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What are the shogi equivalents of Fool's and Scholar's mate?
In western chess, the Fool's mate and Scholar's Mate are two well-known mates that take very few moves from the starting position. What would be the shogi equivalents to these, or, more generally, what are the fastest checkmates in shogi?
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Theoretical relationship between Caro-Kann exchange and Queen's Gambit exchange
Is there a book, or an article, which examines the relationship between these two openings? The Caro-Kann exchange (non-Panov) is 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5, and the Queen's Gambit exchange is 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.cxd5 exd5.
The positions are…
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Chess Logic - Tigran Petrosian's doctoral dissertation
I have recently learned that former chess world champion Tigran Petrosian earned a PhD title from Yerevan State University; the title of his dissertation title was Chess Logic.
I would like to read what he wrote. I can read Russian. Any idea how to…
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What features can I add to this FIDE chess application? (edits made 2/25)
EDIT: Most of the app is completed. Now all I have to complete is implementation of FIDE arbiters, a dynamic 3d plot (right now it only has 3 variables being plotted, no inputs affect it), adding more FIDE data (based on months) and perhaps…
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What Chess Software allows creating a chess Ebook?
I would like to take an annotated pgn file, and convert it into an ebook I could conveniently read on amazon kindle (or its pc version), or android/Ios device. It might have to create diagrams where needed and make the book easy to go through…
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How not to use a chess engine?
How not to use a chess engine? What are the bad practices when using a chess engine, and the good ones? How trustworthy are their suggestions and evaluations?
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Endgame - pawnless Queen + Rook vs Queen
Today, when I was playing end game I had a queen, a rook and a king (no pawns). My opponent had just a queen. It was his turn (the board was pretty blank) and he started giving continuous checks. I tried to bring my pieces to defend the king but…
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How to weakly solve Tiger Hunt, Atlantis Chess and Peasants' Revolt
Tiger Hunt is a chess variant where an entire army without a queen fight against a royal amazon (tiger, queen+knight). I believe it is certainly a win for the army just like Marahaja and Sepoys. I also believe this can easily be solved. Perhaps we…
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Why can't a dropped pawn deliver checkmate in Shogi?
In discussion surrounding another recent question, the fact came up that a "dropped" pawn in Shogi isn't allowed to deliver immediate checkmate, whereas any other type of piece can be dropped to deliver checkmate. This has gotten me (not a Shogi…
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Why did Viktor Korchnoi leave the USSR?
Why did Viktor Korchnoi/Kortchnoi leave the USSR?
Maybe the answer could include a little more trivia since he is such an interesting character.
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Should I recapture the queen with my king or knight in the Scotch Game?
I watched the following video on the Scotch Game by NM Dereque Kelley, and he clearly points out that 3...d6 is not a good move on Black's part because it causes all sorts of problems, especially coming from 4. Bb5 pinning the knight. But if Black…
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What sense does promotion to queen make?
When a pawn finally reaches the eighth rank, then it can be promoted to rook, knight, bishop or queen. It is not hard to imagine that a soldier who has achieved a lot could be promoted to an officer. However, it is almost incredible that a…
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What is it about Magnus Carlsen?
It seems every where I read, Magnus Carlsen is involved in a discussion on if he is or will be the greatest chess player of all time. It also seems as if some are crowning him world champion even though he hasn't won one yet, so my questions are…
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Giving moves as odds, what's the least number of moves by White which forces checkmate by the time it's Black's turn?
If one player (Black) gives another player (White) odds of x moves, stipulating that White must not move any man beyond his fourth rank until Black has made one move, what's the smallest value for "x" that would force checkmate by the time it is…
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Why does white exchange knight for a pawn here?
This other question asks about why white resigns at the end (Why did Polgar resign?), but running through the game, I am confused at move 49 where the board looks like this, white to move:
Polgar-Kasparov:
8/8/1k6/p6p/3n3r/PNR5/6K1/8 w KQ - 49…
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