World Chess Hall of Fame edition>Chess websites, tools, videos and books:https://rentry.org/vxdsw7k5>Calendar:- Saint Louis Masters | February 25th - March 1st- The American Cup | March 3rd - 13th- Prague International Chess Festival: Masters | February 25th - March 6th- Aeroflot Open | February 27th – March 06th- Chesscom Global Championship | March 15th - April 27th- Reykjavik Open | March 25th - 31st- FIDE Candidates Tournament | March 28th - April 16th- grenke Chess Festival | April 2nd - 6th- European Individual Chess Championship | April 7th - 19th- Lichess Spring Marathon | April 18th- TePe Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament | May 1st - 7th- Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Rapid & Blitz Poland | May 3rd - 10th- Norway Chess | May 25th - June 5th>Previous thread:>>97501659
I don't get the appeal of the bishop pair, I prefer a pair of knights honestly.
WHAT does /chess/ THINK of PINKanena? Does she deserve to be the mascot of /chess/? Does she STINK?
>>97615169She's not improving fast enough, the dream is over anon.
the perfect bullet strategy
The most satisfying games are the ones where you have like 10 seconds left on the clock to checkmate him after successfully promoting your pawn, and he is desperately dancing around the board trying to time you out just before you get him
I think I'm used to chess.com now
this is great. free rating points
>>97617662What was tripping you up about it?
>>97615950The best feeling is when the opponent resigns and says GG in chat.
>>97621484Bonus points if it's OTB and a cute girl asking to analyse the game at a pub nearby.
>>97621806My roommate fumbled a 2.1k lichess girl he matched with. He opened by talking about chess and she ghosted him after he revealed his 1300 rating.I was really excited to have a new chess bestie, too...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qyhIkSz5cA
>>97619517I was used to 2 min straight on PlayOK. now I have this 2+1 on Chess.com. I had to adjust to this, so I could efficiently flag my opponents in this website. it is working
>>97621806>>97623017Let's just be honest this isn't the hobby for picking up girls, it is like 99% men
>>97621484Very cool, anon. But that's nothing. Look at this.
>>97625250I wish I had normalfag hobbies like guitar and chess. I hate the people I share my hobbies with because they're even more autistic than I am.
>>97625633meant to say guitar and *golf
>>97625515>0.7lol
I am following Chessbrah's Habits series and having a lot of fun :) found a neat pin in this game
Reviewed a game I won earlier and realised I missed a chance to deliver checkmate with an en passant capture. I saw the move, but I thought it was just a check, not mate, so I promoted a pawn to a queen instead for an easy win. Would've been my first ever en passant checkmate too...
Mr. Mojo Risin'https://youtube.com/shorts/sIySC__q33U
>>97625485How many OGs from those days are still around? I think I played omegatom yesterday
>>97629717I hope they are all dead.
>>97629793why?
>>97630487There were a couple of bad guys, and the only way to be sure they'll not come back here is to kill them all.
>>97629717you're the one who claimed to be omegatom, Jose Porotskoy
>>97630541No I was the other guy who played him while you were playing him. >>97630532Aren’t you one of the OGs yourself?
>>97630851>No I was the other guy who played him while you were playing him.I see
>>97631092crazy
>>97617674>free rating pointsYou are overvaluing them.
>>97624275Faustino will try to become the youngest ever GM:https://en.chessbase.com/post/aeroflot-open-2026-preview
>>97632450das rite
>>97632620he'll have to figure out how to beat Supi
gud. I can use me system against this bot
>>97614907>Prague International Chess FestivalDay 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxpggTc_FjQ
>>97614907How do i filter out or block Indian flags on chess.com, i will have to delete it if i cant find a solution
https://lichess.org/rkvahvb6
>>97634355If you search in their forum, you'll see that your request has been made a dozen of times. It's impossible.>delete itgood idea
>>97634189Gukesh still has to win a game lol
she knew how to play
>>97635671So is the secret to making women good at chess forcing them to play all day every day for their entire young lives?
