So: [FEN ""] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Qf3 Qf3 should be a mistake for white, but I just can't get a…
A GM has an elo of at least 2500, and Magnus Carlsen has an elo of almost 2900, so I think you can s…
I'll skip the long explanation, but it's not uncommon for me to reach the following position as Whit…
After white plays 1. d4, is it still possible for black to play the Najdorf Defense? Is it possible…
Can somebody tell me where can i find an updated list of the strongest chess engines. I want to find…
I would appreciate references to sources, be they books or any other sort of media, that contain ann…
How does algebra relate to this chess notation? Why do they call this chess notation algebraic?
It is not the first time that I found a greatly superior move than the chess engine did, it even tak…
Most of my chess preparation and studying used to revolve around Chessbase products. I stored my da…
SCID uses .bin files as opening book format, but the opening books it has available on its site are …
Just curious if there's a set of guidelines to determine when a player can call the opening pretty m…
What are factors to consider when and when not to sacrifice. For example, imagine in a game where y…
I have been looking at several of Mikhail Tal's games recently, as they are exciting to analyze. Of…
I want to try this game without making/buying a board and it is easier to learn to play when the com…
I was black in this game, and white went ahead and played 3.d4 even though I clearly had it guarded,…
I find myself frequently running into time trouble. Even though mentally it feels like I didn't use …
I am currently in a turn based game where white opened with 1.g3. I clearly see that white probably …
Is there a Mac OSX implementation (or equivalent) of WinBoard / XBoard?
I am going to analyse a lot of games with Houdini 3. The system on which I am going to analyse it i…
I have a Macbook OS X 10.6 and want to play chess against a challenging program. I'm not very comput…
In chess, it is against the rules to move into check, or to not move out of check. But why? Obviousl…
I plan on teaching a chess class (5 classes in a sequence, each building off the previous, 1 hour ea…
We do not know, given two perfect players White and Black, whether the game would necessarily end in…
I am torn between two options: a) having a database with separate games (e.g. in pgn files, or any …
Some relevant information: I've been playing chess for 4 years, and for 3 in tournaments, although I…
I was playing a game with a friend online. A situation came up where he put me in check with his bis…
I figured out that holding shift allows me to highlight a square I click on, but no luck finding the…
A couple of places on the web mention a free utility called pgnsplit, that does the following: "A co…
White to move, here is a brief summary of my analysis where I attempted to determine exact evaluatio…
It isn't possible to force checkmate with King vs. King, Knight & Knight. A checkmate position, …
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