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I'm .. just putting it out there. But if it's a casual game and 'mate in 1' and you are guaranteed the force mate in one. Who cares? You've won. If your opponent feels the need to run down the clock i…

I play chess to take my mind off programming. If that's what you mean by 'code'. I find it clears the head of problems. The rubi-cube hasn't seen some love in a while though.

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@Sarg0n I understand what you are saying; however why did the game continue to a mate and not trigger the repetition 3 times? The move that should have triggered the repetition was played if this is t…

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@Spinoza13 I've pondered trying my hand at Shogi a few times, back in college I used to play Xiangqi but was never very good at it compared to the native players. Any recommendations for a good Shogi …

I'd like to chime in here; as I have chosen to learn chess via being taught by a computer. As someone (who you can see on my profile) has utilized rapid 10 vs Stockfish from level 3 to currently level…

I imagine this would be better in the suggestions forum; but this might be of interest also (relative). http://www.randalolson.com/2014/05/26/a-data-driven-exploration-of-the-evolution-of-chess-popula…

@tpr interesting thank you. It seems like he is a very all or nothing player. Once he decides he's going to open the position he throws everything at it.

I find his games fascinating. While others give value to the pieces; one pawn down at this level is one pawns advantage. He seems to have some kind of metric of piece value versus position. Does anyon…