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>>483340614I was preparing a special Wethley appreciation thread. CONFESS
Damn, bitch, you play the opening like this?
>>483340936>>483341140I play two openings that can go in to Botvinnik variations and I am bad at both of those variations. I am starting to get a hold of the English Botvinnik but that's only because I learned a sideline of it that is easier to play. Botvinnik never played the sideline because it's a dumb sideline for shitters like me.
>>483341083I'm a London one-trick.
>>483341083>CONFESSI've been exclusively playing bots and doing puzzles for a little over a year now. Real players make me too angry.
>>483341083It's been like two years since I tried improving or played more than a couple times a week. I'm maintaining at around 1800 chesscum rapid.
>>483342632that's pretty good isn't it?
>>483343289Depends on your perspective. I can smash newbies but I'm a low to low-mid player among people who have been playing for a while.
Im playing this guy thats rated 900 uscf. How good is that?
>>483341083I don't like chess puzzles enough to bother properly calculating them
>>483347673It's pretty bad, like someone who has been playing less than a month or two
>>483340836Thank you for your cervixo7
why is hikki such a pathetic human being
>>483358081Hikaru has some kind of personality disorder. I don't know what it is. I don't think it's autism. Magnus? Magnus is autism. Hikaru is something else.
>>483359443it's the same shit that happens to every "gifted kid". at least he got a career out of it instead of burning out and living in his mom's basement.
>>483359443hes literally just a faggot, theres nothing else to it
https://abema.tv/now-on-air/shogihttps://www.yomiuri.co.jp/igoshougi/ryuoh/20240625-SYT8T5502940/The first game of the Ryuo tournament is being played between Kazushi Watanabe (sente) and Nagisa Fujimoto. The time control is 5 hours per player, and the tournament is single elimination followed by a best of 3 match between the last two players. The winner of the tournament will face Sota Fujii in a best of seven match for the Ryuo title. The winner of this game will face Satoshi Takano, who won the fourth group of the preliminary tournaments (see pic related for the tournament layout). The opening is double static rook, with Nagisa choosing to play Gangi, and Watanabe playing a rapid attack strategy with S-37 and P-35 against it.
>>483361374no one cares about anime chess you fucking weeb faggot
>>483361469I care
chesstempo gave me a low rated one again but for this one i'm not mad. It's satisfying. https://chesstempo.com/chess-tactics/62164
>>483361374sad that Ryo McChinky is not going to play due to the accident, I hope he gets better so he can destroy the competition
>opponent plays some shit like this>trade all the pieces off>purposefully take a long time between each move>win by queening a pawnIt's fun abusing blitz tourists when they show up in rapid
>>483340614how the fuck does mr KGB babby have any fans? you must be a commie to overlook all his disgusting shit.
convince me to stop playing the caro and play the french instead
>>483366895Play a Sicilian.
>>483366841Chess fans care about chess. Not politics.
>>483366841nobody cares about that you retardnext you'll be surprised tiger woods fans continued watching him for like 15 years or whatever despite his infidelity and failed marriage
The amount of copypasted posts the last thread might have set a new record here.
>>483369312LOL comparing getting divorced and hosed for millions by your model wife to... supporting commie genocides.
>>483369458anon I didn't even know about what you were talking about until you brought it upI'm not gonna do an internet deep dive on every known chess player to see what skeletons in the closet they contain, faggot, and neither is the general public
>>483368787>>483369312forcing opponents to throw through blackmail and commie tactics goes beyond politics, the guy was simply a piece of shit hackhe was also shit talking Bobby yet played like a coward against himso cuckvinnik fan = spineless commie cowardsimple as
>>483368641I'm working my way up to it. Its pretty overwhelming. And then theres different sicillians like the dragon and naidorf and that sort of thing, I don't even know where to start
>>483369896Hmm. Try Nf6 scandi. e4 d5 exd5 Nf6. This is fun, dynamic, and good enough to last several year even if you're a committed adult improver. I'm really not a fan of beginners inviting white to close the center as you do in the caro and french.
Hans Niemann.
>>483371718Hikaru fears him.
>>483371718uh oh, /chess/ is gonna seethe
>>483371718i love how hikaru always uses the ugly photos from him in thumbnails, such a petty faggot lol
I cannot fucking believe how good you have to be to beat 1400s on chesscom these days haha it's kind of crazy how good they've gotten but it's normal though it's normal that they just don't make any punishable mistakes haha
>>483372927it just seems like they don't make mistakes. if you do a game review and check the eval they pretty much always dojust the other day I beat a chesscom 1400 and checked the game review and I hung mate in one during the game which both of us missed lmao
>>483372927sounds like an overrated lichess fag can't handle the worlds number 1 chess domain
>>483373109I reviewed the game and all of his moves were top 3 engine choices that he thought for no time to find so no he didn't make any significant mistakes>>483373203Lichess is even worse than chesscom with people aborting anything that isn't 1.e4, I don't play there
>>483373698>I reviewed the game and all of his moves were top 3 engine choices that he thought for no time to find so no he didn't make any significant mistakesmight've unironically been a cheater then, happens. if you're suspicious, just report him
Thanks for the info about chesstempo. The puzzles are really fun.
why does every shitter on the planet play the london please make it stop
>>483376734because they like gotham and andrea botez
>>483376734Play b6 against d4, the fianchettoed bishop can stop the London immediately by taking the knight before their bishop is out. Engine thinks it's a little stupid but if you think they won't know what to do once they're out of the standard London setup it could be worth it.
easiest way to fight the london is to just abort because it's not a 1. e4 opening :D
I actually like playing against the London. Boring games are rare with my Qb6 setup and if they do end up boring it usually means I fucked up somewhere along the way.But if you really really want to spice it up, the two sirs/ double fianchetto is always there. In short, skill issue.
>>483341083Since the thread's on /vg/ now I feel much more compelled to just reply to any post with skill issue.
>>483377702>Play b6 against d4There is an improvement to this. I assume you mean 1.d4 b6. Instead you can play 1.d4 Nf6 then follow with b6 if they play Nf3 or Bf4. This is actually engine approved, not that it matters. b6 on move 1 allows white to get e4 in and transpose to something you probably didn't want to play. Something like this is really common to get on the board1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e3From here you have a choice. You can continue trying to annoy the Londoner by playing the Two Sirs Defense (g6) or you can be somewhat more conventional and go for Nh5. If Bg3 you take it. If Bg5 you play h6 and g5, then you take it and play Bg7 after the recapture.
>>483372819To be fair, Hans has a face that needs a good photographer to get the best side of
>>483380593>Nh5Oh there's one other line with this move. It's stockfish's second choice. I have it in my notes but have never had it played against me. It's annoying. If you see that fucking Ng5 move land on the board, white might be cheating. Put your knight back on f6. Don't take the bishop. Playing f6 with the fork idea is a blunder. You technically can take the bishop but it gets sharp, white can get all up in your nethers in unpleasant ways. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nf3 Nh5 5. Be5 d6 6. Ng5 Nf6 (yes Nf6)
>>483382114Visual aid.
>>483366895The french is dynamic and fun, the caro is scared and cucked. That one tempo makes a huge difference.
>>483366841Seethe harder, bronsteinchud.
>>483366895No. Instead I recommend that you consider pushing the c or e pawn one square further.
>>483390794I love the backstory behind that gif.Fischer had been struggling against the Caro-Kann the whole tournament and multiple Soviet GMs saw that and were playing it against him.Tal eventually plays against Fischer as black, pushes the pawn to c6... pauses... and then pushes to c5 before giving Fischer that big shit-eating grin.
>return to 3 0>flag slowbrains left and rightGod, I missed this
>>483376734faggot youtubers that's why. Nothing drains my enthusiasm for chess like coming up against hundreds of people playing the new 100% WIN RATE BOBBY KASPAROV HOLY FUCKING SHIT opening again and again and again but the London takes the cake. It's so fucking boring.
Please won't somebody just play the Sicilian properly so I can try out the Fischer-Sozin and LARP for a game. I'm sick of Dragon players not knowing what to do and just pushing random pawns
>>483393027thank me later
>>483376507If you get tired of alt moves popping up you can opt out of all puzzles that include them in the settings. I turned alt puzzles off because i got tired of finding a mate only to be told there is a faster one.
I'm 900 chess.coomI play the.... *drum snare*... London, Italian, C-Cuck and recently been trying to warm up to KID (won my last game as black in it yay). What opening do I add as my 5th?
>>483394557>plays the nimzowitsch >spoils your day>you win because the nimzowitsch sucks but it doesn't feel good>the whole game leaves a sour taste in your mouth>black will offer a rematch>you won't want to accept>black will insist
>>483395661BENONI+BenkoLot of fun ways to generate tactics with it, read some Tal and Alekhine games for inspiration
>>483395661Better to know one opening for white and two for black really well. Learn something like the Ruy Lopez for white (Evans gambit is pretty good too and leads to fun games) and one defence for black against E4 and one against D4, so like the accelerated dragon and the KID respectively, although the KID can lead to trouble, and you'll end up really cramped. Benoni can be fun as well.
>>483395661>London, ItalianPick one and focus on it. These aren't just two different openings. These are the two main arteries of chess. The e4 complex and the d4/c4/Nf3 complex. Trying to learn BOTH simultaneously as a beginner is too much. You will learn nothing and suck at all of it.
>>483396035I like tactics over positional and whatmore Tal is a chad so I'll def look into those, thanks.
>>483396669>I like tactics over positionalwhy play the london and the carocuck then?Learn a bunch of gambits you will eat people alive at that rating
>>483398379Probably a Roz boy.
Sneedireza is gonna win GCT Romania btw. I believe.
shill me your best black openings, I'm currently using the modern defense as a 1100 elo shitter but it's not really clicking with me
>>483404483French is an underrated beginner opening in currentyear (zoomers instead shill the caro). However, if you don't play 1. e4, you should play e4e5 as black. You ought to get familiar with the opening arising from the open game at least from one side. Against d4 you should be good boy and play the QGD, or at least the slav. Don't play hypermodern shit until you get stronger.
>>483405720the problem I have with the french is that more often than not I feel like I cuck my right bishop and I feel cramped when developing my pieces
>>483407730Literally doesn't matter. The french is an aggressive counterpunching opening and your primary objective is to destabilize white's center.
>>483364070>https://chesstempo.com/chess-tactics/621641400 feels really off for thisit is definitely an interesting tactic but i think "discovered check to win the queen" is already pushing it as a 1400 rated puzzle. to decline winning the queen and look for the superior checkmate feels way more complicated than the avg 1400 puzzle
>>483408126French is slow and positional what are you smoking
>>483413360isn't this dependent on whether it goes into the winawer or not?pretty sure i've heard the winawer is relatively very sharp
Do you ever wonder how much cheaters impact the winrate of the top engine move in the lichess database?Do games from banned accounts, which is a very small % of the total cheaters, get removed from the database at least?
>>483416747an anon found a puzzle by a cheater on Lichess, and the account (obviously banned) was playing against other banned accounts, 98% accuracy both lmao, so I think that yes, they are taken into account
>>483417342https://lichess.org/@/Dr_TahsinHere
>>483371718is it true that he is blacklisted from the standard cycle of super-GM tournaments? Has this happened to any other top-level GMs before? I know in the cold war era there were super-strong Soviet masters that weren't allowed to compete for political reasons.
>>483413360>French is slow and positionalCarocucks unironically think this.
>>483417943>super-GM>top-level GMshttps://ratings.fide.com/profile/2093596World Rank Active players: 39Rating std 2688 he blacklisted himself by playing like shit
>>483417943>is it true that he is blacklisted from the standard cycle of super-GM tournamentsHe wasn't part of the standard cycle to begin with, but rather a wild card/replacement for that particular St. Louis event. Of course you could make the argument that he was young and this drama hindered his potential growth, but as it stands right now he is simply not good enough for most super gm events (outside of the US). He's back to 2700 though, maybe if he maintains or even gains he might have an argument for invites next cycle. It doesn't help that he's a massive sperg and trashed his hotel room in STL though, especially because Rex seemed to be one of the few ones to give him grace. I doubt we'll ever see him in any meaningful event that includes Magnus though, at least classical.
>4k games in the sicilian>relatively decent rating>smith in his name>gets brutally banned, dead lost on move 8Dragonfags when will they learn?
>>483404483I like playing benoni and benko against 1.d4 type stuff, sicilian and pirc against 1.e4
>>483425560Based taste, but that's a truly awful repertoire to rec to a 1100 lol.
>>483404483>1100 elo playing the modernwhy are you retards like this
>>483426585Shitters are terrified of e4e5 and d4d5.
