winter edition >Chess websites, tools, videos and books:https://rentry.org/vxdsw7k5>Calendar:- Tech Mahindra Global Chess League | December 13th - 24th- FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships | December 25th - 31st- Rilton Cup | December 27th - January 5th- Lichess Winter Marathon | December 28th- European Women's Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship | January 8th - 12th- Tata Steel | January 16th - February 1st- Speed Chess Championship Finals | February 7th - 8th- Prague International Chess Festival: Masters | February 25th - March 6th- FIDE Candidates Tournament | March 28th - April 16th- Norway Chess | May 25th - June 5th>Previous thread:>>97077891
bloodbath incoming!Smith–Morra Gambit Arenahttps://www.chess.com/play/arena/4596701
>>97174295needed an updated calendar
Drunk chess anyone?
>>97175150No, one glass max.
>>97173764>Tech Mahindra Global Chess LeagueI'm betting on the Triveni team.
>>97173764>CandidatesDid Hikaru qualify? Last time I checked he was playing scrubs in the middle of nowhere to get enough games.
>>97176888starting! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS_qdhQ8pRA
>>97175882I've been in dates like this and it's awkward. They ask you to teach them, but soon regret it. They can't learn chess without focusing on it and if they do that it's not a date anymore, it's a borefest. Every mistake is a frustration and the game is playing on your opponents ignorance, it simply doesn't have that sexual spark. I know it's just an excuse, but is one of the worst ones. >wow anon, such good move... you are so smart...>bitch that was e4Must be nice playing with a girl that knows chess though, especially if she gets a joy at beating your ass..
>>97177994>joy at beating your ass..A chess dominatrix? wtf I can't sleep now.
>>97177994Chess requires a high degree of visual-spatial reasoning (i.e. the ability to think about objects moving through an imaginary space in your mind) and that is one of the few gender differentiated skills that women just do not have at a high level. The original use of visual spatial reasoning goes all the way back to our primitive ancestors needing to be able to judge how to throw things at targets. A trait that was selected for in men being the hunters of the family unit, but not for women. Chess is a game for everybody but it is necessary to segregate it by sex so that both groups are playing with their peer skill groups. Women can attain high level Chess skills through dedicated practice and experience (see Judith Polgar) but on average the skill disparity makes mixed sex matches unpleasant for either party.
I offer this game to God, because He made it possible
https://archived.moe/r/thread/20093414/#q20093618Is this real?
waiting movies have been kino for me
Started the duolingo chess course last week.
1 min games are too fast, I'm 500 elo in it. I always blunder in a stupid way out of desperation and any victory I have feels like my opponent lost for the same reason.
>Woodpecker methodDoes it work? What is your personal experience with it? I am thinking about making it my new year's resolution to level up my chess power. Pic to get your attention.
>>97179645you're not meant to play bullet games if you're below 1500-2000 rapid and have well trained pattern recognition
900 elo but I was a little proud of this game. I'm white.
>>97180052It's a waste of time. Do puzzles instead.
>>97180216Isn't the woodpecker method just doing puzzles over and over?
>>97180511They are too difficult; do normal puzzles, normally. Instead of repeating, choose a theme and solve a bunch of similar puzzles until you are confident that you'll recognize that thematic situation in a real game.https://www.chess.com/blog/SheldonOfOsaka/the-woodpecker-method-a-reviewhttps://lichess.org/training/themes
>have .001% highest intelligence/nigh-photographic memory>could have researched nuclear energy >or theoretical physics>or quantum algo development>or geopolitical strategist>actually lets devote my life to a tic tac toe looking aaa board game thats more or less solved by computersI like chess but what a waste of talent.
>>97181824most chess players are midwits tho
>>97181824>more or less solvedWe solved only endgames with up to 7 pieces. We are years away to solve a board with 8 pieces, and centuries for one with 9 pieces. Mind you, there are 32 in total!https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endgame_tablebase
>>97177462Day 2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyWplwyM0cs
>>97181824Then hire him yourself, my dude. Pay him a good enough salary for him to quit chess and work on your cure for cancer project.
