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Is it possible to lose to "Worstfish"?
Awarded Nov 24 at 13:38
Is it possible to win with a king and one bishop vs a king?
Awarded Nov 10 at 17:07
Why is the Cozio defense in the Ruy Lopez not played more often and what's white's best try to defeat it?
Awarded Oct 19 at 21:07
What makes some players so good?
Awarded Oct 10 at 12:22
Only Rook endgame!
Awarded Oct 10 at 10:10
How do arbiters handle touch move complains where players deny?
Awarded Sep 19 at 16:52
How to convert PGN moves to long algebraic notation (in python)?
Awarded Aug 2 at 15:21
White to play and win - only moving the rook once
Awarded Jul 20 at 17:28
A player falls asleep during the game and his friend wakes him -- illegal?
Awarded Jul 14 at 1:10
Can Loss by Checkmate be Avoided by Invoking the 50-Move Rule Immediately After the 100th Half-Move?
Awarded Jul 13 at 12:26
Why did Garry Kasparov retire?
Awarded Jun 29 at 19:26
Forced mate from move one - what is this train of thought called?
Awarded Jun 14 at 9:50
What is the worst possible first move for White: 1.f3 or 1.g4?
Awarded Jun 12 at 20:21
Nonstandard game results
Awarded Jun 7 at 12:27
Why is Bb8 better than Bc7 in this position?
Awarded Jun 4 at 3:11
Why are players required to record the moves in World Championship Classical games?
Awarded May 1 at 20:47
How is white allowed to castle 0-0-0 in this position?
Awarded Apr 30 at 11:18
Why does GM Larry claim that this sacrifice is brilliant?
Awarded Apr 20 at 15:58
Does Magnus Carlsen have any openings/opening variations named for him?
Awarded Mar 9 at 16:45
Positions where pawn promotion to queen is worse than to other piece
Awarded Mar 8 at 18:50
Do any unique proof games feature an en-passant capture?
Awarded Mar 6 at 12:09
Do people still play chess at Washington Square Park?
Awarded Feb 13 at 15:42
Why do high rated players still take so much time to calculate a pawn endgame position close to a game that they (likely) had before?
Awarded Feb 13 at 15:42
Why did white sacrifice knight in this Nimzowitsch's 1905 game?
Awarded Jan 31 at 3:32
Does 'dead position' consider the 75 moves rule?
Awarded Jan 26 at 21:09
A special "dead" position
Awarded Jan 26 at 11:19
Stockfish destroys Daniel Naroditsky's endgame variation (from his book (Mastering Positional Chess))
Awarded Jan 25 at 10:11
Parsing PGN files - when can a move be shortened?
Awarded Jan 19 at 8:20
Would Quadruple forking be considered a brilliant move according to Stockfish?
Awarded Jan 14 at 2:32
Why does stockfish give "-28.8" as the evaluation number for this position?
Awarded Dec 31, 2022 at 15:11
Has O-O ever been played without moving the e or g pawns?
Awarded Dec 28, 2022 at 19:05
Should I switch to a different opening?
Awarded Dec 22, 2022 at 12:58
How to move knights so that black moves first?
Awarded Dec 18, 2022 at 14:31
Skills required for blitz/bullet vs. correspondence chess?
Awarded Dec 15, 2022 at 10:22
What does "end with an empty board" mean?
Awarded Dec 14, 2022 at 17:40
Can you use the copycat strategy in correspondence chess?
Awarded Dec 11, 2022 at 12:36
Official rules for castling in Chess960? (Is there a loophole?)
Awarded Dec 10, 2022 at 6:51
Add comments in a pgn file
Awarded Dec 4, 2022 at 17:10
Comments and advice on a game that I played against 1.h4
Awarded Nov 9, 2022 at 11:51
Can white survive from this position that Stockfish rates even but where every line seems to lose?
Awarded Nov 8, 2022 at 2:41
Why do all e4-c5 variations only have a single name (Sicilian Defence)?
Awarded Nov 6, 2022 at 19:03
History of this queen sacrifice in the 4 Knights
Awarded Nov 4, 2022 at 12:34
Why is this position judged to be so balanced, and why is castling wrong?
Awarded Oct 31, 2022 at 17:20
Is Silman's book 'How to Reassess Your Chess: Chess Mastery Through Imbalances' any good?
Awarded Oct 26, 2022 at 21:11
What are the + (plus) and - (minus) and ? (question mark) in Lichess near elo?
Awarded Oct 26, 2022 at 13:45
Etiquette question: a funny way to resign
Awarded Oct 17, 2022 at 22:51
What is the longest forced win with 3 to 6 pieces (ignoring 50 & 75 move rules)?
Awarded Oct 17, 2022 at 14:32
Are there any strict rules which can be imposed on Magnus Carlsen for resigning on purpose against Hans?
Awarded Oct 15, 2022 at 3:42
References: description of what it is to learn an opening
Awarded Oct 6, 2022 at 8:36
Minimum moves to checkmate?
Awarded Oct 5, 2022 at 2:33
Why does Stockfish suggest this move (25. Qxa6?)
Awarded Oct 3, 2022 at 18:33
In a KP-K endgame, if the enemy king is in front of the pawn, is it always a draw?
Awarded Sep 23, 2022 at 9:27
In which tournament did Karpov play his first move with white pieces and offer a draw?
Awarded Sep 22, 2022 at 3:31
Why underpromote? Hjartarson vs Andersen
Awarded Sep 13, 2022 at 14:17
If Hans Niemann is cheating, how?
Awarded Sep 12, 2022 at 6:31
Do you lose/gain rating if you withdraw in the middle of an OTB tournament?
Awarded Sep 6, 2022 at 23:58
Is it possible to get a professional degree in chess?
Awarded Sep 6, 2022 at 12:08
Why has Carlsen's Elo not changed?
Awarded Sep 5, 2022 at 6:00
Has AI changed opening theory, and if so, how?
Awarded Sep 1, 2022 at 11:35
A specific draw etiquette
Awarded Aug 29, 2022 at 15:56
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