>>483426585i'm not actively playing the modern defense, it just so happen that I like fianchettoing the bishop that way early in the game and that's how it's called, I never studied a defensive opening with black I just play by instinct
>>483426585my first opening was the Alekhine and it was fineit can transpose to e4e5 fairly often at shitter levels thougevertheless
hello fellow chess enthusiasts. how are we doing today?
>>483432407Good, though a bit underslept. Played through some games in Logical Chess today. Seems Chernev did not approve of the Stonewall Attack
>>483433058>Seems Chernev did not approve of the Stonewall Attackbased>picultra basedst*newall fags will never recover
>>483432407I like to do exercises on lichess
>AI memes are indistinguishable from posts hereI don't know if it's grim or hilariousMaybe granpa seethe has a point
>>483433058>stonewall? not in the spirit!Yeah sounds like our guy.
>>483435813can it slurppost though
>>483435813Give me some AI Nepo edits and then we'll talk.
>>483435813literally me fr fr
>>483340836kys pbt
>>483340836>my KYS PASTEBIN TRANNY post got deletedkek what a reporting little bitchKYS PASTEBIN TRANNY
>>483395661London as whiteSlav & French as blackDrop caro, it's too hard for youKID is whatever, play it if you like it
I'm enjoying this slop too much
>>483442000checkedthe virgin rapid player aka slowbrain aka flaglet is at least half of /chess/
>Win: feel nothing>Lose: insane seethe
>>483442000>cries when the clock hits 5 minutesMore like "cries when the clock hits 1 minute and he realizes he can't convert a winning endgame without increment".
>>483445027>win: feel like 200iq ubermensch>lose: feel appreciation for my opponent's play, immediately analyze my mistakes, eagerly post mortem with my opponent if he wants toHappy with where my mental is lately
>>483446975Chad mindset. I find that I think like that more often when I play otb or online slowchess.
>>483446975OTB I'm like this but online makes me seethe like no other for some reason.
>>483445027>>483446975>win: feel like 200iq ubermensch>Lose: insane seethesimple as
>>483417943>is it true that he is blacklisted from the standard cycle of super-GM tournaments? Has this happened to any other top-level GMs before?No. He is banned from St Louis club because of the hotel incident. As other anon explained, he isn't quite high rated enough to get invites to closed super gm tournaments. Those tournaments are hard to get in to even if you're well liked and sufficiently high rated. Arjun Erigaisi had to grind rating in the opens to make a case for himself. I'd say quietly making his way in to the top 5 ought to do it now.
>>483451004He should get some invites if he makes it to 2720-2730.
>>483445027>>483446975>>483447927>Win 8 out of 10 games and rating goes up: not happy, opponents hanging queens, making obvious blunders etc. feel nothing>Lose 3-5 in a row: completely destroyed, throw games away, never convert winning positions or fuck up the same way over and over, even when analysing I learn nothing.I'll be honest, I have no idea why I play chess guys. I lost to a royal fork in 4 games today, I was up a full rook and somehow completely went retarded and fucked up a simple ladder checkmate. I get no joy from winning and intense frustration from losing
>>483435813>cant mate with k+q vs kFuck
If you really want a peek into how unoriginal zoomers are consider the fact that at /chess/ tournaments they wear huge headphones even when they're not listening to music... because that's how it was done in the 1990s! Even the language and references you hear are identical - "Bruh homegirl went super saiyan for a moment bruh".
>>483372819>ugly photosYou can't buy or cheat good looks, at least not yet. That's an uggo manlet right there. Yet another case of zoomers having worse hairlines than Gen X'ers due to pharmaceutical runoffs.
>>483455986Hey PBT why are you here? All your friends are in /tg/
>>483456342surely any photo would've been better than this one? i think bruh even asked his editor to touch up his face to make him look even more like a disgusting troll.
>>483456937holy shit this actually looks worse than if he was just his regular selfit's so touched up they almost look like cartoon characters
AI bringing the heat with this one.
>>483458069Fucking kek
>>483458069lolHansbros...meanwhile .cum just got the best idea for their next epic meme bot
>>483458069>"I'll beat anyone fair and square" -- *Butt clenches*:(
>>483458069lelwhere is the kramnik one?
>>483461213Came out kinda meh.
>>483461213>>483461885I included "about online cheaters" in the prompt but it's still kinda shit, seems like schizonik is not big enough news for AI to know the fine details
>>483461885yeah the hans one is basedthis one's cringe. we all know he's a former champ and an "old man". nobody rags on him for that
oh great /chess/ is talking about e-celebs again.
oh great /chess/ is talking
oh great, chess
>>483465116This.
chesstempo really showed me how dogshit I truly am at the game
>>483466350Good. Identifying this and coming to terms with this is the first step to getting better.
>>483458069>Lawyers paid in stockfish evaloh my god that one was good 11/10, top kek
>>483411525> "discovered check to win the queen" is already pushing it as a 1400 rated puzzleMaybe you're not used to the chesstempo rating scale? It's not like lichess where 1400 puzzles are complete baby-tier, it's closer to something like fide rating.
gct romania round 1 match-ups:KWABireza - noncebiChadirbek - PragghahshshartnandhanaMVLEL - fatpoPookesh - some romanian faggotSlurpri - Wethley Big things happening for Slurpposters in about14 hours
>>483474839Nice lineup. Do we know who's commentating any streams? I swear if Danny shows up I'm gonna be mad.
>>483475736I looked it up and St Louis Chess club will be streaming. We'll see if any other streams pop up for it.
>>483475736>>483476431Yasser + some thot most likely. Comfy.
>>483462541this one is good
You are playing the monthly crazyhouse arena, right?
>>483468521yeah must be it, i've never used tempoi'm not really saying anything about whether a 1400 should be able to do it or not, but yeah, just the puzzles i'm used to seeing at that elo range are never that "hard"
>>483478972chesstempo puzzle ratings are somewhere around 600-700 points lower rated than equivalent difficulty lichess puzzles. That is right around where the difference appears to land for me based on my results. Meaning 1500 chesstempo puzzle would be rated around 2100-2200 lichess, or so. Here is another 1400 tempo puzzlehttps://chesstempo.com/chess-tactics/88224605
>>483476734Does being short make you better at chess?
>>483485410Hasn't helped me.
>>483485410No but it can make other areas of life harder so might as well double down on the autism
>>483478914fuck I got my shit kicked in i hate no increment
>>483476734>that imageholy slurp
Holy shit this puzzle. White plays two response moves in the solution and I predicted neither of them ahead of time. All I did to solve this was find the idea, find no refutation, play the first move, white spills spaghetti all over the board for two moves and I win. This is the chess equivalent of making your opponent lose bladder control by virtue of the raw unstoppable power of your winning idea. https://chesstempo.com/chess-tactics/59171the rating is 1531. i don't like that sites hide puzzle ratings before you play them. i don't see the purpose of that.
>>483490862This is one of those puzzles that makes zero sense to me at all. I get the queen trade, but why does white just give up the rook?
>>483492656The problem is black's passed pawn. White can hold on to both the rook and bishop for a couple moves but it falls apart as soon as black is able to get in a3 and a2. White can't stop this idea. The most troubling variations for me involved white pushing f3. I hesitated on the second move because of this but it's okay. You can ignore it and push a2.
>>483495271>f3f6 sorry
>>483495487That's ok, Ben. They're pretty much the same.
>>483495742The truth hurts.
>>4834044831...e5It was the first "opening" I decided on. With 1...e5 (and usually 2.nf3 nc6) I stand toe-to-toe with white and lock horns in the center, refusing to concede space or development. The move says "Oh, you want the center? Me too. Come and take it from me."
>>483495487Dont let it happen again
>>483492656It's pretty common in chesstempo puzzles for the computer to go for some crazy sacrificing bail-out, and you have to accept that you found the main idea, and the main-line is very pretty, but now it's time to just take the material and be content with your winning position instead of demonstrating the critical line
lichess insights says I don't know what to do with my rooks in the opening and it's right. i don't know what to do with my rooks in the opening or often middlegame in general. how do i learn how to place my rooks? i try to put them on files i anticipate will open but obviously this isn't working out.
>>483484438Here's a nice 1600 puzzle https://chesstempo.com/chess-tactics/91179I think it would easily be 2300 on lichess
>>483506963rather than asking us for general advice, you'd probably be better off analyzing specific games where your rook moves are labeled inaccuracies and trying to find a pattern
>>483506963START doing THIS
>look up the carlsbad pawn structureoh, no wonder I never see that in my games. it's 1. d4 trash. shan't be playing that
>>483513437Seizing the opportunity afforded by the opponent's negligence and immediately stationing a rook on the 2nd rank. Nimzowitschian>Rooks must be developed as early as possible. With such a foundation established, the other pieces will surely take care of themselves -Anon
>>483509346Yep that's a pretty average 1600 tempo puzzle i think. Took me an embarrassing 15 minutes. Of course I spent a solid 10 minutes on stupid piece sacrifices and ideas of trying to get a passed pawn through in a knight vs rook endgame.
>>483509346Wait. Wait hang on. The simplification idea does work. I have alt-containing puzzles turned off so I assumed this puzzle was in that same group for some reason. One of the lines I looked at was the queen trade followed by Ra5. That idea is winning. Winning! I couldn't tell. It looked complicated so I kept calculating for something more forcing and puzzle-like until I found the best idea.
https://lichess.org/@/noelstuder/blog/forget-cheaters-enjoy-chess/oKfUYOqDSchizobros how do we respond without sounding mad?
There are several things that I have noticed over the many years of playing chess online about chess cheating that people seem to be unaware of.1) chess servers are way better at detecting cheating than most people realize. Cheating for a prolonged period of time without getting caught is actually really, really hard.2) as a result, there are fewer active cheaters than people think. And those that do cheat usually don't hang around for very long. Chess doesn't interest them as much, they just go for rating and tournament results.3) people totally overestimate their own ability to recognize cheaters. There are some really obvious ones, but a large number of them are quite hard to recognize by even strong players. (Kramnik is a sad extreme example of this.) Many get caught without anyone ever suspecting them, and in many cases where a player suspects another player of cheating they're just wrong about it. High accuracy certainly is a poor indicator.That said: cheating in online chess just is not worth worrying about. There are too few and they're too hard to spot. Trust Lichess (or whatever server you play on) monitors this well, and just enjoy the game.
>>483528076This is chess site forum boomer cope. You ask them to cite source of this theory. They dodge and ask you to cite source on why you think cheating is bad. It's like arguing with a cult member.
>>483527949>15 years never played a single cheat!>talking about cheating just encourages more people to cheat!
https://lichess.org/@/TheyDoItForFreeFound the /chess posterWhat a gemmy thread
>>483529635>low rated>outrageous estimation of % cheaters>druk nigga>they do it for freethe perfect profile doesn't exis-
>>483530497>are you even having fun putting in the moves you're told to play?You know I do wonder about that sometimes.
>>483529246>source source source
>>483531987EVIDENCESUPPORTING DATASTATISTICAL ANALYSISno. boomer feels is boomer truth.
>>483532071>EVIDENCE>SUPPORTING DATA>STATISTICAL ANALYSISall brought to you by team kramnikit's like a mexican standoff of boomer fee fees
>>483528076funny thing is if you go to that guy's profille and click on his rapid his second highest rated win was against a cheater, too bad they don't show lowest rated losses anymore
>>483532642>too bad they don't show lowest rated losses anymoreHow come they don't anymore? I would like to see that in my history.
>>483533319Part of hiding the cheating problem, I had 3 banned accounts in mine before they removed itAll 3 I had played in tournaments, I never seen people here point this out but i think you are significantly more likely to play cheaters in arenas, it's a combination of not being able to abort, getting matched with overperforming lower rated players frequently and the extra incentive to cheat so you can win or get a good placement
>>483533978>I never seen people here point this outcmon now
What is the most NPC youtube tier opening? Vienna game?
>>483538241London
>>483538241Caro Kann
>A matchup against someone>starts to get my ass kicked>He gets all my pieces except of my king...AND THEN HE STARTS TO GET 2 (TWO) QUEENS>Draw because drowned kingHow do you even blunder something like that...
https://lichess.org/training/IAWg6Really easy but really neat, feels like a composition
>>483538241KID
>>483539417This is why I don't get two queens in a completely winning endgame. Its to protect myself from being retarded.
>watching some old streams/videos while having my morning coffee>Watching Eric Rosen play gambits in a lichess arena>is getting mauled by some 1900>he resigns in the middle of the game, he's a cheater>Indian flagevery time.
>>483530497>Uh ACKCHUALLY I lose all the time because 75% of my opponents are cheaters, not because I'm a drunk retard
>last thread took 5 daysFunny.
