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Re:The Hardest chess problem in the world? by reviseddamage on Friday September 18, 2015 @08:56PM (#10242878)
the amount of times i get called bullshit for doing an en passant or uttering the word zugzwang...
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Re:The Hardest chess problem in the world? by rtpg on Friday September 18, 2015 @09:16PM (#10242919)
Serious question: Does en passant happen often? I've never seen it happen in the wild (i.e. in games I play), but I just play casually with people.
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Re:The Hardest chess problem in the world? by dasil003 on Friday September 18, 2015 @11:24PM (#10243172)
It happens a lot more to people who don't know the rule.
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Re:The Hardest chess problem in the world? by dllthomas on Friday September 18, 2015 @10:39PM (#10243084)
I've definitely seen it, and I have never played a ton of chess.
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Re:The Hardest chess problem in the world? by icelancer on Friday September 18, 2015 @11:45PM (#10243207)
More common in blitz. Carlsen executes it in the 2013 world blitz championships I believe, and I've had it done to me and I've done it as well in 1m/2s games.
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Re:The Hardest chess problem in the world? by elangelcentral on Saturday September 19, 2015 @03:01AM (#10243555)
Even if it doesn't actually happen, it often impacts play, especially in the end game.
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Re:The Hardest chess problem in the world? by Scarblac on Saturday September 19, 2015 @07:19AM (#10243965)
It's relevant in almost every game, if you include variations that you have to consider when deciding your move.
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