Rip /ourguys/ edition>play chesshttps://lichess.org>join our team and tournamentshttps://lichess.org/team/vietnamese-basket-weaving-forumPrevious>>545160991
We could really use an extended OP with good resources, like a collection of links.There's a lot of them out there, but finding the good ones is hard. Lots of clickbait, paid site scam, low quality crap and so on.
when does magnus play?
>>545599836hmm, like a site where we could paste a lot of cool useful links. you might be onto something here
>>545579717Gentlemen. It is with great regret that I must inform you that... women.
you don't need resources. lichess already has everything you need. just play and analyze your games
Knowing how to do nothing is very important in blitz. And in chess in general. This is becoming increasingly clear to me. You gotta know when to do shit and when not to. My second highest scalp of today. It's not a great game or anything but it felt nice to play.
>>545599841titled tuesday
>>545584117He played his KID all out of wack.
>>545600610no i mean i real tournaments
>>545601648https://norwaychess.no/en/
stinkamena
guys we can't forget Daniel Naroditskyhow have you all moved on from the loss so quickly?I've been crying for days and you guys are just talking about chess like nothing happened...
>>545605660
>>545605660The show must go on
>read boomer chess book>boomer claims his retarded sicilian variation with only the queen in play for black against full development is playable for random boomer reasons>check the engine>+2.5
>>545605660well the retard 1400’s who vouch for microdick-Kramnik can’t explain why he accuses everyone he loses to of cheating. until they can come up with an explanation the argument is on hold. https://youtu.be/LJIt4_jCkXo
>>545611076Most Kramnik supporters are just trolls and edgelords. The man can't be taken seriously.
>>545612248kramnik is chess jesus, he died for your sinsrepent cheaters for the end is nigh
Redditors on suicide watchhttps://old.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1oqf3xg/finished_a_wplace_memorial_for_danya/
>>545614756top kek
https://youtu.be/GiSKf5wbfTk?si=JrKQBHjsdUt3kGim&t=3182>5 stars hotels in the supposed best part of india are still filthy shitholes with bed bugslmao
>>545600483That's solid positional play, not "doing nothing"
>special guest teased on the Fide streamwho could it be? I hope it's not Anand, he's drier than a Berlin endgame. Hans and Wesley would be fun of course but they're probably too sad. It's probably gonna be Vishy though.
>>545615203this is why a lot of super gms were underperforming, literal biological warfare
>>545615939it's the same for everyone, cope
>>545615879It's Ivanchuk lesssgooooo
>>545616239>israel_military_stink_bomb_ineffective_in_india.html
>FIDE doesn't have a separate stream for Leko's gameThey doing my guy dirty. =(
>>545614756> v 17.1 NNUE
>>545599652Could any anon give me some advice on whether I should stick with Lichess or switch to Chess.com? In the chess club that I just joined, everyone, especially the really strong and titled players, plays on Chess.com, but I honestly prefer Lichess. It's smoother, open source, and completely free (aka not run by Danny the Jew). I don’t want to feel like a social outcast, but I also don’t know if I'm ready to give up the beauty that is Lichess just to fit in.
>>545617597Chesscom pays titled players to shill for them. They all know lichess is better but they have to keep up the act or lose their shekels
>>545617597Are you gonna play with them on chessdotcom? If not just play were you like it best, be your own man and don't fall for peer pressure, especially from nerds of all people
>>545615203
>>545617959what are bedbugs in this instance? Fleas?
>>545618060no they are bedbugsthere are probably fleas as well though
>>545618156Ok, I'm esl and had to check out how they look, always thought bedbugs are just fleas. Yeah, I guess India would be a nightmare to sleep in especially if you desperately need a good rest for the next day. The hell continent of earth
>>545617819Damn, that makes so much sense now. Do you think a lot of the players that shill for them use Lichess on the down low? I've noticed that some of the titled players in my new chess club seem to use both. They keep their Chess.com account as their formal/public profile (full name, profile picture, FIDE rating, title, etc.) but use Lichess for a lot of their actual playing.
>>545617828With some of them definitely, especially my coach, who seems to only play on Chess.com. Maybe the best approach is to mainly use Lichess and keep a Chess.com account only for when I want to play games with them. Thoughts?
>>545617828Appreciate the advice btw anon. It means a lot.
>>545618594Nakamura would stream lichess (leela odds that chess.com doesn't have) with chess.com logo on top. chess.cum contracts pretty much forbid them from ever uttering the word lichess.
How the fuck does Arjun do it? He's so consistent too. Really like that lil guy's chess.
>>545618868all the bullet fiends GM play it mostly on lichess because it has less lag, even magnus played on lichess a lot before .cum bought his company
>>545618868Yeah ,of course you can do that. I do that too, I have a group of pretty high rated chess friends with whom I only play from an account made specifically to play against them. They have no idea what my main lichess or dotcom account even is
>>545618961That’s wild lol, I just saw a clip of it. He really hid everything on the Lichess website except the board and just slapped the Chess.com logo at the bottom. Shameless.
>>545619174Didn’t Magnus also say that Chess.com pieces feel like they're stuck in mud? I think I remember seeing a clip of him saying that, and honestly, I feel the same way. Lichess just feels so much smoother in a way that Chess.com can't even compare (on desktop especially).
>>545614756Beautiful.
>>545619436Cheers. I guess I'll just use Lichess as my main and hop on Chess.com when I want to play with them. Thanks anons.
>>545620231That was a loooong time ago
>>545616239No it's not. it's like built-in home field advantage for all the third world GMs since they're used to it
Why is there a chess thread in a video game board?
>>545622580/tg/ is a dead board and /sp/ doesn't want us either.
>>545622580chess is a video game
>>545618478Look up how bedbugs reproduce
>>545622908we don't want /sp/
Now that Hans is out, who is /our/ guy in the world cup?
>>545619880kinda based desu
>>545617959>if a bednug bothers you so much you should just quit
>>545622580Chess is mostly played on the computer (Chess.com, Lichess, CoolMathGames) these days anyway.
>>545623912leko and keymerthe bed bugs and india as a whole is cell
>>545623132that's antisemitic
>Jospem won against Nodirbek in OTB classicalKramnik BTFO
Leko's position looks promising
>>545623912I'd like to see old man Adams at least take third.Otherwise Leko, Keymer, and best Asian chud Lê Quang Liêm.
>Gukesh has to be guarded by like 10 security guys literally forming a human barrier around him holding handssurreal
>>545628574can't have a dalit like him touch other people, it'll make them dirty
>>545626383Philidor haters BTFO too
>all these low rated unkown indians doing well in their own countryyeah right
You got this, Leko! Bring home that full point!
FUCK YEAHLET'S GO LEKO
Lekobros let's go!
Vincent Keymer is so nervousyou can see it on his shirt that he's hyperventillating
Would be sweet if Leko can hold a draw tomorrow with Black and then get Sunday AND Monday off.
>Jan Gustafsson lip reading
The fuck is going on in the Pranav game? They both seem pissed.
LEKO INTERVIEW
I love his voice so much.
>>545633721gay and true
vit late to the party but LEKOGODS EATING GOOD TONIGHT LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO
Are you Leko fans actually Hungarians here, or do you just like him for some reason?
>>545637150he's one of the good commentators
>>545637378>good*Best, of all time
>>545637917Danya.... forgotten so soon...
>>545638165>sad damn girl noisesThat's a really JUICY position
>>545638165
>>545637150https://youtube.com/watch?v=zxhk2E_lEWUHow can you possibly not root for this man? His commentary is unmatched as well.