>Opponent plays shit in the opening and most of middle then makes top engine moves for the rest of the gameAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
2500 = GM 2700 = SGM2800 = SGMG2900 = SGMGSGM
>>483549345I remember checking the PBT general and it was at like 5 days and 70 posts lol.
Why is it when I win a game my accuracy and centipawn loss is always around 80-90% and under 50 but when I lose it's always some total blowout where I sit at like 60% and 120cpl or something lmao. There's never some middle-ground just peaks and crevices.
>just drew r and 3 vs rAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH why am I so trash at endgames
>>483554738how the fuck
>>483551468currently it has 19 posts in 2 days and 14 hours,I guess talking to yourself all day gets tiresome even for someone that insane>>483555774I panicked and went full retard in mild time trouble, happens quite often
Woo! Slurp gang, AftermatchLook at these twoAnish, So (Damn)There they go, shakin' them hands o'er the board'Slurpin' and done in 10 movesThe way they're playin' them movesThey always just wanna go homee4, e5, go RuyDraw rule's up, quit the chess clubDon't forget clothes, get your sheet signed, get outGet stopped, get asked, interviewedCristian + Christian – pure flip, praise GodGet a new draw, hit the studio, praise GodKeep your game clean, get a routine goin'Still got a few rounds to draw to keep my ratingHans was depersoned when the beads vibratedI was welcomed as soon as I immigratedI need some tips because of my lisp and that was itI got to get AG here to sing some shitPawn to e4, Ng1 to f3I play like a pussy and I like good tweetsStream so much chess, you wouldn't believeAnd I get mo' views than the toiletgatePawn to e4, Ng1 to f3I met Sopiko last night in the DLet me tell you how I made her leave with me:Conversation and elite witI fell out the motherfuckin' rating topHeard motherfuckers talk, seen memes dropMy tweets are my weapon, I'ma type up a postAnd when I clown on yo' ass, I'm gon' continue to rock(Now) Shake that hand for meShake that hand for me, come on, GiriShake that hand for meShake that hand for me, ah, GiriShake that hand for meShake that hand for me, come on, GiriShake that hand for meShake that hand for me
>>483556453basedWe're live https://www.youtube.com/live/dQCRWUp0ZOM?si=JpZ16x7uRHEjrx5S
SlurpGODs, it's over
>>483556453could you include the original song in the posts slurpanon?I enjoy your works a lot more when I know the song
>>483557391Nate Dogg Eminem - Shake thatmost of the rap songs are terrible so you're really not missing anything
>>483527949What all those niggers (including people commenting) don't understand is that they are only thinking about the -1 IQ cheaters who put top moves after top moves, the dangerous ones are the intermittent cheaters like an anon was saying before, those that just turn the fish on when they feel uncomfortable or don't know the opening sequence or " I know this ending but I can't be bothered, let's turn it on"
Fabi's haircut is bussin fr fr
did Fabi straighten and puff up his hairwhy
Big Vlad kino >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qETdu2qS0B4
Chokeuana playing like he's up against some random 2500 in a farmer's openinteresting
>>483559934he has reasons to believe that he can get away with it against sneedireza
Stepjan bros... we messed up our move order... all this theory studied... TO END UP LIKE THIS?!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wgm52HnyiA
slurpgods where's the fucking threefold
>>483562042trust the process Drawnish is simply taking the long way with the Scatalan
>>483563087they got outslurped by mvl and nepo. shamefur dispray.
Unironically before I make a move I think to myself "What move would Botvinnik make in this position?" and it's helped me win games I probably otherwise would not have won.
>>483567298Unironically before I make a move I think to myself "What move would Tal make in this position?" and it's helped me lose pieces I probably otherwise would not have lost.
Unironically before I make a meal I think to myself "What move would Nepo make in this position?" and it's helped me gain weight I probably otherwise would not have put on.
Unironically before I make a move I think to myself "What move would Wesley make in this position?" and it's helped me draw games I probably otherwise would have won.
>>483566519the queens are off, we're going home nowlately Nepo has been making a good case for himself to become part of the slurp gangeven in the Candidates the only time he played combative was against Alireza with white
god I love 0.5/0.5
Jobibros...?what the hell was he thinking?
Unironically before I make a move I think to myself "What move would Kramnik make in this position?" and it's helped me do the procedure very well (block and report).
>>483570998Maybe he thought Firouzja is a prepbabby and wanted to get a non theoretical position in order to outcalculate him.
Unironically before I make a thread I think to myself "What thread would PBT make in this position?" and it's helped me include the pastebin and calendar I probably otherwise would have forgotten.
Unironically before I pick an opponent I think to myself "What move would Alireza make in my position?" and it's helped me gain rating I probably otherwise would not have gained.
>>483570998>>483571505>Maybe he thought Firouzja is a prepbabbywhich would be funny because i distinctively remember alireza saying there is no chance in going into theory against someone like fabi (i think this was said after he BTFO'd magnus in that one .scam event). in fact this really might be a opposite situation to magnus': fabi has outright stated that he doesn't see the "talent" that others (read: magnus) see in alireza, and combined with the fact that he has lamented that he WANTS to play exciting chess but usually can't, and his score against alireza beeing good so far maybe he just got a bit cocky. he's been pretty sloppy for some months now though and it's not working.
>>483568009Sounds about right. Nezh would apply to that as well.
IT'S HERE
WE DID IT SLURPBROSlmao @ cuckri
*age gaps you*
why isnt this streaming on chess channels with david commentating
So it happened again...
>>483579582the st louis chess club is the primary sponsor of this tour
Why do commentators and books sometimes include the starting square of the pawn as well?Like f7-f6 instead of just saying f7, what's the point?
IT'S UPCristian is a whore. That's all.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t4hYuuwbT4
>>483580414i miss david, this old white guy talking gives me the creeps like a catholic priest that rapes little boys
>>483580289He does it to himself
>>483582907he has the pillow for modesty
>>483540137Nice
>Ynr that the World Chess Classical championship 2018 was decided by rapid gamesWhy is chess so fucking retarded when it comes to tournament set up? Why is the candidates made up in the most awkward way possible? Why is the Chess World Championship not some big knockout tournament featuring the top 16, 32, etc. in the world based on performance rating for that calendar year? Why are draws worth half the points of a win and nothing something like a third or a quarter to discourage bullshit grandmaster draws and make a win more attractive to get?
This Alireza-Fabi game is a fucking snoozefest. But all games in the first round of a big tournament are boring I've noticed.
>>483551765Because your games are mostly decided by large blunders on either side. If they blunder and you punish it correctly, hold the advantage reasonably well to the end, you get very high accuracy. The analysis is less harsh about calling things inaccuracies when everything is winning. If you are on the losing side of this it will ding you for the blunder(s) pretty hard..
>>483582907I wish Fabi would lift weights. He looks like a child next to a man. Can you believe his Roman ancestors conquered Chirila's Dacian ancestors? Looking at them side-by-side, I wouldn't believe it.
>>483582659It's the old algebraic notation I think. Someone said they did that originally because white didn't automatically use to go first.
'Sup /chess/
>>483584981why is bro so fucking slow
>Yass taking shots at Bitchkarubased
>clocks don't make sense cause it's white to move>it's black to move>blames yasserJovanka being a priceless addition to the commentary as always lmaoI honestly believe she has some drug addiction and always gets high before commentating
pookesh
>>483585183Slow and steady wins the race
>>483586868>indians using ancient chinese proverbs against ding lirenpottery
>e4 games are total slurps>d4 games are kinouhm, e4 bros...? were we the slurpers all along?
>>483583506>Why is chess so fucking retarded when it comes to tournament set up?Because FIDE is a retarded organization>Why is the candidates made up in the most awkward way possible?Same answer>Why is the Chess World Championship not some big knockout tournament featuring the top 16, 32, etc. in the world based on performance rating for that calendar year?There have been talks about this but they seem to like the boxing style of champion rather than an annual or biennial world championship tournament. The boxing style champion is better for audience engagement and probably better for advertising. You have one guy, he is guaranteed to face a challenger in a lengthy match to decide if he remains the guy or the other guy becomes the guy now. The big tournament is reserved to select the challenger >Why are draws worth half the points of a win and nothing something like a third or a quarter to discourage bullshit grandmaster draws and make a win more attractive to get?Several tournaments have tried alternate scoring systems like this. It's questionable how much difference it makes.
design RIPPED OFFage of constent LOWERED
>>483559934>it fucking worked
I wanted Alireza to win
the sicilian dragon is such an indian opening. hate dragon players so much. never in my life have i played against a good dragon player. they only play for cheapos.
>>483587665E4 can slurpD4 intends to slurp
>>483589016lololololthe cope pee4 sissies have to resort to
>>483588780>they only play for cheapos.You kind of have to a lower rated dorgan player. The one thing you learn real quick about that setup is white can run you over if you are not fast about generating a counterattack.
>>483589880the dragon is the official opening of india. thank you very much sirs!! yes i will sac everything and when my attack doesn't work i'll try to flag! thank you saaar!! india #1 fuck britishers java programming best! dragon best!
>>483590140The official Indian defense is the Two Sirs played against everything. It may or may not take the form of a hippo.
>>483590320>the Two SirsThis is the double fiancetto right? The name fucking kills me every time. It's so funny.
>>483590960Yes sir very strong bishops sir.
>>483589535E4 black slurps D4 white slurps
What compels a person to join a chess site and spend his days doing this?
>>483592143they're not bishops. we are hindus. they are brahmins.
>>483596070>tfw i spend far more time posting on 4chani probably make like 50 posts a day over various boards. back when i was neet that number was probably in the 300-400s per day.
>>483590140I don't really see jeets playing the dragon, and if they do, I'm happy to see it. Maroczy and the yugo are both enjoyable for white and black can't scam his way out.
>>483596476It's the elephant in chaturanga, saar.
>>483588476me too sis. hopefully he starts going to the gym though to get rid of those stick legs
>>483599887
>>483600221Nah men are only supposed to build their upper body and women only their lower body.
>>483600465>women only their lower body.You should watch competition sport climbing events. Your opinion on this will change.
>>483600465>wanting an imbalanced physiqueNGMI>>483603245Based women's backs enjoyer
2700 GM female when? we need nu-judit
>>483603245I was just memeing, I climb and one of the reasons is the hot chicks. Still, there's something kino about the highlighted sexual dimorphism between a guy working only upper body and a chick working only ass and thighs.
>>483600221how did you get this picture i took of my boyfriend?
>>483600465I think putting more focus towards those areas respectively makes sense but you look fucking stupid if you let it get too out of balance, a well-rounded physique looks better on both men and women than a disproportionate upper/lower body, no matter how built
>>483604160Judit might have been a once in a century rarity. There are no junior girls who look like they have that potential right now. All the adult women GMs look to be at or on the downslope past their peak.
I love the cunny defense.
>>483611626>even alice looking like she might peak in the 24xx shitter squadgrim. well on the bright side she can be the gothamchess of the next gen
>>483611626>Judit might have been a once in a century rarityShe was literally raised to be a super GM. Her father (Laszlo Polgar, author of the famous 5334 book) wanted to prove his theory that that any kid can become a genius at anything if you start teaching them before age 3. He got married and had 3 children specifically to make this psychological experimenthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Polg%C3%A1r#Polg%C3%A1r_sistersGiven that Judit went on to be good enough to beat literal world champions, i think he was 100% spot on
>>483614669>that any kid can become a genius at anything if you start teaching them before age 3>i think he was 100% spot oncome on it was a sample size of 3, all related to each other and him, he likely had above average intelligence himself and they got 3 significantly different skill levels he didn't prove shit, only judit can be called a geniusI agree that it she won't be matched anytime soon but people acting like the thing was a legit experiment or proved anything triggers me every time
>>483615596yeah, this take I agree withthe three polgar sisters are all good at chess, obviously, but only one was truly stellar. you don't need to be a born genius to reach IM or even standard GM level
>>483615596> he likely had above average intelligence himselfYeah... an experiment on how "anyone can become a genius" probably shouldn't be run using hungarian jews as subjects kek
>>483604160Judit was actually a man. "She" was hormonally transitioned by the IDF and implanted with a stockfish chip in her brain in an attempt to make it appear as if women aren't biologically hardcapped at 2400 elo
Guess the rating of the #100 female player in the US (from the uscf list as of June, 2024)I thought probably around 2200. Guess before reading the answer Jocelyn Chen, rated 2000
>>483614669see how well that experiment would work when you adopt some kid from africa
>>483618464Jesus, lol. There are probably some anons here who could beat her in a straight-up game.
