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@Donaldsen It's not much fun playing chess if you can't capture pieces...

As @MM1993 said, the Tal variation poses serious problems to an unprepared Black. You should be good until at least 2200 lichess. Try 5.Bg5! against 4...h5.

One easy way in many variations is just to put your own piece on d5. In many Maroczy Bind positions or variations of the Najdorf, this is a standard theme.

Another option is to use humans rather than a computer! Using the "Opening Explorer", you can see the percentage of master games that were won, drawn, or lost from an opening position, and which move …

Yes, but after 10. Nxe5 and 11. Nc7+, followed by Be3 and O-O-O, White has a very good game. The checkmate is just an example of White's spatial control and attacking chances, I think.

To explain the forced mate, your 25th move should have been Bxh7+. If he captures with the knight, you play Rxg7+! If he captures, you play Qg6+ and either Nf7# or Qf7#. If he moves to h8, you obvious…

Zen Mode lets you just focus on your game. It hides the username and rating of your opponent - once "deployed", all you can see is what you would on an OTB game: board, clock, and whatever your prefer…

Drawn. I don't think there's a way to make Black push his pawns and expose a weakness, apart from trading White's own few pawns. Stockfish just shuffles the knight around for Black, and the king and r…

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@royalblue04 Exactly. And "The Bind" is named after Maroczy, although he didn't invent it.