Being card dead, that is to say being continually dealt lower-value hole-cards, is a common situation in poker. It’s often blamed for players busting tour...

Here, missed win means a significant advantage, some material, or actual winning sequence was missed. A blunder is similar but the opposite: you lose mate...

Generally, with correct play, it is possible to checkmate with a Rook and King in 15 to 20 moves. One of the dangers is that a draw may result due to the ...

The opening for the King’s Indian is very passive to start, and you are indeed giving up d4, c4, and in many cases e4. While this seems terrifying and aga...

Standard poker rules dictate that you must show your hand if you win, but you don’t have to show your hand if you lose. However, at many competitive tourn...

1. Stockfish 13 – Elo 3546. Stockfish is the strongest free chess engine. How good is 2000 ELO chess? In almost all systems a higher number indicates a st...

How To Quickly Improve Your Chess Game Fast improvers play much more chess games. Fast improvers analyze most of their games. Fast improvers play more Puz...

In Texas Hold’em, each player is making a hand out of seven available cards. To determine the probability of each hand occuring we can count the number of...

Grandmaster (GM): The GM title is the most difficult title to earn for any chess player. To become a grandmaster, a player must establish a FIDE rating of...

Start Book Browsing from the menu, select the book and there after control.epd, the start position will appear, press a key to view the next position. Pre...