Questions tagged [analysis]
Questions relating to the objective assessment of a position. The assessment may entail which side has the advantage, or what the best move might be.
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Why not save the queen by playing Qa5-a4?
Why does Black take the knight on d5 on his 9th move instead of saving the Queen by moving to a4? Is it because then on the next move white plays Nxc7+ followed by NxR?
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How would I know why a move is good or not?
When I play chess on say lichess.org, I can see whether my move is good or not according to Stockfish. I can see why some moves are obvious blunders or mistakes, but for some other moves I don't ...
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Analysis of a middlegame out of the Queen's Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation
What positional considerations must be made in order to come up with a plan for White in this position?
What are the ideas behind the central squares and weaknesses that must be analyzed for both ...
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Good Knight Against Bad Bishop Endgame - A More Constructive Plan?
I reached the position below in a recent tournament game
[Event "Recent Tournament"]
[Site "Deepest, Darkest Oxfordshire"]
[Date "Feb 2020"]
[White "Ian Bush"]
[Black "A Young Victim"]
[Result "1-0"]
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The difficulty of finding the winning idea in this knight versus bishop endgame
I recently finished a tournament game on chess.com as Black that ended in a draw. It was a knight (me) vs. bishop endgame with pawns strewn across the board. Here is the entire game.
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What is the worst opening move in Chess960 for White?
Is there a first move for white in Chess960 in which white can immediately blunder a piece or lose a significant advantage (say -2.0 or so)?
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Why did Fischer play 17.c4 here?
Why did Fischer play 17...c4 here?
[fen "r4rk1/1q1n1pp1/4b2p/p1pp4/8/Q2NP3/PP2BPPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1"]
Doesn’t it make the bishop e6 a lot worse? I would have played rfb8 instead, but I am not Fischer....
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In what ways is it the best to use a computer in correspondence chess?
I have only recently started correspondence chess and I have
read that engines are allowed in correspondence chess. I definitely do know that the world champions of correspondence chess have said ...
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Why isn’t Black forced to prevent e4 in this Queen’s Indian Game?
Today, I played this game in which I played the Queen’s Indian Defense. This position was reached:
I played Be7, which is a correct move. I wonder however, why Black isn’t forced to play Bb7 in ...
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Equation for Handicap
Are there any sort of equations for how much of a handicap one should receive to make a game between two players with differing Elo ratings as balanced as possible?
There might be a time equation to ...
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SCID vs ChessBase - play, analyse, visualization - ubuntu
Please help me or give me the correct terms to find it out.
What I want is:
Play chess against an engine or repeat an existing game
For my current move, I want an analyser to analyse my move, and a ...
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D5 move closing my bishop activity
I would like to know why playing d5 in these two positions is useful for me (Black).
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Why does a knight combine better with the queen than a bishop does?
From this question, the couple queen + knight is strong in attacking the opponent's king.
I searched why the knight combines better than the bishop with a queen, and all I could find, from this ...
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Is there some resource of non-tactical positions to practice analysing?
In point 3 of this answer RemcoGerlich implies that a good way to improve, for a class player, would be to develop the skill of “[taking] any position and [figuring] out what’s going on”.
It seems to ...
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Is this checkmate?
[fen "3Q4/8/k7/5p2/q2p1Pp1/2p3P1/K1P5/3R4 w - - 0 1"]
I recently started playing chess and was doing some puzzles online. It says that this move is checkmate but I don't see why white can't move to ...
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What are the benefits and the drawbacks of the Sicilian defense [duplicate]
I am learning to play chess, and I am focusing my attention on the Sicilian defense. Many people says is one of the best openings against e4 when playing with black, and I think also it is a good ...
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Is there an analysis of World Champions' games that shows the statistics of their game?
Is there an analysis of World Champion games, with the help of engines, that shows statistics like percentage of best moves played, blunders made, creative moves which computers can only see at high ...