>>483618464Yep
>>483618670he said he could do that lolhe planned on adoption but the wife shut that shit downdude was a weirdo
>>483618670Now that would have been truly fascinating, and honestly, the kid would probably be a NM at least, and if he got lucky with a top 10% kid, FM.Beyond that I suspect would require a really lucky selection. If he had raised Maurice Ashley, maybe he would be 2700
>opponent plays a weird move in the opening >have a short think>figure out how to punish it positionally and squeeze that advantage until I can cash it out tacticallyYeah I think I'm gmi.
>>483619829positional play is so satisfying... too bad it's mostly hard-gated by tactics below 2000
>>483620015chess is hard gated by tactics at any level(and that's a good thing)
The Ruy Lopez
>>483620015>too bad it's mostly hard-gated by tactics below 2000I don't think it's that, exactly. It's accuracy and thorough positional understanding. I sometimes get amazing squeezy positions but i fuck it up a lift the squeeze, all the murderers escape from prison and i lose terribly. These are my worst losses. I had +5 or something and just piss it away with clumsy play. This is why i think aggressive play constantly trying to set up tactics is a better shitter strategy. At least with that your opponent's piece coordination and pawn structure gets screwed up as a consequence of defending (i also lose like this a lot). >>483626570Ryu Lopezu
A lot of the time I lose games because I'm positionally up like +2 or +3 and then I end up liquidating the pieces off the board or playing in a non-aggressive way which lets the opponent get back into the game
>>483629019If that's the way you're going to play it you should at least make sure you draw those games. Throwing away a possible complicated win for a simple draw is justifiable. If you do that only to fuck up the endgame and actually lose then you should seriously reconsider what you're doing.
>>483630346Just a consequence of me being inexperiencedOpponents are better than me at making moves and decisions in middlegames and endgames. I usually do well early on
>>483631139So lay off the opening theory and start doing the reps you need from Dvoretsky's endgame manual. It's going to be a lot more relevant than knowing a bunch of stupid gambit lines or 30 moves of main line Ruy Lopez theory.
>>483628387What do you call it when an Indian plays the Spanish? Rue Shitez
Just completely vaporized some guy's asshole with the marshall. I'd expect people at 1800 chess.com to at least know one of the most common lines against their main opening, but maybe that's asking too much.
>>483635520>Rh6
>guy trades off all the pieces into a queen endgame>trades off the queens>i have better pawns so i'm obviously winning>he gets mad and abandonsbrother YOU traded the pieces
>playing rapid late at night >tired as fuck, keep missing stuff >not sure if finishing the game is worth it>check opponent's profile picture>boomer.jpg>switch to blitzbrain mode and flag him while he tries to calculate around the empty threats that I'm shitting out at 0.3s per move
>>483643587Many such cases. Some people just refuse to consider the future consequences of their decisions
>>483644050I frequently calculate a line, conclude that I don't like the resulting position and then play the line anyway. I don't know why I do this. Ben Finegold talked about this phenomenon when shitting on beginners while pretending to give them advice. Apparently it's not uncommon.
>>483644596I do that too. I lost a game to a /chess/ fren after I calculated a line, decided it was worse for me, and then played it anyway since it was the only thing I had calculated and didn't feel like checking another line
>>483644596>shitting on beginners while pretending to give them adviceEh, I don't view it that way. It's just a different way of teaching.I appreciate being told sometimes that I'm a fucking retarded nigger and I need to make x change to my game so I no longer am one.Some people react well to that kind of feedback and it's unironically more effective at helping them improve.
>>483583506>Ynr that the World Chess Classical championship 2018 was decided by rapid gamesYeah, and?>Why is chess so fucking retarded when it comes to tournament set up?You haven't provided a better alternative.>Why is the candidates made up in the most awkward way possible?They should just get rid of the rating qualification and give an extra spot to the Grand Swiss.>Why is the Chess World Championship not some big knockout tournament featuring the top 16, 32, etc. in the world based on performance rating for that calendar year?Sounds gay. The World Championship format of a match between the current champ and a challenger predates FIDE. And when FIDE attempted your gay little tournament idea, nobody took it seriously or the "champions" the format produced.>Why are draws worth half the points of a win and nothing something like a third or a quarter to discourage bullshit grandmaster draws and make a win more attractive to get?Norway Chess does this. There's still lots of draws. Turns out when you have two incredibly strong 2700+ GMs playing chess against each other, they are both often equally good at making and defending threats.
>>483648767>actual FIDE shillholy shit dude
>>483649009>bitch and moan about the world championship format that predates FIDE even existing>gets (rightfully) put in his placeSit down bitch, the adults are talking.
>>483649334>the adults are talkingyou and the rest of the children get a good view of them talking from your chair on the edge of the room, yeah
Discuss Superbet
>>483652016lichess and st. louis must have kissed and made up because their tournaments are showing up in the broadcast section again
I made a brilliant move this evening how about you guys?
>>483656643I'm too much of a shitter
>>483656643I hung my queen
Damn Alireza really was a chud after all, he’s a closet Trumpcuck as well as a Tate fanHe’s probably been shitposting about the Jews too at this rate
>>483656643I played bullet and muttered to myself about how much I hate my opponents
>>483656643Missed mate in 1 in a blitz game earlier. That happy about it.
>>483659110wtf? I love Alireza now
>>483655056I was so happy to see this. It was about time. I don't wanna shit on .cum at every opportunity but it's basically unusable for events, thank God for T-Bo.
>>483659110him and Wesley are chudpilled albeit differently bit still
>>483662752>>483662752Rapport is too
>get into no increment time trouble>heart goes 150+ bpmJesus
Lately when I tilt I've just been playing complete meme pawn structures and giving them silly names. I'm trying to be more positive when I play (and lose). I call this beauty the Glissando because I pre-move a6-h6 and clicks in rapid succession. It reminds me of when I was a kid and would slide my hand up the keys of a piano. Ended up 2 knights mating this guy lmao. Feeling satisfied enough to retire for the evening.
>>483456342look at that widows peak!!!! it's sad he can't afford the hair plugs like Magnus
>>483665423I'm scared to wear a monitor when I play. I don't think I would like what the readings have to say.
>>483600465Wrong
>>483666056unironically as a shitter this is what i fear the most
>>483666056>you premove a6-h6>this retard playing white has that small of an amount of spaceholy shit this has to be like 800 lichess
>>483666330That's a man
>>483667545Riley Reid is a woman, anon.
>>483666694it's actually 1800 liblitz
>>483666095please don't talk about me boy like that
>>483666056I've won many games with this system
>>483659110Muslims love Andrew TateI wonder how people will take Alireza being a fan considering Andrew Tate's been spamming "nigger" on his twitter for ages now.
>>483673642Tate's half black so he can say that word (I think).
>>483674252George Floyd?
>>483648767You sound like a massive faggot
It's uphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yRzbyZdoiE
>>483677457I wish the indian players had more... personality. Or something. Vidit is the only one of the bunch who seems like he is conscious and has a functioning brain. Prag and Arjun, often Gukesh as well, are all so robotic.
>>483678897Idk fabi is more robotic than arjun, part of the 'tism
>>483678897they act differently when speaking english. if you watch the kramnik training videos, they were all cracking jokes with each other in tamil. btw pragg is funny when speaking tamil.
>>483683317>actual unironic poo in the thread
>>483683317This post smells.
>>483683317Based jeetanon
>>483667885Literally who?
Let's talk about the "chess smurfs." You know, those oh-so-talented players who get their kicks from creating new accounts just to demolish beginners. I mean, come on, what’s next? Bragging about beating kids at checkers?Picture this: a chess smurf sitting in their dark lair (probably their mom’s basement), cackling as they decimate another 800-rated player. “Haha, take that! You didn’t see my Sicilian Defense coming, did you? Oh, wait, you don’t even know what that is! Pity.”Wow, such talent, much impress. I bet they even tell their friends (if they have any) about their incredible achievements. “Guys, guess what? I totally crushed this noob who barely knew how to castle! I’m basically Magnus Carlsen now.” Sure, buddy, and I’m the King of England.Meanwhile, the rest of us are just trying to improve our game without getting steamrolled by these undercover virgins. But hey, if it makes you feel superior to beat up on beginners, who am I to ruin your fun? Just remember, deep down, you’re still that player who couldn’t handle losing to people your own skill level.So, to all the smurfs out there: enjoy your fleeting moments of fake glory. Keep dreaming that you’re a chess prodigy while the rest of us continue to play fair and square. And who knows? Maybe one day you’ll grow up and realize that real accomplishment comes from genuine effort, not cheap tricks.Until then, we’ll be here, honing our skills and getting better the right way. Happy smurfing, virgins!
>>483686404Took about 20 words to realize this is Grok or some other AI.Not reading the rest
Are chess.com ratings still gradually inflating? I took a long break from chess and now everyone seems playing worse than before. I casually mogged my old peak rating by nearly 100 points while getting like four hours of sleep per day and feeling like a zombie.
>>483686948Just a redditor
What is your favourite opening to force your opponent to move away from what they want to play? Like playing the Scandinavian against E4 players or Englund gambit against D4 etc. I've been tempted to try the King's Indian Attack against the French, the same way how Fischer did. I just love annoying opponents.
>>483688412Same thing, llms are literally trained on redditors.
i fucking suck at this game
>>483688453Two sirs against the London is alright. I like it more than the c5 Qb6 lines.I also play the chudcore 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3! because I don't want to give the two knights player what he wants with 4. Ng5.
BANNI
>>483690485what is wrong with some players
AGHHHH WHY DO I KEEP FUCKING GETTING INTO KNIGHT FORKS, WHY AM I SO FUCKING RETARDED
>>483690485morra players have just 1 trick of playing Nd5 lol. bit pathetic desu.
>>483688453I play the KIA vs the French. It's fine but it's not a silver bullet. Most French players have their own pet lines vs it. With an early dxe4 or switching to a sicilian the structure changes drastically and you don't get the usual attack that easily. I'm still playing it but probably switching over to the advanced variation.
>c4 e5 d3
Alireza is such a faggot
Slurpireza Snoozerouzja
lmao can we fucking switch to 960 already? this is so boring. or just do what carlsen wants and stop playing classical; play blitz and rapid only. fuck these slurpers.i hope that gay german billionaire keeps pushing 960 or "freestyle" chess as he calls it lmao
>>483698761If 960 becomes too popular they won't sell as many chessable courses and opening books to people who don't need it
desu I have zero interest in classical chess. slowest time control I'll play is rapid, and that's slow enoughkinda glad things turned out that way because fuck draws
>>483699946it heavily depends on the line up. with THE giga slurpers there was no chance. bless fabi's heart for trying though.
>>483584224Fabi is most likely more jewish than italian
>>483700217Don't blame it all on the gang. Alireza vs Nodirbek was supposed to be THE game today and the lil faggot decided to turboslurp. What losing to Fabi's b6 d6 g6 does to a player.
>>483700463his height is undeniable proof of being a sicilian mutt
>>483700679He's gotten molested by Fabi so many times by now I doubt it was because of that. Can't remember the last time he brought the heat. You'd think with his crush Tate being there he'd put on more of a show.
>this is what playing for a win with white looks like in 2024grim
Going through the games of players like Steinitz really shows how much currentyear amateurs ape cutting edge theory for no good reason.
>>483699946Classical is without a doubt the highest quality chess, though, which is hard to move away from. What you really need is to try and remove draws from being worth it somehow but in some weird way. Having them be worth zero points would be a start, I suppose.
>>483704018Going through the games of Steinitz showed me he sucked
>>483701724>KIA vs. KIDthat's actually a thing in classical? I thought people only played like that in bullet
I'd buy a 960 course
>>483705632Nobody ever accused you of being smart anon.
>>483705263He was still way stronger than you, and that's the point. His openings were fine and you'll piss away any theoretical advantage you get from 2024 openings anyway.
>>483695586Not true there's multiple queen sacs
Just hit 99th percentile in chess.cum rapid. Soon I'll catch up to the roidmidget eceleb.
Why does Alireza keep doing London nonsense? Is this all he knows as white?
>>483699105Opening theory is one of the most captivating aspects of chess
>>483710063he's an andreachad
Nodirkeks?
Give me an opening against d4 faggots. Something aggressive to panic my fellow shitters. Nimzo?
>>483714962https://youtu.be/CTmAd-KNosc
>>483714962I typically just play the nimzo yeah. it doesn't really make d4 players panic though. the nimzo is fairly expected to the point a lot of them will play Nf3 instead of Nc3
>>483714962KID, modern, tarrasch, dutch, modern benoni Take your pick.
Another riveting opening discussion down in 700 land.