relevant for the chess peoplehttps://youtube.com/shorts/sdlqAKtozkw
>>97181824Sweet summer child not only are none of those pursuits of any value to humanity whatsoever, in actual fact they are the biggest threats in the world and one of only a few things that could wipe out humanity entirely. Not to mention the billions of dollars/euro waste and environmental impact of such research. I don't know about geopolitical strategist. Furthermore, as has been pointed out many times including by Hikaru himself, elite chess players don't have exceptional intelligence and their talent is also centered around one thing. Essentially, their brains have been wired a particular way since birth and just because they are really good at one thing doesn't mean they would be much good at another. As an example of this take the phenomenon of HSAM - highly superior autobiographical memory. Sort of the autobiographical memory equivalent of chess elites, these people remember every single day of their lives. Yet they are not exceptionally gifted in any other intellectual way. People are good at different things, creative in different ways, intelligent in different ways. Even chimps can outperform humans at some memory tests. So where does this leave people who insist on a strict hierarchy of intelligence, all defined by IQ test numbers? It leaves them nowhere, because that's all bullshit and all a fantasy. It originates in a classist society where some families would become doctors/lawyers etc. and then other families would become tradies and the white collars would look down on the tradies and have a better life than them. For sure some people are better suited to different trades but the hierachy and idea of singular intelligence defined by iq is nonsense.
>>97178395>Chess requires a high degree of visual-spatial reasoningIt's basically a simon says where you just remember 30 moves to play in a row. Why are chessfags such pseuds?
Gee, thanks coach.
vg
Why is the pastebin so shit?
>>97186340>remember 30 movesIn my games, me and my opponent are out of book after 6 or 7 moves.
>>97185201>in actual fact they are the biggest threats in the worldWhether or not this is true isn't the fault of technology there will be and have always been evil humans ripping people up someway or somehow.I see obsessively dedicated learners with ridiculous genetic talent for abstract thinking and learning of deep systems Blubaum is one convenient example he started a mathematician. If it was only visual also they wouldn't be able to so easily play games blind or spoken by position. Chess is also only a fixed system according to the language game which discloses it, a paradigm like chess can always make sense under another just as in science a theory does.
Where do you keep your opening prep? Lichess studies? A physical notebook? What
>>97179144The best course ever. Wtf is a Boden's mate, y'know? I hadn't known until they told me. Also Hook mate.
>>97189804In my head.
>>97184622Kino.
study chess, nigga
>>97191066No, I improvise.
https://lichess.org/4bRDrqBA5 minute game, anyone can join
>>97193352newhttps://lichess.org/iA3RWBNo
>>97183988Day 4:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13mH1nixuGA
>>97173764It's weird that Alireza is doing that global thing but not the World Rapid: https://worldrapidandblitz2025.fide.com/participants-rapid-open/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWSLLz_PaLs
>can't get past 800 ELO on chess.comits so over
>>97195694Day 5:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaXXf_Wb-Z8
>>97201186Try another website.
>>97204114I don't care if chess.com is the corposlop version of chess, it's good.
>>97201812day 6:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODncnYHjhVg
>>97179046The boards look weird, it's AI generated.
>>97194152nice game anon
>>97197594Maybe it's just about money
We aren't that bad after all:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRJvX8CsvQo
>>97201186Here's the secret to chess. The previous move is the biggest clue to find the best move. Chess positions don't change that much move to move. Focus on the changes the last move made, which new squares are now under attack and which squares are no longer attacked. Remembering and keeping track of what has already happened, will give you foresight into the future.
>>97179046No but very nice forearm hair.
>>97213988The forearm hair is so beautiful. I bet she's got a hairy butt too.
I've never won a game vs a real life opponent on chess dot com, all of my victories are from opponents resigning. Am I a fraud?
>>97214376specifically her butt crack
>>97215503
Can we organize a Christmas tournament?
Have any of you ever won playing the Damiano Defense?
Would be nice to have a Christmas tournament
>>97216147Hey everyone. We’re doing a Christmas tournament and everyone is invited. Tuesday, 23rd of December we have "Christmas Blitz Arena", an UNRATED blitz tournament (3+2).https://lichess.org/tournament/67xyCUmFHope to see you there
>>97216136Not a chance.
>>97207024day 8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f151U3c-FSk
Making a goofy chess game, basically you're just doing puzzles for points with a streak multiplier like on a regular site, but for every three you get right in a row it lets you pick a single use card that can change the rules for one puzzle. If you use one it'll let you cook and try to beat the puzzle "under par" for multiplicative bonuses. I wanted to make chess Balatro but I only vaguely know what Balatro is. Kinda hard making the cards balanced and fun, but I did have a cool tactic with a "knights get pawn attacks" one, and my own minimum viable engine used the "Whoops! All knights!" one against me, so I think this could be neat with some more features.