>>545641552pizza leko
>>545640149ver is danya looking?
what the hell is time travelevery player seems to have a problem with it
>>545641982nevermind he was saying time trouble
>>545642218I feel like a time traveller as I search through the /chess/ archive looking for posts I can copy past here.
>>545623912Leko and Keymer. Leko our main, Vincent our second choice
>>545637150I'm Romanian, we hate the bozgor since times immemorial and I'm still rooting for Leko.
https://youtu.be/barCAN6xPykI like this nigga
Why is the knight disproportionately used to represent chess than other pieces
>>545646739Because there’s a surprisingly large overlap of chess fans and furry fags
>>545646739its the most stylized piece, the others are bland looking
>>545646739It's supposed to be a cavalry charge.
>>545647230Stale(meme)
Chess Chudsis by Chudron Nimzocel
>>545646739Most expensive piece to make
>>545647629The idea of playing otb scares me. I would lose 90% of my board vision with pieces looking so similar to each other, and also being off-center on the grid all the time.
>>545648205Nah you’ll get used to it pretty quick. You can also try leaning over the board to look straight down to simulate online chess.
>>545648856Signaling your absolute board superiority
>>545624678>indian cannot fathom that it is in fact not normal for a human to sleep in a bed filled with parasites my sides
>>545650027chess has truly been ruined by these mongrels
>>545648205>Makes illegal move >Think it's m8 but it's not >4 fold repetition >Sneezing really hard an knocking over the pieces >IBS shit that won't wipe clean while your clock is running>Paired w a poo and forgot your dry snuff in the car>Set up King and Queen backwards as black>Forgot socks and feet start sweating so bad you can smell them and wonder if everyone else can smell them too >Drop your metal water bottle in the silent room and everyone stares at you as it rolls into the crowd>Cap wasn't secured
>>545650470chess sirs are so spoiled and criebabies sirs. I worked all week to kick the rats and snakes away from those rooms, and sir mahraja here still complains about a tiny amount of bugs
>>545623015Thinking about starting a collection of chess video games.
>>545648205You get used to it, I had a much harder time getting used to the touch-move rule
Why is Nepo such an incel bigot chud???
>>545654365ruskis are behind 20 years culturally and he is still able to hide behind the language barrier. when he gets called out for something, he just says "sorry, how you say, lost in translation hehe".
>>545654365he's a fat gamer and was denied pussy from russian stacies (stasias) which turned him against the worldmany such cases
>>54565497920 years ago culturally seems like a sweet spot.
>>545652059why are you touching all your pieces bro
>>545655549motivational headpats
>>545637150LEKOKEYMERMAMEDYAROVIF YOU DON'T ROOT FOR THEM, YOU'RE A USELESS CHVD
>>545655139Russia has world class hookers, he’s gotten more puss than anyone on this board (except for me)
>>545656365>Russia has world class hookersproofs?
>>545656438All Russian women are hookers and some Russian women are world class.Q.E.D.
>>545656438It’s their number one global export. They send their B and C grade whores to Thailand where they mog the absolute fuck out of the high end gook hookers
>>545656438Trump piss tapes. He only goes for the best.
>>545657027You're talking about the guy who fucked Laura Loomer on Air Force One.
>>545655636I can absolutely see a Navara-tier mega autist doing this lmao
Anon from last thread. I read a bit of preacher a long time ago. Never realized the meme is from that. Makes perfect sense lol
>>545655139he has a pretty hot wife thoughbeit
>>545657484She's kinda ugly by slavic standards.t. slav
>>545657885He’s pretty good looking for Slavic standards. Why couldn’t he pull a decent one?
>>545658364Autism. Russian women like strongfat cavemanmaxxing wifebeaters, not weakfat millennial gaymers.
>>545659807That’s literally me. Should I move to Russia?
>>545660227>Should I move to Russia?when you find yourself asking this you know something has gone very wrong in your life
>>545660227>how did I end up on the frontline on a mopedYes, yes you should.
Here is my best game of the day: https://www.chess.com/game/145238592352Opposite side castling in Sicilian Taimanov. Big attack and tactics.
>>545660324>doing drive-bys on a moped with a full auto AKI was already sold on the Slavic whores anon, you don’t need to sweeten the deal
>>545651651there were a lot of chess engines for sale in the 90's as PCs finally became faster than dedicated chess computers. Look up the SSDF rating list for a list.One I liked for beginners was Majestic Chess, which embedded chess lessons in an RPG framework.
>>545660397white played the most cucked open sicilian of all time wtf why play that opening if you're going to pussyfoot around like thatanyway good job handing it to him
>>545660397>dot comWon’t be interacting with this link
Marvel at that T E C H N I Q U E
>>545662778more like pedoseev hehe
>>545651651>not the big box version with the exclusive king minifigPathetic.
>>545657383You should read the whole thing, it's pretty good. Well except for Tall in the Saddle, but it's a one-shot story so it doesn't matter.The TV show is pretty boring in comparison.
How fast do you think he hit the report button?
>>545668513One of Danya's alt accounts?
>>545669328nah that's 'mixer
Chess players should know better than to deal with Russian hookers.
>>545651651can i still play that today?
>>545675593No.Everyone else can, just not you.
>>545675834i mean how do i play lit like how to emulate
>>545677216>how do i play litA fat blunt should do the trick, but I warn you it can really bring down your rating when your mind wanders off analyzing weird lines, and suddenly your clock hits zero seemingly out of nowhere.
>>545678216Man it really do be like that. Inject one marijuana leaf and you're paying for it for weeks.
>>545677216>emulateIt's a PC game. You install it. Set it to something like Win XP compatibility, and it should work.I played through it on Linux a couple of weeks ago and even posted screenshots here.
>>545669924>we live in a chess mafia society>btw join us on endgame dot ia PLEASE I beg of you
>>545681518Apparently landlords don't take payment in brightest talent.
>>545681635Implying he doesn't own a mansion bought with Magnus' money.
So how many of these guys are cheating in the World Cup?What's stopping anyone from shoving a micro computer up their ass?
>>545683845Just dignity. Noble saars would never just in the pursuit of some game points.
>real google review of the hotel for the World Cup>published 4 days ago (before its conditions were public knowledge)https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m8!14m7!1m6!2m5!1sCi9DQUlRQUNvZENodHljRjlvT21GNldXTlJOa2hMTFRoemVFMVpkRlpCYlhSaFlXYxAB!2m1!1s0x0:0x3e1532f5d8f0136e!3m1!1s2@1:CAIQACodChtycF9oOmF6WWNRNkhLLThzeE1ZdFZBbXRhYWc%7C0d1ALYQ5Ty9%7C?hl=en-US&g_ep=CAISEjI1LjQ0LjIuODI0NjIxMzk2MBgAINDkASpsLDk0Mjg0NDk5LDk0MjI0ODI1LDk0MjI3MjQ3LDk0MjI3MjQ4LDk0MjMxMTg4LDk0MjgwNTY4LDQ3MDcxNzA0LDQ3MDY5NTA4LDk0MjE4NjQxLDk0MjgyMTM0LDk0MjAzMDE5LDQ3MDg0MzA0QgJVUw%3D%3D&skid=571bb26d-2231-45c4-9d0a-d0d8f9037cb4&g_st=ic&g_st=ic
>>545683845i have one in my ass right now but it hasnt helped
>>545684342You might be missing a battery.
>>545683845they scan them before they come in and there's a 15 min broadcast delay.
Arjun is the only giga-Indian that plays in the pure, clarified style. I’m not afraid to say it, he’s based.
