Quintuple pawns / Interesting pawn structures

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What is the solution to this mate in 2 puzzle?

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Why is Kh8 the best move in this position for black?

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Is this endgame a draw? 2 Bishops + 4 Pawns vs Queen + 1 Pawn

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Who is better in this endgame?

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Strategy in middlegame from boring positions

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Probability of making a game-losing move as a function of Elo?

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Why does Fritz prefer under-promotion in this position

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Do Grandmasters think using algebraic notation?

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How to challenge a queen with a bishop pair in endgame?

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Problems: record for most mates-in-2

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Is there a Unicode-compatible alternative to PGN?

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How to send uci messages from c# app to stockfish on android?

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Can anyone explain why Re7 is one of the lines suggested by Computer?

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Why is pawn to c4 opening advantageous?

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What website is this?

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What should be Black's next move?

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Bug in Stockfish/Suggesting bad move

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How defend against rooks in 7th rank?

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Why does chess.com's tactics player avoid taking the queen in this problem?

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How to continue in this game?

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Why is d5 the best move in this position?

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Biggest Possible Material Advantage But Still Losing

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(4 Queens + 3 Pawns) vs (Entire Standard Army)

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Valid PGN variations?

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Why an analyser labels this move as a blunder?

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Choosing one move from the two moves

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Building a chess using magic bitboard... how do I know if the movement is valid

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How to propose a new game variant?

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Chess challenge #1: Mate in one

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Funny games for 1 player with chess theme

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Was I right to capture the pawn in this position

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Why is Nb5 a strong move here? Why is there a guaranteed material gain?

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Key-Squares in Pawn Endgames

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Can someone describe a good/easy mental procedure to choose the best move here?

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Queen & Rook Middlegames

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What is the name of this pawn structure for black, with doubled c and f pawns?

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Is this a chess variant? Chess without taking pieces!

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Is this endgame winnable for white? (Knight vs two connected passed pawns on Queen side.)

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Creative chess puzzles!

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Second Troitzky line, where knight and pawn could be located?

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Why is, according to Stockfish (depth = 28), a4 the best move here for White?

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Plan to proceed in this position

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Is attempting to capture the king advisable in this position?

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What are the reasons why I should not try to take a Knight with my Bishop if it'll result in doubled pawns?

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Choosing the best move in the given position

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How to play chess against a large number of players simultaneously?

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What is the percent of players in the top X that are women for different values of X?

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Why not 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 Nf6 against the Reti opening?

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Is it permitted to stare at a blank chessboard during a tournament game?

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Which World Champions other than Viswanathan Anand had a jolly personality?

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Chess GUI Java Swings code needs fixing

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Win an exchange vs winning a piece

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How many attacks can be focused on one point?

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Puzzle rebus. Reproduce the game

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Why is it said that beginning with 1. Nf3 2. c4 avoids the Benoni but beginning with 1. d4 2. c4 does not?

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What factors define changing popularity of different Openings over time?

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Are certain foods or drinks better to consume than others when playing chess?

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Why does black not move Queen here?

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Instead of giving checkmate, I gave stalemate. Why?

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Is this same colored-Bishop ending really drawn for Black?

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Capturing one bishop

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Can the total number of possible wins/draws/losses be calculated?

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What is the theoretical consensus on the Roscher Gambit?

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In ChessBase 12, when viewing an Opening Tree, why do all the games always stop near move 26?

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Reading UCI Engine output in Arena Chess

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In game 1 of the 2012 WCC between Anand and Gelfand, black ignored his passed pawn advantage. Why?

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Why not fight off a bishop on row 5 with pawns?

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Why shouldn't the black king move to h7?

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Purpose behind the move

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An unnecessary threat?

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en passant vs in passing

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how to break through using pawn storm

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Where can I find a large collection of random chess positions?

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Castling in XBoard's edit mode

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Can computer analysis really understand human behavior?

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What is the green/red line in this analysis

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Is the following endgame position a draw or white has advantage?

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How is this retrograde analysis position legal?

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My bishop is attacked by a rook-pawn, now what?

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Ideas to improve chess books usability in the XXI century

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What's the name of this opening for white?

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In a ChessBase opening tree how can we put a column that displays the percent of time each move is played or a column that displays Perf minus Av?

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Plan from the position

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Is there an online chess game or app that allows for custom setup of pieces?

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Why is this king and two passed pawns vs. king and rook endgame not drawable?

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What are the best scoring openings in chess 960

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Is it better to take the knight in this position?

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Is this endgame position a theoretical win or draw?

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Is the Scandinavian Defence inferior?

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Why didn't Donald Bryne capture with the queen instead of pawn (against 13-year-old Bobby Fischer in the Game of the Century)?

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Freely available PGN databases

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How do I use the analysis output of a UCI engine?

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Why this is the best move?

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Chess as random process

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Is this blocked situation a draw, how can I win as Black?

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Rules for ending a chess game

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What's the best plan for white in this position?

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Are there consumer-level game play analysis systems that overlay the analysis on the board real-time?

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Is there a checkmate in the next move?

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What common patterns should I look for in chess?

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why should I try to put knights on weak squares when they can be taken easily

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What are the possibilities for checkmating with two bishops here?

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Specialized tactics books to improve position analysis?

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Question about four digits appearing next to move

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Could you show me some very easy mate in 20?

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Is it possible to checkmate with rook and knight against just king?

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What rule is this?

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Where to buy my favorite magnetic chess set

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