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

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Number of checkmate positions

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answered May 24 at 16:01

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answered May 20 at 23:38

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answered May 22 at 16:42

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answered May 22 at 1:46

2 votes

1 answer

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Hauptideal

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modified May 19 at 11:23

2 votes

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105 views

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

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Hauke Reddmann

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modified May 21 at 15:52

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

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Was there a chess piece—elephant, knight or rook—rendered as a being looking into two directions?

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Pattmann

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modified May 5 at 20:33

1 vote

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Software with tabulated notation

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ferdy

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

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lodebari

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modified May 23 at 19:42

16 votes

13 answers

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Is there an equivalent to “a knight on the rim is dim” in other languages?

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Erman Çetin

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answered May 5 at 16:31

2 votes

0 answers

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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]

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Braxton Wheeler

31

modified May 15 at 22:58

15 votes

3 answers

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Rewan Demontay

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modified May 3 at 20:32

0 votes

1 answer

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DialFrost

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answered May 14 at 0:56

4 votes

2 answers

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

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SecretAgentMan

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modified May 11 at 13:00

4 votes

1 answer

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answered May 12 at 4:46

0 votes

1 answer

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Unique tactic motif? Surely not

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Hauke Reddmann

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answered May 13 at 11:42

5 votes

1 answer

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Why not e3 instead of e4 in Grunfeld Russian system?

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Behnam Esmayli

566

modified May 10 at 8:56

4 votes

3 answers

151 views

Why does f3 weaken white's position here?

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Evargalo

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modified May 9 at 12:42

0 votes

0 answers

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

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Glorfindel♦

23.8k

modified May 11 at 16:34

3 votes

3 answers

552 views

Sorting players by FIDE blitz/rapid ratings

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kamekura

366

answered yesterday

2 votes

1 answer

84 views

WCM titleholder without reaching 1800 elo

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Brian Towers♦

74.6k

modified May 10 at 11:02

9 votes

1 answer

956 views

A helpmate in 15 moves

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Rewan Demontay

15.8k

modified May 3 at 18:48

2 votes

0 answers

64 views

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

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SecretAgentMan

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modified May 11 at 13:02

0 votes

3 answers

212 views

"Highest" level of illegal move

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user30536

175

answered May 8 at 6:03

2 votes

3 answers

438 views

How to deal with Black's dark-squared bishop on d6 in the London system

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Savage47

3,963

answered May 6 at 2:58

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0 answers

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Are there any books you'd recommend for understanding how to play the Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation as White? [duplicate]

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moh abdi

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asked May 8 at 11:13

-1 votes

1 answer

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Did white make an illegal move here?

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Zuriel

7,705

modified May 3 at 1:21

1 vote

0 answers

64 views

Swiss bye in PGN

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Hauke Reddmann

9,924

asked May 6 at 11:42

0 votes

1 answer

134 views

What is the longest possible sequence of consecutive checks without captures?

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Rewan Demontay

15.8k

modified May 4 at 23:38

3 votes

2 answers

191 views

Stuck on a mate in 3

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Steve Bennett

2,439

modified May 5 at 6:08

0 votes

0 answers

38 views

Was taking the King ever legal and when did it become illegal? [duplicate]

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releseabe

319

asked May 7 at 0:27

-3 votes

4 answers

142 views

Least amount of "points" to mate a berserk king

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Carlo Wood

356

answered May 2 at 10:48

1 vote

0 answers

94 views

Are there any books on the Reti-Spielmann attack (1. e4 e6 2. g3)?

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Abhyuday Vaish

583

modified May 3 at 6:27

3 votes

0 answers

201 views

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JSBach49

51

modified May 2 at 7:12

2 votes

2 answers

192 views

Shortest game to "elegant" mate

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modified May 3 at 18:51

5 votes

4 answers

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Explanation of Hard Puzzle #34

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