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Games that are famous because of their underlying story
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Is it possible to lose to "Worstfish"?
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Is it possible to lose to "Worstfish"?
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What are examples of very aggressive openings?
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Is it possible to win with a king and one bishop vs a king?
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Why did Magnus Carlsen not play the World Chess Championship in 2023?
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Why did Magnus Carlsen not play the World Chess Championship in 2023?
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Why is the king powerless and the queen powerful?
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Why is the king powerless and the queen powerful?
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Can almost anyone become a grandmaster if they devoted their life from age 6?
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Why is the Cozio defense in the Ruy Lopez not played more often and what's white's best try to defeat it?
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Judit Polgar is too famous perhaps?
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Rook and bishop vs. opposite color bishop
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What makes some players so good?
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Only Rook endgame!
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What is the earliest possible age to start teaching children how to play chess?
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Overkilling the opponent
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Overkilling the opponent
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"Premove" in OTB game
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Equalize - What does it really mean?
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How do arbiters handle touch move complains where players deny?
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Is there a recourse when a player does not resign in a clearly lost position?
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Is there a recourse when a player does not resign in a clearly lost position?
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Is there a recourse when a player does not resign in a clearly lost position?
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Is there a recourse when a player does not resign in a clearly lost position?
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Is it okay to use Scholars mate against strong players?
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Is it okay to use Scholars mate against strong players?
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Why can't I move my knight from d5 to c7?
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How do strong (GM level) players visualise the board?
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Where can I get PGNs of FIDE rated tournaments?
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Are certain foods or drinks better to consume than others when playing chess?
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Wrong ELO calculation
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How to convert PGN moves to long algebraic notation (in python)?
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Position where promotion to bishop is the unique best move?
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White to play and win - only moving the rook once
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Does move disambiguation happen before or after legality checking?
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A player falls asleep during the game and his friend wakes him -- illegal?
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Can Loss by Checkmate be Avoided by Invoking the 50-Move Rule Immediately After the 100th Half-Move?
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Does the touch move rule apply in Blitz?
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Why is it better to control a vertical/horizontal than diagonal?
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Checkmate in ω² moves with finitely many pieces
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Why is it better to control a vertical/horizontal than diagonal?
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What is the status for EIGHT piece endgame tablebases?
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What is the status for EIGHT piece endgame tablebases?
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Why did Garry Kasparov retire?
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Most pieces involved in checkmate in actual game?
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Why exchange bishop for knight in this endgame?
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Why did Spassky play the King's Gambit?
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Why exchange bishop for knight in this endgame?
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Why did Spassky play the King's Gambit?
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A position with the only legal move resulting in checkmate
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What does chess theory refer to?
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Why is the f6 pawn break in Advanced French so important for black?
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How to make an AI chess engine which can play like a human of similar rating?
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Forced mate from move one - what is this train of thought called?
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I can play the London system exclusively up to what rating?
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What is the worst possible first move for White: 1.f3 or 1.g4?
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Can a pawn move 2 spaces if doing so would cause en passant mate?
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Can a pawn move 2 spaces if doing so would cause en passant mate?
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Nonstandard game results
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