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Just what I've picked up on... 1.) Bishops > Knights, but use your knights early. They can be useful tracking pawns in the center of the board early in development 2.) Play solid openings that don't immediately open up your king. For instance, as Black, the King's Indian is solid - develops a bishop, keeps king safe, and doesn't open up any diagonals for a quick accidental checkmate from a rogue bishop or queen. As white, something like the Four Knights can work well. 3.) Piece protection is paramount. When in doubt, be cautious, and make sure at least one (and preferably two) other pieces are covering it. I've won a handful of games when somebody thought they won an exchange that went 4-5 pieces, but I had something else covering the square they didn't imagine. Have gotten a few queens that way. 4.) Piece coordination / lines of sight is more powerful than a stronger piece alone. Pushing pawns? Have a knight or bishop scout the squares around / in front of it. Want to jump a knight to a square deep in enemy territory? See if you can have a bishop scout squares in that area first. It's really all about intel, just like Fog of War in Advance Wars (fantastic game series, look it up if you dunno about it) ... the more you have, the less risk you take when moving your pieces. 5.) Don't be afraid to scout. Bishops / Rooks / Queen can track MANY squares at once. Don't be afraid to let them hang back and keep an eye on the action as it develops before risking them. Basically, in summary ... Play normal chess openings that keep pieces protected, develop knights / bishops quickly, and don't open up your king to any inadvertent diagonals for a quick checkmate. Keep your pieces working in harmony (and don't take unnecessary risks of high-value pieces), and you should improve your ranking! -- I'm no master, but thought it might be helpful to share since I've seen multiple posts from people asking for advice (and not getting anything helpful). Thanks!

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!. use scholars mate as white or black 2.if youre opponent play e7 / f3 play Nh6 planning to go Ng4

!. use scholars mate as white or black 2.if youre opponent play e7 / f3 play Nh6 planning to go Ng4

I just wanna know ya'lls opinions. 

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I, sirreadsalot2535, on September 28 2025 have just hit 2200 for the first time in FoW blitz. I have played 7593 blitz games in the span the of around 2 years. I wanted to thank everybody that I beat and everybody that I lost to who helped me reach this tremendous goal. Here is the game that I did it. Very bad game but got the job done https://www.chess.com/variants/fog-of-war/game/89227637/8/3 special thanks to @pickleball, @zelfmat76, @LongTermFuture, and last but certainly not least, @RookToTheSquareG6. There were countless other people that I met along the way, but these people were extra helpful in everything they did, whether it was giving me 50 points in 15 minutes, or me losing 50 points in 15 minutes (and trust me, there was a lot of the latter). thank you for everyone who reads this and feel free to drop a comment below thank You all, yours truly,  sirreadslot2535 p.s. next goal, top 20 

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I can't play fog of war on my tablet, Have l missed an update and removed it? What can l do? Plz help me

I can't play fog of war on my tablet, Have l missed an update and removed it? What can l do? Plz help me

1. Don't take risks - Don't enter enemy territory without knowing what lies in their camp 2. Don't panic - you could always take the enemy king 3. Always play "safe moves" - Move pawns forward 1 square on the first move unless you don't need to 4. Have fun! - If you don't have fun, you're not going to experience the fun as much

Hi guys, I think I am the first person to go 2100, 2000, 1900, and 1800, in blitz, rapid, bullet, and hyper respectively. While this definitely doesn’t mean I’m the best, I think it is a cool achievement. Add your thoughts below.

What is the game result when one side cannot move at all, even considering that moving into check is legal? For example, in this position, Black to move has no legal moves whatsoever. Black cannot pass, yet can't move at all, let alone let their king be captured even if they wanted to.

What is the game result when one side cannot move at all, even considering that moving into check is legal? For example, in this position, Black to move has no legal moves whatsoever. Black cannot pass, yet can't move at all, let alone let their king be captured even if they wanted to.

I can checkmate all of my friends.

Hello everybody, what is everybody’s favorite top 20 player to play against/talk to

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In the opening, You need to have a safe king, space, and a solid position. What Opening does that? This one: Typically, you want though to put both bishops fianchetto.

I propose the following change of rules for a new chess variant. It is inspired by fog of war and chess 960. Board size and pieces are as in regular chess. 1. This is a version of fog of war or dark chess. You can see only the part of the board that your pieces can "see". However, when compared to fog of war you can see past your own pieces. They do not block your view. More precisely: A piece can see all squares directly around it and all squares it could move to as if no own pieces would be in the way. That means that a queen can see in the 8 directions until its view is blocked by an enemy piece. (The enemy piece is seen, but not beyond.) Based on this definition a knight in the center can see the 16 squares. The king has special seeing ability. The king can see much more than other pieces. It can see everything a queen would see that is on a square a king can move to. Note that this does not imply that the king cannot move onto an attacked square. For example, if the white king is on E1, and black has a bishop on F3 and a knight on G4, the king cannot see the night, because its view is blocked by the bishop. If other pieces of white cannot see the night either, then the white king may decide to move to F2 and be captured. Other rule differences: 2. The starting position has only the pawns for both players. Prior to the first move players place their pieces in the first (or last) rank in any order. (Unlike in chess 960, there are no restrictions whatsoever. You can even have two same colored bishops.) 3. The goal is to capture the king. No stalemate.4. No castling.5. No double pawn move or en passant.6. 50 (or such) move rule still applies. Anyone interested in cooperating with me getting this further refined and ultimately implemented?

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