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When was it possible for a player's king to be attacked by 3 of the opponent's pieces?

rules problems history fide loopholes asked Jun 13, 2020 at 11:15
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How should an arbiter handle copying moves from another game?

rules fide cheating arbiters asked Dec 28, 2014 at 19:47
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How do age and initial rating correlate to decline in playing strength with age?

rating statistics aging asked Jul 15, 2019 at 15:11
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What stops me from pumping up my rating by playing a 200 game match against a much weaker (>400 point difference) player?

rules fide rating titles asked Jan 24, 2022 at 14:48
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Has the 75 move draw rule ever been invoked in a FIDE rated standard game involving a GM?

rules fide draw 75-move-rule asked Oct 22, 2019 at 17:02
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How can you castle legally in Chess960 when the castling rook is on the king's destination square?

rules castling chess960 asked Oct 30, 2019 at 11:21
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What should a player do in blitz if he knocks a piece on to the floor after pressing the clock?

rules blitz pieces chess-clocks asked Dec 29, 2019 at 13:18
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History of this queen sacrifice in the 4 Knights

opening history sacrifice four-knights queen-sacrifice asked Nov 1, 2022 at 9:54
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What are the main changes in the latest (January 2023) version of the FIDE Laws of Chess?

rules fide history asked Jan 4 at 23:08
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When is it legal to castle moving the rook first?

rules castling asked Sep 3, 2019 at 10:39
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Is it sportsmanlike to waste opponents' time by giving check at the end of the game?
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How should I make a 6 year old think more?
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Why do children move so quickly?
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Is it rude to ask my opponent to resign an online game when they have a lost endgame?
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Why struggle for a single pawn?
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Why is coffee provided during big chess events when it contains a banned substance?
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Anti-cheating: should there be a limit to a number of toilet breaks per game per player?
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Why do GMs repeat moves instead of offering a draw?
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If Hans Niemann is cheating, how?
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How to learn chess if you're still a 3-digit rating after a few years
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Is there a balanced chess system where players of unknown skill can have an equal chance of winning?
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What is a good strategy for blocking your opponent from checkmating you even though they always win?
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Why did Garry Kasparov not play under the flag of Azerbaijan in his comeback tournament in the summer of 2017?
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Why underpromote? Hjartarson vs Andersen
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Was Wolfgang Unzicker the last Amateur GM?
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Running out of time before playing a forced move that would draw the game
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A player falls asleep during the game and his friend wakes him -- illegal?
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Why do people even play chess?
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When you are winning, is it ethical to not go for a checkmate right away?
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Can a pawn move 2 spaces if doing so would cause en passant mate?
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Is there a trick to help kids know which direction pawns are going?
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Is there a "touch-promote" rule?
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In terms of rating points, how much stronger should a coach be than their student?
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How do you register a FIDE rating?
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How is "fianchetto" really pronounced?
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The illegal moves in Carlsen-Inarkiev
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FIDE Laws: what exactly does 'colours reversed' in 7.3 mean?
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Why is Carlsen criticized for poor preparation at World Chess Championship 2018?
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How many pawns make up for a missing queen in the endgame?
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Nonstandard game results
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