>>97219567Sounds fun.
http://www.shogi.net/shogi-l/Archive/1999/Nfeb07-06.txt
>>97185201>remember every single day of their lives.damn, that's insane
>>97179046>>97214376I love forearm hair, Anna Maja Kazarian had awesome arms but then some idiot commented on it on Youtube and she waxed and hasn't had anything since. Are there any other hairy chesstresses?
I play chess, shougi, checkers and GomokuGo is ass. Backgammon, poker's ass. Have a kitty.
>>97216136Yes. 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3. Nxe5 Qe7 4. Qh5?? g6 5. Nxg6 Qxe4+ 6. Be2 Qxg6 0-1
>>97221789Phoebe Witte
Real chess general>>>/vg/550709672
>>97222276>Go is ass.You need the mentality for it, to control territory.
>>97223126not that anonI used to play go, but it's just slow as hell compared to chess. You don't have 4-10 move checkmate tricks there, or the equivalent of 1 minute bullet games. I used to dislike chess and prefer go instead, because I only knew about classic time controls, until I discovered internet chess.
>>97222309Nice, looks like she waxes sometimes though, it'll disappear eventually. Thanks!
>>97222309The perfect chess waifu!
>minor inconvenience>resign>15 points behind>king is cornered>struggle to the very end because anything is possiblewhat kind of player are you
>>97225807>want to play an opening>opponent's first move throws it off>resign
I won 150 elo this morning and lost it all again later today. I'm either on a winning streak or losing one after the other.
>>97223677IMO Go is way harder and less forgiving than chess. Things can swing either way very fast if the best/worst move is played, just like in chess, but there aren't many openings, gambits and moves you can memorize, there are patterns, of course, but it really depends on the whole board.>or the equivalent of 1 minute bullet games.Smaller boards. 9x9 or 13x13, usually way faster games.
>>97225807>anything is possibleThis. Because sometimes they don't know how to mate or they run out of time trying.
>>97217293Finals:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg10zLSB6-Q
How screwed am I? Playing against an acquaintance from the gym and he said he was pretty good. I'm white by the way.
>>97228322Its over
>Na6ausGOD black opening
>>97228401I thought as much. Was fun while it lasted.
>>97201186I'm 2000 on blitz chess.com and it took me 5 years to go from 800 to 2000.
Don't play too much chess during Christmas, it's not a family game.
>>97233908My plan is to literally smoke weed, listen to doom metal and play chess for all the holidays.
Is elo 1000 on lichess a decent goal to aim for next year as a beginner? I understand the basics, and just received my copy of the Soviet Chess Primer. I'd love to join my local club and learn the game in the new year.
>>97234059>lichessGo for 1O00 by January>Soviet Chess Primer1300 by March>join my local club1700 by June
>>97234224>7 days to get to 1000
>>97234418You can play 8 hours a day during the holidays + January has 31 days. It's doable.
>playing chess at Christmas
>>97236611Chess players are often smart and rational people, therefore atheists.
>>97236668Or agnostic, like "if I win then God exists, if I lose then he doesn't".
>>97236944What about stalemates? Influence of the demiurge perhaps?
>>97236986An angel saved the ass of the other player.
>>97233915It's a good plan, except for the chess part.
The game is vastly improved when Rooks move only 3 tiles and Queens move identically to the King.
>>97238762Bishops are too powerful then.
>>97238443I played 2 games but I'm too stoned and retarded to care enough to play well. I'm playing Pokemon Yellow instead.
Really there should be videos of only women with hairy forearms playing chess.
>>97173764>FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championshipspress conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqV1t3mIc5w
nice username! https://www.chess.com/member/lichessisbetter99
i will never be good at chess because I will never stop making retarded blunders like this
>>97242844day 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ulgp0HCO-M
>>97245077
>>97245077Day 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoCsvLqgpg4
>>97248390based Artemiev
washnus washedsen
>>97248724he mad
>>97248828his was mad indeed after losing a drawn position
>>97248967What kind of masochist doesn't take the pawn here? I'm sure I would.
