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The Pied Chessman is not a highly-rated OTB tournament chess player. Analysis published on this site has been written with the hope that the exercise will improve the skills of the author, not with the expectation that it is always correct or necessarily superior to the judgment of the reader. Though I'm certainly better at chess writing than chess playing, your mileage may vary.

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    Some new chess rules passed by FIDE
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    15 years ago
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Bob Lenning
Chess player, online chess league organizer / administrator / TD, and chess tactics journalist. You can find me on ICC and Chess.com as SirIvanhoe.
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