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What are the actions one can do against chess.com players who stop moving when they are in an objectively losing position and refuse to resign?
Awarded Jul 8 at 9:36
Has anyone attempted to characterize chess mathematically?
Awarded Mar 17 at 21:07
Is chess a solved game?
Awarded Sep 8, 2023 at 23:05
I made an illegal move. What happens?
Awarded Jul 24, 2023 at 4:12
Has O-O ever been played without moving the e or g pawns?
Awarded Dec 31, 2022 at 11:15
Etiquette question: a funny way to resign
Awarded Oct 21, 2022 at 18:25
Is it possible to checkmate with knight and king against king?
Awarded Sep 29, 2022 at 18:48
If Hans Niemann is cheating, how?
Awarded Sep 19, 2022 at 6:35
When was it possible for a player's king to be attacked by 3 of the opponent's pieces?
Awarded Sep 11, 2022 at 22:04
Why did this legendary game of Carlsen vs Nakamura not trigger threefold-repetition after move 5?
Awarded Aug 4, 2022 at 12:01
Game ended with a handshake
Awarded Apr 12, 2022 at 14:27
Do strong players move their pieces with different relative frequencies than weak players?
Awarded Mar 23, 2022 at 8:46
Are resignations by expert players naive?
Awarded Feb 12, 2022 at 10:32
Why is stalemate a draw?
Awarded Jan 10, 2022 at 15:26
King or Queen-Which piece is which?
Awarded Dec 22, 2021 at 13:33
Is the position in this trick question reachable?
Awarded Nov 23, 2021 at 7:57
Why do pro chess players look up (look at the ceiling) when waiting for their move?
Awarded Nov 5, 2021 at 16:50
How do I handle drawn positions in zero time increment games?
Awarded Jul 12, 2021 at 11:47
How would you determine that the player is cheating in online chess?
Awarded Jun 28, 2021 at 6:26
What is the average length of a game of chess?
Awarded May 24, 2021 at 22:10
Why do children move so quickly?
Awarded May 12, 2021 at 7:26
Is chess a good game for recovering addicts?
Awarded Apr 28, 2021 at 4:23
Why do GMs repeat moves instead of offering a draw?
Awarded Apr 25, 2021 at 20:09
Why does the engine tell me to sacrifice a queen for bishop after a failed Scholar's mate?
Awarded Mar 26, 2021 at 21:03
Why is flagging considered a win?
Awarded Mar 17, 2021 at 6:25
Can you solve this unique chess problem of white's two queens vs black's six rooks?
Awarded Feb 16, 2021 at 15:42
Does the first-move advantage for White have real meaning apart from the highest levels of play?
Awarded Jan 16, 2021 at 22:06
A mysterious mate in one
Awarded Dec 20, 2020 at 23:40
Are there any gambits where I HAVE to decline?
Awarded Dec 4, 2020 at 9:20
Why is chess failing to attract big name sponsors?
Awarded Aug 28, 2020 at 15:56
Shortest stalemate in serious tournament game
Awarded Aug 16, 2020 at 1:02
When en passant is the only legal move
Awarded Aug 4, 2020 at 4:21
Where can I find this game with a sacrifice followed by a long series of checks leading to a discovered mate?
Awarded Jul 22, 2020 at 19:52
Why do high level players memorize specific games?
Awarded Jul 17, 2020 at 11:18
Why struggle for a single pawn?
Awarded Jun 26, 2020 at 23:17
How are humans good at chess?
Awarded May 27, 2020 at 23:27
Why does Stockfish undervalue pawns when compared to the classical "a piece is worth three pawns" approach?
Awarded May 13, 2020 at 15:10
When losing in blitz, is it rude to play to win on time?
Awarded Apr 22, 2020 at 9:31
Is it poor sportsmanship to resign immediately after a major blunder early in the game?
Awarded Apr 2, 2020 at 18:10
What is the worst opening move in Chess960 for White?
Awarded Mar 11, 2020 at 18:25
When (if ever) was it a rule that pawn promotion was optional?
Awarded Mar 3, 2020 at 14:35
Is Stockfish 11 (level 20) beatable?
Awarded Feb 21, 2020 at 10:05
Why can't the king castle in this position?
Awarded Feb 19, 2020 at 1:40
Demystifying Seirawan-Kasparov 1983 king and pawn endgame
Awarded Feb 2, 2020 at 9:55
How can we make chess community welcoming to women/girls?
Awarded Jan 24, 2020 at 20:50
Why aren't there any women super Grandmasters (GMs)?
Awarded Jan 20, 2020 at 23:15
Is it bad etiquette to decline a draw offer when participating in a simul?
Awarded Jan 14, 2020 at 14:00
Why wasn’t Rashid Nezhmetdinov a grandmaster?
Awarded Jan 13, 2020 at 19:45
Carlsen beat a high ranking GM with 1 Nh3. Conclusions?
Awarded Dec 25, 2019 at 23:50
Is rotating a pawn so that it faces a different direction and then moves in that direction technically permitted according to the 2018 FIDE Laws?
Awarded Dec 11, 2019 at 13:05
"Chess is 90% tactics" - should a player focus more on tactics in order to improve?
Awarded Dec 6, 2019 at 21:50
Chess PhD topic in machine learning?
Awarded Nov 28, 2019 at 17:40
Is it sportsmanlike to waste opponents' time by giving check at the end of the game?
Awarded Nov 11, 2019 at 10:40
Why is coffee provided during big chess events when it contains a banned substance?
Awarded Oct 7, 2019 at 6:55
Anti-cheating: should there be a limit to a number of toilet breaks per game per player?
Awarded Oct 3, 2019 at 12:05
How is this situation not a checkmate?
Awarded Sep 27, 2019 at 13:55
When is castling possible?
Awarded Sep 14, 2019 at 8:15
Is it rude to ask my opponent to resign an online game when they have a lost endgame?
Awarded Sep 3, 2019 at 18:40
What are some checkmates with very few moves from the starting position?
Awarded Jun 28, 2019 at 9:35
Can a piece pinned to my king put the opponent's king in check?
Awarded May 13, 2019 at 1:45
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