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8 votes

4 answers

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What do you do when an opponent asks for a score sheet after a game in which recording is not compulsory?

lodebari

2,993

modified 3 hours ago

2 votes

1 answer

83 views

Is there such a thing as a criterion-based diploma or certification in chess skills?

learning training titles

Wassim Saeed

198

modified 8 hours ago

3 votes

1 answer

71 views

How do you nerf Stockfish to analyze the same position multiple times?

engines stockfish computer-chess python

Rewan Demontay

15.8k

modified 17 hours ago

9 votes

4 answers

2k views

What does it mean when stockfish evaluates a move as an inaccuracy after previously thinking it was the best move?

engines stockfish

Inertial Ignorance

17.3k

answered yesterday

1 vote

0 answers

35 views

Parsing PGN with "recursive" annotations [closed]

software pgn

Hauke Reddmann

9,924

asked yesterday

18 votes

3 answers

2k views

Where can one find a complete chess curriculum?

learning training

Hauptideal

714

answered yesterday

3 votes

3 answers

552 views

Sorting players by FIDE blitz/rapid ratings

fide rating blitz websites

kamekura

366

answered yesterday

14 votes

2 answers

4k views

Game in James Bond film "From Russia with love"

film

Prashant Akerkar

373

modified yesterday

9 votes

3 answers

257 views

Has anyone done a correlation of castling with winning and losing?

analysis statistics castling

SecretAgentMan

1,582

modified 2 days ago

22 votes

4 answers

3k views

When and why was the notation changed from descriptive to algebraic?

rules history pgn notation

Glorfindel♦

23.8k

modified 2 days ago

1 vote

0 answers

153 views

+100

Software with tabulated notation

notation

ferdy

2,010

modified 2 days ago

3 votes

4 answers

444 views

How can I do batch analysis of games?

analysis software

Wassim Saeed

198

modified May 25 at 18:40

0 votes

2 answers

241 views

White is up +7 in material, why is white still losing?

analysis

Steve Bennett

2,439

answered May 25 at 11:17

7 votes

4 answers

2k views

Is there a way to figure out what the average number of moves would be if all games were played to completion?

statistics

ferdy

2,010

modified May 25 at 1:27

9 votes

11 answers

8k views

Is chess a zero sum game?

psychology evaluation

Pattmann

197

answered May 24 at 23:04

6 votes

3 answers

815 views

Why is 5. f5 so necessary in the Dzindzi-Indian Opening/Modern Defense: Pterodactyl, Beefeater Variation?

opening evaluation modern-defense

lodebari

2,993

modified May 24 at 17:49

-1 votes

2 answers

85 views

Number of checkmate positions

checkmate

user30536

175

answered May 24 at 16:01

-2 votes

1 answer

50 views

If you play an engine in Arena, how do you send it setoption commands?

engines

lodebari

2,993

modified May 23 at 19:42

4 votes

2 answers

155 views

Move order in Samisch King's Indian, Panno Variation

opening kings-indian

Pablo S. Ocal

3,108

modified May 23 at 18:42

4 votes

4 answers

662 views

Rossolimo 3.Bb5 vs open Sicilian against c5-Nc6 sicilian

opening strategy theory sicilian-defense bishop-pair

Savage47

3,963

modified May 23 at 4:48

7 votes

2 answers

483 views

What are the origins of Hand & Brain chess?

history chess-variants

CommunityBot

1

modified May 23 at 4:06

5 votes

4 answers

255 views

Explanation of Hard Puzzle #34

analysis learning problems tactics puzzles

Allure

21.3k

modified May 23 at 2:17

3 votes

1 answer

49 views

FIDE 2022 Presidential Elections - Runners and Riders?

fide

Brian Towers♦

74.6k

answered May 22 at 16:42

3 votes

2 answers

199 views

How do you evaluate this position?