I can't tell if people are meming or not. Aren't bed bugs normal and impossible to eliminate completely? I've stayed in fancy hotels that have them too.
>>545684043Thanks for the data bro
>>545683845They make them squat and cough before entering the arena
>>545684752>Aren't bed bugs normalNo.>and impossible to eliminate completely?A pain in the ass to eliminate if you're not gassing the place.>I've stayed in fancy hotels that have them too.Are you from a third-world shithole? I'm genuinely asking.
>>545685205>Are you from a third-world shithole? I'm genuinely asking.Y-yes
>>545683845
>>545683845https://youtu.be/gJoqM6yzPb0?t=20194there was this incident today at least
>>545684752No you disgusting fuck. I check the entire hotel room b4 even puttibg my luggage on the floor.
>>545685472is it cheating though or biological warfare?
>>545685421Stay strong, Mantequilla. At least you're not *nd*an.
>>545681156>spoilerwas it easy or did you have to do anything weird with wine
>>545690047The wine install went smoothly. The "hard" part was not using the no-cd patch because it's a piece of shit that makes the game crash. So I had to mount the ISO (duh) but for some ungodly reason the game wouldn't launch. Turns out mounting it using CDemu was the only way to make it work.Oh and before that I created a fake A: floppy drive in wine because people were saying the game wouldn't start without a floppy drive present for some reason, but I don't know if it did anything.After that for better performance install the extra graphical drivers included with the ISO. It's some dumb extract > drag and drop in Program Files stuff.Then you're good to go. The videos won't launch but you'll see the funny cutscenes. The fact the videos are missing isn't a big deal because they're on the CD so you can play them manually.
>>545669924Nice shirt Niemann
I am once again asking people who have no need to be using Linux to stop using LinuxNo playing games on the fun machine is not a justifiable reason to use Linux
>>545691042thanks
>>545692937what the fuck are you talking about
>>545693363Sorry, I missed a comma. I realized after it made it hard to read. Let me repeat.No, wanting to play old games on the fun machine is not a justifiable reason to use Linux. You are misusing your computer at that point. You pretty much only need Linux if you are using it as a business machine. For serious business.
okay which fucking youtuber made a clickbait video about fianchetto this timeevery shitter is trying to pull it
>>545695626https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdMG40wUCm4
does this game disgust you anon?
Do the organizers of (big) tourneys provide food or is it local fend for yourselves?
>>545700886From the start I knew black would win. He just had that cheating cunt smug on him.
>>545702393>cheatingno>smug cuntyes
Is this real? https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQXokFDjFEf/?igsh=MWVoZzlwMnM4YXh5Zw==
>>545702119Funny how if we’d change the race of the people on some of this webms to Japanese or something 4chan and Reddit would cream themselves over the “traditional culinary craftsmanship” kek
>>545700886Elo?
>>545704061Guess the elo...
>>545704061it was anon libullet, I'm 2100 on my mostly inactive main
chesscom shitting itself for anyone else?
>>545703658I mean yeah if your chef washes their hands 30 times a shift it's ok to touch the food.Can you see how it's different?
>>545691042Man, I had troubles installing the pirated NapoleonTotal War on Windows, there's no way I could play this.
>>545703658so true sarr
>>545703658>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KuchikamizakeUnironically, yes
>>545706748Fucking rekt. He got us.
>>545706748good point. next time, shit in your friend's street, not his toilet. it's just the polite and hygienic thing to do.
>>545706748>designated shitting roomhuh. never thought of it that way.
>>545713148post a game cat friend
Why would his mother let him wear those ugly red glasses? Also is he gonna break the GM record or not?
>>545685883Bladdy benchod was cheating
>>545695626I'm not using Linux because I want to play old games but because I fucking hate Windows and didn't want to shell out for a Mac.We are not the same.Non-retarded Windows users should be able to play old games just fine.
>>545721809I literally just finished setting up fedora on my old hp laptop for the first time and it already feels much faster, should have gotten rid of windows a long time ago.
>>545722835it's insane how much random bullshit windows spins up in the background. definitely not good for overall system performance
>>545724323
>>545725312this thread has converted me to an alua appreciater
>>545727513it's one based individual
>>545715797he looks like a 30+ manlet instead of a 12 year old child
>>545731872It's unfortunate, really. Kids are supposed to be cute.
In the recent C Squared episode they show the moments they're talking about from the Chessbase India coverage for whatever reason and god damn that shit is unwatchable. 4 people including 2 women screeching and screaming and jumping out of their chairs, it's like Bolywood Twitch on crack for chess. It's unfitting, moreover down right undignified.
>>545681847i don't think his dad's name is magnus
>1+3
>>5457346074?
>>545703658also worth noting that incels have a notorious case of yellow fever.
>>545734959bigot
I am slightly alarmed to check in on Leko and discover he's almost down an hour on the clock already.
>>545734607>1/2+20
>>545736782>¼+0
>>545736878>1/60-1
Jesus Christ the FIDE event is so smelly and brown that it's pretty entertaining to hatewatch.
>>545737165>√π+i
Did Ding retire?
Leko under 26 mins, and it's only move 16. I am concerned.
>>545733872>he doesn't know
>>545739585he's chronically in time trouble
>>545740358He was talking about that in his interview yesterday, too. I hope he holds this game together and gets the next two days off. This shit's gotta be nerve-wracking. I'm getting stressed just watching.
here's my rapid rating climb since switching from 10+5 to 10+0 a few days ago.What did the 10+0 pool mean by this?
>>545742059If opponents weren't meant to be flagged, why would they have a clock?
>Leko now has more clock time than his opponent That's wild.
Prag is always physically shaking like crazy, must be so irritating for his opponents
>>545742059I've been steadily climbing on my alt in rapid and games end with ridiculous blunders very often. 2100-2200 lirapid 10+0 is just weak as piss, that's my conclusion.
>>545703175Lel, saved
Weaky Adams
>>545744145Kinda crazy considering this is top 2-3% of players on lichess. Grim
On the Fide stream they said Leko offered a draw yesterday. Now Kirill's probably getting 2-0'd.
LEKO OFF THE TOP ROPE
>>545744145>people panic and play much weaker under time pressurewow, brand new information
Is Jose Martinez the most Mexican name possible?
anyone here use lucas chess' maia bots?i configured the bot to play a specific opening up to a point, but it appears that it doesn't have any randomness in its behavior afterwards when i play the exact same moves?is this normal behavior
>>545748591retard
>>545738191He might as well. Poor guy is burned out.
Pookesh in a -3 position against a BWC German
>>545748746Possibly.I did know a guy from El Salvador who called Mexicans Julios and Julias.
>>545750338deserved for what he did to danya
>>545750338make one for gukesh as well
I can't believe Anish broke into Danya's appartment and force fed him sleeping pills.
She's soaking wet
kek
>>545750916>being too retarded to understand cause and effect
flukesh flushed
>abdusattorov lost to the mexican twicewhat the fuck
>jospem won>anish lostkramnik fags in shambles
>>545751567street'd
>cuckesh is already outto the surprise of no one
>>545751053Why did nobody tell me Jan is on the FIDE cast?
Jose is a Chilean chuds
>>545752009We did, you just had to listen. And that's what no one did>>545370063
W O WOW
>>545752803Both Vincent and Leko qualifying for the candidates would be insanely kino
>>545754384Unfortunately Leko's next opponent is Arjun.
