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Why does a touched piece not have to move in online play?
There is a rule of playing the game of chess that a touched piece of one's own should be the one to move. I have always been taught by professional trainers from early childhood that this is the official rule to be followed in tournaments, but not…
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A new AI wins at go. Can a similar AI win at chess? Can it achieve pure self-training?
One of the more popular questions asked on this site regards the prospect of a purely self-trained chess AI.
Today, ChessBase is distracted from its coverage of the FIDE Candidates tournament to report that a new AI is, for the first time, beating a…
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In Chess, are there simple "mechanics" that amateurs can learn to improve their game?
In the board game Go, for instance, it is often of great importance whether or not a stone can be captured in a so-called "ladder" (an often complicated formation). One of the things that separates professionals from beginning and intermediate…
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With only the King left, how can you get a draw?
Let's say I have only the King left.
I've read several rules and posts of people saying there is a limit to the number of moves your opponent has to check mate you in, but there are some inconsistencies:
I found the number of moves varying…
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Can the Scotch Game really give White chances to get an opening advantage?
If I remember well, Kasparov once said that, besides the Ruy Lopez, the Scotch Game is the only serious attempt for White to get an early advantage in the opening after 1.e4 e5. Is that true?
The Scotch Game begins with:
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6…
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Do chess engines store all of the previously analysed positions between moves
I am starting to play with chess engines. I notice that the best chess engines can take several minutes to move. I am wondering why. Before each move the engine examines all legal future moves to some depth. However it then seems to repeat this…
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Dr. John Nunn vs Irving Chernev's "Logical Chess Move by Move"
I have the book "Logical Chess Move by Move" by Irving Chernev and personally I find it to be a great book especially for beginners, but I heard that GM John Nunn has really criticized the book. This makes me read the book with caution and slight…
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Shorter game for play with kids
I am teaching my children (5 and 7) to play chess, and we are pretty much at the which piece can move where phase. However while they do enjoy the game, they don't really have an attention span that can play a full game.
What I would like is some…
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What is the status for EIGHT piece endgame tablebases?
An earlier question here asked in 2012 about the status of 7-piece tablebases. Today complete 7-piece tables are widely available.
So today, what is the status of 8-piece endgame tablebases?
How complete is the solution?
Where are they available?…
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Based on Elo rating, what percentile am I in?
How do Elo ratings compare with percentiles, and is there a chart breaking percentiles down by Elo rating ranges?
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Why do high rated players still take so much time to calculate a pawn endgame position close to a game that they (likely) had before?
The other day, a Tuesday probably, I was watching a blitz game between 2 titled players, Daniel Naroditsky and David Paravyan.
They only have about 1 minute remaining, and from this moment ...
they both struggle to perform complex calculations…
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Why do players leave so little time for the last moves?
In almost any chessgame played at a master level under standard time control, after making a few opening moves fast, players spend most of their time on moves 10-30, leaving very little for the last 10 moves before they receive more time.
What are…
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Is it more helpful to play with a titled player than to play with a chess engine?
I can choose to hire a titled player to play with me; at the same time, playing with the computer is usually free and more flexible.
As far as improving one's chess skill is concerned, is there more value in playing with a titled player than playing…
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Making my own chess engine for a college project
I'm starting my college project to build my own chess engine. The problem is that I have no clue where to start or what to read. I found videos on YouTube but I don't want to be a copycat. I want to build it on my own. What should I read and how can…
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How to move knights so that black moves first?
From move 0, what shortest-possible sequence of moves could be played so that the pieces are arranged exactly as standard board setup (with allowed swapping of same-color knights), but it is black's turn to move? Is it even possible?
I thought…
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