stunning edition>Chess websites, tools, videos and books:https://rentry.org/vxdsw7k5>Calendar:- Grand Chess Tour Finals | September 28th - October 3rd- European Team Chess Championship | October 5th - 14th- European Chess Club Cup | October 18th - 26th- FIDE World Senior Championships | October 20th - November 2nd- Lichess Autumn Marathon | October 25th- Clutch Chess, Champions Showdown | October 27th - 29th- FIDE World Cup | October 31st - November 27th- US Masters | November 26th - 30th- XTX Markets London Chess Classic | November 26th - December 7th- Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour: Cape Town | December 5th - 12th- Tech Mahindra Global Chess League | December 13th - 24th- FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships | December 25th - 31st- Rilton Cup | December 27th - January 5th- Tata Steel | January 16th - February 1st>Previous thread:>>96520400
If Lichess is so "great" compared to chess.com then how come they only have like 5 variants?
>>96628134I asked for more of them and the developers always say something about not clogging the code with unnecessary stuff. That's also why PyChess is basically an extension of Lichess (you can log in automatically once you have a Lichess account).
Chess noob here.I'm trying Chessable and doing the "Beginner Starter Kit" course.I'm at "Puzzle: Trapping the King in the Center #4" and my autism sense is tingling.So. Black to move. We want to prevent White from castling. That's the goal of the lesson.CM Can Kabadayi's solution? ...Ba3Which doesn't prevent White from castling at all.Yeah sure White will lose a Bishop, big deal.But no, that's not what's going to happen according to Kabadayi.According to him, White's response won't be to castle but Bxa3, taking Black's bishop all the while allowing Black to follow it up with Qxc3 and wreck shit.I feel like assuming your opponent will misplay is one dumb way to teach people how to play.I'm not saying ...Ba3 is a bad move, but it won't allow you to stop your opponent from castling, which is the theme of this lesson.I dunno, I just find this annoying. Especially when the CM mentions the possibility of White castling anyway but dismisses it by saying "The move O-O safeguards the white king but for a huge cost: White loses the bishop ...xb2-+."Because losing the game is a better alternative, it seems.r2r2k1/1p2bppp/p1p1pq2/8/8/1PP3P1/PB2PPQP/R3K2R b KQ - 1 2
>>96629454>assuming your opponent will misplayHE WILL
>>96629454yeah thats kinda weird, if i've calculated correctly white is just checkmated if they take a3.1... Ba3 2. Bxa3 Qxc3+ 3. Kf1 Qxa1+ 4. Bc1 Qxc1# {or, 4...Rd1#} 1...Ba3 2. Bc1 Qxc3+ 3. Kf1 Rd1# {or, 3. Bd2 Qxd2+ 4. Kf1 Qd1+ 5. Rxd1 Rxd1#} {or, 3. Bd2 Qxa1+ 4. Bc1 Qxc1#} i checked the engine afterwards to make sure I'm not misleading you, and its #-3 after Bxa3.
>>96629454winning the bishop wins the game so i don't see the problem
>>96629918Yeah I was a bit dumbfounded.Definitely didn't make me want to check this guy's other courses. I'm only doing this one because it came "bundled" with my free account anyway.Then I'll do the ones suggested by Plebbit.>>96629999Checked.The problem is that this lesson is supposed to teach you how to prevent your opponent from castling. It doesn't do that and just assumes White will do something dumb instead.Taking Black's bishop is a death sentence for White. It's stupid. Just castle.
>>96630048Can anyone tell me what "Checked." means? I used to think it was an indirect way to say "saged' but that doesn't make any sense.
>>96630177He noticed the nice digits in the post number. Forget it, it's an obsolete behaviour according to the Ultimate 4-chan Code of Conduct.
>>96630177"Check these dubs".
>>96630223>it's an obsolete behaviour
someone please do a clip of Hikaru at the Ludwig charity thing
>>96629901Hopechessbro...
>>96631912We are not GMs, and our opponents aren't that good either. It's fair to expect blunders everywhere.
Real chess general:>>>/vg/540411478
>>96627759>Grand Chess Tour Finalsday 1:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agUxku8ECXc
>>96635339Maurice+Cristian and only two games to comment doesn't sound interesting enough. With all that money on the table they should have 8 players at least.
>>96635306>split-thread drama on /vg/This post is quite intredasting though >>>/vg/540425428
>>96628134Their choice of variants is also questionable. Horde in particular is terrible. Antichess is solved. I'd add Duck Chess, it doesn't seem complicated to implement.
>>96630876here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtZUnmN-tx0&t=8792s
>>96635339go MVL
>>96635385>two drawsThey literally said that draws are ok in classical...
>>96635339Freestyle Chess was perfect for this event. They'll never learn.
>>96635339Day 2:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAo-qxORA0g
>>96630876>>96635662what happened? i will not watch
>>96641968He won with queen odds while in blindfold mode where he couldn't see the pieces but only the list of moves.
>>96642880>He won with queen odds while in blindfold mode where he couldn't see the pieces but only the list of moves.it's this easy against a literally who? grandmasters often do this kind of stunt against 10 or 15 opponents
>>96642948Yes it's easy for them.
>>96641877>draws again, but fasterlol very professional indeed