>>545755016Arjuns whole style is beating mediocre GMs with some weird sideline. Leko is a world class GM with encyclopedic opening knowledge, Arjun is still a favorite but Leko might be too cemento for Arjuns style
In today's game, we smash and Egyptian Two Saars enjoyer: https://lichess.org/ARvG4vao
>>545755261I think the safest bet for Arjun is making two draws then sweeping Leko in the tie-breaks. I really don't see how Leko wins if Arjun keeps it solid in the classical.
>>545756750Yeah, by far that's the best strategy.
>>545756836On the plus side, it's at least not Levon. Maybe he can pull off a miracle against Erigaisi if Arjun underestimates him but Levon is unplayable for Peter, especially in this format.
Is there a tournament today for /chess/
>>545757813Well of course nigga. Anyone is welcome to join and play a round robin with all of catmixers alt accounts
how would you convert this position
>>545758979here you goI converted it to .jpg
>>545758979low elo shitter here, as black i see that the knight and the bishop is not particularly active so i would probably do Bd6; and as white i see the move Bc4 to pin black's bishop to the king, as well as the move Bb5 to threaten the horsey
Jospem is BASED. Kramnik BTFO yet again.
>>545732214He used to be cute when you saw him in those clips where he was beating top players in TT, but now he's turning into a little douchebag. I already want to punch him in the face.
>>545765420>picWhat was he doing here? Saying "you're about to run out of time, senor"?
>>545765673players do this when the opponent flags
>>545766389Seems rude.
based
>>545766748Are all chess books written in this cringey prose? Wtf is this a novel?
>>545766956
>>545766748I didn't need a book to tell me all of this shit. I just used the lichess opening explorer and then tried out different shit in my games to independently discover everything he said.
>>545765673He’s saying EEMM according to DA RULES
>>545765420looking very chuddy here
>>545765420Yeah, his face is just unfappable. It's rather disappointing.
>>545766748can't stand this obnoxious style of writing
>>545742059That says more about you than the 10+0 pool. Lichess uses Glicko-2 and people usually stick with either increment or no increment Rapid. Some people have higher ratings because they're faster or handle time pressure better. On a tangential note, I'm 1510 after 80 10+15 Rapid games. How retarded do you think I am? I'm confident I don't need to study openings yet and still need to shore up on fundamentals and tactics. Helpful to hear from someone 700 points higher rated.
>>545767929What book?
>>545703175>>545744180audio >>>/wsg/6023808
Ez vincent dub
>>545773663https://www.amazon.com/Anti-Alapin-Gambit-Sicilian-Opening-Hacker/dp/879381237Xi just googled the text that was in the first image
>>545774162he should have edited maurice onto yakub
>>545770000checked
>>545758684I don’t mind playing him just ignore the chat lol
>>545766748>>545767929>>545766956>>545770000i like esserman's writing. more concise but not dry>Yet in the final analysis, the secret to the Morra Gambit's longevity lies not solely in the tactical arena (all gambits pose immediate tactical dangers to the defender). Rather, the Morra is also firmly positionally grounded. For starters, a Morra gambiteer may safely castle and tuck away his king on g1 behind a healthy blanket of pawn cover. The same luxury is not available in the King's Gambit (so aptly named for throwing the white king's safety to the wind). On the other end of the board, White's rooks may rush to c1 and d1, where they will chew up central squares on the wide open c- and d-files.
>>545775295Buy an ad, Marc.
>>545770000 It's just Cyrus Lakdawala, a famous grifter on chess
>>545774250Jordi didn't like it.
>>545776729>marc>awake before 4pmlol
what the fuck was Ian thinking with this tattoo?
>>545777829harry potter, clearly
I was playing a Romanian, beat him out of the opening and had a +4.4 position, then he mouse slipped and cried in the chat that I didn't give him a draw lol
>>545777343Can someone please confirm Jordi's analysis before I purchase the book
>>545779061Confirmed.
>>545683845Everyone who beat the super GMs besides Gukesh was cheating.
>>545776830Who's a bigger hack: him or Tibor Karolyi?
>>545780607eric schiller
Kramnikincels lost pretty hard. The old ruzzian's era is OGRE, Jospem will play in the Candidates and that's a good thing.
>>545780607>>545780939silman tho
I think we can safely say at this point the World Champion format is completely fucking broken and needs a total reform. It's been 3 years since the champ won anything besides the championship tournament
It was a tradition for me to go to twitch late at night just to watch Naroditsky's late night grinds. When I type in twitch it even autofills and goes to his channel gmnaroditsky...No late night streams to look forward to bros
>>545784521just watch minh le instead
>>545751053georgian women are literally virgins until they get married.
>>54577347820 puzzles a day + few games (properly analyzed afterwards). Also I would choose some openings and study them a bit to figure out what the plans are, where the pieces belong etc. I just chose my white and black openings when I was around your level and I'm mostly sticking with them up until now.
>>545785259that souless insectoid literally talked about replacing danya the day after he passed. he was so happy he broke more than 50 streamers.why would i wanna watch some esl faggot that pulls his hair all the time
>>545785571i mean it sounds like you already watch him
>>545786212yes i watched his disaster of a stream, theres a reasno why he would get 50 cocurrent viewers, when danya had 1000 plus, even when they played each other.he really was trying to actlike he was the successor.
>>545786483Minh is a great guy. You just don't like him because you're racist.
When is Levy's video going to come out I need to him yell when pieces are sacrificed or my brain falls asleep
>>545787816it's been out for 2 hours, anonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd5kuTELdBk
>>545788204Man works fast
>>545788204>not even a minute in>starts shlepping his shirtsno thanks
>>545781484idk silman at least is honest and everybody knows that its content was made for adult improovers and such
>my nigga Awonder won againBASED
>>545788204NEW GOTHAM KINOOOOO
>white has M2 on the board>black calls the arbiter>tries to get white forfeited for not writing 2 moves on the score sheetShameful, unbecoming of a master
>>545793070Who did this? Very homosexual behavior.
>>545793772IM >10 years ago, later became GMNot a secret but don't know how public it isWas at an invite only norm tournament in AmericaNo bad blood but was still shameful
>>545669924How did he get his hairline back?
>>545748746That would be José García (that surname is the most common one in the world last I checked)
>>545782313It's needed a reform ever since Illumzhinov.
>>545775295not gonna buy your book marc. Get a job
>>545804671lmao
>>545804671why Voldemort though
>>545804671chess is healing
>>545796504Fin+min probably. Works really well at his age.
>>545806074a subtle reference to the fact that he is evil
Everyone that can still win the wc >still 4 feces peopleAs long as it’s not poopoopeepeedananda imo, weird alien looking fuck
>>545804671Voldenik and Benadrylsky really couldn't get enough of each other.
>>545816543What are the odds for making top 3?
>>5458167040 for Indians 50/50 for big cock Aryan divya pussy destroying CHUDS
I am following the Bavarian Open for Alua’s quest for IM (she won’t get it this tournament but will probably end up ~30 Elo away from 2400 so just needs another good tournament or two to clinch it). But I have noticed something strange. Her compatriot Liya Kurmangaliyeva, who is like the 6th option on the Kazakhstan women’s team, has defeated GM Brandon Jacob, GM Ortik Nigmatov, and IM Ashot Parvanyan. All three of them dropped out of the tournament entirely after losing to her. What’s going on?
>>545816543first time watching this eventWhere are the big names, like Magnus and Hikaru? Seeded in later, or did they skip it?And where is Peter Leko? He won his game.
>>545818930He's still in it, those are just the players with the best statistical odds, should've clarified
>>545818930They can't be arsed playing a month long tournament in India. Hikaru is almost certainly qualified already and Magnus doesn't play the candidates.
