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I am a beginner chess player with a 1500 rating on Chess.com. I am currently not enjoying playing chess. I feel like the majority of my matches are against players who make boring, safe, passive moves,...

I’ve noticed that in tournaments grandmasters are given a performance rating for how they played in that tournament. Can this be applied to individual games and how can I see mine when I play a game?

First I apologize if this has been asked or if I am posting in an incorrect area. I thought I did the right thing the first time around where I attached my questions to another of the same type but ...

I have studied the London opening system on lichess.org. What really clicked with me are the systems two main ideas: (1) develop a defensive structure which (2) allows you to crash black's kingside ...

There are many knight move rules but there must be only one (true rule). Examples: FIDE Laws of Chess: 3.6 The knight may move to one of the squares nearest to that on which it stands but not on ...

Here are examples from the January 2002 FIDE ratings file - 4603745 Kabisch, Thilo GER 2256 12 06.01.63 i 13701940 Kabov, Sergey ...

If I have ten minutes’ spare time and want to use it to improve my chess, is my time better spent playing one blitz game or five bullets? (I’m taking blitz to be 5min each and bullet to be 1min each) (...

To play offline. I've seen this one: Chess Puzzle Database with PGN or FEN But the txt files of "wtharvey" I don't know how to open them in a chess program. http://wtharvey.com/m8n2.txt Anyway, my ...

In this game white must win. Please help me.

I've been practicing the Spanish Game so I can have better tournament results with it, Spanish Game 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 Spanish Game, Cozio Defense and I asked my friend to play the Cozio defense, ...

I heard from many where that a man who introduced the game Chess was hanged or killed by the King of that time, What was the actual story? What was the reason?

I am playing with only a bishop (black squares) and king vs a lone king. Is it possible for me to win?

Whenever I see photos of professional chess games, the players are always dressed impeccably and it's uncommon to see someone even missing a jacket. Maybe this is a dumb question, but I don't ...

I am having an issue setting up scid vs pc. I see tons of tutorials and they all show a nice interface with the board, analysis, and other windows all visible on one view. However all I get get is the ...

Specifically, in which FIDE rating list do players first appear with the Candidate Master title? And which country (federation) had all the titles in that first list? Not that I'm suggesting a stitch ...