Fairy Pieces Edition>Chess websites, tools, videos and books:https://rentry.org/vxdsw7k5>Calendar:- European Individual Chess Championship | November 7th - 20th- World Senior Championship | November 16th - 29th- World Chess Championship Match | November 20th - December 15th- International President Cup | November 21st - 29th- US Masters | November 27th - December 1st- Singapore International Open | November 29th - December 5th- London Chess Classic | November 29th - December 7th- Llobregat Open | November 30th - December 8th- Saint Louis Masters | December 3rd - December 7th- Qatar Masters | December 3rd - December 12th- Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival | December 12th - 22nd- Champions Chess Tour Finals | December 17th - 21st- World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship | December 26th - 31st- Rilton Cup | December 27th - January 5th>Previous thread:>>94298047
>>94373421aaaah Seirawan himself qualified for the S-Chess finaldamn, I totally forgot to watch it live
What is the most incel opening?
>>94374854Learning openings is inherently incel. Chad just makes whatever move looks best at that moment without worrying about the line.
>One week to the World Championship.How to prepare?
>>94373421>European Individual Chess Championship | November 7th - 20thround 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aWQ1YqGDJ4
>>94374854Nf3
stay on your board tranny abomination we don't want you
>>94351932Stafford, by a mile
>>94378282oh wow there is a woman in the top 30: https://chess-results.com/tnr1011499.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=6&turdet=YES
>>94373421>be me >bad at chess>study theory>doesn’t matter because people below 1000 play seemingly random moves>almost never get lines I’ve memorizedWhat do bros
Oh man, I’m proud of this checkmate I found in a rapid game with 3 mins left Absolutely beautiful. 5 great moves in a row with a brilliant sac
>>94382043Easily refuted by anyone above 1000 Elo. It’s Blackburne Schilling tier. Here’s a list of actual good ones Smith Morra Gambit Queens Gambit Kings Gambit Evans gambit Alien gambit
>>94384355Stay solid and wait for their errors.
yfw there are more than a thousand years old puzzleshttps://en.chessbase.com/post/ancient-chess-problems-to-solve
>>94389042Murray's "History of Chess" has a huge section full of shatranj and medieval chess puzzles like this. A handful of them use only pawns, rooks, and knights like this one, and so are still good chess puzzles.
Just watched Stepan's video two days ago and he mentioned someone insulted him in the chat in another language. Can anyone translate what this guy said? What language is this?
>>94390833It's in Hindi. "The smart one will become a fool" was probably directed to Mick17 that won the game.
>>94391054Thank you for translating the needful saar, now that I see Stepan misunderstood him, as he thought the comment was directed to himself.
>>94378282Round 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUAOlL_P7us
>play rated game against much higher raanking player>wipe the floor with him>he challenges me to a rematch>wipe the floor with him
>>94384755congrats, anon.
https://www.chess.com/member/fsp123>i lose because i feel bad for themt-thanks for let me win
fyi if you open a profile pic in a new tab, you can get the original file by writing @4x before the last dot
>>94393509round 9:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUqktdBIGVc
pinkamena
>d4
>>94384355Don't study theory until you are at least 1800 elo. Memorization isn't learning, you wont understand any of the theory you memorize. It's a waste of time to learn how to fight for fractions of a pawn in the opening, when you're going to be giving away a full piece every game in the middlegame.Opening theory is a trap for beginners, you will never get good, if you spend too much time there. Learn endgames instead.I'm rated 2200 on chess.com blitz and if I play the bongcloud every game my rating goes down to 2000. That's the difference openings make.
>>94376709https://www.chess.com/lessons/play-like-ding
This could be a nice pic, we only need someone with Photoshop to remove the Indians in the background.
>>94406569here you go, best I can do in only 10 minutes
>>94406569gee magnus, how come your mom let's you have two trophies??
>>94406653thanks anon!
Finegold's antics always crack me the fuck up
How should I learn chess? I know the rules but I don't have any fundamentals or openings. Plus, I don't know where even to begin. What openings should I study? Where can I learn the 101 basics? How should I be moving my pieces? etc.
>>94410895Start with the videos, there is a section in the OP pastebin (the first 4 playlists in particular).
>>9441089510k bullet games without thinking too much
>>94374854queen to owes me six
>>94373421>World Senior ChampionshipWhere are the big names like Shirov and Ivanchuk? Aren't they supposed to play this?
>>94404339last round: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFiOwhNKUjMhttps://chess-results.com/tnr1011499.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=11&turdet=YES&flag=30
>>94404955learning the king and rook checkmate has won me so many games. i haven't encountered a single person sub 1000 that knows the pattern. they just move around like it's a draw
I finally get it: I can't improve by only playing blitz and boolet
>>94423409correct, you also have to stop thinking
I thought I hated chess, but it turns out I just hate studying openings and the opening stage. Fischer random chess is so much more fun than standard chess, it's unreal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eUqME96t6Q