>>97223677>[Go doesn't] have 4-10 move checkmate tricksthere are plenty of tactics in saving weak groups, life-and-death, connection battles, and ko fights, but they they may only give you a local result rather than a game ending advantage. There is such depth of strategy, makes me wish I learned to play it much earlier in my life.
>>97249495I would take the pawn too. But only because I wouldn't see Bxh6 gxh6 Bxc6 Bxc6 and Qg6+ with perpetual check. He just sacs everything for a draw, because it's Magnus.
>>97248390there she is!
>>97248390Rapid final day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN0r6h5nrhw
>>97252564Ugly face, show forearm hair though.
NEVER RESIGN https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-rapid--blitz-championships-2025--rapid-women/round-11/SZdYHvWv/AAF0A1W1#42
>>97253973>rapid-wodropped
>>9725417415+10 is enough time to have a decent game
What the fuck is up with Benko players online? I play the Half-Accepted variation where instead of accepting the second pawn you go e3 instead. I have heard that this can be a bit annoying to Benko players - well fucking tough. But it's like they make every move in like 1-3 seconds and end the game usually with 2 minutes on the clock. Is it supposed to be some kind of intimidation? Is it they really hate the e3 variation? Do they just know where they want to put their pieces immediately, even though I win more than Iose against this type of person? Is it that it's a bunch of kids playing the Benko? Like what is going on? I wish I could say I don't let it affect me but it is offputting, this feeling like there's someone on meth at the other end. First few moves obviously is fine, still in opening theory, but this relentless speed and aggressive play also, do they think they will end with 2 minutes on the clock and everyone will applaud at this magnificent player? It's just offputting. Chess is supposed to be a relaxing game. Genuinely curious if anyone knows anything about this. See a little of it in KID also.
>>97255113They probably watched one of those clickbait videos about it.
>>97252564Cute chessfu bro!
>>97255632Very qt face but completely waxed arms, I checked. :(
>>97255632>>97255706Check the new girl from Russia in the FIDE flikr gallery, Diana Preobrazhenskaya: she scored 7 points in the rapid tournament (more than Ju Wenjun).
>>97201186chess is hard
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fide/55006826617/My waifu Vaishali doesn't wax when she wears long sleeves. So hot.
>>97253025blitz day 1:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umHnqmxfq4w
>>97255706https://www.flickr.com/photos/fide/55009981703/https://www.flickr.com/photos/fide/55009695541/https://www.flickr.com/photos/fide/55010198963/Huge disappointment, waxed smooth like a plastic doll. She would be very hairy naturally.https://www.flickr.com/photos/fide/55010334544/Such a qt though.
>>97257948based beast tamer
>>97258259I went through the entire Flickr from this year and it's abysmal, so many waxed women, especially the dark haired and brown ones.
>>97257662position is illegal (Ks adjacent)
>>97258464You have to put them there to signal that white won, black central squares for when black wins, one central square black and one white for draws.
>world championhttps://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-world-rapid--blitz-championships-2025--blitz-open-1-30/round-3/z94iu4s8/uuI1scjM#140
>>97257970lmao at Magnus losing on time for dropping a piece >blitzyeah it should be played with computers, not with wooden pieces
>playing a daily game on Chess dot cum>fucked up conditional moves and blundered a queenbrb killing myself
Chess is better when Rooks move only 3 squares and Queens move identically to Kings.
Is there anywhere to pirate the bortnyk/danya kings indian course? Yes, I'm a bad person.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nIwb5K2HEdgDoes anyone else hate how everything is filmed and farmed for clout nowadays and the game is basically all TikTok and shit? Why can't they just play the fucking game instead of having to act 24/7?
>>97261456There are many good content creators, stop following the bad ones.
/ourgirl/ is on top of the world! (for one day at least)https://s2.chess-results.com/tnr1313077.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=10
*Record scratch*
>>97249495>>97249772Yeah Magnus sometimes loses games simply because he plays to win and believes he has a chance to outplay his opponent from a worse position rather than allowing a draw.
>>97236668The GOAT is anyway.
>>97234059It’s a very low goal for an entire year, I was 1000 before I knew that chess had openings. I kept getting annoyed that people would “copy” each other and rage in chat that they should try having their own ideas. Some guy eventually was like “Uh it’s just the Ruy Lopez” and I went down a rabbit hole, in amazement. Your goal for next year if you’re not retarded should be 1500 minimum. All time controls.
