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I mean, looks pretty checkmate to me. Everywhere I look this up, they never speak about the fact that it is at least theoretically possible to win with just a bishop and a king. Why is that? I mean ...

I've been running some engine vs engine games out of boredom and noticed Stockfish, when playing as black, 90% of the time played c7-c5 on white's e4. I've never actually seen a human play this, in ...

There’s lots of positions where one side can force the other into a perpetual check. Is there any position where there are no legal moves besides continuing the perpetual from both sides? For example, ...

In the following endgame position, from Dautov vs Heinemann, from the book FUNDAMENTAL CHESS ENDING, what happens with perfect play? [FEN "R7/5pkp/4b1p1/3p4/8/5P2/5KPP/8 b - - 0 1"] The ...

In the attached position, why can't white mate? Is it not possible to go Rxc6 and depending on blacks response go Rxc6. [FEN "4r1k1/1p3ppp/2b5/5n2/pp6/8/P4PPP/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1"] Source: ...

I'm more of a chess hobbyist, but I'm trying to learn more about the game. I've been working on playing some basic openings. I usually play on chess.com. What's a better timed game to learn from? I ...

I was trying to do some animations using a chessboard and it turns out that I need an nxn board editor (for some n less than 16). Is there any such editors available online? I would like to have some ...

In many of my games, I'm having problems with developing my queen. I'm aware of basic principles such as not moving the queen too early, or developing it after the minor pieces and so on. Yet, I ...

Is there an algebraic way to know In which square two diagonals meet? For example a2 and f3 meet in d5 How can one find d5 without looking at the board? (Blindfolded chess exercise)

I wrote this on reddit but nobody answered it. please look at this https://easyupload.io/jh51a2 https://easyupload.io/mj95vq https://easyupload.io/g741nd I have only mate in 4 pgn Can you convert (...

The following position appeared to drive even modern engines crazy! [FEN "8/8/b1kP2p1/P5P1/8/BK6/8/8 b - - 0 1"] BLACK to move will get the following results: Komodo 24.1 64-bit depth 61= 3....

Computers were demolishing analyses way before they became God (see e.g. here), but latest at ELO 3000 or so it became humiliating. Do you know instances of chess books explicitly rewritten years ...

From the game Kozul-Kurajica, Sarajevo 1998: [FEN "2r3k1/5pp1/1p5p/3p4/8/P5P1/1P3PKP/4R3 w - - 0 0"] In the above position; Stockfish 12 at a depth of 42 evaluates the position the position ...

I noticed that a lot of chess experts state or imply that teaching kids to play chess is good for them. I wonder if there have been any reliable studies of this (As in, randomized controlled trials)? ...

What is this line/trap in the Caro-Kann called? If Black plays Bf5 on move 3, White chases Black's bishop around with several aggressive pawn moves (similar to the Tal variation) with the ultimate ...

Is the current position winning or equal , and with the perfect play what would be the resulting position. [Event "Karpov Poikovsky"] [Site "Poikovsky RUS"] [Date "2009"] ...

My chess course kiddies requested KID specific tactics material. Now I never play KID. For Sicilian, I would say "specific" means, for example, Nxb5,Nxe6,Nd5,Nf5...had my fair share of these ...

What dynamic openings for Black are considered sound against 1.e4?

There are positions where no matter what legal move black or white does during this sequence of moves, an specific player, will always be mated after X moves (sometimes earlier, but after X moves its ...

The deceptively simple 11 piece position is hard to decifrate. In a Sicilian Defense, Paulsen variation, the following position appeared on the board: Grandellius vs Andreikin, Black to move. What ...

In textbooks you find diagrams about key squares and similar concepts. For example, white can promote a pawn if white's king can control three particular squares infront of the pawn. I would like to ...

Imagine that all White pieces are in their initial position and Black only has their king on e8. What is the smallest number of moves needed for White to give checkmate?

A. Background: Under Mobeus Zoom's suggestion here: List of records for youngest superGMs since 1950? (or 1970 or whenever FIDE started rating people. or basically after 2700s after Fischer) (this is ...

Here is the lichess study for the game which is often presented as study. I am curious here, as to why White is given a strong advantage, even though the material is equal and Black has a lot more ...

The name Semi-Slav suggests that somehow it's half of a Slav. How did this name come about? Or what does it mean? The two openings seem completely different to me due to the fate of the c8 bishop.

