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General Chess Discussion - Does playing chess make you smarter? A look at the evidence#4

I think you can become smarter by how much time you put into learning a skill. For example, in his popular science book “Outliers” http://gladwell.com/outliers/ Malcolm Gladwell suggests that 10,000 h…


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Game analysis - Most aggressive checkmate ever?!#15

From the above analysis it appears that 21...Qe8 22.Nde4 leads to a draw. However, I think that it might be possible for white to maintain some sort of minimal advantage with 22.f4!? Bf8 23.Qh4.


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Game analysis - Most aggressive checkmate ever?!#13

@allmight87 We both agree that the best line of play is 21...Qe8 22.Nde4 Qg6 23.Nxf6 Bxf6 (forced) 24.Qxg6 Rxg6 25.Ne6 with a draw as the most likely result. You also mentioned that if 23.Qxh6 then 24…


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Game analysis - Most aggressive checkmate ever?!#11

@allmight87 On 21...Qe8 22.Nde4 Qg6 and black has no problems whatsoever.


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Game analysis - Most aggressive checkmate ever?!#9

@tpr On 21...Qe8 22.Ne6? then black still plays 22...Bf8! If White plays 23.Nxc7? then black continues with 23...Bxh6! and if 24.Nxe8 Rxe8 and black has two pieces for his four pawns. Thus, black has …


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Game analysis - Most aggressive checkmate ever?!#6

I think after 21...Qe8 22.f4 Bf8 white's attack fizzles out.


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Game analysis - what is this opening trap called? #3

It's called the Queen's Gambit Declined, Elephant Trap: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Gambit_Declined,_Elephant_Trap


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General Chess Discussion - Stockfish Depth Analysis#2

"Is the stock fish depth number better if it is negative or positive?" I think you mean the evaluation number? If you mean the evaluation number, then the more negative the evaluation number then the …


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Game analysis - Computer Game w/ Queen Sacrifice#2

The queen sacrifice you mentioned in the title is not really a queen sacrifice, but instead is really a pin because of the white bishop on c4. Other than that is an interesting game which ends nicely …


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General Chess Discussion - FASTEST CHESS EVER!?#3

Please *stop* spamming the forum with your videos!


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