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What Is Stockfish? The Chess AI's Strength, How It Works, and How to Read Its Evaluation
An easy guide to Stockfish, the world's strongest chess AI: how strong it is, how it reads moves, and how to read evaluations such as +1.5 and M3. Also learn whether humans or AI are stronger, and how to find the best move.
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Chess Piece Values: Which Piece Is the Strongest?
A list of chess piece values (pawn 1, knight 3, bishop 3, rook 5, queen 9), which piece is the strongest, major and minor pieces, and how to use the values to judge whether a trade is good.
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Opening notes
Detailed answers to the "why?" questions that come up in the opening explanations.