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A purely self-trained chess AI

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May 15 '18 at 13:07 Daniel B 2,638

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Rules: en passant and draw by triple repetition

Jul 26 at 16:42 Brian Towers♦ 30.2k

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Why do masters open 1.d4 more often than 1.c4?

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Oct 31 at 1:33 Savage47 1,425

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A new AI wins at go. Can a similar AI win at chess? Can it achieve pure self-training?

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Apr 1 '18 at 5:49 Junyan Xu 101

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Bird's Opening and the Dutch Defense

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Aug 14 at 2:06 Philip Roe 2,427

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The history of the 175-move draw rule

rules draw uscf

Dec 19 '14 at 14:18 Brian Towers♦ 30.2k

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Wrong lines of play to illuminate right lines

opening opening-traps

Sep 10 '18 at 12:16 user929304 2,000

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Understanding the Tarrasch defence to the Queen's gambit

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Mar 21 '18 at 1:37 Inertial Ignorance 10.1k

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The theory of pawn breaks

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Aug 3 '12 at 21:09 Community♦ 1

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Draws, castling rights, and the FIDE's 2014 rulebook revision

rules draw fide castling

Mar 5 '18 at 17:16 Laska 5,607

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Because of the distortion of the computer era, is it preferable to study mainly old opening lines?

opening master-games study candidates

Mar 20 '16 at 14:18 ferit 3,784

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Draws, en passant, and the FIDE's 2014 rulebook revision

rules draw fide en-passant

Dec 10 at 3:46 yobamamama 1

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Threefold repetition in view of castling rights

rules draw fide castling threefold-repetition

Sep 6 at 14:12 Laska 5,607

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Pieces, pawns and chessmen

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Apr 28 '18 at 15:39 Laska 5,607

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Against Alekhine's defense, can White avoid 2. e5?

opening alekhines-defense

Oct 28 at 4:29 Savage47 1,425

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Why does Caruana kick Aronian's bishop?

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May 27 '18 at 15:12 Community♦ 1

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Quintuple repetition and the FIDE's 2014 rulebook revision

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Mar 5 '18 at 18:04 Laska 5,607

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How can an Elo 1300 player improve his or her endgame?

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Feb 26 '18 at 8:47 Evargalo 7,851

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Do chess AIs still use old-style opening books?

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Sep 25 at 4:54 Allure 5,818

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Is a candidate master considered a master?

fide titles

May 24 '18 at 18:27 Inertial Ignorance 10.1k

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Simltaneous checkmate and draw claim on the 50th move [duplicate]

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Jan 23 '18 at 14:32 thb 3,788

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Chess strategy versus positional chess

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Mar 18 at 15:19 George Eco 180

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Do the new chess AIs play gambits?

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Apr 16 '18 at 7:16 Raghu Ranganathan 141

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Rivals to the FIDE

fide kasparov karpov

Jun 30 '12 at 1:51 ETD 20.8k

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What ambiguities remain in the laws of chess?

rules fide

Apr 6 '18 at 9:02 Laska 5,607

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Karpov's Queen's Gambit beats Kasparov. What is Karpov thinking?

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Apr 18 '18 at 17:19 Behnam Esmayli 378

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Steely, grim perseverance in the face of certain destruction

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Jun 5 '16 at 12:25 Community♦ 1

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How can Elo be unofficially estimated?

engines elo

May 28 '16 at 9:08 Community♦ 1

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In the middlegame, can one avoid compromising the balance one's opening has achieved? [closed]

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Feb 3 '19 at 13:03 CBC 11

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29 Questions

A purely self-trained chess AI

Rules: en passant and draw by triple repetition

Why do masters open 1.d4 more often than 1.c4?

A new AI wins at go. Can a similar AI win at chess? Can it achieve pure self-training?

Bird's Opening and the Dutch Defense

The history of the 175-move draw rule

Wrong lines of play to illuminate right lines

Understanding the Tarrasch defence to the Queen's gambit

The theory of pawn breaks

Draws, castling rights, and the FIDE's 2014 rulebook revision

Because of the distortion of the computer era, is it preferable to study mainly old opening lines?

Draws, en passant, and the FIDE's 2014 rulebook revision

Threefold repetition in view of castling rights

Pieces, pawns and chessmen

Against Alekhine's defense, can White avoid 2. e5?

Why does Caruana kick Aronian's bishop?

Quintuple repetition and the FIDE's 2014 rulebook revision

How can an Elo 1300 player improve his or her endgame?

Do chess AIs still use old-style opening books?

Is a candidate master considered a master?

Simltaneous checkmate and draw claim on the 50th move [duplicate]

Chess strategy versus positional chess

Do the new chess AIs play gambits?

Rivals to the FIDE

What ambiguities remain in the laws of chess?

Karpov's Queen's Gambit beats Kasparov. What is Karpov thinking?

Steely, grim perseverance in the face of certain destruction

How can Elo be unofficially estimated?

In the middlegame, can one avoid compromising the balance one's opening has achieved? [closed]