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This may sound similar to board games proposal, but I think a game like Chess deserves the respect/audience of a dedicated site instead of being clubbed with Cards, Scrabble, Carrom etc. – Binoj Antony Jun 19 '10 at 12:40

Why does this need to be separate from the Board Games site which is already in public beta and already has a number of questions on Chess? – Brent Warner Nov 17 '10 at 18:48

@Brent, please read my first comment. The same logic by which you have many languages have their own proposals instead of having only one proposal named Languages and likewise for many other topics like Phone OSs (Android, iOS etc), Software (DotNetNuke, Selenium, etc), just look around to find so many examples of this. Above all there is no site where chess enthusiasts can ask questions especially for analysis etc to be answered. Even GMs/IMs can become members and help out. I cant imagine such experts or even users doing this on a generic website. – Binoj Antony Nov 18 '10 at 18:05

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added by Binoj Antony Jun 19 '10 at 12:41

Spelled correctly? :S – LaPingvino Jun 19 '10 at 21:52

Mars____ Attack? – Binoj Antony Jun 30 '10 at 11:40

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added by Gordon Gustafson Jul 7 '10 at 20:52

I don't know how but I think it did in Europe, originally chess didn't have castling when it was created in India. But the King has a Knight move (which gets nullified when you get a check) and hence many of the fianchetto openings are called Indian. Its to provide a safety for your king – satyajit Aug 13 '10 at 17:10

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added by Binoj Antony Jun 19 '10 at 12:43

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added by forefinger Jul 8 '10 at 6:03

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added by Binoj Antony, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Aug 23 '10 at 11:57

	Queen's Gambit Accepted: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Gambit_Accepted – WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 13 '10 at 11:27
	@Binoj Antony: do you mean "... for black after a Queen's Gambit Accepted opening?" – WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 13 '10 at 11:30
	@Peter, good observation, I have corrected the question. – Binoj Antony Jul 13 '10 at 12:24
	It still says "white". – Mark C Sep 18 '10 at 3:03
	Basically duplicates the question about the best variation against the Marshall Attack. The five on-topic questions should be fundamentally different. – DanTilkin Oct 26 '10 at 22:36

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added by Gelatin Jun 19 '10 at 17:16

I vote off-topic because this would open it up for infinite number of questions if not more specific. – hultqvist Jul 13 '10 at 13:30

I second rufverw's vote. "What is a good continuation of this Sicilian Defense?" would be an example of something more specific and likely to be of use to those looking for it. – Barton Aug 18 '10 at 3:49

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added by SnOrfus Jun 22 '10 at 6:07

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added by forefinger Jul 8 '10 at 6:06

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added by Wikis, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Aug 7 '10 at 15:10

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added by Sergio Acosta Jul 20 '10 at 9:26

	what chess puzzle? – Louis Rhys Aug 26 '10 at 3:01
	This is just an example question. The puzzle would be in the question body. Assume a typical "white moves and checkmates in 2" puzzle starting from a specific board position. – Sergio Acosta Sep 1 '10 at 20:01

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added by Gordon Gustafson Jul 7 '10 at 20:51

	Fritz, rybka are used by many professional players – satyajit Aug 13 '10 at 17:06
	And it depends on what for, like to play Advanced Chess or to train for an amateur tournament, etc. – Mark C Sep 18 '10 at 3:04

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added by forefinger Jul 8 '10 at 6:03

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added by Sergio Acosta Jul 20 '10 at 9:24

I think this question is a good one. Part of chess is recording games and understanding the notation for those records. – murgatroid99 Jul 29 '10 at 14:49

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added by execve Jul 14 '10 at 17:02

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added by Nathan Osman Jun 21 '10 at 1:08

Hard to say if this is a bad question or not. Comments? – Mark C Sep 18 '10 at 3:06

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added by Isentropic Jun 23 '10 at 6:22

	looks more like it belonged on stackoverflow, but maybe it has a place here – Vitor De Mario Jul 13 '10 at 11:27
	I think there's also a proposal for an AI site – finnw Aug 9 '10 at 22:45
	This is chess-specific, and there is a lot of chess-specific computational science that would best be combined with a chess site. – Mark C Sep 19 '10 at 19:09
	It's not chess-specific. These algorithms can be used for any full information turn based game. – ytg Oct 13 '10 at 18:08
	@Ytg Okay, but wouldn't there be a most optimal set of algorithms for chess, given its particulars? (I guess it wouldn't have a special name; you would just optimize certain steps.) – Mark C Oct 22 '10 at 20:39

