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Is there an objective measure of how "complicated" or "tension-filled" a chess position can be?
Awarded Jul 10 at 12:35
Is there any position where not promoting (illegally) would be the best move?
Awarded Jul 6 at 18:55
When and where is the next (2024) World Classic Chess Championship?
Awarded Jul 2 at 2:11
Are there any bughouse chess engines?
Awarded Jun 27 at 11:03
What are the quckest helpmates delivered by the rook, knight, bishop, and pawn?
Awarded Jun 21 at 15:52
Is a team of GMs stronger than a single super-GM?
Awarded Jun 20 at 4:49
In Hand and Brain chess, is the stronger player generally preferred to be the hand or the brain?
Awarded Jun 3 at 3:33
Does "juicer" mean bishop?
Awarded Apr 11 at 15:31
Chess960 or Chess959?
Awarded Mar 29 at 0:05
The strength of Smith-Morra gambit
Awarded Mar 5 at 13:46
What is the best way to sell old chess books?
Awarded Feb 20 at 12:26
How does opening preparation work at GM level?
Awarded Jan 18 at 12:06
How to convert ChessBase format files to .pgn?
Awarded Jan 8 at 12:47
When has the FIDE rule against bringing the game into disrepute been invoked (if ever)?
Awarded Dec 30, 2023 at 4:41
Bughouse chess strategies
Awarded Nov 27, 2023 at 11:40
What are examples of very aggressive openings?
Awarded Nov 17, 2023 at 6:40
Tournaments for adults only?
Awarded Nov 4, 2023 at 23:27
Who did Nigel Short really play on the ICC in 2001 when he thought he was playing Fischer?
Awarded Oct 21, 2023 at 14:17
What is the earliest possible age to start teaching children how to play chess?
Awarded Oct 8, 2023 at 20:17
How should an arbiter handle copying moves from another game?
Awarded Aug 30, 2023 at 3:36
What test is Fischer referring to when describing 1.e4 as "best by test"?
Awarded Aug 23, 2023 at 8:10
Endgame: Rook + Knight vs Rook
Awarded Aug 1, 2023 at 12:19
Is there a free online chess repertoire tool?
Awarded Jul 31, 2023 at 2:26
Does elo rating have a limit?
Awarded Jul 30, 2023 at 18:55
Why is castling through and out of check prohibited?
Awarded Jul 16, 2023 at 17:57
Which are the ideas in the Van't Kruijs Opening?
Awarded Jul 4, 2023 at 16:26
Is chess a solved game?
Awarded Jul 4, 2023 at 8:49
Is there a name for a chess variant where you are allowed to capture your own pieces?
Awarded Jul 1, 2023 at 10:01
How to install stockfish on ubuntu?
Awarded Jun 30, 2023 at 18:10
Crazyhouse/Bughouse openings
Awarded Jun 9, 2023 at 11:31
Has any researcher tried adversarial examples against chess engines?
Awarded Jun 5, 2023 at 14:05
Who is this quote from?
Awarded Apr 4, 2023 at 17:36
What is the status for seven man end game table bases?
Awarded Mar 30, 2023 at 15:01
Can I become a GM by playing 100 games per day without studying books, strategy, etc?
Awarded Mar 29, 2023 at 9:37
What is the longest tablebase win that includes draw rules?
Awarded Mar 19, 2023 at 0:25
How to determine the value of a piece from scratch?
Awarded Mar 15, 2023 at 13:57
How to organize a chess tournament
Awarded Mar 9, 2023 at 11:01
Chess program for Linux/Unix console
Awarded Feb 25, 2023 at 11:32
Lc0 vs. Stockfish
Awarded Feb 24, 2023 at 9:03
Why is FIDE investigating Karjakin and Shipov, but not Karpov?
Awarded Feb 15, 2023 at 3:41
What is the farthest away a game can be from a guaranteed checkmate?
Awarded Jan 10, 2023 at 16:57
How can one easily learn chess board coordinates?
Awarded Jan 10, 2023 at 12:17
2 GM Norms in 24 hours - first time ever?
Awarded Dec 31, 2022 at 16:18
THE longest problem ever (much longer than the mere 549 mover...)
Awarded Dec 31, 2022 at 11:55
The Knight is stronger in Rapid/Blitz than it is in classical time controls. How many centipawns does the Knight gain in Rapid and in Blitz?
Awarded Dec 22, 2022 at 19:09
Have engines refuted any established openings?
Awarded Dec 17, 2022 at 10:26
Is Houdini 6 a Stockfish clone?
Awarded Dec 10, 2022 at 17:35
Can Black always choose seating position and clock position?
Awarded Dec 6, 2022 at 13:10
What would approximately be the ICCF rating of a GM with no external help and of a computer with no human judgment?
Awarded Dec 6, 2022 at 5:25
Does playing tournament chess help one in the field of chess-related math?
Awarded Dec 5, 2022 at 4:47
Do I have to make a move on a DGT board at the start of the game when opponent is not present?
Awarded Nov 30, 2022 at 19:21
What is the Elo rating of a chess computer that can only look 1, 2, 3, ... moves ahead
Awarded Nov 30, 2022 at 12:57
Do FIDE rules allow listening to music while playing a tournament game?
Awarded Nov 22, 2022 at 15:01
What real world benefits are there to playing chess?
Awarded Nov 13, 2022 at 16:32
Long algebraic notation-piece promotion
Awarded Nov 13, 2022 at 13:06
Is Chaturanga/Shatranj an early form of chess or is this altogether different?
Awarded Nov 10, 2022 at 16:32
Can white survive from this position that Stockfish rates even but where every line seems to lose?
Awarded Nov 3, 2022 at 5:55
Engine not necessarily playing strong but "attractive"
Awarded Oct 30, 2022 at 16:17
How should an arbiter handle copying moves from another game?
Awarded Oct 19, 2022 at 14:40
Memorizing the board
Awarded Oct 11, 2022 at 21:34
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