In limit hold ’em, bets and raises during the first two rounds of betting (pre-flop and flop) must be equal to the big blind; this amount is called the sm...

Basic Strategy Advice Method (Straight) Probability (%) Flopping a Straight draw with AK 11.2 Flopping a Straight draw with T5o 9.66 Hitting an OESD from ...

It’s a typical club player. For instance, a 1400 will easily beat any beginner who is inexperienced with competitive chess. When I first learned to play c...

From July 1, 2017, the FIDE Laws of Chess on “illegal moves” now look like this: 7.5. 1 An illegal move is completed once the player has pressed his clock...

Just do the regular preparation: refresh your opening repertoires or specifically the opening you expect to have on the board. analyze your opponent’s pla...

As you can see in the above table, if you’re holding a flush draw after the flop (9 outs) you have a 19.1% chance of hitting it on the turn or expressed i...

Not to mention the fact that there has never been a 2900 player. Magnus Carlsen was unofficially 2889, and that is the closest humanity ever got. If Magnu...

There is an extra piece which moves similar to a rook, (But not backward?) It is allowed to jump over a piece. So put it behind a rook and have another pi...

Because en passant can only occur after an opposing pawn has moved two steps forward, as a general rule pawns may only capture en passant on the 5th rank ...

Whereas many perfect-information games have been solved (e.g., Connect Four and checkers), no nontrivial imperfect-information game played competitively b...