Top new questions this week:
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How to make chess community and environments more welcoming to women/girls?
Chess is not a sport/game of choice for most women. The following two nice answers discuss why -- one, two. These are ...
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I have heard "fianchetto" for four decades now, and I have always pronounced it "fēənˈCHetō", but I have heard many people also pronounce it "fēənˈketō".
It is of Italian origin, so I am wondering if ...
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From Wikipedia,
While blindfold chess has been recommended in moderation by many sources as a method of increasing one's playing strength, simultaneous blindfold exhibitions were officially ...
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I was watching an agadmator video explaining a game between two chess engines, and at one point in the video after a knight move, agadmator talks about how that knight then became "basically a monster ...
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With the exception of checkmate and mate-in-x positions, what is the highest centipawn score that a chess position might obtain upon Stockfish evaluation?
This is a practical question because there ...
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I was looking through the titular variation and am confused why there are no master games with 9.dxc5. Is it simply because white doesn't want to give up the central pawn, even if they can gain a ...
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As I understand it, 8-piece endgame tablebases have been in development for many years. The big issue is the sheer number of positions that are possible.
Are there any attempts at making a ...
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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Suppose we have just a rook and the opponent has just a knight close to his king.
Is it possible to win this game theoretically?
e.g, in the following position (white to move), is it possible for ...
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Sometimes (e.g. at some schools) chess is considered to be a sport. Is chess a sport? I view sport as a physical activity.
For instance, if a doctor asks you "Are you doing any sports?" would your ...
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I recently bought a set of wooden chess pieces, which I liked for its simplicity.
I'm not sure, however, which one is supposed to be the king and which one is supposed to be the queen.
I would say ...
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I would like to clarify two things:
Is it possible to checkmate with only a knight and a king against a lone king?
What will happen when one side has a king and knight and the other has just a king, ...
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I am currently playing in an ELO tournament.
Today, while I was playing, my opponent occasionally got up and walked around. At first, I did not care much. Then, I realized that some people were ...
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I am a beginner in chess and I like to play some of my friends who are basically at the same level. Usually who wins is based on who makes that one amazing (and lucky) move and quite frankly I want to ...
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I have been told never to play the Sicilian. It is a very complicated opening that even grandmasters aren't ever able to analyze and play well enough. But why, I ask?
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I have been implementing a chess engine myself and it is playing pretty good but it seems to calculate way too many nodes.
I was looking at this post: Stockfish nodes
And tested it with my engine.
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I'm a little confused about this. I know pawn structure and centralization of the king is essential in the endgame and I also know that activity, especially from the rooks is very important. Playing ...
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