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Is it possible to lose to "Worstfish"?
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Why did Magnus Carlsen not play the World Chess Championship in 2023?
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How do I trap the queen once it pins my rook?
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How to determine if a position is open or closed in a "rigorous" fashion?
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What sites have different ratings for different time controls for Chess960?
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Maximum number of ways to get out of check
Awarded Oct 12 at 15:56
Is there an online chess evaluation engine with a REST API?
Awarded Oct 11 at 20:19
"Premove" in OTB game
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Positions that stump engines
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How to resign when my opponent is not at the board?
Awarded Sep 18 at 1:36
Is there a recourse when a player does not resign in a clearly lost position?
Awarded Sep 15 at 9:21
Is it okay to use Scholars mate against strong players?
Awarded Sep 15 at 7:55
Why can't I move my knight from d5 to c7?
Awarded Sep 4 at 10:20
Open problems in chess involving maximum material imbalances
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Which interface protocol should I implement for my chess engine?
Awarded Jul 31 at 17:20
How to calculate the number of combinations for Chess960 positions
Awarded Jul 28 at 18:47
Why is this line of the Caro-Kann playable for white?
Awarded Jul 28 at 11:55
Mate in One the Missing King
Awarded Jul 21 at 15:07
Does move disambiguation happen before or after legality checking?
Awarded Jul 20 at 15:27
Why are opening books so popular?
Awarded Jul 19 at 14:22
Chess variant where king is captured
Awarded Jul 14 at 16:41
A player falls asleep during the game and his friend wakes him -- illegal?
Awarded Jul 14 at 3:07
Can Loss by Checkmate be Avoided by Invoking the 50-Move Rule Immediately After the 100th Half-Move?
Awarded Jul 13 at 14:04
Is it OK to look at the list of played moves during the game to determine the status of the 50 move rule?
Awarded Jul 13 at 14:04
Why is it better to control a vertical/horizontal than diagonal?
Awarded Jul 7 at 19:34
Checkmate in ω² moves with finitely many pieces
Awarded Jul 7 at 16:31
Worrying inconsistency in playing strength
Awarded Jul 1 at 11:25
What is the status for EIGHT piece endgame tablebases?
Awarded Jul 1 at 4:16
Tools for helping to learn openings by heart
Awarded Jun 27 at 8:33
Why did Spassky play the King's Gambit?
Awarded Jun 23 at 10:27
Why exchange bishop for knight in this endgame?
Awarded Jun 22 at 13:49
Is a Finite State Machine a good way to model chess?
Awarded Jun 20 at 1:42
Big changes in engine's evaluation after considerable time
Awarded Jun 11 at 16:17
Rules: How does right to castle and en passant get considered for the purpose of calculating a threefold repetition?
Awarded Jun 8 at 21:04
Nonstandard game results
Awarded Jun 8 at 4:34
Vienna Game: Struggling to find a good response to 2...Nc6
Awarded Jun 6 at 21:56
Why is Bb8 better than Bc7 in this position?
Awarded Jun 3 at 9:56
How to come up with candidate moves or ideas in positions "with no action"?
Awarded Jun 2 at 8:30
Mismatch between my puzzle rating and game rating on chess.com
Awarded May 31 at 4:32
How to make an AI chess engine which can play like a human of similar rating?
Awarded May 21 at 18:36
What is the terminology for a move which allows the opponent to attack two pieces without making another move?
Awarded May 20 at 14:05
What serious use of en passant has been made recently?
Awarded May 17 at 9:47
As a novice, how can I improve at defending my pieces other than what I'm already doing?
Awarded May 17 at 6:17
Highest depth ever achieved
Awarded May 15 at 13:21
What is the fastest loss by a GM in a FIDE classical game?
Awarded May 14 at 18:06
Is Elo conserved?
Awarded May 11 at 0:56
How is white allowed to castle 0-0-0 in this position?
Awarded May 2 at 10:07
Is the French defense at a 3700 Elo level "completely refuted"?
Awarded May 2 at 8:41
Why are players required to record the moves in World Championship Classical games?
Awarded May 1 at 20:20
Where did ChatGPT get this game from?
Awarded Apr 18 at 21:30
When did FIDE's attitude towards boycotts change?
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Black beginning (specifically, the Immortal)
Awarded Mar 29 at 20:47
Arena: How to have the engine only analyze and let me play as both White and Black
Awarded Mar 22 at 8:11
Is there a way to use Stockfish to see tactics that aren't necessarily great?
Awarded Mar 14 at 13:00
Positions where pawn promotion to queen is worse than to other piece
Awarded Mar 10 at 1:45
Ruy Lopez Main Line - Why not Be7 before Nf6?
Awarded Feb 27 at 14:07
Bishop and Knight exchange with opponent's Rook and pawn
Awarded Feb 13 at 22:10
Has anyone ever played and recorded a full game of Taikyoku Shogi?
Awarded Feb 13 at 6:27
Objectively, do playing styles exist?
Awarded Feb 1 at 14:01
Both grandmaster and PhD/doctorate
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