>>483716614>nooooo you can't just tell a beginner which defenses to d4 are sharp!kys
>>483716614>give me an opening against d4>people do>discussion overI mean I'm not exactly sure what you expected
>>483695586let me guess you need "more"
>>483715630>>483715771>>483716146Thank you anons>>483716614>seething at chess being discussed in a chess generalcommit suckcocko
>the low effort whiny bot posts STILL get replies
>>483718123at this point i'm convinced he does it to bump the thread. what a bro.
>>483716849This but unironically. We need to gatekeep chess.
Wesley bros...? Slurp status? Tell me it ain't So... Insult to injury is it happened against a complete meme line.
>>483718894the Slurpri chads are laughing at us...
Londoncuck btfo
I managed to mate a 2400 FM in 3 min, that was cool
>>483721894show game
>>483721894Congrats anonMeanwhile I got brutally exposed by an FM in 3+0 with some total meme g5 ccountergambitI completely shat the bed
>>483698501>>483698580>>483700679>>483710063APOLOGIZE.
>>483722582But that one anon was right hes still a fag.
>>483722582>t. LondontardStill a dogshit meme opening, cope.
>>483723110Fabi considers it a fighting opening thoughbeit
alireza's interviews are pure autism kino
alirezasisters we won! and the weird rasp in his voice is also SO cute. tate must be proud of our boy <3
>Jesus coming through with a solid for Wesley yet againSlurpGODS we're so fucking back
i hate chokiano so much its unreal
>>483725663same I'm literally shaking right now I'm so mad just thinking about it
>>483725663It's how I felt watching his last candidates game against Nepo. Bastard robbed me of seeing another American world champ in my lifetime
>>483726829and you know he's gonna go on another "stomping everybody and qualifying for the canidates in 300 different ways only to choke when it actually matters" cycle. he's a fraud.
>"weak enginge, should go to lichess, don't tell danny though"KEK based Wesley
>>483727579I love this dude
>>483727579holy kek
>>483728576wish he'd go back on xitter, man's got bants
all the e-celeb talk always ends up in the same place >e-celeb tries to get pussy>does something a tiny little bit improper in trying to get it >enemy e-celeb and their fans are made aware of the impropriety >shitstorm ensues /chess/ e-celebs are no different
>>483729807What are you talking about? Take your delusions elsewhere.
>>483721602>the londoncuck does the only trick he knows> Bf4 and Nb5>mfw
>>483694770knight can only fork pieces on same color squares. if you keep that in mind you will avoid most time trouble forks in endgame by keeping your king and your rook on different colors at all times. If you need to avoid immediate followup checks by a knight, the optimal placement of your king is two squares diagonal from it. Pic related here. It's useful, when possible, if you have an attack going or an imminent pawn promotion coming up and you just need that fucking horse to fuck off for two moves.
>>483688758We all do
>>483729306hell yesbut he's too much of a good guythe twitter trannies would not leave him alone for being based
I am confused about the rating of the lichess daily puzzle. It's sitting at a hair over 2000 right now which seems a bit high for this kind of tactic. Maybe people are getting caught on some alternate idea that kind of looks like something and missing the win. ...hmm, oh maybe it's the move order. I can see an issue there possibly. https://lichess.org/training/3pLzs
>>483734723You're not getting points if you're getting a puzzle through a link?
>>483735078i don't know
>>483688412I looked up the original reddit post, but still believe it's an llm. Even a redditor wouldn't write something that formulaic and sterileI guess I'm a one-man voight-kampff test, the llm stench is unmistakable to me
>>483714962Grunfeld
>>483736359or you're just full of shit. that's more likely
IT'S UPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfZLxV44G8k>Cristian can't hold a camera straight>Fabi unironically played some London type set up in a fun blitz game>Cristian brought the heat and sacrificed something every second move>former 2700 tried to castle out of checkPretty kino. They also said 2+2 is training for an upcoming match so Hans v Fabi match confiremd???? Would be great.
>>483738246It was the gypsy stray dogs barking like they'd just seen a ghost for me>Fabi unironically played some London type set up in a fun blitz gameAnd that's a good thing considering his biggest problem was that he used to only play giga dogshit in fast time controls>upcoming matchThat millionaire thing with nepo, hans and nodirbek i'd assume
any germans ITT? my german opponent said "hanswurst" in the chat and nothing else. what does this mean?
>>483740129something like idiot or clown lol
>>483740319wtf, bit rude
>>483738028No, I'm not. You've never seen Grok 'roasting' someone and it shows.Alternatively, your mind is simply not attuned to stylistic nuance in language.Either way, it would appear that you're out of your depth here.
>>483740554Show game
>>483740605pic related
>>483740846no way, i don't want more germans to start insulting me
NIEMANN PUSSIED OUT LOOOLhttps://x.com/hansmokeniemann/status/1806383128220746084?s=46
>>483741314Feigling
>>483714962Budapest Gambit
>>483740605dunno what that other anon is on about, it's definitely llmslop. anyone who's spent any significant amount of time using these things should be able to see the formula. a good tell is the way they begin all their sentences:>I mean, come on, what’s next? >Picture this:>But hey,>Just remember,>So, to all the smurfs out there:>Keep [x]ing>And who knows? Maybe one day>Until then,they love going into these extremely generic starter phrases with minor variations based on topic instead of making any cogent point or developing a real train of thought
>>483741776what does that mean? please stop it.
>>483742320Coward. I'm just bantering, anon. I don't mean it.
>>483737398Aka the chudfeld
>>483739067>That millionaire thingThat's 15+0. The only otb match where there was a 2+2 section was in the Vidit v Hans match. They've talked about it a lot too. Maybe I read too much into the time control and it's just general time trouble training.
>>483741627Not that unexpected but Hans and everyone else kept saying they signed the contract so still a little surprising. Shame, it would've been the perfect meme tourney.
>>483744253who knows but it doesnt matter any way because of >>483741627 and i'm sure this was filmed before hans made that decision
Trash variant idea: any piece (except the king) can un-promote by reaching the 8th rank, whereupon it will reappear on the 2nd rank as a pawn. This is only legal if the required square is free
The King's Indian Defense
Peter Heine is blowing a gasket about some russian rapid and blitz eventHe's positively seething about towarich chud and chudette facing off
>>483748479I don't understand why Peter is so obsessed with Russia. That's all he talks about now.
>>483747008The only real use that I can think of is king and knight or bishop vs king would become winable(which ofc would all kinds of other drawn endgames winable too) but the funny use would be neverending games to punish never resigners
>>483748040>four pawns attackNow what idiot?
I’m stuck at 800 Elo on chesscum for about a month now. That’s the sameFor rapid, blitz, and dailys. My puzzle elo is 1800. What so supposed to do to get better besides review games, follow lessons, study openings, and solve puzzles? This is a *game* where 1200 is considered “low”. How many hours a day are people grinding this? I’ve been playing pretty consistently for about a year and a half, but more so in the last eight months. I have about 5000 games total (3500 are blitz games).
>>483753491>3500 are blitz gamesfound your problem
>>483753491If someone's 5'3 they can spend all day and night practicing basketball, but they'll never be better than random niggers at the park. You're in a similar boat
>>483753491>800 rating>5k gamesquit chess it's not for *people* like you and please never reproduceThis isn't just 4chan edgy banter, I truly mean it
>>483753491Go over your last 100 losses and identify the reason you lost each game, then work on your specific weaknesses. You get better at chess by making less mistakes, so the first step is being aware of what mistakes you're making.If you got money to throw around, you could hire a coach and have them spoon-feed you what to work on.
>>483753491don't give up, the grind is never ogre
>>483749446his wife is a member of parliament in lithuania or something
>>483753920>>3500 are blitz games>found your problemYeah I actually stopped playing blitz for precisely this reason, daily games give me a lot more time to evaluate the position and have helped me improve even in my blitz game when I do go back to them once in a while.>>483754032>If someone's 5'3 they can spend all day and night practicing basketball, but they'll never be better than random niggers at the park. You're in a similar boat>>483754087>>800 rating>>5k games>quit chess it's not for *people* like you and please never reproduce>This isn't just 4chan edgy banter, I truly mean itYeah I do think about this at times. I'm just bad at anything competitive. If it's goal-oriented, like you just need to meet and or exceed some challenge, I can do it, but when it's PvP against someone for a scarce resource like victory I always suck. I also have 4000 hours in counter strike and I'm only like 7000 ELO in premier mode, or gold nova 2 in the old system (on average).>>483755430>Go over your last 100 losses and identify the reason you lost each game, then work on your specific weaknesses. You get better at chess by making less mistakes, so the first step is being aware of what mistakes you're making.Thanks, I know my biggest mistake is losing ground quickly in early games against hyper aggressive opponents. I think I'm developing my pieces yet somehow they almost always get through and get my queen. If I can make it out of the opening game then I usually fair quite well.>>483757054>don't give up, the grind is never ogreThanks fren
>>483758242Disregard the demoralization poster please. You can get much better than you are. I know this by virtue of your caring enough to ask how. Puzzles are good. Make sure you calculate everything. Play nothing until you are sure. Spend as much time on analysis after your games as you spend playing the game. If you're always on the defensive in the opening, take a look at why. Are there basic endgames you don't know? Learn them. If you always blunder in time trouble, or in anticipation of getting in to time trouble, play longer time controls.
>>483753491You probably have the worst pattern recognition ability ITT. Try doing some HIIT workout, take a cold shower and finish it with tea with lots of sugar, then start your rapid games (avoid blitz). Take 5-10 seconds for each move for the first 10 moves in the game and then from there on at least 10-30 seconds for each move, losing on time is OK if you can at the very least manage to get a winning position, then you can improve your time management. If you are addicted to porn then stop it, you will start to perform better. If you want to skip all of this for mental clarity and marginal IQ boost then try taking adderall, nicotine and sugar before your puzzle and rapid sessions. Understanding the concept of tempo, spaces and force will help you more than copying random moves from a youtube opening tutorial.
>>483753491>800 elowhat's this in lichess terms? 1500?
>>483763128I'm that anon, I have a lichess account too I play a lot less on, but my blitz is consistently around 1150-1200
>>483763128>>483762848>>483761318>>483757054>>483755430>>483754087>>483754032>>483753920>>483753491This is my profile btw https://www.chess.com/member/check_mi_out
>>483761318To add on, when studying the games you lose and win always take a look at the minor mistakes and why they were a mistake instead of just asking the engine for the better move, if you can notice a type of inaccuracy where you blunder a pawn or something in a similar fashion every few games then you know you exact weaknesses. However given your pattern recognition is shit you wont find anything so maybe ask someone else to help you analyze your games. Most players who play the London or any similar setup based openings at lower levels have only a few ideas in mind, they keep making the same inaccuracies over and over without realizing, like not knowing how to respond to queen targeting the weak pawn and making a random stupid move every single time because thats what theyre used to and they never saw anything wrong with it because, these kinds of bad habbits acquired from playing setup based openings instead of understanding the basic principles of tempo, force and space holds back many players from IMPROOOVING
>>4837631281200 with the rating deviation low
got it
>>483763720are you the pbt?
>>483763852You don't care about king safety, you play f4 when you could've defended your knight to develop a piece, you trade everything, and well... Read something like Chess Move by Move
>>483766168That one match you chose is the most recent one where I tried something completely different because I'm frustrated. 90% of the time I'm white I'll go for the Italian.
>>483763720>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Bc5 4. d4 exd4 5. cxd4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 Qf6This is the starting of your last defeat. If your opponent is blundering a piece in the opening you should take it easy and play simple moves that don't do anything aggressive, since this is blitz you would win on time most of the time.> 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. d5 Nd4you are black in this game, you panicked and made a move took quickly after the pawn attacked your knight, move a piece defended by one pawn and two pieces is always a bad idea, this was a 10 minute game, do you even think anything before making your move? the rapid games will at most last 50 moves, theres no reason for you to be making 10% of the move in the first 15 seconds, take it easy and actually THINK before making a move. Just pick any basic chess book, it will teach you about tempo, force and spaces which you clearly don't understand. While you're at it also study about pawns, knowing about pawn structures, how to build them and how to properly attack them will also improve your game. In this game you lost only because you ignored the passed pawn. Your made the TWO most retarded nigger tier move 30... bf7 31 ... kg7, like fucking why? I know it may not be easy to see the right move but even then you had seven minutes, passed pawns should be your number one priority in late middle game, ignoring passed pawns is basically a fail state. You clearly are dont know the basic principles of the game, pick up a book maybe and think more before you make a move.
>>483766597I played f4 that game because I'm pissed off that I keep playing hyper aggressive players that immediately come to ME to trade my knights for their bishops, so I wanted something else.
