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In a online game, is it considered good etiquette to offer a draw when the opponent obviously misclicked?
For example, instead of capturing (and therefore exchanging) the queen on d8, white moved his queen from d1 to d7, and black can capture this queen for free. This is very likely the result of a misclick by white. Another example is moving the king…
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I was playing a tournament and some kids were talking about the game in a foreign language
I was playing and I am pretty sure that my opponent was talking about the game with his friend in another language. I don’t speak the language, but you can tell. What should I have done?
user21437
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Is blindfold chess bad for the health?
From Wikipedia,
While blindfold chess has been recommended in moderation by many sources as a method of increasing one's playing strength, simultaneous blindfold exhibitions were officially banned in 1930 in the USSR as they were deemed to be a…
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How to improve from ~1200?
I am not new to the game of Chess. I have been (casually) playing it for over a decade, and I would like to get better at it.
I know the basic rules of the game very well, I understand basic tactics (forks, pins, skewers, zugzwang), good bishops…
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How could one cheat on Lichess?
I was playing a game on Lichess the other day and all of a sudden the system ended the game, awarded me the victory, and said "Cheating by White detected".
How in the world could you cheat on Lichess? Does anyone know what this means? My rating is…
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Why are the corner pieces referred to as "rooks" in English?
Various sources like those quoted in Wikipedia say that it's a mistake, or old-fashioned, to refer to rooks as "castles". Why is this, though? Other languages generally refer to these pieces as "towers" and when the king exchanges places with…
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Should an arbiter claim draw at a K+R vs K+R endgame?
I was asked for first time to help at a non federated tournament for kids to arbitrate their games, played at 30 minutes with no increment time.
It was a scholar tournament and they made mistakes as leaving checkmates in one, let the queen to be…
user18196
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What are white's plans in this Scotch Gambit position?
I'll skip the long explanation, but it's not uncommon for me to reach the following position as White out of the opening:
[FEN ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.O-O cxb2 Bxb2
(Black to move, most common replies seem to be…
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Is it legal to play a move without hitting the clock?
In the game Andrey Esipenko - Nihal Sarin (2018 World Blitz Championship), after 7. Qb3 c4 8. Qc2 Sarin plays 8... Bf5, and before he hits the clock, Esipenko plays 9. Qc1, but since Nihal has not pressed the clock Esipenko can't (this is the full…
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Why do masters open 1.d4 more often than 1.c4?
Why do masters open 1.d4 more often than they open with the English 1.c4?
STATISTICS
According to 365chess.com, 1.d4 is five times as common. Moreover, even if one admits Réti's 1.Nf3 as an English variant (or vice versa), counting Réti and the…
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What is a tabiya and what is their importance?
I've heard the term Tabiya used online though I've never really run into it in any chess book I've read. I have an idea of what the term means but I'm not sure I'm correct, so first I'll say what I think it means and someone can clarify or correct…
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Ways to share game(s) online
In this era of social networking, it is surprising there are no straight forward ways for sharing our games online.
Sharing means a possibility of sending a link to some one, who can just step through the game and the analysis easily or post it to…
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The illegal moves in Carlsen-Inarkiev
In the first round of the World Blitz Championship in Riyadh. Magnus Carlsen played Ernesto Inarkiev and the game ended strangely.
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[StartPly "53"]
[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Riyadh KSA"]
[Date "2017-12-29"]
[Round "1"]
[White…
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Is learning opening theory necessary?
I have never studied opening theory. The closest I've gotten was briefly reading about several openings in books, but never memorizing or using any. While I haven't ever played in tournaments I have played strangers at conferences (where they had…
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Why is there a craze of becoming chess grandmaster?
Go to any online chess server, there are thousands playing and trying their best. These days there are even online coaches and titled players and people are ready to shed huge bucks for getting couple of hours sessions.
But given all this, I…
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