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What does it mean when stockfish evaluates a move as an inaccuracy after previously thinking it was the best move?
I stumbled onto this position from a game posted on reddit. Stockfish gives the best move as cxd4, which it evaluates as +2.
If you play cxd4, it then says cxd4 was an inaccuracy (only being +1), and that Nxd4 was actually the best move.
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Game in James Bond film "From Russia with love"
The beginning of the James Bond film From Russia with love (1963) portrays the end of a game between the fictional characters Kronsteen (Czechoslovakia) and Macadams (Canada) in the last and decisive round of the Venice International Grandmasters…
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What rule is FIDE's ethics and disciplinary commission investigating Karjakin and Shipov under?
FIDE recently issued a public statement condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and also announcing an investigation of GMs Karjakin and Shipov by the Ethics and Disciplinary commission.
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FIDE Council condemns any public statement from…
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Are resignations by expert players naive?
During recent online chat with gamers, I asserted that 'go' (and possibly othello) had a larger decision space than chess.
After reading Wikipedia, I realized I failed to account for othello and go 'saturating' the board with pieces and dramatically…
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Do I have the right to resign on my first move or within 10 moves?
In chess, does a player have the right to resign within the first ten moves of the game? More specifically, I am curious if I can resign immediately on my first move. Additionally, do I have my right to resign when it's my opponent's turn, or must I…
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What are the advantages of keeping the identity of a second secret?
At the top levels of chess the identity of the coach/assistant is sometimes kept secret.
What are the advantage(s) of this?
I found:
That mystery [second] turned out to be the intensely creative Russian master Daniil Dubov, whose influence on…
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How do chess openings officially get recognized?
With so many combinations of moves possible, how do openings get recognized? For example, what is to prevent me from playing a series of moves and declaring it the xaisoft gambit or xaisoft heart-attack? What organization officially recognizes…
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Why does Stockfish suggest h4 here?
Analyzing my latest game on chess.com, Stockfish says that h4 is the best move here:
I followed the line, but I failed to understand the reasoning of this move. Is it for some long-term advantage? Also, should the enemy bishop be left to stay…
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Is there any chess software that tutors beginners?
I am a beginning chess player, and I want to learn more about openings, the middle game, and the endgame.
Can anyone suggest any good chess software that 'tutors' beginners?
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How can I find good tactics problems?
Say you have a database of a lot of games.
How would you go about finding good tactics problems? I suppose you would search until there was a spot where the score shifted, and there was only one good move on the previous move. But that isn't the…
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Which methods can be used to prove that a position is illegal?
Given a board position, there are programs that try to find a series of legal moves that lead to it.
Are there algorithms that can do the opposite - prove that the position is not reachable by a series of legal moves?
Proof by exhaustion doesn't…
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If repetition loses, who wins KvK?
Suppose we're playing a version of chess where you lose if you repeat once an earlier position (position = arrangement of pieces + who's move it is). We're down to the wire, and we've just arrived at the position after the 30th capture, with only…
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Would bishops be stronger or weaker on the same coloured squares?
Assuming one or both players makes a mistake and transposes a bishop and the adjacent knight when setting up the board, would this help or hinder them?
The answers to this similar question suggest it's a disadvantage. However using the lichess board…
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Is there a free online chess repertoire tool?
Is there a free online chess repertoire tool? It can be some place where you register, save variations and comments, and navigate with a board what you do. I was used to chessply, but apparently it disappeared.
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Is acceptable to consult with your team during a match break?
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I am not into chess, but The Queen’s Gambit revealed its interesting world, and something got stuck into my mind.
As shown by this article the movie had to make compromises, especially when depicting the tournaments which have quite…
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