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Is h6 or g6 better to defend the h7 square against a combined attack by a queen and bishop?
I am setting the question from black's perspective, but it holds the same for white too.
Many times in my personal games a position arises where a Bishop along the b1-h7 diagonal and a Queen on the h-...
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chess.com Analysis "Accuracy" - What score is computer like for a given rating?
I have a few questions about engine use detection at online games on chess.com:
Let's say both players are rated 1800 on chess.com online play and
they make n number of moves in a game.
White has 90%...
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Why 4... Nxb4 is not played in Evans gambit?
4... Nxb4 is never played on chesstempo database for +2200 players games, being Bxb4 the most popular move.
I don't find any significant change after capturing the pawn with the knight unless after 5....
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B pawn sacrifice
I have just played a game in which there was a thematic sacrifice of the b pawn. I cannot understand why this is useful. The opening of the file cannot be attacked by White as apart from Black bishop, ...
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What is the advantage in knowing the fastest winning sequence if I can win with few more moves than fastest sequence?
I am studying from Lazlo Polgar's "Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games", there are positions with heavy material imbalance for example like a lone King against Queen, 2 Knights and King ...
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Why is Bf5 good in this position?
I would like to know why playing Bf5, allowing White to exchange the white-squared bishops, doubling Black's pawns is good for Black.
In such situation, castling on either side seems quite unsafe for ...
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Is there a reason for MC's second move?
In this game, Magnus Carlsen made an unusual poor first move Nh3. Presumably, it was to throw off his opponent, especially since the game was under fast time controls, so that is understandable. But I ...
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Analysis of a position in order to find the best move
I am trying to learn to play chess, but it is not an easy task. I am playing as much as possible and try to watch games an reading in order to learn. I am playng on Chess.com, and a lot of times I ...
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Analysis of a position of a low rated player in order to improve
I am a beginner in chess, and I am trying to learn how to play well. I am rated 800 in Chess.com, so I have a really low rating, and I am trying to improve it. I was playing a game and I have been in ...
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What are some games I can watch to become better in playing chess?
I have just started learning to play chess and I find it really interesting to learn. I would like to learn as much as possible in order to become a good player. I looked on Youtube, trying to find ...
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Did Hans Berliner win the world ICCF championship using computer help?
Way back when, Hans Berliner worked for IBM. I met him at an IBM data center one time, but he worked in the Federal division and just used the center for a demo. I had known him from the Washington ...
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Winning as white is a struggle!
[Title "White to move"]
[FEN "5r2/5q1k/6pp/1p2P3/1P2p2P/6RK/3Q1P2/8 w KQkq - 0 1"]
I can’t seem to win here, no matter what I do. Is the position really that bad for me as White?
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Portisch-Radulov, Moscow 1977. Doesn't 16.c5 lose a pawn?
[title "Portisch-Radulov, Moscow 1977"]
[fen "2r2rk1/pb1n1ppp/1ppqp3/8/2PPQ3/1P3NP1/P4PBP/R2R2K1 w KQkq - 0 1"]
Doesn't 16.c5 just lose a pawn?
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What are the merits of Anand's exchange sacrifice in game 9 of 1995 World Chess Championship?
From various sources (some of which I have mentioned below) I have heard Vishy Anand's 27th move in game 9 of 1995 world chess championship match against Gary Kasparov , which was an exchange ...
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Can Black play for a win here?
In the position below:
I was Black and I was not sure how to proceed. Finally, I decided to play aggressively with g5. I know it was too risky and weakening, but I did not see what else to do. After ...
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Why is white's best play Nxd5 here?
I'm new to chess. In the position below, lichess analysis says that Nxd5 is the best move for white. But can't black just capture the knight afterwards with his pawn and threaten white's pawn and rook ...
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The move g5 in this position
I would like to know what is the reason why g5 is a necessary move for Black. I now see that what I played Bd7 is horrible as it hangs a pawn on d6 after Qb4.
