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How to objectively explain a positional advantage is worth a sacrifice (re: a specific example)

I was given the below position in the US chess magazine. Author said this position is "hopeless for black". Lichess engine says 1.5 advantage for white. Why? I understand "piece points" are only a rule of thumb, but I also don't have any other…
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What are some lines of the Queen's Gambit symmetrical variation for white?

Some people who I play always play the symmetrical variation, and I don't know how to play it for white. [fen ""] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5
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Why is it common to castle right after the opponent castles?

After watching many chess games, I've noticed that many players castle right after their opponent castles. Is this a coincidence? Or is there an unspoken benefit of this? Edit: And by right after I also mean right before. I.e. games where both…
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Mutual Stalemate

You are required to find position such that: 1) Any move made by White or Black leads to stalemate for both sides immediately. 2) The position can be reached from the starting position of a chess game.
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I blunder too much in over-the-board chess

I have played 99% of my games online, I have seen and learn almost everything related to chess with the fonts Alpha or Mérida, either through diagrams or games, etc . However, when I play with an actual chessboard, I blunder too much, I have trouble…
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White's reply against Reti advance (2...d4)

I enjoy playing 1.Nf3 as an interesting transposition device, and for other reasons, but after 1...d5 2. c4 don't find a proper answer to the advance variation, 2...d4: [FEN ""] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 Main answers are : if 3. e3, Black can reply…
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Countering The Wayward Queen Attack

I'm a new player =I just started playing again after an over 10 year hiatus. I'm (sadly) in the 600s. I've been studying openings and I seem to do better in games where I can use the Italian game or Ruy Lopez. However, there's a strange game that I…
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Stockfish evaluation of a position from PGN

I am trying to get Stockfish's evaluation of a board position(which is in PGN format) using command line.I know it accepts board position in FEN format, but is there any way i can provide PGN format? If no, how can i convert PGN format to FEN? Is…
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What is the "increment" in chess?

I saw this in many online games, but I do not understand how it works. With every move we can gain time, but what is it dependent on how much we get? Can please somebody explain the system behind it.
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What's the point of early a2-a4 in the Modern Italian?

It seems that just every top GM is now playing the modern interpretation of the Italian Game (with c3 and d3) with an early a2 to a4 Pawn move, something that only a few years back was considered a waste of time in the best of cases. The first…
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What chess websites are worth subscribing to?

I am a member of ICC and I find it useful although it may be a bit pricey. In a recent question about "What types or kinds of chess players are there?", chubbycantorset pointed out a video on www.chess.com by GM Kaidanov. I started watching the…
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What is a good playstyle for players that are not good with deep calculations?

I have an opponent that knows nothing about formal chess stuff, no glossary, no openings, and so on... And yet that opponent destroys me every time with some DEEEEEP calculating, sometimes 20 minutes long for a single move in untimed chess... I am…
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What are the laws concerning copyright of chess games?

Here is my specific situation: I have written a novel in which two characters play a game, the moves of which follow exactly a known game between two ranked players in ChessGames.com. Must I get permission from the two real players? Or must I only…
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Is this endgame position a draw?

It’s white to move. [FEN "8/8/8/3k3p/3P3K/2P3R1/8/7r w - - 0 1"] I was white, and this was a blitz game which ended up as a draw because I didn't know what to do. My friend and I later analyzed this position, and he suggested that if I had played…
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What types or kinds of chess players are there?

I am often asked the question what type of chess player am I, but I am unsure how to answer this question because I do not exactly know what would define each type of player. Interestingly, I am only asked in particular if I am an attacker or a…
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