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How has chess managed to remain a competitive sport despite engine dominance?

answered Mar 30, 2021 at 8:31

34 votes

{Landa vs Zhu Chen, Bad Wiessee, 2006} Lichess giving a +4.7 to white. Why?

tactics positional-play calculation

answered Sep 12, 2021 at 16:00

32 votes

Why are there few or no black super GMs?

super-grandmaster

answered Jul 18, 2019 at 15:12

30 votes

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Players who play fast in longer time control games

time-control time-management

answered Oct 31, 2019 at 8:39

29 votes

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Why do players in the past play much longer tournaments than today's top players?

tournament history

answered Jul 10, 2019 at 7:20

27 votes

Why is 1. d4 2. c4 3. b3 so bad for white?

opening beginner slav-defense

answered May 25, 2021 at 8:44

21 votes

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Why move bishop first instead of queen in this puzzle?

analysis puzzles

answered Mar 16, 2021 at 11:10

18 votes

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Is there value to learning openings as a new player?

opening theory 1.e4

answered Jun 28, 2020 at 22:05

18 votes

How often do grandmasters miss checkmate?

engines checkmate statistics grandmaster

answered Jul 3, 2020 at 6:34

17 votes

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ChessKid or an adult chess site for a 15-year-old?

learning online-chess websites online recommendations

answered Apr 1, 2020 at 12:34

17 votes

Unfinished Chess game between Viswanathan Anand and Garry Kasparov

checkmate kasparov anand

answered Dec 6, 2020 at 14:20

15 votes

Would there be more decisive games if we began to see stalemates as checkmates? And hence more "interesting" chess?

endgame checkmate pawns stalemate

answered Jun 12, 2021 at 13:44

15 votes

What projects have been undertaken to solve chess completely?

theory

answered Jul 8, 2020 at 6:52

13 votes

Why did Lichess annotate this as a blunder?

opening engines analysis caro-kann blunder

answered Jun 19, 2021 at 22:17

13 votes

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Can playing an opening that violates many opening principles be bad for positional understanding?

opening italian-game

answered Jan 7, 2021 at 7:15

13 votes

Do any grandmasters win more with black than white?

statistics grandmaster pieces

answered Nov 15, 2020 at 13:59

12 votes

Why does black gain from this "center fork trick"?

opening pirc-defense

answered May 10, 2021 at 12:10

12 votes

Can black convert a +5.6 game into a draw (assuming both players play optimally)?

problems puzzles

answered Jun 8, 2021 at 11:12

11 votes

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Development problems for black after f4 in French Defence

french-defense development

answered May 23, 2021 at 19:37

11 votes

How should one take advantage of the "premove" function on chess.com?

online-chess

answered Oct 20, 2020 at 8:11

11 votes

How to quickly calculate two pawns facing two pawns

tactics pawns pawn-structure calculation captures

answered Jun 15, 2021 at 7:57

11 votes

Where is the blunder that White made?

engines analysis

answered Aug 16, 2020 at 15:24

11 votes

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Why is it important to study classical games?

training study

answered Jul 31, 2019 at 7:29

10 votes

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Are aggressive attacking and tactical playeing the same?

tactics attack aggressive-play

answered Jul 9, 2020 at 9:39

10 votes

I like to play 1. e4 but I dislike 1. ... c5. Can I continue with 2. c4?

sicilian-defense 1.e4 english-opening

answered May 4, 2020 at 22:31

10 votes

Why does Stockfish undervalue pawns when compared to the classical "a piece is worth three pawns" approach?

engines stockfish evaluation pieces point-value

answered May 9, 2020 at 23:24

10 votes

What happens if a player suffers a time penalty but doesn't have enough time left?

rules tournament

answered Nov 20, 2019 at 8:26

10 votes

"Brilliant Move" - Chess.com - But Why?

analysis

answered Aug 27, 2020 at 12:32

9 votes

What is the meaning of "dead draw"?

draw terminology

answered Oct 9, 2020 at 6:36

9 votes

Why is flagging considered a win?

time-control time-management winning claim-draw

answered Nov 18, 2020 at 7:24

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How has chess managed to remain a competitive sport despite engine dominance?

{Landa vs Zhu Chen, Bad Wiessee, 2006} Lichess giving a +4.7 to white. Why?

Why are there few or no black super GMs?

Players who play fast in longer time control games

Why do players in the past play much longer tournaments than today's top players?

Why is 1. d4 2. c4 3. b3 so bad for white?

Why move bishop first instead of queen in this puzzle?

Is there value to learning openings as a new player?

How often do grandmasters miss checkmate?

ChessKid or an adult chess site for a 15-year-old?

Unfinished Chess game between Viswanathan Anand and Garry Kasparov

Would there be more decisive games if we began to see stalemates as checkmates? And hence more "interesting" chess?

What projects have been undertaken to solve chess completely?

Why did Lichess annotate this as a blunder?

Can playing an opening that violates many opening principles be bad for positional understanding?

Do any grandmasters win more with black than white?

Why does black gain from this "center fork trick"?

Can black convert a +5.6 game into a draw (assuming both players play optimally)?

Development problems for black after f4 in French Defence

How should one take advantage of the "premove" function on chess.com?

How to quickly calculate two pawns facing two pawns

Where is the blunder that White made?

Why is it important to study classical games?

Are aggressive attacking and tactical playeing the same?

I like to play 1. e4 but I dislike 1. ... c5. Can I continue with 2. c4?

Why does Stockfish undervalue pawns when compared to the classical "a piece is worth three pawns" approach?

What happens if a player suffers a time penalty but doesn't have enough time left?

"Brilliant Move" - Chess.com - But Why?

What is the meaning of "dead draw"?

Why is flagging considered a win?