Chess Questions

Technical questions regarding Openings, Middlegames, Endings etc.
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  • Where did I go wrong?
    by soheil_hooshdaran » Fri Jan 29, 2016 12:01 am
    200 Replies
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    Last post by Roger de Coverly
    Mon Feb 03, 2020 10:49 pm
  • Is there a win here?
    by AValjee » Tue Sep 03, 2019 4:34 pm
    4 Replies
    3724 Views
    Last post by Roger de Coverly
    Sun Sep 08, 2019 1:43 pm
  • most pieces on the back rank late in the game?
    by Martin Crichton » Tue Jul 30, 2019 8:48 pm
    1 Replies
    2696 Views
    Last post by Michael Farthing
    Tue Jul 30, 2019 9:33 pm
  • Hamppe - Meitner, Vienna, 1870
    by John Upham » Thu Jul 18, 2019 5:45 pm
    14 Replies
    4076 Views
    Last post by Leonard Barden
    Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:14 pm
  • Information on David Foley-Comer
    by Eugene McConlough » Sat Feb 16, 2019 10:54 am
    7 Replies
    4684 Views
    Last post by David Sedgwick
    Mon Apr 01, 2019 8:09 pm
  • Most pieces on the h-file
    by Alistair Campbell » Fri Mar 15, 2019 3:37 pm
    5 Replies
    3198 Views
    Last post by Matt Fletcher
    Sun Mar 17, 2019 7:16 pm
  • Readiness for a tournament
    by soheil_hooshdaran » Tue Feb 19, 2019 6:45 pm
    7 Replies
    2721 Views
    Last post by Nick Grey
    Wed Feb 20, 2019 11:47 pm
  • ChessBase 15 Question
    by John Upham » Tue Jan 22, 2019 11:12 pm
    1 Replies
    2045 Views
    Last post by John Upham
    Wed Jan 23, 2019 1:06 pm
  • Opening Novelty in the QGD on move five
    by John Upham » Thu Jan 03, 2019 3:31 pm
    4 Replies
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    Last post by Mick Norris
    Thu Jan 03, 2019 4:58 pm
  • Swapping pieces
    by Nick Ivell » Sun Dec 30, 2018 10:39 am
    6 Replies
    2270 Views
    Last post by Nick Ivell
    Sun Dec 30, 2018 12:58 pm
  • Unexpected move in the QGD.
    by Robert Stokes » Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:48 pm
    70 Replies
    15154 Views
    Last post by Nick Ivell
    Sun Dec 30, 2018 10:43 am
  • Benoni defence
    by soheil_hooshdaran » Fri Apr 27, 2018 6:42 pm
    6 Replies
    2805 Views
    Last post by soheil_hooshdaran
    Sun Dec 23, 2018 12:08 am
  • What's this?
    by soheil_hooshdaran » Sun Dec 23, 2018 12:07 am
    0 Replies
    1487 Views
    Last post by soheil_hooshdaran
    Sun Dec 23, 2018 12:07 am
  • Fundamental/Basic weakness?
    by soheil_hooshdaran » Wed Nov 21, 2018 12:28 pm
    8 Replies
    2313 Views
    Last post by Javier Gil
    Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:28 am
  • Free chess game displayer
    by Jon Mahony » Wed Mar 11, 2015 4:21 pm
    6 Replies
    4294 Views
    Last post by Javier Gil
    Sun Oct 21, 2018 7:48 am
  • Lomonosov tablebases
    by Christopher Kreuzer » Tue May 21, 2013 5:45 pm
    35 Replies
    14875 Views
    Last post by Javier Gil
    Sun Oct 21, 2018 7:31 am
  • Almost NQEs
    by IanCalvert » Sat Sep 01, 2018 10:13 am
    1 Replies
    2189 Views
    Last post by Javier Gil
    Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:34 pm
  • Scandinavian with d3 instead of d4
    by Phil Neatherway » Mon Apr 10, 2017 4:21 pm
    4 Replies
    2712 Views
    Last post by Javier Gil
    Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:28 pm
  • Touch Move question
    by John Upham » Mon Oct 08, 2018 11:53 pm
    3 Replies
    2260 Views
    Last post by Brian Towers
    Sat Oct 13, 2018 10:48 am
  • Why is this position evaluated so?
    by soheil_hooshdaran » Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:55 am
    145 Replies
    22350 Views
    Last post by IM Jack Rudd
    Mon Aug 27, 2018 7:15 pm
  • What would you do?
    by soheil_hooshdaran » Sat May 19, 2018 1:35 am
    1 Replies
    1409 Views
    Last post by soheil_hooshdaran
    Sat May 19, 2018 2:17 am
  • Most consecutive checks ?
    by John Upham » Mon Jan 01, 2018 3:41 pm
    3 Replies
    1799 Views
    Last post by IM Jack Rudd
    Mon Jan 01, 2018 5:05 pm
  • mobility/freedom of action
    by soheil_hooshdaran » Fri Dec 01, 2017 12:19 pm
    5 Replies
    2256 Views
    Last post by John Upham
    Fri Dec 08, 2017 10:33 am
  • Performance rating
    by soheil_hooshdaran » Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:17 am
    1 Replies
    1430 Views
    Last post by IM Jack Rudd
    Fri Nov 10, 2017 12:34 pm
  • Mobility
    by soheil_hooshdaran » Thu Nov 09, 2017 3:45 pm
    1 Replies
    1594 Views
    Last post by Carl Hibbard
    Thu Nov 09, 2017 5:51 pm
  • is the Vienna game sound?