>>545819621Hikaru needs to farm a couple more shitters first.
>>545819917speaking of which: fraud alert
>>545821218We need to give Matthew our energy
>>545821218i think he will clutch in the endgame. the difference in the level of endgame understanding between an fm and a gm is enormous
"w"esley "s"o is nobody for me, just a player who are resigning every time when drawing
>>545816964>defeated GM Brandon Jacobmaybe just her preparation? looking at the game i don't think she was playing the sharpest moves after the opening. it was just easier for her to play from the position than for her opponent
>>545816964she will get blacked by Brewington Hardaway
>>545821218One thing I have learned from watching Alua’s games is that you need to view with the evaluation showing the top 3-5 engine lines. Because the computer can consider a position as a draw or even slightly losing with best play, but if you dig deeper into the lines you can see that the player with the “advantage” needs to play the best 5-6 moves in a row to maintain their so-called advantage, and if they slip up at all they are immediately losing. The better/tactically stronger player often steers the game into these sort of positions.
Hikaru -2 as white against the zoomer FM
>>545823865She did already she got rekt by him desu. Young and spry GM showing how it’s done. Still wonder why the other old crusty dudes dropped out immediately after losing to her though. Sour grapes? Weird to have it happen three times though.
>>545824505
>>545823479I don’t think it’s weird she won those games, to clarify. Kazakhstan chess federation is currently run by a Russian billionaire who has been pumping money into youth development (in an intelligent way, I must admit). I still think he’s doing some weird power play and trying to become president of Kazakhstan but in the mean time as president of their chess federation he is making good moves that’s getting results. The weird thing is that all three of the players she beat dropped out right after. With Jacobson, ok it was round 2 maybe he wasn’t feeling it and didn’t want to risk more Elo, but to drop out after round 7 is weird.
evalbros... it's overthe fm's not winning thisbut unless he blunders a piece or mate, he should never lose either
>>545829692The losing move will be subtle. But it’s certainly coming.
bro trying to play against hikaru in an endgame on 10s increment
>>545804671Delete this
>>545831685Even though he’s going to inevitably lose he should still be extremely proud of this game. Dude’s hanging in there
>>545824505Ok it’s over now… so what did we learn today /chess/ friends?
Nepo was right about Indians
>>545804671Can't wait for Kramnik to see this. Very good.
>>545821218imagine thinking the FM was going to win lmao
>>545833362https://youtu.be/v7gi57NJDds?t=99
how does black win from this position?
>>545837064boobies
>>545837064forced mate
>>545837064FEN3kr2r/pppq3p/3b4/3b2p1/8/P1QPB3/1PP2PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1ez with 2 bishops and queen facing king and both rooks kingside
>>545837064jesus she's bigger than her sister now
>>545838961the queen's two bishops are certainly angled at the kingside there
>>545837064At first I didn't even notice the tits, I was only looking at the position trying to figure out why anon is asking about a clear piece up position.
>>545844567I looked at the boobies, also at the other cutie in the background, then closed the image without looking at the chessboard.
average wmaf couple
>>545844742Pathetic. Deserves the Alua glare.
>>545845038Newest pic btw. She’s so confidently sexy it’s unreal. What a beautiful human being. I love her so much.
>/chess/ - americans posting about their interracial fetish
>>545851219thats what chess is all about bro
>>545851219She’s at least 35% white already by my estimation
>>545851219Pinkamena is white though
My browserfish now says the English is the strongest opening for white. Want to see if it shows that for everyone else or it’s just tracking my preferences. I don’t remember it recommending 1. c4 prior.
>>545804671>aislop>not remotely funnyyup. we’ve got ourselves a le epiq zoomer meme. narwhal has been baconed officially.
Lol. When I saw the pairing I had a feeling they would do this. Well played girls. Go have fun.
>>545857596yeah c4 is very normal as an engine top move but the reason is for the flexibility which is more difficult for humans to get right compared to d4 or e4not surprisingly magnus plays it more than other top players and has the most success with it.
was it necessary to have a woman prefix for titles, seems quite misogynistic to me
Super comfy watching these players battling for their tournament survival knowing Leko gets to relax.
I would slap this Erdogmus faggot for constantly rocking in the fucking chair during the game.
>Erdogmus fumbles a dead draw into a lossDESERVED
this is hands down the best tournament to watch in chess
>8/11 of the games were decisiveAbsolute cinema
>>545816964dunno what's going on, but i wouldn't mind playing with her
>>545857596I started playing two months ago and Stockfish was already recommending 1. c4 then.
>>545859913They're pity titles. Consolation prizes, if you will, since most women can't win shit at open tournaments.
>>545837064kek... I can imagine this situation:>you reach a king pawn endgame where the two can promote>you calculate and you know that you get the queen first>you look for the queen and see it's between her tits>?wyd
>>545777829children and drinking goy blood
>>545782313They should just rename it into "The second pest dude award" until Carlsen retires. Also, ban all poos.
>>545838069this
>played a nice classical game>except for that one moment where I was completely lost because of a sac I saw instantly after I made my move>then the opponent blitzed out something else and I went on to win no problemthis always bothers me but it probably shouldn'tfucking king safety
I love this genre of reddit post
>>545857596I think that started with AlphaZero, which used the English more than other white openings.
>>545837064pinkamena looks like that??
>>545833362But... th-the eval bar...
>>545865168They seriously all look like that over there. Country full of ideal women. That’s why I don’t have sympathy for this guy anymore.
Chud Shankland flushes one.Hey chud………thanks
Jobit jobbed, another fraud knocked out
If browserfish recommends c4 why does regular stockfish still recommend e4, d4 and Nf3 in that order?
>>545904220What do you mean "regular Stockfish"?
>>545910335presumably the version you can download at the actual stockfish website. I don't know exactly how you use it but I believe it runs in the terminal or you can download a GUI for it.
>>545904220e4 best by test
>>545910903It's the same version. Stockfish 17.1.
>>545911353>depth 35lollmaoDo e4fags really?
>>545911647Browsers use Stockfish LITE
>>545912175Only on Chessc*m.
>>545912175See?
>>545912243>>545912558Hmm, I have no idea what the difference would be then. Why I let it run on my PC I get the same results as >>545911353
>>545910976It isn't by win percentage
>>545912941Depends on the depth I suppose. I'm running a local instance to check an e4 was still the best move until depth 36. Now it's d4 but it's still running.Lichess' cloud analysis went down to depth 65 and as we can see above it picked c4.
Happy birthday Danya. You would have been 30 today. You died so young but in your death you’ve exploded like a supernova, spreading your love of chess and fertilizing the chess universe.
>>545913957your efforts won’t go in vein sensei
Our guy Bluebaum will win he world cup. Screencap this, chudcels.
>>545913957Sounds a bit gay desu.
>>545914275I’m tired of this rumor, danya had a girlfriend out of state. Nothing about him was gay.
Chud to basedjack4
>>545914524I think other anon was talking about you, not Danya
>>545920913whynotboth.jpg
Do you think chesscum will ever bother implementing sandbagging/smurfing detection?It's obvious that there aren't even basic filters like on lichess. Literally zero effort.
Danya looks like AI, maybe he's actually an AI? I dont know lads, have any of you met him face to face in real life? No? I rest my case.
>>545926621yeah something looks odd with all his photos
>>545926621
Suggestions on dealing with opponents who push a rook pawn when their pinning bishop is attacked?
>>545928553calculate
>>545928553Always take every sacrifice ... it's the gentlemanly thing to do...