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added by execve Jul 14 '10 at 17:01

Typically it occurs when you bait the b2 pawn for a black queen on b6. Najdorf, french are some openings it can occur in – satyajit Aug 13 '10 at 17:07

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added by Sergio Acosta Jul 20 '10 at 9:20

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added by Dave Cassel Jul 13 '10 at 11:58

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added by thyrgle, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Aug 7 '10 at 15:05

email me at my website :) – satyajit Aug 13 '10 at 17:14

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added by Brett Aug 4 '10 at 12:44

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added by satyajit, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Oct 4 '10 at 20:10

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added by Brett Aug 4 '10 at 12:47

This is not about chess itself, its more about competitiveness, friendship and fairplay. It could be applied to any game. – Edgar Nov 17 '10 at 0:41

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added by Tom Aug 4 '10 at 13:49

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added by satyajit Aug 13 '10 at 17:00

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added by Cornelius Aug 19 '10 at 12:00

Its a bit of a pain but the strongest engine out there - rybka can be downloaded and played in an open source chess player like Arena. rybkachess.com/index.php?auswahl=Rybka+engine is the link to engine, playwitharena.com is the software you can use – satyajit Sep 14 '10 at 23:29

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added by googletorp Jun 19 '10 at 12:55

closed as off topic by Gelatin, asalamon74, Vitor De Mario, Mehper C. Palavuzlar, Brett Aug 4 '10 at 12:49

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

	why is this off topic? – Louis Rhys Aug 26 '10 at 2:59
	This is another insta-google. We should try to reduce bloat. – Mark C Sep 18 '10 at 3:03
	It's also time limited – ChrisF Nov 13 '10 at 15:38

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added by Gordon Gustafson Jul 7 '10 at 20:51

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added by Gordon Gustafson Jul 7 '10 at 20:52

It's not clear to me why the "medieval history" comment is in there without more explanation. – Mark C Sep 18 '10 at 3:05

pawns move capture diagonally because they were pikemen. They kept their shields in front of them so they could walk forward while stabbing to the sides. :) – Gordon Gustafson Sep 18 '10 at 17:46

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added by ralu, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Aug 7 '10 at 15:01

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added by finnw Aug 9 '10 at 22:47

It depends on how you are playing correspondence chess, if you are not moving your pieces and analyzing with your eyes it could be helpful. But if you are moving pieces over the board you get that tendencies. Also playing under pressure and winning a won game are characteristics that you can learn only OTB. – satyajit Aug 13 '10 at 17:13

By "winning a won game" do you mean holding on to a winning position? – Mark C Sep 18 '10 at 3:07

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added by Wikis Aug 14 '10 at 6:47

	Openings are are like fashion they keep on changing. Pre 2004 1.e4 used to be the default from beginner to world championship matches but now at the top-levels 1.d4 is taking over for ex: Anand-Kramnik match 2010 – satyajit Aug 25 '10 at 0:41
	@satyajit - thanks (but you know we don't expect answers yet, right?). – Wikis Aug 25 '10 at 4:08

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added by Wikis Aug 15 '10 at 13:42

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added by OscarRyz, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Oct 4 '10 at 19:24

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added by Judge Maygarden Aug 17 '10 at 13:35

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added by juanefren Sep 18 '10 at 19:10

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added by Binoj Antony Jun 19 '10 at 12:44

	Too simple for the audience. – pate Aug 23 '10 at 18:53
	Right. The other main sites try to discourage dictionary-type questions. – Mark C Sep 18 '10 at 2:59

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added by SnOrfus Jun 22 '10 at 6:09

I don't have any on-topic votes left, and I'm not sure this would be on-topic. – Mark C Oct 22 '10 at 20:38

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added by execve, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Aug 7 '10 at 15:13

closed as off topic by Vinicius dos Santos, Sergio Acosta, Philip Smith, Brett, pate Aug 23 '10 at 18:56

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

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added by Jeff Moser Aug 5 '10 at 15:23

This would probably be a community wiki page with one tip per answer. Perhaps it could be a resource like howtoadvice.com/Chess – Jeff Moser Aug 5 '10 at 15:24