>>97635717https://youtube.com/shorts/8pmJgtLKBXg1. d4 Nf6 2. d5 e5 3. Bg5 Na6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. e4 Bc5 6. Qf3 Qh6 7. Nd2 O-O 8. Ne2 Nb4 9. Kd1 f5 10. c3 b5 11. cxb4 Bxb4 12. Qe3 Qa6 13. a3 Bxd2 14. Kxd2 f4 15. Qb3 Qb6 16. f3 d6 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Kc2 a5 19. Kb1 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Rc4Qa7 22. Rxb4 Qf2 23. Qd1 Qa7 24. Qb3 Be8 25. Kc2 Qa5 26. Qc3 Bg6 27. Rb7 Qa4+ 28. Qb3 Qa5 29. Qb4 Qxd5 30. Nc3 Qf7 31. Bc4 Rfc8 32. Bxf7+ Bxf7 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34. exd5 c6 35. dxc6 Rxc6+ 36. Kd2 Rac8 37. Qc3 Rxc3 38. bxc3 Rc5 39. Ra1 h5 40.Raa7 Kh7 41. Rxg7+ Kh6 42. Rgd7 d5 43. Ra6+ Kg5 44. Rg7+ Kh4 45. Rh6 Rc4 46. Rgh7 Kg5 47. Rxh5+ Kg6 48. R7h6+ Kg7 49. Re6 e4 50. fxe4 dxe4 51. Rd5 Kf7 52. Ree5 f3 53. gxf3 exf3 54. Rf5+ Ke6 55. Rde5+ Kd6 56. Re3 Rh4 57. h3 Rxh3 58. Rfxf3 Rh1 59. Re1 Rh2+ 60. Kd3 Rh7 61. Rfe3 Kc5 62. Re5+ Kc6 63. c4 Rd7+ 64. Kc3 Rd8 65. R1e4 Rd1 66. Re6+ Kc7 67. c5 Rd5 68. Kc4 Rd7 69. Re7 Rxe7 70. Rxe7+ Kc6 71. Re6+ Kc7 72. Kd5 Kc8 73. Re7 Kb8 74. Kc6 Ka8 75. Kb6 Kb8 76. Re8# 1-0
How do you win this as white?
>>97636122Rh3 then mate with the queen
>>97636659Bxh3
>>97636122When the king hides on g8, he has only one defender left which is the pawn on g7. If we take that with the bishop there will be enough space to coordinate queen and rook for the mate avoiding the >>97636846 f sniper .
>>97635775Looks awesome, is it?
>>97638162NtaI liked it, I cried a little bit and my roommate called me a slur
>>97635463Today is the day, I'm feeling it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kAZofslmtw
>>97638162dunno. didn't watch it yet. but I bet it is, with Kaspy in it and all
faustino age is showinghe got a miracle todayagainst a strong gm he is cookedhope he turns up to play against stronger oponents
Will a Woman Ever Become World Chess Champion?https://youtube.com/shorts/BDfeKuNPRmk
>>97640581In no order:>men have more autism>female autists mask (pretend not to be autistic) more>men have more mental extremes>discriminationSo no almost certainly not.
>>97634405why did you post this abomination?
>>97639040I've cried a bit too. I'm a little surprised Kasparov even agreed to be in it considering it makes him look kind of bad.
>>97614907How do I get good at chess?
>>97642560Define good. There will always likely be millions better than you and millions worse than you, no matter how good you are.
>>97642560You study it:https://listudy.org/en
>>97642856Not him but how do I care about studying? Seems to me every minute spent study would be better spent playing.>you'll get betterConsidering there is no end to the pursuit of getting better, that is a death march.>it's funNot as much as playing.>number go upWho cares.
>>97627464>win by 0.0000000..1 (repeating) seconds>opponent argues that an infinitely small fraction is mathematically equivalent to 0.>tell him that means his cock doesn't exist either>he blocks me
>>97632620>3/4>Performance 2621so far so good
inaccuracy? more like blunder
I'm yet to make a brilliant move
>>97634189lot of cute pics from that eventhttps://eu.zonerama.com/PragueIntarnationalChessFestival/
>>97642298When he started squirming about the touch move game I was thinking the same exact thing.He probably figured the redemption arc where they become friends on the banana boat would redeem him.
