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I love GMs that play a bunch of weird openings just to try and confuse the opponent into making a mistake or burning time.
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Verisimilidude posted:got my first ever "brilliant" move in a chess.com analysis and managed to get two in the same game. I'm not quite sure I understand why they're brilliant, but I'll take it!! Post them and let's find out.
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Mar 15, 2021 02:52
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qsvui posted:I don't even know what that means. That's the problem with today's players, they don't appreciate the great works of the (checks notes) 16th century.
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Mar 20, 2021 07:11
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Chess.com was hyper toxic when I played regularly. I remember using the London System for a while which drew a lot of ire. But then I stopped when I was playing people that could handle it. So the solution, it seems, was for them to ahh "get good" it seems?
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Apr 20, 2021 06:37
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I bet you thought "hah I have forked you now!!" And then wondered why the game ended.
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May 21, 2021 06:38
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fart simpson posted:don’t forget to learn some endgames. if you don’t know how to force checkmate with king and pieces v king, and you don’t know basic pawn pushing stuff then you’re in for a rough time actually converting anything to a win Also when you see a middlegame and go, 'i'd win this endgame', and you take all the pieces off the board that feels dope as hell.
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May 24, 2021 11:21
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Verisimilidude posted:new general rule of thumb is: don't let randoms have takebacks. Had a decent game today, someone requested a takeback, I said sure, I'm in a good mood. Later on my finger slips causing an obvious blunder, and the rando wouldn't let me get the takeback, instead choosing to taunt me. avatar / post combo Zwabu posted:
I felt like Magnus Carlsen seeing this instantly. God I gotta get studying Sillman again.
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Jun 27, 2021 11:40
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fisting by many posted:me after winning: Well, that was a solid game by me. My plan of attack worked perfectly, I maintained pressure throughout the entire game, and my victory was inevitable. I loving love this poo poo. I have played I think, maybe 1 good game of chess in my life.
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Jul 13, 2021 09:08
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Fired up Chess.com for the first time in a year and i'm like hell yeah I'm clowning these fools god I'm good. Then I checked my rating and realize that they moved 10 minute into Rapid and my Rapid rating sucks rear end so I'm playing scrubs.
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Jul 28, 2021 12:16
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Hand Knit posted:The World Cup is down to the quarter finals now. A lot of the top seeds are out, with only Carlsen and Karjakin of the top 10 remaining. QF matches are Carlsen-Bacrot, Vidit-Duda, Tabatabaei-Fedoseev, and Shankland-Karjakin. Tabatabaei, a recent world junior champion, stands out as the lowest rated of those remaining. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc-wuvGQaDg Esipenko seems really good. fart simpson posted:what’s your rapid rating 400 lower than my blitz rating, which for poo poo tier chess is quite a difference.
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Jul 28, 2021 14:01
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drat that game last night seemed SWAG as hell from Magnus. Unbalanced positions are fun and cool imo.
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Jul 29, 2021 09:09
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Aggro posted:Speaking of puzzles, I finally broke 2000 on chess.com after hovering in the 1800/1900s for like six months Congrats! I got to the (for me) astounding high of 1800 recently, It's funny how you just get stuck at a plateau for months and then 'break through' when everything clicks. And then correlates that when you're not hanging pieces anymore you can focus more on the strategic long term planning. But also, you know what a good move is so you automatically make better moves to begin with so shaping the strategy becomes easier too.
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Jul 29, 2021 23:23
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Speaking of chess on YouTube I caught myself saying "gimme" Jan Gustafsson style when I took a pawn the other day so I guess I learned something from watching Jan.
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Jul 31, 2021 02:27
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Practice endgames, please, I beg you.  Black to move and I blundered it away under timer pressure with ...f3?? edit: in my defense, in the first image I got a lot of the concepts right which got me to the second image which is something I guess?
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Jul 31, 2021 12:52
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Lichtenstein posted:A real gangster just copies pgn to lichess. This but purchased version of Komodo.
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Aug 19, 2021 09:28
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Carbolic posted:Welcome to the club, friend! "No one is good at chess"
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Aug 22, 2021 00:50
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Maugrim posted:I don't mind if you edit the OP or start a new thread, but I did notice when looking for a chess thread to post in that the series discussing current tournaments over in (I think) SAS petered out years ago. Maybe best to roll tournament discussion into this one since it's not super busy? There are usually candidates/title threads that's about it. I made one where I made every chess player a cowboy, I'm not entirely sure it worked but I tried. Hand Knit posted:In other news, I kinda wonder if it's time for a new thread. The OP of the thread is... more than a little bit out of date. 9 years old... seems fine.
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Oct 14, 2021 08:35
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Maugrim posted:Nd6+ doesn't work because rook can take. I think it's - Rook can't take because Nd6+ Rxd6 Qxc7#
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Oct 14, 2021 10:01
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jesus WEP posted:i win at bullet posting This is why I play 10min posting!!!!
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Make it Cowboy themed again. Also make some joke relating to Draws. More Draws than a octopuses' bedside table. Idk I'm riffing here, punch it up a little.
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