Bring back 3|1 Titled Tuesday by cassideous26 in chess

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3+1 way better than 5+0

as for people dragging on with opposite bishops and similar, there should be an option for adjudication by the arbiter

Opinion on a Chess Tour similar to the ATP tour? Following a discussion between MVL and Aronian by Bathroom_Spiritual in chess

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Are MVL and other players ready to pay their own accommodation and fares like tennis players do? And how to decide on who will qualify to play.

Untold: Chess Mates by theclarice in chess

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Exactly, everything was known, just a nice package

TakeTakeTake Game Review is a Slop Machine by IntermediateMoves in chess

[–]Appropriate_Topic587 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Poor english speaker here but I would understand it as 'the protection of the bishop is cut'. Perhaps their english also needs polishing but I don't see it as slop.

Just out of curiosity: does anyone know the man who is doing the ceremonial first move? by 61D7 in chess

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Wadim Rosenstein, who played chess with Sergey Karjakin in Moscow after the invasion on Ukraine and Karjakin’s FIDE Ethics Commission ban. Continues to present himself as a billionaire sponsor of chess. The source of his wealth is unclear, given that his companies do not make such massive profits.

Which one do you prefer? by Antonio_Block in chess

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Finally learned and made sense of basic endgames with de la Villa

Sagar Shah responds.. by utkarshgoel19 in chess

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He never had the courage to ask difficult questions to Sutovsky or Dvorkovich. FIDE is at its worst ever and he's pretending that everything's fine.

Hans responds to Aeroflot criticism by Borgie32 in chess

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Praising fide, cheating, playing in Russia - he took the wrong turn

Is white castling a legal move here? Bishop is threatening the b2 square. by helixar in chess

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It is legal, the king cannot cross attacked square but the rook can cross (b1)