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15 answers

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A purely self-trained chess AI

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asked Jul 7, 2012 at 2:38

31 votes

6 answers

4k views

Rules: en passant and draw by triple repetition

asked Jun 9, 2012 at 1:26

22 votes

5 answers

11k views

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

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asked May 13, 2018 at 22:09

21 votes

8 answers

2k views

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

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asked Mar 13, 2016 at 20:00

20 votes

5 answers

7k views

Bird's Opening and the Dutch Defense

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asked Sep 5, 2012 at 13:24

19 votes

2 answers

2k views

The history of the 175-move draw rule

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asked Jun 5, 2013 at 16:33

17 votes

2 answers

6k views

The theory of pawn breaks

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asked Aug 3, 2012 at 0:03

15 votes

2 answers

611 views

Wrong lines of play to illuminate right lines

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asked Feb 27, 2018 at 17:05

14 votes

2 answers

2k views

Understanding the Tarrasch defence to the Queen's gambit

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asked Mar 20, 2018 at 14:10

13 votes

1 answer

953 views

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

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asked Aug 27, 2014 at 12:37

11 votes

1 answer

695 views

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

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asked Mar 18, 2016 at 16:40

9 votes

1 answer

1k views

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

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asked Aug 17, 2014 at 19:11

8 votes

4 answers

665 views

Threefold repetition in view of castling rights

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asked Mar 10, 2019 at 0:19

7 votes

3 answers

829 views

Chess strategy versus positional chess

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asked Mar 17, 2019 at 18:48

7 votes

7 answers

2k views

Quintuple repetition and the FIDE's 2014 rulebook revision

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asked Aug 28, 2014 at 12:51

7 votes

5 answers

3k views

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

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asked Sep 8, 2014 at 16:48

7 votes

3 answers

2k views

Pieces, pawns and chessmen

terminology

asked Apr 17, 2016 at 19:28

7 votes

6 answers

1k views

What ambiguities remain in the laws of chess?

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asked Jan 28, 2018 at 15:27

6 votes

3 answers

922 views

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

endgame

asked Feb 23, 2018 at 0:43

6 votes

3 answers

721 views

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

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asked Jan 23, 2018 at 4:24

6 votes

2 answers

2k views

Is a candidate master considered a master?

fide titles

asked May 23, 2018 at 20:42

6 votes

1 answer

361 views

Why does Caruana kick Aronian's bishop?

analysis

asked May 27, 2018 at 1:06

5 votes

5 answers

2k views

Do the new chess AIs play gambits?

engines gambits

asked Apr 11, 2018 at 1:25

5 votes

3 answers

2k views

Do chess AIs still use old-style opening books?

opening engines

asked Mar 24, 2019 at 14:22

4 votes

1 answer

366 views

Rivals to the FIDE

fide kasparov karpov

asked Jun 29, 2012 at 20:56

2 votes

1 answer

240 views

Steely, grim perseverance in the face of certain destruction

learning

asked Jun 5, 2016 at 11:49

2 votes

3 answers

1k views

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

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asked Apr 18, 2018 at 0:24

1 vote

1 answer

339 views

How can Elo be unofficially estimated?

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asked May 26, 2016 at 23:20

-2 votes

4 answers

190 views

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

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asked Feb 2, 2019 at 13:53

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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

The theory of pawn breaks

Wrong lines of play to illuminate right lines

Understanding the Tarrasch defence to the Queen's gambit

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

Chess strategy versus positional chess

Quintuple repetition and the FIDE's 2014 rulebook revision

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

Pieces, pawns and chessmen

What ambiguities remain in the laws of chess?

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

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

Is a candidate master considered a master?

Why does Caruana kick Aronian's bishop?

Do the new chess AIs play gambits?

Do chess AIs still use old-style opening books?

Rivals to the FIDE

Steely, grim perseverance in the face of certain destruction

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

How can Elo be unofficially estimated?

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