modified Jul 23 at 7:20 Allure 15.1k

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Is there any website that shows which opening a certain player struggles against?

opening statistics websites

modified Jul 22 at 19:56 lodebari 2,416

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Do main lines score significantly better?

opening theory

modified Jul 22 at 7:52 10001IsPrime 29

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Unusual chess notation

notation

modified Jul 22 at 5:17 Rosie F 4,268

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Where was Stockfish's fatal mistake in this game against Leela?

analysis stockfish leela

modified Jul 21 at 15:45 Community♦ 1

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The most often played chess game

history statistics

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Setting up Stockfish for Droidfish

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modified Jul 21 at 14:58 Rewan Demontay 14.8k

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When playing a two-game match, is it better to have white in the first game?

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Stockfish 6 in Chessmaster Grandmaster Edition

engines software chessmaster

modified Jul 21 at 11:44 BCLC 998

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