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Fairly recent books on chess programming? As subject above, are there any valuable, fairly recent books on chess programming, with code samples or complete code (not just general principles on AI, algorithms, etc.)? Started 12/16/20 at 21:47:54 by grandpatzer	4	501	12/17/20 at 11:38:40 By: Pawnpusher
Chrome Extension for use with the Lichess site Hi everyone, Im a developer and I made Chrome Extension for Live Chess Analysis in Lichess.org games. Is really cool if you are streaming or seen another games lives. Unfortunately the exten... Started 12/14/20 at 18:14:00 by pawngun	1	467	12/15/20 at 02:29:01 By: Stigma
Two new 1 d4 2 c4 Repertoires Cyrus Lakdawala: Opening Repertoire: 1 D4 with 2 C4 Viktor Moskalenko: An Attacking Repertoire for White with 1.D4: Ambitious Ideas and Powerful Weapons What are they going to reccomend? Started 02/14/19 at 15:31:31 by alyechin « Pages 1 2 ... 6 7 8 all »	109	37838	12/02/20 at 02:35:13 By: Stigma
KIA rep Hi all, I been looking for a backup rep, and was thinking of the KIA. First would it be better to play e4 or nf3 on move one and why? Are there any lines that are good for black that are really good f... Started 04/13/20 at 05:50:22 by Mtal « Pages 1 2 3 4 all »	50	6994	11/30/20 at 04:18:03 By: Stigma
Correspondence Chess 2020 Hey. With less stuff to do because of Corona I am right now playing in my first correspondence chess tournament in I think 6 years. Beforehand I noticed there is a split in the corr community. Mo... Started 05/24/20 at 15:49:55 by Confused_by_Theory « Pages 1 2 3 all »	44	6201	11/27/20 at 22:13:29 By: bragesjo
Covid protocols and common sense Okay members, see if you can spot a problem in the photo here: https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/cfm_botvinnik_school_and_mednyi_vsadnik_lead_russ.... Started 11/22/20 at 23:04:29 by Bibs	2	727	11/23/20 at 01:26:35 By: Bibs
Help in finding a famous Sicilian Poisoned Pawn Hi all. I remember a beautiful miniature by Black in the Najdorf Poisoned Pawn, played by two Jugoslav GMs. It was played a lot of years ago. In an apparently lost position Black ended with ...Rb3!!.... Started 11/08/20 at 14:27:14 by grandpatzer	11	1114	11/19/20 at 13:19:59 By: an ordinary chessplayer
Chessbase discount day today 20201117 Hi. For your information dear forum. The Chessbase discount day is here: https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-big-discount-day-is-here Whenever I've wanted to buy something from chessbase I always reg... Started 11/17/20 at 07:37:45 by Confused_by_Theory	1	381	11/17/20 at 08:03:35 By: TD
Does anybody know which chess set this is? [IMAGE] Started 10/06/20 at 13:23:52 by TD	10	1031	11/14/20 at 14:42:07 By: Ron C
Looking for Direction in Drawing Techniques I have some trouble with it. My tactics books put a "Win Material/Mate in ~" mind set onto me, no surprise. But the only techniques I've come across are forcing self-stalemate by my opponent or insuff... Started 10/29/20 at 00:33:46 by cathexis « Pages 1 2 all »	16	1699	11/03/20 at 13:25:33 By: cathexis
Igor Rausis caught cheating in Strasbourg Igor Rausis was caught using a phone at a tournament in Strasbourg and has admitted to cheating. Given the recent stories, and the reaction from a lot of professional players about the increase in his... Started 07/13/19 at 16:03:52 by RoleyPoley « Pages 1 2 3 all »	33	5306	10/17/20 at 14:15:32 By: Confused_by_Theory
The end of Magnus Carlsen Streak 125 games Today Magnus Carlsen lost in round 5 of the Altibox Norway Chess 2020 classical tournament to GM Jan-Krzystof Duda (POL 2757) which ends his 125 game winning streak. He was undefeated since 8/1/2018 R... Started 10/10/20 at 19:50:14 by trw	5	756	10/12/20 at 22:33:24 By: trw
Finding a heavy, squat old friend . . . Okay, kind of a strange request. Well over 50 years ago now, at the Canadian Open in Toronto I bought a set of plastic chess pieces. They were extremely heavy; but their best characteristics was tha... Started 10/06/20 at 14:40:40 by Wwqlcw	3	609	10/10/20 at 16:30:16 By: cathexis
New exciting opening titles from Thinkers In the "coming soon" area of Thinkers Publishing there are some new exciting opening titles. Among them, from White's perspective the Ruy Lopez, the Italian, Beating the French with 3.Nc3 by top GM Pe... Started 10/02/20 at 13:10:39 by grandpatzer	10	1194	10/09/20 at 10:48:03 By: Pawnpusher
Moved: 'Finding a heavy, squat old friend . . .' This Topic has been moved to General Chess by GMTonyKosten
Tactics Testers Wanted Hi! I have a vague idea for a tactics course (on Chessable), the idea of which is essential to use empirical results to sort chapters by difficulty. That is to say, I give a "focus group" (so to speak... Started 10/05/20 at 18:35:24 by mn	8	765	10/07/20 at 19:05:15 By: an ordinary chessplayer
Dvorkovich on cheating Hi. Fide president Dvorkovich has published some questions about computer-assisted cheating in chess for the whole wider chess community. https://www.fide.com/news/703 Somewhat interesting reading ... Started 08/25/20 at 07:05:41 by Confused_by_Theory « Pages 1 2 3 4 all »	55	5599	10/06/20 at 16:02:10 By: TopNotch
Watson - A Strategic Opening Repertoire for White Has anyone any news on this forthcoming book ? Being by such a respected author, I would think it would stimulate at least as much discussion as the Kaufman book. From the Gambit website, it will be 1... Started 03/12/12 at 14:38:28 by Laramonet « Pages 1 2 ... 7 8 9 all »	121	83077	10/04/20 at 08:43:36 By: trw
David R. Lonsdale Books on Amazon Mr. David R. Lonsdale (unknown title or ELO) has a lot of books - mainly on very risky and unusual openings - for sale on Amazon. I should be interested in purchasing a few of them, but I was wonderin... Started 10/02/20 at 05:03:59 by grandpatzer	5	585	10/02/20 at 17:45:04 By: kylemeister
"Chess for Zebras" - $200 U.S., really? [I hate these boutique dealers that charge a fortune for hard to get books and then drive up the price for mere mortals.] Anyway,... I know this book has been discussed before but I think that wa... Started 09/25/20 at 00:00:16 by cathexis « Pages 1 2 all »	22	2261	09/28/20 at 09:30:08 By: Jupp53

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