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| CHESS | 6/20/2009 |
Q: IM A HUGE FAN OF YOUR WORK IN THE CHESS WORLD. I WAS WONDERING IF U CAN BE SO KIND AND EXPLAIN IN AN ...
A: There are at least two Chigorin Defenses that I know of. One is a long-lived main line against the ...
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| swapping pawn for chess. | 6/10/2009 |
Q: i played a tournament game with a clock. opponed got his pawn down to last rank with the intention ...
A: What he did was not technically correct, but not necessarily illegal. The following is from the ...
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| chess | 6/6/2009 |
Q: can you switch out a pawn for a queen once youve reached the other side of the chess board even if ...
A: Yes. In fact, if you are able to promote all of your pawns, you can have as many as nine queens at ...
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| check | 5/26/2009 |
Q: my opponent failed to call check, i moved, it is now his move, what can he do, or does my move have ...
A: It is difficult to answer such a question comprehensively, because the situation where the game is ...
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| quick win | 5/18/2009 |
Q: How can I get a win in less than 10 moves?
A: There are many ways for a game to end in 10 moves or less. All of them though are very much ...
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| Playing Chess Online | 3/23/2009 |
Q: My friend and I used to play Chess with Yahoo Messenger. We have had nothing but trouble for quite a ...
A: Well, I am admittedly far from an expert on computers. But I think, regardless of whether your ...
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| pawn vs. king | 2/19/2009 |
Q: I am a chess rookie and mainly play just for fun. Recently a question came up during a game: In ...
A: Well, technically no piece can really ever capture a king (once the king is put in checkmate, the ...
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| illegal moves | 2/4/2009 |
Q: If a player makes an illegal move, such as moving a black squared bishop to a white square, has ...
A: In general, they are allowed to take the move back. According to the rules of the International ...
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| Who is better | 1/15/2009 |
Q: Who is better in this position with white to move? White pawns: a2,b2,c2,f2,g2,h2 Rooks on a1&h1, ...
A: White has a bit of an advantage here. He should probably play 1 Qe2+ to trade off more pieces. ...
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| castling | 9/6/2008 |
Q: i was once asked about castling in the queen side where the king does not cross the open line of ...
A: No, it is in fact perfectly legal for the rook to pass over an attacked square in the act of ...
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| chess | 8/16/2008 |
Q: When your opponent has only his king left how many moves do you have to checkmate him before it ...
A: I believe you're referring to the 50-moves rule. A game can be declared a draw after 50 moves (by ...
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| enpassant | 7/4/2008 |
Q: when passing your opponents pawn if im white and move two squares up coming from a2 to a4 and my ...
A: I believe you're asking if the White a4 pawn can be captured en passant by a Black pawn on b3. The ...
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| chess question | 5/4/2008 |
Q: Player 1 has only the king on the board. Player 2 has multiple pieces on the board. How many ...
A: You're probably refering to the 50-moves rule, which states that a player can claim a draw if 50 ...
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| chess | 4/23/2008 |
Q: is chess a sport
A: Played informally, as a leisure-time activity, no, it isn't. But many have regarded serious ...
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| Chess | 2/22/2008 |
Q: Some of the people i play with say that when you take your king down and back that you get any piece ...
A: No, there isn't a rule like that (at least, not in chess). The closest thing to that would be the ...
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| chess | 1/26/2008 |
Q: How much dollars are the king,queen,pawn,rook,bishop,and knight are?
A: Well, I'm not really sure what their monetary values are...but their relative values are usually ...
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| Chess | 1/26/2008 |
Q: Can a King place a another King in Chech?
A: No, not directly (since a King can never legally move onto a square next to the opposing King). It ...
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| pawn promotion | 12/13/2007 |
Q: if you get a pawn to the other side can it turn into a queen when you already have your queen giving ...
A: Yes. You can in fact (if you are fortunate enough to get all your pawns to the other side) promote ...
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| King in check to immobile piece? | 11/29/2007 |
Q: Can a king (player A) take an opponent's piece (player B)if the result places the (A)king in check ...
A: No, the piece cannot be captured if it is protected by another--even if the protecting piece is ...
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