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@e4e5f4exf4nicht said in #16: > How many pieces can be on the Board for a table base solution. Are 8 pieces not to much? Seven is the maximum that has been achieved so far (the two kings and five othe…

@NaturalBornTraveller said in #12: > [...] Or should we, us curious users, just speculate? [...] My own speculation is that it was judged that automatically adding all reported users to the block list…

@petri999 said in #9: > 8/2Nr4/4Kp2/4pN2/4Pk2/8/8/8 w - - 0 53 > the position I saw on boad and table base gives Kxd7 as winning move. in actual game hitting win Kn is drawn. Oh I see, you're taking i…

@petri999 said in #6: > no it is not a draw. higly academic issued but 7 piece table base says it is winnable it really is. In practice far and few between can really win this That's very interesting,…

@petri999 said in #4: > endgame table bases do not have bugs due to method they are compiled. Or they would have a lots of bugs. Building table is pretty simple backtracking algorithm. For sheer fun o…

For a win for the knights (ignoring the 50 move rule) the pawn needs to be behind the "Troitsky Line" and securely blockaded by a knight. For an e-pawn as here, the pawn needs to be no further advance…

Long story short, no, creating a second account is not generally permitted. A lot more players will think they form an exception than the number who really do have a good reason to flout this.

No doubt TotalNoob69's suggestion works a dream, but I also recommend when you're writing a lot of text that you work offline on your local machine making your own regular backups, and finally pasting…

@Blind_p said in #7: > Also, do you think the Caro Kann is good for me? I feel it suits me [...] Yes, that's an excellent choice for a player who prefers to try to neutralise the opponent's threats an…

I understand from what you've said so far that you like positional games without too many complex tactical lines, ideally leading to endgames, and also that you're unhappy with sacrificing a pawn in t…