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What is this tactic called?
[FEN "6k1/rp3ppq/p2p4/1p1Pr1nQ/1P2P3/4R1N1/P1B2P2/4R1K1 b - - 0 1"]
1... Nh3+ 2. Qxh3 (2. Kh2 Rxh5) 2... Qxh3
Black to move.
After Nh3+ white can move the king or take with the queen. Either way black can win the queen.
How is this tactic called?
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Why was move-sealing introduced in adjournment?
As some background, in the pre-engine era time-controls were often slower and chess players could adjourn their games, taking a break till the next day and resuming from the same position.
In all turn-based boardgames where this is or was an option,…
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Who was the quickest from "unrated" to GM?
What player attained the GM title in the shortest amount of time, beginning from their entry into organized (rated) chess, to the award of the title (either via attaining norms, or by direct award)? I would imagine that this player would probably…
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How can white gain a slight advantage in this position? (puzzle for beginners)
Try solving the following puzzle (for beginners), where it is white to move and gain a slight advantage, despite being a queen down for a bishop:
[FEN "2k1r3/pp6/n5q1/1N3p2/8/3B4/5PPP/5RK1 w - - 0 1"]
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How to attack in Scandinavian Defense
After 10 moves as Black, I often end up in a position very close to this, where I still have left my options open about castling.
[FEN "r3k2r/ppqn1ppp/2pbpn2/5bB1/2B5/P1NP1N1P/1PP2PP1/R2Q1RK1 w kq - 3 11"]
Although I play this opening fairly often,…
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Why is 1. d4 2. c4 3. b3 so bad for white?
I recently played a game that opened like this:
1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 { D10 Slav Defense } 3. b3
[FEN ""]
My third move, 3. b3 is apparently so uncommon that Lichess doesn't have it in its top 12 most common moves.
Stockfish rates the position after…
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Why can white not mate in this position from Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess (frame 73)?
[Event ""]
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[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6rk/p5p1/1q2Q3/3p4/6P1/8/2b2PK1/4R3 w - - 0 1"]
I'm fairly new to anything more than the basics of chess and I'm currently working through Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess.…
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Moving absolutely pinned piece to give checkmate: has this ever occured in a master game?
We know that an absolutely pinned piece (a piece pinned against its own king) can move and give a check, and the check can even be a mate.
The following is an example of such a checkmate.
[FEN "8/8/2k5/8/4p2b/r7/3RKPBr/q7 w - - 0 1"]
1. f4…
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Up to which rating is my strategy in the opening is applicable?
I don't want to waste time on opening preparation. By this, I mean that I don't want to have to understand/memorize the moves or the typical plans in the middlegame. I just want to develop my pieces, castle the king, and connect the rooks. From…
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What do these game durations mean?
There are different game duration on chess.com. What do options 1|1, 2|1 etc. mean?
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Does playing too much hyperblitz and bullet ruin your classical performance?
Because of quarantine I haven't been able to meet up with my friends to play OTB games or go anywhere including tournaments to play OTB for that matter, so for the past year I have been playing purely online chess with my friends and randoms. When I…
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Is analysing moves on separate board in correspondence chess ethical?
In Lichess, any form of external help (e.g. engines) is forbidden, even in correspondence chess. However, there is an option to open a separate board where one can make unlimited scratch moves.
I would regard using a separate board as cheating…
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What is meant by openings with lot of theory versus those with little or none?
I just started playing chess one week ago. I've done a bit of reading but can't find anything that explains what is meant by openings with a lot of theory versus ones with a little or no theory. Can this be explained in
a "chess for dummies "…
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How do you analyze master games without annotations?
I am starting to analyze master games more often because I never really do. But I play openings most masters don't and most games with these openings don't have many annotated games. So, how do you analyze master games without annotations?
I play at…
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Vienna Game: Struggling to find a good response to 2...Nc6
I am starting to pick up the Vienna Game but I'm struggling to find a satisfactory response to 2...Nc6, the Max Lange Defense. The main moves according to theory here are 3. Nf3, 3. Bc4, 3. f4, 3. g3.
Nf3 just transposes into Four Knights…
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