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General Chess Discussion - Если я поставлю мат сопернику, но не успею нажать на часы и истечёт время, кто победит?#2

You win FIDE Laws of chess 6.7 During the game each player, having made his move on the chessboard, shall stop his own clock and start his opponent’s clock. A player must always be allowed to stop his…


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General Chess Discussion - best middlegames books for 2000 elo#11

- The Complete Manual of Positional Chess (2 volumes) by Konstantin Sakaev , Kostantin Landa - Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide by Mauricio Flores Rios - Improve Your Chess Pattern Recognition: K…


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General Chess Discussion - Inspiration#12

Any Vasyl Ivanchuk interview. Like the famous one in Gibraltar 2018 by Tania Sachdev, or the other one in 2020 with the espresso cup.


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Off-Topic Discussion - Draughts#5

Standard draughts is international draughts on 10x10 board. There are other variants like russian draughts, frisian draughts or american checkers.


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General Chess Discussion - Clock location#3

FIDE Laws of chess - 6.4 Before the start of the game the arbiter decides where the chess clock is placed. USCF Official Rules of Chess for Blitz- Chapter 11 - 5) The tournament director may state at …


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Off-Topic Discussion - Forrest Gump review#2

I could answer that question. But today, for no particular reason, I have decided to go for a little run instead.


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Off-Topic Discussion - Where does the world come from?#52

Personally I believe in MIT professor Allan Guth: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/8-286-the-early-universe-fall-2013/video-lectures/


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Game analysis - Help with understanding why my moves were bad (and variations I thought were very cool in this game)#4

18. Qxe6 is better than 18.Qc2 because after 18....,fxe6, Black has a weak isolated double pawn on the e file, White threaten to take control of the open d file by doubling the rooks and the knight on…


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Off-Topic Discussion - Why several forum posts of @tpr has being deleted?#103

If tpr is chat banned for a trivial reason, March 26th should be chosen for the International Day of Remembrance of Cancel Culture Victims. Now if he has been a bad bunny, that's another story. But si…


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General Chess Discussion - My playing style#41

Chess.com made this quiz some time ago: http://www.chesspersonality.com/


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