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Anderssen's 'immortal game'
I came across Anderssen's 'immortal game':
[FEN ""]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5
5. Bxb5 Nf6 6. Nf3 Qh6 7. d3 Nh5 8. Nh4 Qg5
9. Nf5 c6 10. g4 Nf6 11. Rg1 cxb5 12. h4 Qg6
13. h5 Qg5 14. ...
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What is the most amazing chess position you have seen? [closed]
What is the most amazing chess position you have seen?
I have been wanting to ask this question for a while, but feared it would be closed. Since the "Uniquely Satisfying Puzzle" and "What is the ...
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Playing d5 in the Pirc defense
Two days ago, I played, a game as Black and after the analysis I was quite surprised to see that the computer suggested, in several moves throughtout the game, the move d5. In this position I think ...
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Weakening g4 move
I would like to know the reason behind the very weakening move g4 recommended by Stockfish in this position:
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Chess PhD topic in machine learning?
I searched this online and couldn't find sufficient answers.
Is there a topic in chess that includes machine learning and would be sufficient for a PhD thesis? I was thinking of utilizing a CNN that ...
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Idea behind sacrifice pawn
I would like to know what compensation White gets after the pawn sacrifice 6. b4.
To me, giving back the pawn just for a tempo, i.e. Bb5, does not seem to be enough.
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Carlsen vs. Nepo this morning, why didn't Nepo win the pawn?
On move 19 Carlsen played Nd5. Why didn't Nepo win the pawn with Nxd5? If Bx, then Qxb4, or if px, then Qxb4 attacks the Bc4 still and Bxa6 then Nc5 and move the rook.
[FEN ""]
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How to “crack” this position?
I find this particular final position from a personal game intriguing. Even though there's a material advantage, there's no clear path to the victory. Does anyone have any good ideas on how to crack ...
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When should you trade to prevent castling?
The main question I have is about a game I played. What do I need to know about how to take a piece so that my opponent's king can no longer castle?
In the following game, I played Bxd2+ to do so. ...
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How to tell that this is a draw
In an endgame I played as Black, after the rooks were exchanged, the below position was reached. A funky stalemate quickly ensued.
[FEN "8/5ppk/5p1p/8/3K1P2/6P1/7P/8 b - - 0 1"]
[startflipped ""]
1.....
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In Damanovic-Fischer, 1970, wasn't 66. Ke3 better?
In Damanovic-Fischer, it seems like the move played, 66. bxa4+, made it easy for Fischer. Wasn't 66. Ke3 better?
[Title "Damanovic- Fischer, 1970,"]
[FEN ""]
[startply "130"]
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Can I win as black here?
In the below position, I'm playing as Black and it's my turn.
[FEN "8/8/1K6/2P5/1P6/8/8/6kq b - - 0 1"]
I've recently gotten back into chess, and this one is driving me crazy. I can't seem to ...
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Why doesn’t the computer like my odd queen trade?
I played a game as Black some months ago on chess.com in which I made a rather amusing, in my opinion at the least, queen trade. I won the game in the end, but only after being a bastard and promoting ...
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Elephant gambit game analysis
I would like to get some explanations on the mistakes and blunders of my game posted below.
My Lichess rating is around 1770, so I do not know if the mistakes of the game are hard to spot for my level ...
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Chess software that enables you to set up a position from scratch?
I'm looking for chess software (free or otherwise) that will allow me to completely clear the board and set it up as I wish in order to analyze a specific situation. All of the chess puzzle software I'...
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Analysis on Alekhine-Lasker 1934, after 18.Qd6
In this position from Alekhine-Lasker, Zurich 1934
[fen "r4rk1/pp3ppp/1qpQ1n2/4nN2/8/1B2P3/PP3PPP/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1"]
1... Rae8 2. Ne7+ (2. Rc5 Nfd7) Kh8 3. Qxe5 Ng8
It's Black to play. So if 18......
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