>>545928553Take the knight, let him have a big hole kingside. You have two bishops and a rook, if he castles you can punish.
>>545931454I mean. Nevermind.
>>545928553I don't even see what is black supposed to do after you take it. He's like 10 moves away from getting the queen in there and without a queen there is no checkmate threats ever
the left side of this bracket is weak as fuck. the only player that wouldn't feel out of place the candidates is Liem.
>>545702119https://youtu.be/_WsPZC1-TLo?si=TXadjQenWbEbfYYM
Would it be frowned upon in a tournament to never give up and play until checkmate to tire out or annoy your opponent, maybe lowering his concentration for the next game?
I'm a beginner and I struggle against the Scotch opening. I've tried moving both the bishop to c5 and nf6, both seem to be easily countered. What's the best way to deal?
>>545935218yes
>>545937001As a Scotch chad myself, this is the line I hate the most: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
>>545926621>I actually criedRedditors aren't fit for life.
>>545937463What do you do if they go e5 and attack the knight? Pin with queen?
>>545939040NEvermind I'm dumb, take with other knight
>>545925992They do ban people for that though. Or so I've been told.
>>545913957Happy birthday
>>545934843Oh so it's finally out huh. How is it? I ain't watching it, but please do share the funniest seething comments you can find.
>>545925992I've played people banned for that. What they do nothing about is thirdies abandoning games
>>545940404It's all so tiresome.
>you guys are alright...
https://lichess.org/Se3kvc9k/black>play a Ruy Lopez Exchange as black, feel as if I'm doing well despite disliking the variation>opponent at a clear disadvantage for most of the game, but finds annoying moves that keep the game going>suspect he might be cheating just to spite me>analyse game afterwards>turns out I was the one who was cheating
>>545934843I would open this out of curiosity but I feel I'd throw up
>>545943636You're crazy to think this guy was cheating.
>>545943710I watched it. The first villager he meets tries to convince him eating a tiny bit of cow shit every day cures cancer. And the whole time they’re saying no one in the village gets skin cancer because the shit festival has healing properties. There were some younger men that said they know it’s all BS they just like to throw shit around with the boys. And women aren’t allowed to participate.
>>545944368>There were some younger men that said they know it’s all BS they just like to throw shit around with the boys. And women aren’t allowed to participate.kinda based if I'm being honest
>>545944368thanks anon, reminds me of the donkey fuckers festival, which also disturbed me quite a bit.
>>545934458yeah crazy. he's the highest seeded player on that side at 13th
>>545599652What chess books would you suggest to a novice who found out via the lessons offered by Duolingo that they might like chess problems but have too much of a smartphone-addled zoomer brain to have an interest in proper games? I'm hoping to encourage this individual to be less inclined to stare into their hellbrick and more inclined to play over the board and moving from solving problems on the phone to problems in a book seems like it would be a good start.Thoughts on this book? It sounds like the study structure might be gamified enough to scratch the Duolingo-style itch as well as a book can.
>>545944148I was, but what do you expect of a turboshitter? I think I was just frustrated that the game was longer than I was hoping it would.
>>545945208>thoughts on this book?I tried but I couldn't. The puzzles are too deep for my blitz brain
>>545934843can you link youtube videos in chess.com chat?
>>545945208I don't really know anything about books. Have you considered the zoomer's best friend, youtube? There's a lot of good instructive content likehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8pZbhjL-fQ&list=PL8N8j2e7RpPnpqbISqi1SJ9_wrnNU3rEm&index=1If it needs to be even more clickbaity, thenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0baCL9wwJTA&list=PLBRObSmbZluRiGDWMKtOTJiLy3q0zIfd7&index=1or evenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwNPjA-VcqwPretty sure most of the newer generation got into chess because of youtube.
>>545946861It's probably not what I'm looking for in that case. Are there any books you do like as a blitz brain?
>>545945208Just play 3 minute games and do the free puzzles on lichess
>>545945208There's one called 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners by Masetti and Messa which someone posted in there a long time ago. I found it quite useful
>>545947656Thanks, looking that one up now. >>545947440>>545947509I'll keep these in mind but I'm specifically trying to encourage this person to indulge in less screen time.
>>545947757Right. Getting them to play otb right away might be tough.
>>545926621Perfidious visage
>>545942601This is seriously grim.
Is there any way to tune stockfish to a certain skill level in en croissant? I want to play a few practice games to try things but I don't want it to be a 3200 nightmare bot
>>545948010Agreed. I'm hoping that non-smartphone chess puzzles will be a useful stepping stone. I also finally decided to buy a proper chess timer (I have the DGT 3000 saved on a shopping list from a long time ago so probably that one) so we can play games on fast time controls with a fun clicky button to slap.
>>545948792set the search depth to something very low and it is a lot more human
>>545950298what does the leaf on that represent? canadian mode?
>>545684752>Aren't bed bugs normalThey're very common in some places>impossible to eliminate completelyIf it's a years-old infestation on a big building then kinda. Pesticides are notoriously bad at getting bedbugs and that's usually what extermination services offer in Mexico, from personal experience. Ideally you want to get them with humid heat (someone fills the place with steam like a sauna for a couple hours). Then, since that one treatment most likely didn't get all of them your whole house becomes a fucked up game of tower defense where you you have to keep everything squeaky clean and airy for months, use bedbug traps near your bed, potentially throw away old furniture or clothes that might have gotten infested, cover any places where they may be hiding in diatomaceous earth, separate any beds or sofas from the walls so they can't crawl down to them easily, and fumigate regularly on top of that. It's a bit of a conundrum in that they almost exclusively feed on human blood, can go months without eating, and can bounce back relatively quickly if you miss even one fertilized female, so they're a bit harder to get rid off than less specialized bugs like cockroaches where a deep cleaning will get you halfway thereAlso if you see bedbugs at every hotel you stay in they're probably from your luggage and you cost those places a lot of money
>>545952016I downloaded the manual to find out expecting the answer to be "no" but it is actually canadian mode. Canadian byo-yomi is a time control for the game of go.
>>545953881canadian cultural victory
>>545955137>If this system of overtime is becoming known more and more throughout the world as the Canadian byo-yomi, and if it is being adopted as widely as seems to be, it's due entirely, in my opinion, to the American Go Association: first, because of the influence AGA wields in the world go community; second, because the AGA organizers refer to this system as Canadian; and third, because the AGA uses this system of overtime in the U.S. Go Congresses, thus providing an ideal forum to showcase the practicality of using this system of overtime to players from around the world. https://web.archive.org/web/20061120185427/http://pages.infinit.net/steven/byoyomi.htm
>>545928090Most of the ones used for obit style articles like this are touched up, some of which is AI instead of manual photoshop because the author is particularly lazy. Most (all?) photos of Daniel from his last couple years show sunken cheeks, malnourished pallor, dark rings under eyes and so on.
>>545956497theres shit like this from before his death too
>>545956639God I miss him so much. Part of his chess spirit inside of me. Its warm.
>>545958507its lupus
>>545958507>Its warmyou should get that tested
I HATE GAMBITS I HATE GAMBITS
>>545961613? post elo
>>545947757yes, let’s follow the advice of a guy who>shoved a screwdriver up a dog’s rectum >blew up poor ordinary postal workers>stalked a little girl using the woods for cover over years, like fucking gollum or something because he was the only guy who ever went to MIT, or something… oh and he was a Luddite who would have opposed internet chess. keep cracking!
Im so glad hikaru qualified for the candidates, im tired of the wc being asian
>>545947440how many times do we have to tell you that the building habits series is ASS?