>>97642872You can just play the game, you will just improve very slowly if at all.If you don't enjoy learning new tactical patterns, opening ideas, or understanding endgames then no one can make you.>Considering there is no end to the pursuit of getting better, that is a death march.So what? I think chess is interesting and cool.You could say the same about someone who practices guitar, they will never be the best, but they can make more sounds and play more music if they improve, and maybe they just like to play music?
>>97644058Brilliant moves aren't just really good moves, they have to be a sacrifice that significantly improves the position iirc.
>>97645195It kind of did actually. Was very cute, plus we got to see Judit in a bikini. Also I've been pronouncing her name Yudit for a while.
I'm quite sure I don't have a rating. me game is too volatile
>>97645231Getting better at guitar makes playing guitar more fun. Not the same with chess. Chess gets notably less interesting as player quality improved. Club level play is far more fun to watch than the Caruana-Carlsen drawfest.
>>97642560Have a genuine desire to understand positions and an unreasonable will to win. It's all about your fighting spirit.
>>97639340Round 6:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHpMM_geCy8
>>976338369 years old kekget a grip dumb br
>lost against someone rated 2-300 lower than meThis is my signal to drop the Caro.
Any new developments in the hairy forearms department?
>>97651771we need summer asap
what are those bars?
>>97651900Level of the Internet connection.
>>97651914thank you very much, chess player
this one was good. I felt good1. d4 g6 2. d5 Bg7 3. c4 c6 4. Qd3 cxd5 5. cxd5 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg5 b6 8. O-O-O Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e4 Na6 11. a3 Rc8 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. Rc1 Nc5 14. Qd1 Qe5 15. Bd3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Rc7 17. Nge2 Rfc8 18. f4 Qd6 19. e5 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Rhe1 Qxh2 22. Qg3 Qh6 23. Rf1 Qg7 24. Qf4 d6 25. g4 Rc5 26. Rc2 Bxd5 27. Rfc1 I was losing, but I observed that my opponent was calculating when he shouldn't be calculating, so I exploited this flaw on him
top kek! Chess.com has ads?
>>97653666They are easy to block.
>>97653666Imagine having a business model based on retards that don't know how to remove ads, and also selling stuff that is free on Lichess.
>>97650112round 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5w4t44IgSfE
ego shattered. now I can't retire
if you only knew how bad things are
>>97655436>free entrance for spectatorsdamn, next year I'm going
What are some really bizarre openings I can play that will baffle new players? They don't have to be good or even help me towards an endgame, I'm just messing around. I don't want to study the usual sicilian, whatever, blah blah blah, and I had a little fun just playing instinctually and specifically trying to throw other players off on chess.comUsually I hang my pieces and lose anyways, sometimes I win on time because they're so busy trying to figure out what I'm doing while I timecuck them with random bullshit "on instinct"Basically I am not going to seriously invest in chess and am just treating it as a casual pastime a few minutes a day, but I'm willing to learn 1 or 2 bizarre openings or gambits to force other new players into a deeper understanding of the game that I myself have no ambition to reachSo anything fun/obscure but simple enough that I can theoretically learn it without actually learning the fundamentals first?
>>97657163Grob Opening as white, Stafford Gambit as black.
>>97657201thanks anoni will study a little
so, she won against Gary Kasparov in their first game
>>97657363https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judit_Polg%C3%A1r#Early_lifedropped
Having unstoppable mate feels better than sex.
>>97657362>study a littleYou have to study 10 hours a day.
>>97660358noI will only learn a bit of the Grob and Stafford for fun
>>97659357they were raised like the Jackson 5, so what?
>>97660818newfag
>>97661048>I'm a homosexual of some sortdon't depreciate yourself
>>97661273newfag
woman's chess is a mistakeJudit was righthttps://youtube.com/shorts/R2LPdfewN8g
>>97655436Round 8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEUmV01OStM
>>97614907>The American Cupday 3:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IlKNLlW9LI
Has anyone tried some chess learning apps? If you did, which would you recommend? I recently got into Chess through Duolingo (yes, you may laugh, it's funny to me too), which was good for me but I'm a total noob. Once I finished that I tried Lotus Chess which is all about memorizing openings; as I understand it all the very high level players memorize openings but it just isn't working for me: I can never remember them once the variations come in. What else is out there?