>>483766774>move a piece defended by one pawn and two pieces is always a bad ideamoving a piece to position defended by one pawn and attacked by pieces is always a bad idea.* forgiv for esl..
>>483766774>Just pick any basic chess book, it will teach you about tempo, force and spaces which you clearly don't understand. While you're at it also study about pawns, knowing about pawn structures, how to build them and how to properly attack them will also improve your game.>In this game you lost only because you ignored the passed pawn. Your made the TWO most retarded nigger tier move 30... bf7 31 ... kg7, like fucking why? I know it may not be easy to see the right move but even then you had seven minutes, passed pawns should be your number one priority in late middle game, ignoring passed pawns is basically a fail state. You clearly are dont know the basic principles of the game, pick up a book maybe and think more before you make a move.This is awesome thank you, I will review this thoroughly. I didn't realize I'm retarded about tempo, force, and spaces but most of my theory training is just following chess com tutorials which I haven't seen talk about that. I mean I see the phrase "win a tempo" occassionally and I get how threatening a piece making it retreat wins a tempo but it's something I want to understand more
>>483767048Read this
My chess struggle in eval line graph form
>>483767991>both sides have winning chances>both miss them>ends up a slurpdon't worry anon that's your average 3000 elo bullet game
>>483767048Tempo is basically just getting a lead in development. Every time you force your opponent to make a move by playing a move that advances or develops your position is called winning a tempo. Usually you win tempo when the opponent 1. moves a piece more than once in the opening phase2. brings out the queen to early 3. goes "berserk" by trying to attack with like 2 pieces. 4. you sacrifice a pawn or give up some positional to advantage to speed up your own development. The idea of space is simple, how many squares do you control with your chessmen on the opponent's side of the board, the more the better. The idea of force is also simple, a knight and a bishop looking a square which is being defended by opponent's pawn, knight and a bishop means opponent has more force on that square, you should either put pressure by having more pieces looking at that square or avoid pushing pieces to that square because you will almost always lose a trade (not always true because there might be other forcing sequences, but even then you can take your time to calculate)Strategy is also important, a good rule of thumb is to look for opponent's weak pawns and put pressure on that square, this way you might end up winning a piece or a pawn if the opponent is careless, other than this you just have to make sure to not blunder a piece with a move, blundering a tactic with a 2-3+ moves is fine for your level but making one move blunders is stupid and easily avoidable, for example you might initiate a exchange thinking you have more force but you forget to take into consideration that one of your pieces is pinned so now you lose, anyone should be able to avoid one move blunders, and like I said, its ok to lose on time if you can get a winning position because the pattern will be etched in your brain and you can perform in a similar manner much faster in the future. >>483767579This is a great book.
>>483767048One final tip regarding puzzles, if you are brute forcing them you will not learn anything, the only way you learn anything from a puzzle is by solving the entire thing in one go, or else you will not develop the patterns in an efficient manner.
>>483767579>>483769134got the book ty!>Tempo is basically just getting a lead in development. Every time you force your opponent to make a move by playing a move that advances or develops your position is called winning a tempo. Usually you win tempo when the opponent>1. moves a piece more than once in the opening phase>2. brings out the queen to early>3. goes "berserk" by trying to attack with like 2 pieces.>4. you sacrifice a pawn or give up some positional to advantage to speed up your own development.>The idea of space is simple, how many squares do you control with your chessmen on the opponent's side of the board, the more the better.>The idea of force is also simple, a knight and a bishop looking a square which is being defended by opponent's pawn, knight and a bishop means opponent has more force on that square, you should either put pressure by having more pieces looking at that square or avoid pushing pieces to that square because you will almost always lose a trade (not always true because there might be other forcing sequences, but even then you can take your time to calculate)Strategy is also important, a good rule of thumb is to look for opponent's weak pawns and put pressure on that square, this way you might end up winning a piece or a pawn if the opponent is careless, other than this you just have to make sure to not blunder a piece with a move, blundering a tactic with a 2-3+ moves is fine for your level but making one move blunders is stupid and easily avoidable, for example you might initiate a exchange thinking you have more force but you forget to take into consideration that one of your pieces is pinned so now you lose, anyone should be able to avoid one move blunders, and like I said, its ok to lose on time if you can get a winning position because the pattern will be etched in your brain and you can perform in a similar manner much faster in the future.Amazing, this is so comprehensive! should I still read the book then?
>>483769557Thank you. Here is a question about puzzles. I have all puzzle types enabled so I get them at random, in hopes that I will be able to recognize what type of puzzle it is in real time (therefore being able to recognize what my opportunities are in a real game). Is that the right way to go about it? Or should I filter my puzzles to one type in order to focus and train that one particular skill?
>>483769971nta, but you should know the themes first. Try this book
are you guys paid shills or what
>>483769808>Amazing, this is so comprehensive! should I still read the book then?Yes, and try to solve all the quiz and tests. Go through every single annotated games, ideally with engines instead of otb because if you have doubts regarding why a move is bad or good, or if you think theres a similar or a better move, the engine can help you understand better.>>483769971idk if chesscum has this feature, and even if it does its probably a paid feature but lichess can give you puzzles for your opening of choice and puzzles for things you suck at based on your games.>>483770785If we are going to keep shilling books then id add Tal's Winning Chess Combinations by Simon & Schuster as well, beginners tend to play alot of random moves in late end game even when they are winning because they dont know how to checkmate with certain pieces, even worse they end up in a stalemate. Admittedly there probably is a better end game book out there and you may not like it because it uses a different notation for moves. But this is what I used to learn endgames. libgen dot rs (if its still up) will be your friend for chess books.
>>483752169True, it would enable endless re-setting of the 50 move rule due to pawn moves.One other situation I thought of where it would have a use would be certain desperado or clearance sacrifices.You could checkmate via discovered check with unpromotion of a blocking piece.
>>483758242You should read some basic tactics and strategy books. You won't be able to fully implement them until your board vision improves, but you don't want to just bang your head against the wall with no idea what good play should eventually look likeThe main skill you need to get past ~1300 is to consistently see your opponents hanging pieces, and not hang your own pieces.As for strategy, the main principles you need at that level are to develop your pieces and try to keep them defended. And know how to count attackers and defenders.I haven't looked at your account yet, but I hope you're playing five minute blitz, three minute is way too fast for you, you shouldn't play faster than 3+2 until you're over 1500 imo (for most of your games at least)
>>483765460no he's not I am
>>483765460you replied to me, what is pbt?
>>483748479My chud wife!
So I played my first game in the Dutch and although I won and the game was fun, the first thing I'm noticing about it is that I don't have time to waste building up a solid position and slowly pressing like the QGD trained me to do.Every mistake I made, the engine is screaming at me to stop pussy-footing around and just go for the opponent's throat all ready. Even if I don't stick with this opening long term, I think it will be good for my overall development as a player.
>>483779524
>>483785721Basically yeah, you're trying to win the tempo battle and start throwing pawns at white while he's standing around with his bishop in his hand. Just be careful getting cut up on the diagonals since your king is slightly exposed to qb3 and their LSB. Its fun though
>>483787232>Just be careful getting cut up on the diagonals since your king is slightly exposed to qb3 and their LSBYeah, that's why I moved Kh8 but even there the engine said "nope ATTACK"I guess it's because even though white had their Queen on b3, they had no other threats beyond just a spite check.
>>483785721Correct. That's how those openings work. They are only kind of okay/mildly dodgy because of the amount of pressure you are able to apply early on. If you don't get after it and try to fuck shit up you just have a loose and leaky position for no compensation whatsoever. This goes for the Dutch and all aggressive gambits. And the Sicilian in several cases as well.
>>483749446I think some people are prone to getting some mental blockages on some issues and being unable to move on. Trump derangement syndrome is a clear case of this
>>483787051I always wondered what it meant
>>483749446FIDE is a branch of the KGB. What you shouldn't understand is how Peter is the only one who cares.
lichess keyboard shortcuts
Under table footsies...
>>483799249Thanks anon, needed those branch commands for some time
>>483799249i was wondering what that vertical squiggle character was but it's just a lowercase L.
I didn't get a reply on /TG/ so I'll post here: New variant: pawns promote to kings, and you have to checkmate all the enemy kings to win. How should I call it?
>>483799486Korchnoi x Petrosian fanfic
I think maybe it's time for me to learn a 'real' sicilian and not my dumb sidelines and my shitty accelerated dragon. How is the classical? The classical looks enjoyable.
Who would you rather have in this endgame?
>>483808904whitewhite king is too close to the kingside pawns
>>483808904Seconding white but I would fuck this up for both sides in anything shorter than 15 10. It looks to me like black doesn't have enough of a promotion threat with the connected passers to prevent white from blockading, picking off one or two, eventually sacking the knight if needed to get a promotion in. However, since you're asking, I;m guessing the wet blanket engine is calling 0-0 on this or black is better for reasons beyond comprehension.
>puzzle>very hard>not sure about my solution but i can't find a reason it doesn't work>play it>WRONG>why?>well if white finds FOUR HARD TO FIND ONLY MOVES IN A ROW IT'S A DRAW THAT'S WHY YOU SUCK AT PUZZLESFUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK YOU LICHESS FUCK YOUR PUZZLES FUCK THIS GAME FUCK EVERYTHING
>>483810313Yup you guessed it right the engine does give that position as a dead dead draw.I actually managed to win the blitz time scramble tho because White was too cowardly to sack the knight during my unsound pawn advances until it was already too late, lol
>>483812361Yeah that figures.
>>483811407Whew, if this is how you react to botching a puzzle, what happens when you lose a game?
>>483813441I have damaged property.
Is blocking a check with discovered mate the coolest move in chess?
>>483358081Elliott Rodgers
>faced the Berlin more than any other varient of the Ruy Lopez as whiteweird
>>483821690I can see this happen in a chess anime.
good morning sirshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dafY4T-VOPQ
>the queens are already off in two games
Just broke 1800 chess.com rapid!
>>483833313Jovanka got fat.
>>483835186Good job anon! Did it take long?
>anastasia is 42wow she looks pretty good
>>483835918Yes, but that's because I didn't put in much work and frequently played like 1 game a week for months at a time.
>>483836163fairly tasteful filler and botox
>>483836442any tips for a 100-1100 shitter like me?
>>483835186Grats
>>483827647kramnik and his influence on chess has been a disaster for the human race
>>483837624the best tip for a shitter has been given by another anon *in detail* on this thread, please scroll up and help yourself
mvl is so fucking washed
Consequences will never be the same
>>483838935i support his crusade
>>483838935hahahahahathis old man is something else
>>483838935Jesus christ kek
>>483838935Me any time I lose
>>483838935I can't wait for the livestream of the no-knock FBI raid on chesscom headquarters.
>>483838935How can literally anyone, sans cheaters, hate this man?
>>483835186congrats!
firosisters... it's happening again...
>>483838690APOLOGIZE
I love my chess nerds itt :3
MVL keeps waxing players in the Berlin endgame
>>483845445I bow down to the french pervert
>>483749446There are two types of people in this world, and nothing in between. You are either reddit or 4chan.Even people who might hear such a thing and go, "I've never heard of either. I'm blue collar!" They too fall unwittingly into one of these types, same as Adam, before he met Eve, was nevertheless a man.Peter is reddit.
>>483821690even better if it is blocking a checkmateI'm also fond of double checks where both pieces are hanging, since neither can be captured or blocked.
WE'RE BACK
>mvlel
>War of the MVLs
all slurpers in honor of giri's birthday, watch
>>483853606MVL jobbing out of solidarity with King Slurp
>>483848108>Steiniz 4chan>Laskerreddit>Capablancareddit>Alekhine4chan>Euwereddit>Botvinnik4chan>Smyslovreddit>Petrosian4chan>Spasskyreddit>Fischer4chan>Karpov4chan>Kasparovreddit>Kramnik4chan>Anandreddit>Carlsenreddit>Dingreddit
>>483854484Lol
>>483854484Fuck I don't know how I managed to forget Tal. Anyway, he's reddit.
man, the dutch defense feels awful
https://x.com/HansMokeNiemann/status/1806427063353848185>After securing the funds to enter the event, I started to have doubts about the tournament’s legitimacy and way of handling business. I heard reports of the organizer potentially financially supporting other player’s entrance fees, and after requesting the organizer to confirm or deny this, they failed to comment. Hans confirmed browses /vg/ and saw Karla's comments
>>483801583dynastic chess?
>>483855283Where? I missed that
>>483855582This >>483198639(I assume it was her because of the legal angle and my gut instinct) but anyway,Days later Hans posts that tweetYou can't tell me he doesn't seem like he would be here kek
>Oops - you gave up a queen. You ignored an opportunity to capture a free queen.it hurts bros
Every time you see someone pull the "Hans was just a widdle kid being bullied by the big guys :-(((" meme it's him
Admit it, you would have fucked up that endgame against Firouzja too.
