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What changes the result

The rules behind the moments commentators get excited about. They build on the beginner rules.

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The board and the pieces

  1. What is en passant in chess?En passant is a special pawn capture.

Winning and drawing

  1. What is stalemate in chess?Stalemate is a draw.
  2. What is the threefold repetition rule in chess?A player may claim a draw when the same position appears on the board for the third time with the same player to move.
  3. What is the fifty-move rule in chess?A player may claim a draw if each side has made 50 moves in a row without any capture and without any pawn move.

At the board

  1. If you touch a piece in chess, do you have to move it?Yes.
  2. What happens if you make an illegal move in chess?An illegal move is completed when the player presses the clock.

Other forms of play

  1. What is the difference between rapid, blitz and classical chess?The difference is the thinking time.
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