    by Joshua Gibbs » Wed Feb 08, 2017 3:45 pm
    50 Replies
    11691 Views
    Last post by Carl Hibbard
    Tue Oct 31, 2017 5:45 pm
  • Three Pawns (Two Connected) v Knight: Cunning Plans
    by IanCalvert » Wed Oct 18, 2017 4:31 pm
    4 Replies
    1941 Views
    Last post by IanCalvert
    Wed Oct 18, 2017 7:22 pm
  • Alekhine with f3
    by Gavin Hughes » Thu Aug 17, 2017 11:38 pm
    25 Replies
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    Last post by Paul McKeown
    Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:16 pm
  • I wanna become a GM
    by soheil_hooshdaran » Fri Jan 27, 2017 2:08 pm
    76 Replies
    15980 Views
    Last post by Roger de Coverly
    Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:19 pm
  • Checkmate/stalemate with the flag down
    by David Williams » Sun Jul 16, 2017 10:37 am
    10 Replies
    2744 Views
    Last post by E Michael White
    Wed Jul 19, 2017 2:04 pm
  • Refuted Openings
    by soheil_hooshdaran » Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:45 pm
    22 Replies
    5594 Views
    Last post by Jonathan Rogers
    Mon Feb 13, 2017 5:53 pm
  • Queen and knight v Queen
    by Gavin Strachan » Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:18 am
    8 Replies
    2914 Views
    Last post by Michael Farthing
    Sun Nov 27, 2016 9:13 am
  • Engines fail to find mate in two
    by John Upham » Mon Nov 07, 2016 11:11 am
    25 Replies
    5648 Views
    Last post by MartinCarpenter
    Wed Nov 09, 2016 1:54 pm
  • Games collections
    by Marcin Pytel » Tue Nov 08, 2016 8:29 am
    2 Replies
    2082 Views
    Last post by Marcin Pytel
    Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:11 am
  • Queen against pawn.
    by Dewi Jones » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:33 pm
    10 Replies
    3617 Views
    Last post by Tim Harding
    Sun Oct 30, 2016 8:06 pm
  • Quickplay finishes
    by David Williams » Thu Aug 18, 2016 4:09 pm
    40 Replies
    8114 Views
    Last post by Michael Farthing
    Wed Sep 21, 2016 7:27 am
  • Scid vs. PC help
    by Niall Doran » Thu Aug 25, 2016 2:46 pm
    6 Replies
    3464 Views
    Last post by MartinCarpenter
    Sat Sep 03, 2016 10:05 pm
  • Winning material imbalances
    by soheil_hooshdaran » Fri Jun 24, 2016 5:25 am
    6 Replies
    2394 Views
    Last post by soheil_hooshdaran
    Sun Jul 31, 2016 9:01 am
  • Is it true?
    by soheil_hooshdaran » Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:07 pm
    2 Replies
    1616 Views
    Last post by soheil_hooshdaran
    Tue Jul 12, 2016 3:35 am
  • TIME CONTROLS
    by soheil_hooshdaran » Mon May 09, 2016 6:09 pm
    14 Replies
    3605 Views
    Last post by IM Jack Rudd
    Sat Jul 02, 2016 11:57 am
  • Rapid chess
    by soheil_hooshdaran » Thu Jun 16, 2016 1:50 am
    8 Replies
    3095 Views
    Last post by Brian Towers
    Sun Jul 31, 2016 12:21 pm
  • Annotated Chess Games
    by soheil_hooshdaran » Sun May 08, 2016 6:54 am
    12 Replies
    3331 Views
    Last post by MJMcCready
    Wed Jun 15, 2016 5:19 pm
  • Appeals Committee
    by soheil_hooshdaran » Tue May 24, 2016 6:16 am
    19 Replies
    4685 Views
    Last post by NickFaulks
    Sun May 29, 2016 2:01 pm
  • Classical French
    by soheil_hooshdaran » Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:41 pm
    34 Replies
    6987 Views
    Last post by John McKenna
    Fri May 13, 2016 1:46 pm
  • Mate in two problems
    by Niall Doran » Wed Apr 06, 2016 1:19 pm
    6 Replies
    2375 Views
    Last post by Richard Bates
    Sat Apr 16, 2016 10:59 am
  • Kings Gambit Falkbeer with 3 ... Qd5
    by John Moore » Sat Feb 27, 2016 7:47 pm
    13 Replies
    3227 Views
    Last post by Nick Burrows
    Wed Mar 30, 2016 3:12 pm
  • Unexpected move in QGD
    by Robert Stokes » Fri Mar 04, 2016 12:33 pm
    13 Replies
    3211 Views
    Last post by soheil_hooshdaran
    Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:31 am
  • Modern Strategy
    by Joey Stewart » Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:18 am
    9 Replies
    2467 Views
    Last post by Nick Burrows
    Tue Feb 09, 2016 6:18 pm
  • Is this a resignation?
    by Peter Shaw » Sun Feb 07, 2016 10:21 am
    7 Replies
    2018 Views
    Last post by MartinCarpenter
    Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:34 am
  • Touch move rule
    by stevencarr » Sun Feb 07, 2016 10:31 am
    2 Replies
    1337 Views
    Last post by Ray Sayers
    Sun Feb 07, 2016 10:42 am