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It would be drawn if White managed to play Nxh2 before time expired, before that it isn't drawn.

You're winning? 2N vs R+P is pretty even, especially with black probably playing Nc4 followed by Nd5 with a decent postion. EDIT: Stockfish gives it as -3.7, you're not winning

Is it just me or when you beat a higher rated player they ask for a rematch and if they lose/draw the rematch they will ask for another rematch until they win then leave?

Does the US rules allow castling to be done with 2 hands? If so that does violate FIDE rules as Article 4.1 clearly states that all moves must be made with 1 hand, Nakamura was warned about this in th…

I take back what i said about this problem, its brilliant. This does actually work as a retrograde problem. White last move must have been Bb2+, black must player either e7-e5 or f6 both which lead to…

I'd be okay with this puzzle if any other move than e7-e5 also led to mate in 1

@a_pleasant_illusion I agree From wikipedia Castling and en passant conventions In retrograde analysis problems, as well as in standard chess problems, castling is assumed to be legal unless it can be…

There is no mate in 1, h8 is a flight square and Qf6+ allows Kxh6

For 8,7 and 11 the predecessor of chess (the name escapes me) all moved the same, their is a puzzle from the 6th century that is the same in modern chess. For 5, if you mean when clocks were first use…

@BestSiteEver Kotov described his view on studying learning openings in an interesting way. "Know everything about something and something about everything." He's saying to have a general knowledge of…