What browser do you use for chess? Your normal browser or a particular one?
>>97263285Firefox with uBlock Origin.
What happened here?
>>972633981. You know you can just use the arrows on your keyboard right?2. Are you playing some kind of meme format? If not you got hacked and should report it.
>>97263398It's Bughouse, an highly addictive variant. The queen is coming from the other board.
>>97263457>Are you playing some kind of meme format?not intentionally, I just clicked play online and got this game.>>97263466how to avoid playing bughouse? What other board?
>>97263355Interesting, Firefox can't play chess.com for me at all. When I click Start Game it just refuses to register it.
>>97263484Make sure when you click play game that the "variant" is Standard. It isn't on Bughouse by default so you accidentally navigated there
>>97263484>What other board?Click "Partner" to see it. This variant requires a good coordination with your partner: you had to use the chat to tell him not to trade queens, or if it's forced, to trade when it's your turn to move.
>>97263622>>97263649thank you
Really liking the 3d board on com
>>97263737I lost, and no longer like it.
>>97255632goblin
>>97263243I am not retarded, so I guess I will aim for this.
Stop getting upset over chess games. It spikes your cortisol.Gemini explains:>Spiked cortisol, often called "cortisol face," causes physical changes like a rounder, puffier face (moon face), weight gain in the abdomen, and a buffalo hump (fat pad behind the neck) due to fluid retention and fat redistribution, plus skin issues like acne, thinning skin, stretch marks, slower healing, and premature aging, all from excess stress hormone affecting metabolism and skin health. If your opponent did something stupid, it’s their own loss for being stupid. Stoicmax. Cortisolmin.
>>97263947I more often get mad at myself
>>97263925Smol steps anon, you got this
What the fuck is their problem?
>>97257970Blitz final:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrS1rWDIdEQ
>>97258846aaaaaaand it's happening again today lmao
Playing on my phone adds hundreds of elo to my play. I am a phonecel.
SLURRRRRRRRRP
Nakamura thought playing the Brazilian top player was sus and his fans went on the Brazilian Instagram to call him names, but the dude was just playing chess, no cheatinghttps://youtube.com/shorts/n28HH78QNuY
Fell for it again award.
Hi chess autist anons.Question:Are female chess players really harassed at events and stuff or is it overblown?This is apparently the reason why they have their own female leagues despite chess being purely intellectual
>>97265036Fell for what? If you're worried about the fork Qa5+ wins you a knight.
>>97266342>really harassedYes, but evidences are scarce and we trust what female players say in interviews. One case was confirmed though: https://www.chess.com/news/view/vulgar-letters-chess-meduza>their own female leaguesNot the main reason. They are embarrassed to always be at the bottom of open tournaments, so they want their own thing with the possibility of winning some money.
>>97266342>This is apparently the reason why they have their own female leaguesLOL
>>97266428Why would you open random unexpected letters though?
>>97266428except based Polgar
>botez playing against brazilian gm>name is krikor mekhitarianhow
guys I did it!!! i am now a novice!!!for some reasons 1200-1300 was a lot easier than 1100-1200
>>97266351that's the joke.jpg
>>97266351He couldn't be because e5 does away with the fork anyways.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Tg9xiJ6D6kcarving chessmen
I thought this was a good game before hitting Review...
>>97266342No the reason they have their own tournaments is because they’re less competitive than the best men and wouldn’t have opportunities to win tournament money and be professionals otherwise. There are competing explanations for why that is, but everyone admits that’s the reason.
>>97267750Good job. Don’t be alarmed when your rating drops back down, progress isn’t linear. Just focus on improving and don’t pay too much attention to rating. Sometimes when you’re improving and experimenting which will make you better in the long term, you can sacrifice rating and take some losses in the short term. That’s fine x
Chessbros I started a couple months ago and am around 500 on chess.com, any tips on how to progress more quickly?
>>97269776Tactics on Chesstempo, studies on Lichess, review your games on WintrChess, play the same opening over and over until you master it.
