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I am quite new to chess and I wonder what someone can do about the following situation:Me (white): Knight + King, 1 minute leftOpponent (black): Knight + King, 3 minutes...
Asked on 01/23/2021 by Xatenev
2 answerWe already know that there has been very little FIDE rated chess played in April. There are a number of areas where FIDE has time limits. For example:Unrated players...
Asked on 01/20/2021 by Brian Towers
1 answerSuppose that, in an amateur rapid play tournament (where supervision is inappropriate), the following position appears:[fen "5K2/8/1q6/1N1k4/8/8/8/2R1R3 w - - 1 1"]1. Re5+? Qc5+? {illegal} 2. Rxc5#The players...
Asked on 01/20/2021 by Alexandre Aksenov
4 answerThis is a game between Jose Raul Capablanca and Viacheslav Ragozin, Moscow 1935:[FEN ""]1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.Qc2 O-O 7.e4 e5...
Asked on 01/15/2021
5 answerAs I’m done solving easy puzzles (1000–1500), I decided to try some 1700 puzzles, but I’m finding it very hard to solve them as there are no obvious checks, captures...
Asked on 01/11/2021 by bretlee
3 answerThis puzzle on chesstempo caught my eye (we play as White):[FEN "4q1k/p4pb/r4npp/4P/n2B/5NNP/5PP/Q4RK b - - 0 1"]1. Nd7The move I made was e6, and it was...
Asked on 01/03/2021
2 answerI am building a chess engine from scratch using bitboards and, so far I am able to generate pawns moves. But, I am stuck on what should I do after...
Asked on 12/31/2020
3 answerWhile watching this year's 2020 Champions Showdown Chess 9LX I noticed they gave players' ratings according to the URS or Universal Rating System. Which are the characteristics...
Asked on 12/28/2020 by lodebari
1 answerI vaguely remember it being from a game played in the USSR ca. 1960. I'm certain it was from before 1985. [fen "2k1r2r/ppn3pq/b7/5p2/5Qn1/2N1B1P1/1P3PB1/2RR2K1 w - - 0 1"]...
Asked on 12/23/2020 by rolando2
1 answerThere was a controversial finish in a Canadian championship, where an opponent [un]knowingly held the queen of the other player. The [victimised] player wanted to promote his pawn...
Asked on 12/14/2020 by iammilind
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