>>97664137https://lichess.org/mobilehttps://www.chess.com/article/view/the-best-chess-apps#dr-wolf
>>97664178Thank you! I'm playing Dr. Wolf now and I like it.
Damn chess is hard, won't study tho like Bobby Fischer says
Guys why is Dina so hot?
>>97661362Final day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp078nHVbuk
>>97666232obviously good genes, but what makes her a sex goddess is those smug expressions where she's like "yeah, i know what you want (and you can't have it)", it's humiliating but also makes you more excited because you want to hate fuck her so bad and prove to her she ain't shit.
>>97661285https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go-UT3lbmkA
>>97665886>chess is hardWe know anon, we know.
>>97641233>discriminationYou mean everyone kissing their ass and rolling out the red carpet to encourage them?
>>97644058Chess.com only rates a move as brilliant if it's a sacrifice.Strangely enough it seems to just hand out Great moves like candy. I have seen moves like: moving a threatened piece out of capture, moving a king out of check, advancing a pawn, or castling (none of these threatening any pieces) be awarded "Great" status. On the other hand I have seen insane tactics being given no applause at all.
>>97627851I just started chess a month ago and black looks to be playing exactly like every opponent I've ever had so far - trade every single piece no matter what as soon as you can, especially when you're already behind This game is infuriating
>>97668969Queen sacrifice to get mate in 8 even though neither human opponent can see that is the best move according to engines
>>97666688I really don't want any of those things though, she just looks good.
[Site "Chess.com"][White "kurtolomeu99"][Black "ztown750"][Result "*"][WhiteElo "309"][BlackElo "307"][TimeControl "600"]1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. b3 Bb4+ 4. c3 Bd6 5. Na3 h5 6. Nc4 dxc4 7. Be2 b5 8. Bxh5Rxh5 9. Qxh5 Nf6 10. Qh8+ Kd7 11. Qxg7 Nd5 12. Qxf7+ Be7 13. bxc4 Nxc3 14. d5exd5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5+ Bd6 17. Qxb5+ c6 18. Qf5+ Kc7 19. Qf7+ Nd7 20. Qb3Rb8 21. Qa4 Rb7 22. Ba3 Nb6 23. Bxd6+ Kxd6 24. Qd4+ Nd5 25. O-O-O Qb6 26. Qf4+Kc5 27. e4 Nxf4 28. e5 Nxg2 29. Nh3 Bxh3 30. e6 Bxe6 31. Rd6 Kxd6 *
American CupDay 5https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmlcPrTrnxQ
Hey have you guys heard of the lose yourself remix with the grunfeld?
>>97673503https://youtu.be/qia0AwBoiIU?si=Hrso9RSzXdgH5TqjI’ve been listening to it all day
>>97673507>?si=Ewwww brother ewww brother
>>97673552What’s it mean?
>>97673576I don't know but I don't want to be tracked. I did click it , only noticed after, unfortunately
>>97673583Who’s tracking it?
>>97673583Can you make the new one
>>97673591Google, probably.>>97673592What? Just remove the ?si= and onwards
>>97673596Never knew that thanks
>>97673507it sucks
>>97674471Post a better chess song, I dare you.
>>97674559https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tyE2FbYyeU
>>97671242day 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWNEW2XhLJA
>>97674775That kinda sucks and the lyrics aren’t creative. Did you just post the first chess song you could find?
>>97675791yess
>>97675899Grunfeld wins again
Happy Women's Day to all the girls that can play chess properly. (less than 3,000 in the whole world)
>>97676335Where is 3000 from? I search and 4700 have fide titles. And if the standard for playing good is holding a title then I guess no one here knows how to play properly. We stand with women here get lost.
>>97676417>We stand with women here get lost.Only if they have hairy arms.
>>97676895All women have hair on their arms. >the knower
>>97676417women's titles are a joke
>>97677392Not when they ruin it by waxing or lasering.
>>97678835I wish we could force women to never shave again.
Life would be so much easier if women didn't shave
>>97680647Fur real
>>97674775>Vocals by Nojokekek
