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How to indicate that "I need more time to consider your draw offer" in a formal game?
When my opponent makes a draw offer, I will consider whether to accept this draw offer or not and this consideration could take very long, say 20 minutes or more.
What is a good etiquette now to tell my opponent that I am neither declining nor…
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Why have engines not increased top rated chess players' Elo?
The arrival of strong chess engines as Stockfish, Houdini or Rybka allow top players to deeply prepare lines in openings or to study better endgames.
I would expect a rating increase of top players. However, Kasparov's top score from 1999 is still…
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Carlsen beat a high ranking GM with 1 Nh3. Conclusions?
In 2018, Magnus Carlsen played a rapid game on chess.com against Grandmaster Aleksey Dreev in which his opening move was 1. Nh3.
[Title "Magnus Carlsen-Alexey Dreev, Pro Chess League, chess.com INT, 2/24/2018"]
[FEN ""]
1. Nh3 Nh6 2. f4 d5 3. Nf2…
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Arrange 5 non-attacking knights on a 5x5 toroidal board
The celebrated British mathematician and lover of public transport, Simon Norton, passed in 2019. He was the subject of a wonderful biography. He was not a particular fan of chess, but here is a tiny gem due to him.
How many ways are there to…
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What are the different rules for claiming a draw?
According to the current FIDE rules of chess:
The game is drawn upon a correct claim by the player having the move, when the same position, for at least the third time (not necessarily by a repetition of moves):
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is about to appear, if he first…
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Positional thinking by Grandmasters
How do Grandmasters think in an unknown position and make the best move?
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How to tell that this is a draw
In an endgame I played as Black, after the rooks were exchanged, the below position was reached. A funky stalemate quickly ensued.
[FEN "8/5ppk/5p1p/8/3K1P2/6P1/7P/8 b - - 0 1"]
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1... Kg6 2. Ke4 Kh5 3. h3 g5 4. f5 g4 5. h4
It was…
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What happens if a player suffers a time penalty but doesn't have enough time left?
Wikipedia's article on threefold repetitions gives a story about an incorrect threefold claim by Karpov against Miles:
The clause about the right to capture en passant and the right to castle is a subtle but important one. In a game between…
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Learning to visualize the board
I have read in several sources, it's a important to be able instantly say what colour a square has or for example, if two pieces are on the same diagonal/rank/file, if their squares are given. And this skill can be learned by specific exercise for…
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Do "chess engine in the cloud" services exist?
And if so, what interfaces can connect to them, and how do they do that?
I want to analyze with Lc0, but I don't have a computer with a GPU; I could rent one for a short time period at various cloud providers, but then I don't know what GUI I could…
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What is the proper way to ask for a draw?
I know that the rule states "The game is drawn upon agreement between the two players. This immediately ends the game." but what I'm interested in knowing the exact way to offer a draw because I've never played at a club (always played online, where…
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Are there any bughouse chess engines?
A friend told me its very hard to implement a bughouse chess engine because it requires much more processor power than a regular chess engine.
Are there any bughouse engines out there ? if not, what are the reasons ?
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What are the average Elo and USCF ratings?
I'm not sure if there exists an average, but what could be considered an average rating range in these systems?
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Ideas behind the 8.Bd3 line in the 4.Ng5 Two Knights Defense
In the Two Knights Defense, after
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6
8. Bd3 has become fashionable recently, and is considered a serious way for…
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50-move rule: only the last 50 or any consecutive 50?
Suppose that, as a result of White's move, there have now been 100 single-moves (50 full moves) since the most recent pawn move or capture. White didn't claim a draw because they're going for the win. Every option for Black's next move is a pawn…
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