Chess and Creativity: artificial intelligence
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Chess and Creativity: flexibility in structures
Pawn structures are not merely static setups: they represent the DNA of a position.
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Chess and Creativity: ingenuity in the shadows
Defense is not just resistance, it is a refined form of creativity. Few players embodied this concept like Tigran Petrosian
chess creativity Tigran Petrosian
Chess and Creativity: creativity in chaos
In dynamic and complex positions, chaos is not disorder: it is a fertile ground to break conventions and discover unexpected ideas.
chess creativity Mikhail Tal
Chess and Creativity: the essence
Chess is often seen as a game of calculation and memory, but it hides a surprising dimension.
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Dominate the chessboard with files and ranks
In the previous articles, I explored squares and diagonals, in this final episode I will shift our focus to ranks and files. I explored squares and diagonals, in this final episode I will shift our focus to ranks and files.
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The secret power of the diagonals
In the previous article I explored the meaning of the squares, the importance of the central ones and how they affect the game.
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The hidden geography of a chessboard
Really, what do we do with all these squares on a chessboard during a game?
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Using Value Tuple
All of us write methods that return one value, string method return a string, int method return an int, but what do you do when you need to return more than one value?
.NET C# ValueTuple
Dictionary instead of switch or if statements v2
In the previous article I talked about how, in my opinion, is possible to improve the code quality by storing keys/values in a dictionary instead of using switch or conditional statements.
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Dictionary instead of switch or if statements
Conditions are a basic concept of programming but best practices suggest to avoid excessive usage of if statements.
.NET C# dictionary
Organize top level solution folders in .NET
There are different ways to create Multi-Project Solution or Single Project solution from scratch, for example using the .NET command-line interface (CLI) or the Visual Studio (VS) GUI
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