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| Connections | 730611 | |
| Members | 14775 | |
| Members (active) | 175 | |
| Forum posts | 14074 | |
| Problems | 109 | |
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| Wikichess | 270825 | |
| Moves | 17594107 | |
| Games | 153086 | |
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| Go | 13693 | |
| Chess | 103257 | |
| Chess 960 | 2394 | |
| Big chess | 4418 | |
| Poker holdem | 16988 | |
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Chess openings : | ||
| Scandinavian | 1556 | 1.e4 d5 |
| Modern | 708 | 1.e4 g6 |
| Pirc | 1174 | 1.e4 d6 |
| Alekhine | 753 | 1.e4 Nf6 |
| French | 3795 | 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 |
| Caro-Kann | 2456 | 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 |
| Grand prix attack | 545 | 1.e4 c5 2.f4 |
| Morra gambit | 695 | 1.e4 c5 2.d4 |
| Alapin | 1091 | 1.e4 c5 2.c3 |
| Closed sicilian | 1439 | 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 |
| Sicilian ...d6 | 8589 | 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 |
| Sicilian ...e6 | 1209 | 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 |
| Sicilian ...Nc6 | 3545 | 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 |
| Petroff | 1923 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 |
| Spanish | 7101 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 |
| Italian | 2448 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 |
| Ponziani | 160 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 |
| Scotch | 1396 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 |
| King's gambit | 1844 | 1.e4 e5 2.f4 |
| Vienna game | 422 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 |
| Other e4 ... | 7638 | 1.e4 ... |
| Dutch | 970 | 1.d4 f5 |
| Slav | 2723 | 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 |
| Queen's gambit acc. | 987 | 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 |
| Queen's gambit dec. | 2152 | 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 |
| Albins counter gambit | 85 | 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 |
| King's indian | 1184 | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 |
| Grunfeld | 802 | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 |
| Catalan | 563 | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 |
| Nimzo-indian | 1614 | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 |
| Benoni defense | 564 | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 |
| Budapest gambit | 131 | 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 |
| King's knight opening | 2973 | 1.d4 Nf6 (... d5) 2.Nf3 |
| Other d4 ... | 9148 | 1.d4 ... |
| Reti opening | 5393 | 1.Nf3 |
| Sleipner | 475 | 1.Nc3 |
| English | 5655 | 1.c4 |
| Bird | 1042 | 1.f4 |
| King's indian attack | 391 | 1.g3 |
| Orang Utan | 1223 | 1.b4 |
| Grob's attack | 318 | 1.g4 |
| French attack | 335 | 1.e3 |
| Mieses opening | 100 | 1.d3 |
| Anderssen | 175 | 1.a3 |
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| Poker Holdem | 3345 | Game 129013 |
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This chess game is played at FICGS :
Last move : Rf1 2026 August 13 15:26:22
White clock - 69 days 03:51:25
Black clock - 49 days 19:03:40
[Event "FICGS__CHESS__WCH_STAGE_1_GROUP_SM_02__000031"]
[Site "FICGS"]
[Date "2026.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zholob,Anatoly"]
[Black "Ward,David"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Nh5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.Nge2 Be6 12.a4 Nf6 13.Rhe1 Qb4 14.f3 O-O-O 15.b3 a6 16.Na2 Qd6 17.Kb2 Kb8 18.Rc1 Nc8 19.h4 h6 20.Qc3 Ne7 21.g4 g5 22.Rh1 Nd7 23.Qb4 Qxb4 24.Nxb4 f5 25.gxf5 Bxf5 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Ng3 Bg6 28.a5 Rh4 29.Bxg6 Nxg6 30.Nf5 Rxh1 31.Rxh1 Rf8 32.e4 dxe4 33.fxe4 c5 34.dxc5 Nxc5 35.Nd6 Rd8 36.Rc1 Ne6 37.Nc4 Ngf4 38.Rg1 Rd4 39.e5 Rd8 40.Nd6 Rh8 41.Ka3 Ne2 42.Rg4 Rh4 43.Rg2 N2f4 44.Rg1 g4 45.Nc2 Ne2 46.Rf1 *
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