>>483856374Nah that's you
>>483856374nah I would've stomped him lmaofirouzja's trash now, he's just another hardstuck 2700
>>483856115I mean he was a 19 yo kid being bullied by the biggest guys of chess though
>>483856374Nah, I'd win
>>483855885I really believe Hans lurks here. He's also Fischer-pilled so he def belongs here
>>483856762what comes around goes around. he's an antiscoial freak and even when he was handed the opportunity on a silver platter to turn his reputation around (le >bullied by the biggest guy of chess angle) he still managed to fuck it up and remain absolutely detestable. it was so fucking easy and yet he goes and gives borderline schizophrenic tv interviews and trashes hotel rooms like he's some rock star lmao. fuck this fat balding faggot, i'm sick of having to hear about his hardstuck 2690 ass, even as a joke.
>>483857292Gen Z "bad boy" Andrew Tate enjoyer not lurking 4chan would be more susprising than not to me
>>483857398He would be way cooler if he was actually good. It would be like Fischer's spiritual heir. Magnus also has bitchass behaviors that are excused because he's Magnus. Always arriving late, throwing temper tantrums. But being barely 2700 isn't going to cut it
What a boring day in St. Louis, my God.
Slowkesh
Yesterday I decided to take a break from chess and enjoy eldenring dlc insteadI didn't realize just how much stress and dread chess was giving me until now, feels good being able to actually relax in my free timechess had become like a second job when I come back in a couple weeks I'll be more relaxed about it
>>483857398he's entertaining to hear about but good lord his online persona is a jokeI hate people like that who inherently aren't cool but try super hard to be cool
MVL is bad at chess.
>>483859196>I hate people like that who inherently aren't cool but try super hard to be coolforgive me for sounding like our resident schizo here but that's most of the ~Fischer-pilled~ zoomers. it's so contrived. don't compete where you can't compare!
>>483859378carlsen goodnakamura good (only at blitz and bullet)everyone else badthat's the objectively true, 4chan-approved analysis of all chess players
>>483862584>Quackamura0 real championships, got pressed by the asslifter, mail-order bride, got mogged by a fucking leaf etc etc
>>483863441>mail-order bride>he doesn't respect Shitkaru's cutie muslima bride who is taller than himngmi
>>483753920 >>483754032 >>483754087 >>483755430 >>483757054 >>483762848 >>483763128 >>483763720Hey everyone I wanted to say thanks for the advice and pointers last night. I picked up the book, took my time on some puzzles, and took what you guys said to heart in really taking the time to make sure I'm responding to my opponent and reading the board in terms of tempo, force, and space. Since then I've played 13 rapid games and won 11 of them, gaining 48 Elo overnight. I realized that being more careful and taking a lot of time to think about EVERY move and to not mindlessly follow the italian game I am doing a lot better. >>483763720Again My Profile here ^>>483763852I've been improving a lot since last night when I posted that, I think a large part is that I'm stopped clinging to my usual opening (italian game) and I only get a move or two into it until I start responding to my opponent (they usually come out hyper aggressive at my level. it's annoying but if I'm careful then they wind up giving the game away to me)>>483773256Yep I'm implementing what people suggested last night and already winning a ton by just developing while letting my opponent throw their games away. While most of my blitz game last year were 3 min, since about November last year I don't play anything faster than 5 minute blitz, and I actually prefer dailys and rapids now.>>483772156Thanks! I've done 16 quizzes and 12 tests so far. Now at the "Laying Traps" section of Chapter 2.>>483769134Thanks a lot, I've been applying these principles and it's helped so much me not screw up my opening and also letting my opponents screw up theirs.>>483767579Been reading this since last night, I'm almost finished with chapter 2, I like it a lot! Just making sure I count the force on relevant squares is helping a lot.
>italian flaglol
>>483864556you're talking to zoomers rated 800, retard. half of them cheat when it comes down to it.
>>483859169well you've always got your hilarious peter svidler memes! s-s-slurp hehehe
>>483838935>Consequences will never be the sameanother millennial meme from 20 years ago...
>>483864556>Since then I've played 13 rapid games and won 11 of them, gaining 48 Elo overnightWell done, lad.
>>483838935this shit is so funnylike is this all just a ploy to get in the spotlight again because he's mad he's not the man of the hour in chess anymore? or did he go full Fischer?
>>483865579>another millennial meme from 20 years ago..Only another millennial would know that..
>>483864556>17 friends>you are 865 rapid>unironically the best out of all of thembased, keep mogging all those fags
>>483866034>ployNo. Vladimir truly believes there is a deep seated rot that must be cleansed. He is correct. The most shocking thing about this to me is the hordes or corporate apologizers who readily dismiss, minimize, wave away the problem, gaslight anyone who points out evidence that things are not right. Very common is to say, yeah well you're not qualified to know whether anyone is cheating against you or not.
>>483864556Keep it up anon I am rooting for you from the depths of 600.
>>483855176Just enjoy the cool breeze on your exposed king.I'm having fun castling long in a slow game.
>>483838935I'm literally shaking right now
Dubov immortal blitz game: https://www.chess.com/game/live/113240444149?username=duhless
>>483868650Svane resigned a move before this. It's a nifty mate in 4 using my favorite checkmate motif. I didn't include the queen sac as part of the easy puzzle here as black doesn't have to take it. Black avoids mate with Qc8.
>>483868585You should be, Danny.
>>483859196Name one person who is inherently cool
>>483871396they're pretty rare. can't think of one off the top of my head
>>483871396Cool as in cool to most people or just to retards on 4chan? For the former, someone like Alain Delon.
>>483871396Me
>>483871396Dr Disrespect
Robert Hess is actually the best speed chess commentator. Better than Naroditsky and Hambleton.
>>483874052You're the only one that thinks this
This is a great puzzle and I am very upset about getting it wrong due to one slight miscalculation on move 2. https://lichess.org/training/IFhth
>>483874052I think Hess is best when he and Naroditsky are paired, but Naro is better overall because he adapts better to pairings with other people
That's... certainly a chess game
>>483875750That's a nice one. But how did you miscalculate?I assume you played Ke4, hoping for kg5, rg5, kh5, and rxh7#? (But kh6 instead escapes)
>>483878020white was never better and that's what's importantreal kino graphs look like a sine wave
what am i supposed to do in these situations? I feel so tangled, my first plan was to attack his queen with my knight and hope to unlock the situation but he abandoned the game right after lol
Little late to the party butSLUUURP GAAAANG
>>483881992Hmm... I hate them all
>>483865235Stop projecting, peebeetee.
>>483881974Well first of all you don't want that position. You don't want to give his bishop that outpost when you don't have your own to contest it (now you can never advance c6 and you are worse in an endgame). If the bishop weren't on b5 you'd be playing Rb8, probably looking to double up and find some action there. In your current position what you always want to do is improve your piece which you can judge by whether they restrict your opponent's. Not Nh4 like you thought because you're correct, he moves his Queen and you haven't accomplished anything. But Nf4 looks good, that's a dangerous knight that he can't kick with g3 (Nxh3+), so if he panics and wants to trade with Bc1 you can play Nh5. Now all the sudden you can see how the position is starting to open up and give you activity for counterplay. If I were playing white and we were the same rating you would lose 10 out of 10 times though. Try to remember the point of the game is ultimately the endgame and letting your opponent lock up the pawn structure in an unfavorable way with a bishop shearing uncontested through your shit is not the way to win one.
>>483882304>Shartnanandhaa threw a winning K+P endgame>Hacksime choked a winning tecnical position with 25 minutes on his clock>Slurpsley didn't even try against the lowest rated player with white>Soiri vs Fatpo lmao>Nodirkek played the London and GODbi tried to mix it but it petered out tooI'd say you're justified
>>483881974play a waiting move and let your opponent fuck up firstalternatively, write "nigga dis pozzish ain't bussin got me yawnin frfr" and offer a draw
>>483882304Based.
>>483883350>Hacksimekek that's a new one
>>483881992is this on youtube? why isn't youtube shilling me this?
>>483884478you don't want to watch that anyway. go watch some speed chess or something where shit actually happens
>>483884478retard
>>483884478englund player detected
>>483881089Yes that's what i did.
>>483883213thanks for the help, I need to work better on my black openings
Bwos... my team just got 7-1ed in divegrass...
>>483885989you listened?
>>483886747what team?
This is why puzzle streak is bullshit. Every once in a while it gives you a puzzle like this in the mix. https://lichess.org/training/F1uSkYou think okay it's 1500 nothing puzzle, push, bring the king in promote win rook or whatever. Play b2 Kd3 in two seconds. Wrong! Wrong because Rb3 Kc2 Kb4! promote, rook captures king captures Kxc3 and white gets a passer through over on the h file. That is a 1500 (lichess) puzzle in a challenge mode that is game over on a single wrong move.
>>483895379I got it first try and I'm a shitter. Just push the pawns, white can't get em both.
>>483896167You did calculate Kd3. You just pushed shit without thinking and won. That is why that puzzle is 1500 in the first place. I got it wrong because i didn't find Kb4! (only move) in the two seconds i took.
some good books that solely focus on e4/ italian game openings? I like playing Evan Gambit or Nakamshon Gambit when it happens, I'd like to try something else
>>483896558I just tried it and saw the forced win, and found no reason to delay and calculate a line where you bring the king in.Yeah that rb3 is a nice move that I didn't see, but even Ka2 is enough to prevent you from winningimo you should have calculated at least until a successful promotion
>>483896558>Kd3Why is that even a candidate? What does it achieve? Is it a natural move for players stronger than me?
>>483895379>Kb4!Ka3 c2 Ka2 is also a draw
>>483901114Ka2 was after Kd1, I was editing the post and got confused. After c2 you can take b2.
>>483895379Skill issue, sorry. If you knew the technique for winning a Rook vs. "Two connected passers on the sixth rank" endgame (which is very simple and a common enough situation that everyone should know it), you wouldn't even consider moving your king after Rb8 because c2 is an extremely obvious win.
big brained thread
>>483913169yeah we're all 2900+ armchair chess theorists here
>>483914263Giving away a pawn on move 3? This not how I learned chess.
>>483915459>not giving it away on move one with the scandi/old benoniSasuga
>>483918146*gasps in Russian*
>>483854484Spassky is definitely 4chan.The unofficial first world champ Paul Morphy is also 4chan.>Fuck I don't know how I managed to forget Tal. Anyway, he's redditTal played chess while blackout drunk. Him, Fischer, and Morphy are this general personified.Otherwise, good list.
>>483919079Fischer is 4chan as a whole personified honestly
>everyone playing the cow against annak not gonna lie this is getting kinda old now
>>483919079Morphy is as reddit as it gets. There's a reason he's turbo redditor Ben Finegold's goat
>>483920867Morphy's playing style is the most anti-reddit thing to ever exist.
>>483919271Which is why hes the GOAT (after Morphy)
How often are you guys getting games where sacrificing piece is worth it? I relentlessly look for sacs in every position and rarely do I see lines where it's justified. Am I missing stuff or does it just not happen often?
>>483366841Botvinnik is based For your information, this is a Botvinnik board and we will not tolerate such blatant disrespect.
>>483801583funny, the precursor to shogi had a piece that promoted to a "Crown Prince", an extra king. If present, it also had to be captured or checkmated to win the game.
>>483924292It happens literally all the time if you have an aggressive opening repertoire and is tactically sharp.
>>483924292a lot of the tactics in my games come from complex lines, but sacs aren't necessarily involvedI am a positional player though by nature, so that probably matters
>>483920867Morphy was an autistic incel who was only ever good at chess and nothing else in life. He's 4chan.
>>483920867>>483927305Also, Finegold's opinions on chess are based. It's when he opens his fat mouth to speak about anything else that he becomes reddit.
>>483927305Morphy was a great man afflicted by mental illness.My dear friend, let’s move beyond the memes and consult his biography. I believe that Morphy could have become US president someday if the ‘tism and schizo effective disorder didn’t get him after his failed law career.
>>483924292Either I sac or the opponent sacs in at least 33% of my games. Probably more.
>>483927305iirc he also memorized the Louisiana legal code, pretty impressive (even if he never had a successful legal career)
Playing blitz on touchpad is rage inducing. Get flagged in winning positions erry time.
>>483924292Very often, and I play stuff like the Queen's Gambit without any attacking ambitions.If you keep putting positional pressure on the opponent and improving pieces, very often there will be a chance to sac something with good compensation. Especially if you include pseudo-sacrifices which gain the material back within a few moves
why am i like thisrapid is impossible
>>483930071What time controls do you usually play for both?
