Overview. chess-web-api is a lightweight, unofficial wrapper for the Chess.com public data API. It includes helper functions for all available endpoints, ...

If that is your definition, then being rated between 1200-1400 is good enough. At that level you will beat most people who just casually know how to play....

Chatrang, or Shatranj, was the name given to the early game of chess when it travelled to Persia and then to the Arab world. (Persian for ‘King’) when thr...

As with bishops, you should try to place your rooks on open lines where their firepower can be directed at the enemy. Rooks are more valuable than bishops...

The only thing you can trust about any poker game, land based, or online is that sooner or later your going to be burned. The more your exposure to gambli...

But obviously, a GM’s “coach” doesn’t serve the same role as a beginner’s. A GM often has a “second” (or more than one). This is someone who helps the GM ...

The odds of hitting quads on the flop are a minuscule 0.2 percent or 407 to 1. By the river, it goes up slightly to 2.1 percent but the odds are still ver...

The benefits of cheating are obvious – improved grades in an environment where failure is not an opportunity for learning, but rather a badge of shame. Wh...

One example of a custom time control is 10|2, which is the official time control for the PRO Chess League. The time control currently used at FIDE’s World...

The odds of flopping a Straight Flush are so unlikely (0.02% or less) that the majority of poker equity calculators don’t even show the precise odds. Has ...