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The evaluation of a given position

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Why 6.Qf3 is bad in this game/position?

white: [title "Me - My Friend"] [fen "rnbqkbnr/2p2ppp/p3p3/1p6/2pP1B2/2N1PQ2/PP3PPP/R3KBNR b KQkq - 1 6"] I was wondering why the move 6.Qf3 in the game is so bad, indeed I noticed that Stockfish's evaluation … My decision was based on the contents of a course on evaluation I recently saw; in the course the teacher said that if you have better pieces activity, then you most likely have a dynamic advantage and …
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Why taking the knight on d5 in Alapin Sicilian is not so good for white

I'm going through some preparation of the Alapin Sicilian. Studying the opening I reached this position: rnbqk2r/pp2bppp/3pp3/3nP3/2BP4/5N2/PP3PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 2 8 In which I wonder why it isn't …
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How do we exactly establish if a position/center is "open" or "closed"?

The question is closely related to this one, but not exactly the same, since in that question the topic is addressed perhaps more from a computer science point of view. During my chess studies I alway …
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