>>483930071how is that even fucking possibleif you have the chess knowledge to be 1700 chess com blitz you should be like 1900 rapid or higher
>>483924292this is what happens when you play fuckin london
>>483868650I love Dubov, he's the Tal of our generation, a combinatorial genius. Latvia should give him honorary citizenship
>>4839305523+010+0>>483930668my opponents just make no mistakes for 20 moves and i get bored and miss some 2 move tactic in the midgame
>>483930668I am 1700 chesscum blitz and barely 1800 rapid. I think the ratings get even closer across rapid/blitz as you get higher rated.
>>483929261>playing blitz on touchpadWhy would you do that to yourself? Just use your phone if a mouse isn't available
>>483931680>counting on your opponent making a mistake to winYour problem is that you play hope chess. Stop it.
>>483933216no, while you were making that comment i tried to lock in as hard as possible against a 1400 shitter i blundered in a winning position because our clocks went under 30 seconds1400s are literally just built different in rapid idk how to explain it, they defend like their elo is their bank account
>>483921762Lol. It's literally "le SACRIFICE!!" "le BRIALLIANT!!" His most famous game is tryharding against an amateur. There is no player more reddit in history
>>483934339>tryharding against an amateurnot part of the comment chain but anon, that's about as 4chan behavior as you can get
>>483934339>t. assmad redditor who plays chess like a pussy and felt called out
>>483934339>the guy sorting champs into faggit/4troon categories is an absolute retardlel
>>483934035Calculate deeper. Play 15+10 instead of 10+0. If you're almost 1700 com blitz there isn't really a reason why you should be losing to 1400s. They blunder totally braindead 3-move tactics all the time.
>>483934567No, it's reddit behavior. Redditors identify with him so strongly because like him, they feel like the only reason they aren't better regarded are circumstances out of their control. They too are underrated geniuses. And Morphy's games come with mental pictures of GothanChess soifacing in a shower of chess.com's Brilliant marks. It gets the sort of redditors who post things like this https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1dqapz2/possibly_the_greatest_move_ive_ever_played/ and think it's deep
>>483935121>calculate deeperuhh yeah if either of us could see everything we would be titled players, obviously it's what you want to do but you miss shit, that's what happenslook at this game i just played, the engine liked all my moves this timebut what the engine doesn't know is that i completely missed b3 and b4 as potential escapes when i committed to the attackthere were ways to continue and still win if he had played thembut i didn't see them ahead of time, so it was basically a coin flip despite me thinking i had calculated everything. and he's a 1500. so i could very easily have been lost against him, precisely because i tried to calculate deeperif anything i should be calculating shallower and playing safe and letting them blunderalso 15+10 is aids, i played it in the past but it sucks even if you win more consistently
>>483936095>keeps bringing up/talking about plebbit>is a plebbitorof coursekill yourself
>>483936457Ask yourself why you're so mad
>>483936146and when i say "when i committed to the attack" i mean here, deciding not to take the rook (which is equal)so i thought i had calculated deep enough, but i hadn't, which obviously means that i do not have the calculation abilities that can consistently deal with rapid 1500sin fact i think i will try playing some hambo-approved habits chess for a while and not sacrifice anything and see if that helps catch me back up
>>483936146>>483936673>has an opportunity to take the center for free>doesn'tYou didn't play bad for your rapid rating but not gonna lie i cringed at this moment.Also when i said to calculate deeper i didn't mean just look to look 10 ply deep in only one line, you should've considered his defensive resources more carefully. If you have a mate in 1 threat you should look at all of the ways he can stop it (e.g. b3 and b4). That's why i said to play 15+10 instead of 10+0, you can't just look at all this stuff in fast chess without experience. You aren't just gonna grow an instinct to quickly see every good response from the opponent automatically without learning how to do it slowly (and accurately) first. I don't know the reason why you think 15+10 is "aids", but you aren't gonna get good at anything other than "i hope he doesn't see it" chess if you simply never play slow games. You have to develop the skill of proper calculation.
>>483936095>And Morphy's games come with mental pictures of GothanChess soifacing in a shower of chess.com's Brilliant marksyou are so stupid and delusional it's unreal, I hope you are a teenager at leastthis guy is right on the money>>483934679That said that reddit post and the other subhumans patting him on the back for such a basic bitch tactic is hilarious
>>483940439if you try to occupy the center in an offbeat opening like that you're going to get your ass beat if you don't know the lines, and i don't know the lines, so i try to force them into the boring slop openings they want to avoid instead and make them sac a piece if they want to have funi dont see openings like that often enough for it to matter much to me yetanyways 15+10 feels like shit because the games are still decided by one move blunders in even positions just as often, but people play on and you wind up just grinding so long that the inevitable win doesn't even feel goodclassical would be one thing, but spending 30 minutes in a winning position in an online rapid game is just not fun
>>483943097>spending 30 minutes in a winning position in an online rapid game is just not funYou'd rather spend 30 minutes in a losing position?Just kidding. But seriously, converting a winning advantage into a full point is a fundamental skill. The reason never resigners exist at that level is because they know things can get very tricky in an exchange up/piece up endgame and they might get away with a draw or even swindle a win. It's up to you to hold on to your advantage and convert it. I hope it goes without saying that larger advantages than a minor piece should be trivial enough to win pretty fast.That being said, never resigners on 15+10 chesscom start becoming extremely rare at as early as the mid-1500s, FYI.
There's something massively tilting about losing to some faggot who's blitzing out moves from an opening video he just watched
Is there a more cultured opening game than the Queen's gambit declined? Even typing it out makes me feel powerful
>>483946116Extremely so. It's also unsettling as I wait to find out whether these rapid fire moves, even after opening theory has likely been veered away from, are engine best or the guy is just trying to bullshit me by playing fast without any plan. At my rating if you're playing super fast in the middle game it means you're either cheating or full of shit. Nobody down here is any good at speed. >>483946897the feel when i play qgd is this is... fine. it's adequate. i have put my pieces out and castled, i have achieved an opening.
>>483946897>Even typing it out makes me feel powerfulKek I can't believe I'm not the only one.Ruy, Grunfeld, and Sicilian give me this feel to an extent too, but not to the same degree
Hey anons, have an irl chess tournament in a few days. Are there any tricks I could do to psychologically intimidate my opponents (ie, wearing reflective sunglasses).
>>483949078Yes wear reflective glasses to throw your opponent off
>>483949078draw a swastika on your forehead
>>483949078If you recognize the opening, blitzing out your opening moves is good. Looking around the room like you're bored on your opponents time, bumping your elbow/knee on the table every now and then, occasionally smiling after your opponent makes a move, hitting the clock kinda of hard
>>483949686Cute girl, she looks like she's not bipolar at all.
>took me more than 10 seconds to mate with Q+Kfucking slowfingers over hereadmittedly my playing situation was not ideal but still
kramnik?
>>483956435No, it's NOT and saying otherwise WILL end LEGAL action. FBI has notified about this post.
>>483949078 don't wash and stinkmaxx to distract your opponent passively
>>483949078Pretend you are stressing out over every move.
>>483946897This is how I feel about the main lines in the closed ruy (breyer, zaitsev, chigorin).
sirshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rRcsk8ct2o
Garry "Chess" Garry Chess "Garry" Chess in da mothafuckin building
how many slurps today?
>>4839654623
>>483963475after yesterday's snoozefest I legit forgot about this
>>483966524I just need some background noise til divegrass so I remembered
>>483963475damn souless
>mfw>humanity lost the opportunity to witness this>n
nodirkeks it's happening again
Wesley WILL winGod willing
>>483972691holy shit he's playing the fat fuck, i forgot he was in this
>>483821690is this from a real game? it is pretty nice
>>483826580Would have fit in here. Too bad his parents never got him into chess
>>483957227I was walking by a game shop once and saw a card tournament (maybe Yu-Gi-Oh) going on. I was curious so I stepped inside. The smell in there was unbearable. It must have been several people with BO because the whole place stunk.We are better than them, right?
>>483978226do chess players have a bad rep for that kind of thing? I've never heard about it personally
>come to /vg/ to look for the /chess/ general>must compulsively click on and peruse all the ecchi coomer-bait in the catalog before I continue>12hrs later finally make it here
>>483980010such is life on /vg/
>fagri
>>483342443I want to do the Hero's Journey cliche of suffering a defeat and then going into intense secret training and emerging from that baptism a new and formidable force of nature, but I can't resist playing randos online.
>>483980010>>>/vg/chessjust bookmark this
>>483980010Truly a cancerous 3rd world board
>>483980010>it's another episode of boomers not knowing how to use filters
>>483980010fucking lol
under 6k peak today hopefully
>>48334108399% of the chess I play nowadays is anon bullet, improving is too frustrating; I think it served its purpose in my life but my days of trying to actually get good are behind me
>play 15+10 per anon's suggestion>my 1300 opponent plays with literal flawless accuracy for 30 moves straightvery legitimate nice matchmaking pool, great suggestion
>>483990256>1300>flawlesspost the game review, I don't believe thatthe level of cope and excuses you have for being comparatively bad at rapid is ridiculous
>>483990054Play otb tournaments, it's more chill than online bullshit and less morally degrading.
>>483990256I've found that the higher the time control (within a specific time control category), the higher the level of play. So 5+3 players are much stronger than 3+0 players in the blitz pool. So 15+10 players will be much stronger than 10+0 players in the rapid pool.If I spam 5+3 games in blitz for a month or so, my rating will settle somewhere, then I switch to 3+0, my rating will increase 100-200 points pretty easily just because the 3+0 players are so much weaker. Similar could be said for rapid and 10+ vs 15+10
>>483993875It's the other way around actually. 3+0 is the strongest player pool on either site and 15+10 is the weakest.
>>48399387515+10 is full of adult improvers that got told to play longer time controls because it's better. 3+0 is a mixed bag because it's either players that want a fast dopamine hit and can't handle thinking and also good players that want to avoid cheaters.
>>483994430Nta but 10+0 is the weakest pool on both sites by far in my expirienceI agree in blitz and bullet the shorter the tc the weakest the pool, 10+0 is the exception because it's the default on .scam i guess
>>483966087Kneel.
>>483994971*The stronger the pool
>>483995114Nodirbek vs MVL wasn't a slurp
>>483994430yup and for some reason that obvious fact triggers 900's here
>>483978226>>483979130Chess club rooms and tournament halls smell fine. I have never played anyone with a hygiene problem. I did attend a fighting game tournament once. They had big fans going full blast and it still smelled like gym locker.
>>483982220>it's another episode of zoomers not knowing what ctrl+f is
Why do people keep repeating that 3 0 is the strongest pool like a religious dogma. 3+2 is way more difficult because you actually have to close out games and can't just cruise control a safe endgame into an easy flag.
Every time control is the hardest one when I'm playing...
>>484003481I love Marc, but it makes me laugh every time he tilts after he gets flagged in 3|0 calling his opponent a bum and unsporting.
>>484003042The National Open in Vegas earlier in June had a few smelly ass dudes. Smelled like old dried sweat. Idk if it was just because of the desert heat in Vegas or they wore the same shirt two-three days in a row
>>484003136>using the search function when I can have the generals I want always be at the top of any board and highlighted>using the search function when I have thread monitoringshiggy diggy
>>484004005It's incredible that regardless of rating people will still pull the "my opponent should've just let me win" routine. Interestingly enough Magnus doesn't do that.
>>484004014>The National Open in VegasHow was it? How did you do?
>Lose 4 games like this>Tell opponent to kill themselves and then delete my accountMy seethe is actually mental illness.
>>483994971Bullet is actually an exception. The 2+1 pool is strong compared to shorter bullet TCs.
>>484008281>The 2+1 pool is strong compared to shorter bullet TCs.It is? That's funny. 2 1 is the only bullet I play. 1 1 and 1 0 is just too fast for me I'm not even playing chess at that point. 2 1 is okay because it allows me to use ten seconds once or twice per game to come up with some kind of plan.
>>483828489You must live under a rock. It happens in jewllywood movies literally all the time
>>484007901>Calm down, make a new account>Play a 1600 and 1862 rapid player>Beat them bothWhat the actual fuck lmao.
>>484007901I thought you were karla from the greentext but she wouldn't think she's the problem in this scenario
>inb4 another commie jew manlet poindexter thread
>>484012880I will always take responsibility for my autism. OTB I'm gracious as fuck but online I tilt very easily.
NEW>>484013432>>484013432>>484013432NEW>>484012902;)
>>483990702"Flawless accuracy" just means that his opponent isn't falling for any of his blitzbrain tricks and it makes him mad. Many such cases