>>97269776Watch Chess Fundamentals by John Bartholomew on youtube.Watch opening videos by Hanging Pawns on youtube and decide on an opening. Play nothing shorter than 15 minute games and study them after. This means turning on the engine and seeing what it says you should have played instead, and understanding why.As you get stronger, begin to take an interest in chess history and look through the games of the greatest players. You can do this on chessgames.com. Just keep playing and making a conscious effort to do better every game, seems like it would go without saying but a lot of people just spam new game and treat it like Candy Crush. Don’t mistake the fact that chess is fundamentally an intellectual pursuit and a science and requires immense amounts of study and education.
>>97268806I always find games where I think I played a blinder I end up getting like 60 accuracy score, and games that I swore were sloppy low grade crap end up being 80-90. Happens every time.
Upcoming repertoire changes as black:HippoDutchSiciliansCurrently studying.
>>97266428>always be at the bottom of open tournamentsBut I thought women are equal to men? So why would they be worse?
>>97270280Scientists say that they have a smaller brain.
>>97270280Women are less ambitious than men on average and are self-contained and self-satisfied. Men are constantly reaching outward and upward and trying to distance themselves from the womb. This is how civilization was raised, and why religion changed from Mother Earth worship to Father Sky God. It’s not that women are less intelligent, they’re just different, on a deep level. Women want to burrow, men want to conquer. Theoretically, if a woman was grown in a lab and brainwashed to want to be a competitive chess player, there’s no reason she wouldn’t be able to, and her name is Judit Polgar.
>>97270280Women are not as adept at spatial-visual reasoning, presumably a biological hangover from when men were hunters and needed to anticipate and plan the movements of prey they were hunting. It's why they also suck at making furniture, they don't have the same capacity to visualize moving and placing objects in the future. Doing that well is obviously fundamental to complex chess but I'm sure there are other reasons too like women being in general less autistic and competitive than men.
incel hours
ITT women chess is entertaining because they play more close to our level than superGMs.
Happy New Year, me Sons1. d4 b6 2. d5 Bb7 3. c4 g5 4. Nc3 h6 5. Qd4 Bg7 6. Qxg7
>>97270711It's new year's eve after all.
even Magnus is interested
>>97270363>grown in a lab and brainwashed to want to be a competitive chess playerdisgusting
>>97270245Not so fast, seething Whiteoidhttps://lichess.org/LS7SYzyH/blackOne thing I’ve noticed while playing this is that White often takes it as an insult and plays too aggressively and carelessly.
>>97253506>Ugly faceplease reconsider
>>97266529To read them.
>>97263947Thanks for the info, I didn't know about it.
https://www.twitch.tv/matthenningsenameri football man is better at chess than you
You have to choose one of the current top ten to win a Classical game against, and if you lose, or draw, you die. Obviously, you’re going to die. But for the best of the slimmest of chances, who do you choose?
>>97282255Keymer easily. He’s pretty blind tactically and is basically an overtrained mediocrity whose parents had the means of hiring Peter Leko to coach him from a young age. His natural talent is minimal. I would complicate the game as much as possible and hope he fails outside of his classically trained comfort zone and misses a tactic.
>>97280936Thanks for sharing this, I’m conflicted as a Chiefs fan but I do like his content lol
What single chess video have you found most useful in your development?
>>97282616Hmm no single video for me, there’s too much to chess for one video. But I get a lot out of-PowerPlay Chess videos-ChessBase India videos of OTB games like https://youtube.com/watch?v=csdj0DmrEvA&pp=ygUWQ2hlc3NiYXNlIGluZGlhIG1hZ251cw%3D%3D-and the old chess24 rapid tournaments, especially during Covid
Why does R*edit aggressively shill Lichess so much?
Just the superior website innit
>>97282616I've been watching Dina's videos 24/7 recently, I really dislike that her arms are waxed/lasered, but she's got such a cute expressive face that I just can't resist.
>>97283443reddit site that’s why. muh heckin free wholesome chungus anti-capitalist chess site
>>97283976>anti-capitalist How the fuck could it be overtly "anti-capitalist" except for the fact that it is free to use
>>97282255Magnus with wooden pieces, a small board and bullet time control :D
>>97283999It's owned by a quirk chungus virtue signaling Marxist who makes a very loud point about never selling it or allowing advertisers and insists on being funded by Bernie-bro type "match me!!" donations. It's aggressively anti-capitalist, don't know what you don't understand
>>97266900https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krikor_Mekhitarian
>>97285249holy chungus
cute puzzle https://lichess.org/training/cn7up