>>545935218It’s not uncommon at club level for coaches to tell their student not to resign ever. They’re not professional players, no guarentee they can win queen vs rook etc and it’s good practice seeing where you can swindle. Plus it’s not online where you just press a button and get a new game, you actually went somewhere to play
>>545934458Sindarov and Yu Yangyi are good too. Honestly, I'd rather it be Sindarov than Le.Leko got absolutely shafted with the pairings. Even if by some miracle he makes it theough against Arjun, he likely faces Aronian who's like a 99.9% certain loss for him.
Hot Take: Puzzles are not useful because you don't know in a real game that there's a "right move" on the board. Playing too many puzzles can actually stunt your growth because you neglect planning
>>545972821Not really. Openers are memorization, endgame is often easy to solve with counting. Midgame has by far the highest skill cap, and puzzles help you see patterns.
>>545972821if people just practiced raw calculation they'd theoretically make more progress but in practice they would hate it and give up
>>545972821Horrible take. If done correctly puzzles train you precisely to evaluate board state and to calculate faster. Protip: there's always a "right move" on the board. What you're getting at is that you might still be a 1000 shitter that can barely spot a double attack even though you're calculating mate in 5 on a puzzle, and that's true for the reason you mentioned, but saying they're not useful is completely retarded.
>>545973808This is why you do puzzles that include various situations, not just checkmate in 13.Chesstempo even has defensive puzzles if you practice on Mixed, where you don't take any piece but protect your stuff. Of course the point of it is that you don't know if the puzzle is about mating, forking or just purely defending, so you have to evaluate the situation.
>>545974126does chesstempo have puzzle packs you can download? I need defense puzzles really bad
>>545972821>Puzzles are not useful because you don't know in a real game that there's a "right move" on the board.You're right that a limitation of most puzzle training is the fact you know there's an obvious "right move."You're wrong that that limitation makes puzzles not useful.
>>545972821>you don't know in a real game that there's a "right move" on the boardnot true, there is always a right move on the board
>>545974993right move as in "3 move combo that gains +0.2 advantage" not "there's mate in 3 always".
>>545973808>>545974993>there is always a right moveEven if you believe that, his point was obviously that the magnitude of "rightness" is significantly more dramatic in puzzles than most positions.
>>545975648he doesnt have a point hes just a shitter whinging
>>545975681so is everyone else here
>>545947440All shit, btw.
>>545977830Guess the ELO is fun
>>545974860the woodpecker method book that got posted earlier also has red herrings, like puzzles that have no solution mixed in it. How you're supposed to be absolutely sure that there is no solution and you aren't simply just missing it, I don't know
>>545956639Bros... did Danya die of lupus?
>>545972821>t.
>>545974281Use ChessKing. You can use all of their "books" offline and their puzzles aren't garbage randomly selected by a computer. >inb4 but their books cost money.Not my problem and if you're an Androidfag, a cracked APK is available anyway.
I wish chess were still a classy affair with classy gentlemen playing just for the love of it
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cyCfagJipIc>those eyes>those jaw movementsIs Shankland tweaking or what?
>>545982503it was literally never like that, game for hustlers and gamblers and drunkards since inception
>>545985345rapport is the samehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAO_Y4Ssji4hard to say if it's a genetic/developmental problem or drugs. though i've seen ticks develop in pro gamers who i know were using drugs for performance.
I recently got into chess and it's starting to consume me. I spend at least a few hours everyday playing games, doing puzzles, and/or watching matches on youtube. It feels good to improve at this game that I avoided for decades because I thought it was too complicated. Is this a normal level of interest? I wanna make sure I'm not sperging out because my gf thinks I focus on it too much. I'm trying not to blunder my queen.
>>545986632stockfish likes the queen sac n this position
>>545986314Richie has his ticks for sure with his double blinks and that 'little cough then apologize' that he does, etc but what Sam was doing with his jaw was straight up tweaker shit. And Rapport was chewing gum. At first I thought maybe Shankland had hard candy in his mouth but no. They're doing doping tests so he's probably not anything but those are some real unfortunate ticks for Sam then.
>>545955542meanwhile the Fischer time is taking over both Japanese and Canadian byoyomi in European go. as it should bethe Fischer time, the good time
>>545973745How do you practice raw calculation?How many hours a day would I need to practice?How long would it take to practice until my chess improves?
>>545972821This is clearly a typical reddit take (and I'll say another one that's popular too)With puzzles you train pattern recognition and calculation, if you see that a sac is possible, then you calculate>but how did you see the sacbecause you saw this pattern before, you saw these weaknesses before that makes you see the sac, it's all about the theme and the weakness. This is a good book to train that: Tune Your Chess Tactics Antenna: Know When (and where!) to Look for Winning Combinations >pic hyper related
>>545986632>I spend at least a few hours everyday playing games, doing puzzles, and/or watching matches on youtube.>my gf thinks I focus on it too much.What were you previously doing with those few hours daily? If it was useful she may have a point, if it was vapid normie escapism then your focused sperg escapism is no worse a hobby.
>>545987515>Sam was doing with his jaw was straight up tweaker shit. And Rapport was chewing gum.I've found that chewing gum helps me focus and sometimes I'll clench my jaw without it. I started doing this back in high school when I was so conservative with my caffeine consumption that I rarely ever even had tea so it's not necessarily a stimulant abuse tic.
>>545997359>Karpov resigning in 11 movesAlways good for a laugh.
>>545985345He's danying
as black, GQD or GQA?
>>546013649just play Caro-Kann like every normal person
>>5460140751. d4 c6 transposes to the slav though
>>546013649Nimzo-indian paired with the benoni
>>546013
>>545599652Say. His. Name
>>546022601Cheatmaster Drugniel Narocheatsky
>>546022601>>546022968This isn't funny.
>>546023143Agreed, it's a bit stale.
>>545964453>he was a Luddite who would have opposed internet chessBased. Touch grass and play OTB you soft nerd.
>>546023143
>>546023143I laughed.
>>546013649I couldn't imagine playing the QGA, unless you just love memorizing theory
>>546025095Kek
>>545990219Looking at a position and calculating as much of the move tree as possible. Writing it out is encouraged so you can mark what you think are the better or worse moves and check it against known variations or the engine evaluation.The amount of time and effort you want to put into that (and the subsequent improvement) is up to your own motivation.
>>545934843>few mins in some jeet eats the fucking poopAnd these people think they are human
New world record just dropped
>>546023143It is. In fact the whole thing is funny in regards to social media's choice to blame his OD/suicide on Kramnik despite there being a very clear reason why he tipped over the edge on the internet available to review. It's astonishing to me that the social medias do not want to consider that that last twitch stream of his had to have been so terribly embarrassing for him in light of how hard he attempted to portray a responsible persona. His drug problem and his petulant responses to the people trying to help him (arguing over his "curfew" like a child towards the end) is almost certainly the reason he pulled the plug. He knew it would have dogged him for the rest of his career.
>>546032384Saar it's good for health saar!(Pic unrelated)
>>545934843ITS OUT
>>546032925>make new chesscum account>I am beginner>start at 100 elo>win 3 games in a row>+400 elo
>>546034162Make a video to document your achievement please
>>546032384Then they try to tell him no one in the village eats poop, he was so lucky the first local he met was the exception.
chess?