Where can I download the PGN files for the World Chess 960 championship from 2019, that was won by Wesley So? I can view the games on the website e.g, https://www.frchess.com/stream but I want to ...

I'm programming chess in python for my cs class and I'm doing some testing using chess.com. However, I'm confused as to why this game (and several others) seem to prematurely come to an end? AFAIK the ...

I recently found the the following line that completely neutralizes the Stafford gambit, and lets white keep the pawn with a healthier structure and a calm game ahead with plenty of winning chances. [...

Black to move. My computer gives the evaluation -2.5 but I can't find the winning sequence for black. [FEN "6k1/6pp/4p3/3pP3/2pP1PP1/1p6/1K5P/8 b - - 0 1"] (Black goes up the board)

I used to check player ratings updates on https://2700chess.com/rapid which is usually promptly updated, often within few minutes from the match end (at least during the last FIDE world cup this was ...

I'm following the current GM/IM norm invitational tournament recaps thanks to GothamChess YouTube channel (IM Levy Rozman is playing). Such an event (for GM norms) requires at least 3 (1/3) GMs to ...

So, after some 20 moves, we have reached this position. Who is better ? What should be the ideal plan/threat for both white and black ?

Chess is a deterministic game. Hence in principle we can have a perfect strategy for chess, a strategy that prevents a player losing a single game (given that no mistake has been made). All chess ...

I'm getting weird results when introducing futility pruning into Blunder. On the one hand, I'm getting a pretty sizeable reduction in nodes, and I'm searching a full ply deeper for some positions (e.g....

About a week ago, I decided to never resign unless I am in a completely losing endgame and to always play to checkmate unless it would be a complete waste of time(say in a queen vs lone king endgame). ...

I recently purchased an analog chess clock. That is, although battery powered, it has two normal clock faces, including the red flags, but also including red second hands. The second hands can be set ...

Wikipedia spanish entry for GM Julio Granda says (Google translates): Julio Granda does not study opening theory. He has stated that he has only read one chess book, the third volume of Roberto Grau'...

I love this game! It's beautiful! I love watching it on twitch, youtube, etc. I love reading about openings, learning tactics, and solving puzzles. However, I get so tense and anxious when I play. It ...

I’ve seen a lot of strong players say at lower levels all you need to do is get really good at tactics, but, I’ve also seen a lot of people say that you should study the endgame before the opening or ...

On Wiki, we have the List of youngest grandmasters since 1950. What about WFMs (woman FIDE masters) instead of GMs? Note 1: I really mean to ask about WFMs (females who obtain the female exclusive ...

On Wiki, we have the List of youngest grandmasters since 1950. What about female FMs (FIDE masters) instead of GMs? Note: I really mean to ask about female FMs (females who obtain the open title FM) ...

On Wiki, we have the List of youngest grandmasters since 1950. What about WCMs (woman candidate masters) instead of GMs? Note: I really mean WCMs (woman candidate masters) and not female CMs. Not a ...

On Wiki, we have the List of youngest grandmasters since 1950. What about female CMs (candidate masters) instead of GMs? Note: I really mean female CMs and not WCMs

Close/re-open notes: Only 1 vote left to reopen please! Stop closing this: Lol at the close. what's the direct relevance of female CMs and WIMs? The 2200+ thing? Female CM and WIM are not the same! ...

Open title version: List of records for youngest international masters since 1950? WIM version: List of records for youngest WIMs (woman international masters) since 1950? On Wiki, we have the List ...

In even the most quiet-looking position there might be a tactical bolt of the blue, but consider a game might last 50+ moves, and your time and your concentration are limited resources. Thus it is not ...

I think the white plan is to move the king to d3, knight to d2 (to protect f1/f3 from black bishop) put the bishop an a3 and open position c4-c5. I think the white position is much better. Is it the ...

As beginner chess player I need an advice from more expert players. After one month I will partecipate to an OTB tournament and I want to improve my skills doing tactic exercises. Is it useful to do ...

Yeah, yeah, duplicate... Dupe A Dupe B ...but the times they are a-changing. For example, I tried this "rambling rook" piece by Henneberger, Lichess Stockfish found a #31 on depth 93 or so. ...

Edit based on answer given by blunderchess1236 awhile ago: I'm not looking for just 1 person like who most recently attained the youngest (Alekhine Nouri). I'm asking also who held the record for ...