middlegame evaluation petroff-defense

Savage47

3,963

modified May 22 at 4:36

0 votes

1 answer

65 views

Opening suggestion where my side castles king side and has king side majority

opening positional-play

Savage47

3,963

answered May 22 at 1:46

2 votes

2 answers

105 views

Most different mate-in-N depending on black's move

checkmate puzzles

Hauke Reddmann

9,924

modified May 21 at 15:52

2 votes

1 answer

173 views

At the Grandmaster level, at what amount of additional time per move do the benefits become negligible?

grandmaster time-control

CommunityBot

1

modified May 21 at 0:06

5 votes

2 answers

456 views

Sicilian endgames - favourable for which side and why?

endgame sicilian-defense pawn-structure pawn-endgame

Philip Roe

7,412

answered May 20 at 23:38

5 votes

1 answer

290 views

Who was, or is, the oldest WGM?

history grandmaster records women

CommunityBot

1

modified May 20 at 4:08

9 votes

2 answers

483 views

What are the openings that are popular among club players, but are (more or less) rejected by modern professional players?

opening

Savage47

3,963

modified May 20 at 2:33

5 votes

1 answer

106 views

Human assisted handicapped engine against engine, adjustable parameters

engines software

Pablo S. Ocal

3,108

answered May 19 at 18:13

2 votes

3 answers

1k views

Losing against lower rated opponents [closed]

psychology online-blitz

Hauptideal

714

answered May 19 at 12:01

2 votes

1 answer

104 views

How do I get a FIDE ID?

fide rating

Hauptideal

714

modified May 19 at 11:23

11 votes

4 answers

4k views

Is Beth Harmon behaviour in her game vs Georgi Girev acceptable (then and now)?

rules fide history

Savage47

3,963

modified May 18 at 6:03

-2 votes

1 answer

136 views

Why does Stockfish miss mate in 5 with only two legal moves?

engines checkmate stockfish

Allure

21.3k

answered May 18 at 2:52

21 votes

2 answers

6k views

Anti-cheating: should there be a limit to a number of toilet breaks per game per player?

tournament cheating

Phemelo Khetho

1,804

modified May 16 at 21:06

23 votes

3 answers

6k views

Given a legal chess position, is there an algorithm that generates a series of moves that lead to it?

analysis programming retrograde-analysis calculation chess-algorithms

CommunityBot

1

modified May 16 at 9:32

2 votes

0 answers

98 views

I don't understand why this scenario is checkmate. The black rook cannot move, as it's protecting black king. Can someone explain? See photo [duplicate]

endgame checkmate queens kings rooks

Braxton Wheeler

31

modified May 15 at 22:58

5 votes

4 answers

433 views

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

analysis stockfish leela

Savage47

3,963

answered May 15 at 2:43

0 votes

1 answer

125 views

What is the best garden chess set?

chess-variants

DialFrost

1,031

answered May 14 at 0:56

0 votes

1 answer

100 views

Unique tactic motif? Surely not

tactics patterns

Hauke Reddmann

9,924

answered May 13 at 11:42

2 votes

1 answer

167 views

Finding every longest endgame for each material configuration

endgame tablebases

CommunityBot

1

modified May 12 at 19:03

14 votes

2 answers

640 views

Is anything known about the chess game at the Vostok station that resulted in murder?

history

L. Scott Johnson

1,124

modified May 12 at 12:34

4 votes

1 answer

147 views

Does this tactic (Bxf7+ KxB, Ng5+...QxB) have a name? [duplicate]

tactics opening-traps

NoseKnowsAll

5,050

answered May 12 at 4:46

0 votes

0 answers

75 views

Is there an Android app that can replace pieces by dots?

blindfold-chess android

Glorfindel♦

23.8k

modified May 11 at 16:34

2 votes

0 answers

64 views

How to play with White against 3...c5 in modern defense after d4 c4 Nc3 from White

modern-defense

SecretAgentMan

1,582

modified May 11 at 13:02

4 votes

2 answers

168 views

Imagine your (stronger) opponent plays this Botez Gambit. How to strategise?

strategy evaluation counterplay odds

SecretAgentMan

1,582

modified May 11 at 13:00

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