>>546045280
>>546045280the competitive chess metanarrative is very subtle
Suggestions against the English (opening where white fianchettos his light-square bishop); go!Or, what should I avoid at all costs.
if you had to give it a name, which would you pick?chasschesschisschosschuss
>>546048930we need a more flashy name for marketing purposeslet's call it Super Kingslayer
>>546048930Advanced E-checkers
>>546049064i loved Super Kingslayer 64 when I was a kid
>>546046964Reverse your Sicilian line
>>546048930Warstrat Tactics Deluxe: Man The Castle DLC
Guys I hate reddit so much idk what to do. It used to be helpful
>>546050724>"I hate reddit" said the most reddit man ever
>>546049079In my native language it's called checks. Russians call it check mates.We also call checkers lady which is one of our terms for the queen in chess.
>opponent drops queen for a piece>opponent proceeds to play 20 more moves trying to swindle>resigns when it's +8giving turd worlders technology was a blunder
>>546051832>try Scholar's Mate>lose the queen on move 4>instant resigntriple digit Elo is a magical place
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWeTEXCIcqQRESPECT
>>546050620...so the Dutch?
>>546054152we don't like the D*tch around these parts
My first !!brilliant!! move. I'm saving this.
>>546059240
I'm doing NNN and for the past few days I've been battling the idea of gooning to Belenkaya.
>>546059240Dutch is only based response to D4shitters
>>546059240The Dutch is extremely based and repdilled but it's pretty hard to play
>>546061082jewish semen demon trying to steal your vril
>>546062130>>546062147I'm talking bout the race
>>546060346good job anon. nobody tell him chesscom gives out brilliants like candy for basically any sacrifice
>>545706319I would make my own wife wear gloves if preparing food for my consumption. Bare hands is NEVER okay.
>>545765420>>545768815spitting image
>>546022968>>546023143Drugniel Narcocheatsky was and still is a hilarious epithet
>>545990219https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JVKWDb2N1CQ
>>546048930"chess" still sounds the best
Any black lion users itt? Is the pension scammer the best resource for learning this opening? I sometimes use those early kingside pawnstorm ideas playing the black side of the italian with questionable results but it's a lot of fun.
>>546061082Dina is sexy and all but only a pawg would be worth it.
>>546064682No but gingergm is based
>>546063404Kek fair>>546063710I only go raw with my wife>>546064682He usually plays the less based be7 lines
>>546060346I really hope you reposted some Reddit-shit as a joke, anon.
>>546048930The Game of Kings
>>546067706The currentyear chess rules are a result of chess being made faster to accommodate royal renaissancoomer attention spans. Shit's basically ye olde tiktoke.
>>546064923anyone here play poker? I used to play a lot online with play-money but never really got into studying it. I wonder by chess players gravitate to it
>>546075657I hate games with randomness and card games in general
>>546075657no that's gambling and gambling is degenerate
>>546077501no bro guessing your opponents' cards totally takes major skill
>>546078516Poker has more skill that other forms of gambling but for anyone who can't play it at a high level consistently, it's effectively guessing.
>>546077501Chess is meant to be played as a gambling game. The og format is betting with the odds depending on the perceived skill difference between you and your opponent (+possibly piece odds).
>>546080218Chess isn't "meant" to be played any way like gambling games inherently are. Playing with odds isn't gambling because there's nothing random
Is it possible for someone to make grandmaster if they play moves like this?
>>546082596I think if he keeps grinding another 10 years he push to FM before settling at 2150 forever
>>546082596nb7 isn't that intuitive.>I'd have castled and gone down 1.5
>>546083598No way. He's peaked. I don't think it's possible for him to improve any further. He is too blind to too many things and he is too old to adjust. Rating has been stagnant since 2022. In 2023 I remember thinking he might have headroom for FM but not now 2 years later zero progress.
>>546084153Opened another game and he made the same ass knight move blunder kekhttps://lichess.org/kvuTFbzN/blackCool opening gambit from his opponent. Never seen it before but engine gives it as best and a mistake to take the second pawn
>>546084365You might be right given how strong everyone is now adays. I just think about Levi making a random push to IM before tanking forever. But even Levi would 10-0 stjepan in any time control
>>546084603Hikaru says reroute the knight
>>546084892difference there is he was a strong junior who took time off. stjepan started in his late 20s and is now 35.
>>546084153I'm a 1900 patzer and have the benefit of the engine, but to me, it's screaming to be played. Improves the knight, opens up space for queen and potentially the light-square bishop, allows you to bring the dark-square bishop back to offer a trade
>>546085289Coach Andres says to develop develop develop
>>546084603lol I wonder what went through his brain to convince him to play the Dutch
>>546085289it will never not amuse me that the #2 in the world is primarily a twitch streamer
Fischer was 2790 when the 20th in the world was 2590
>>546084603that is a very cool line indeed
Has anyone here played at the St. Louis Chess Club?What does Mike Kummer's breath smell like?
I know this opening is rare, so why the fuck have I been facing it more than e4 in the last few days?
>>546090192most of the time i get a wave of some kind of offbeat opening, always the same one, it's because a youtube or twitch streamer advertised it recently.
>>546090192are they london players?
>>546048930scheiße
the bot who reposts from the tg archive is on hyperdrivewhat do we have like 10 IP’s left at this point jesus christ
>>546089345Why would you ever willingly visit St Louis?
Just in this World Cup:>Jospem defeats Abdusattorov>Shankland defeats ViditTell me again why you haven't considered the Philidor
>>546102113im a black bishop doing things enjoyer
Oy vey da world cup was anudda shoahWhen can we draw in closed tournaments again?
>>546101025kys pbt
>>546102889>world champion almost out of top 10lelmao
>>546102113As a slurpy defensive line what does the Philidor do better than the Petrov? Both have the same weirdness factor but Nf6 has a higher punish potential if your opponent tries to force their line(for example the e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 Bc4 Nxe4 Nxe5 d5! line).
>>546101025As usual I challenge you to point out a single copy pasted postYou can't cause you are a delusional autistic tranny
>>546048930chuds
Give your energy to Leko, he's gonna need it!!!
Reminder to give Leko your power
Slurpshall in the Shartnandhaa-Doobie game
>>546087530Fischer didn't play enough to know hat his rating was. He had one of those peaks and he would have probably settled much lower. Kind of like Alireza
SLURP
Sending warmth and love to Leko
>indian spectator taking his feet out of his crocs and standing barefoot on the floor
>>546085927Yeah its way too based for that retard
>>546090192Playing a guy in correspondence right now with like 2k e3 1+0 games..
Im just making shapes now. Can I spell JC our Lord and savior?
>>546108006What went wrong, Lekobros?
>>546082596I think his friends just gave up, he doesn't have a coach and tries to grind it by himself with no feedback from a pro who can understand his shit, I think he doesn't even train that hard, he said he reads like 9999 books per second but strangely, somehow, he keeps making the same mistakes and trying to play like "Karpov".Furthermore, I don't even think he has a truly favorite player; he mentions Karpov and "positional masters," but it seems that this style of play isn't suited for him. I believe he stunted his playing by being a faggot, scaredy cat, and playing the London/Caro Kann early, and avoiding any type of complication/calculation. There is a reason coaches teach to play e4 and to try to attack and be aggressive, even pic related agrees.
Extremely slurpful round
>martinez evolves after his kramnik saga>many others also improved their play massively>cheatiditsky meanwhile...
>>546129226>cheatiditskyHe's been really quiet as of late. Curious.
>>546122519Got to the big leagues too soon.Also, his favorite player is Petrosian.
kinda crazy we're probably going to have back to back wcs that can't defend the title.
>>546125791Does he really not have a coach? That just seems inconceivable..
I would love to see this get zoombombed
Tittied Tuesday starts now!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vmlFfptHgM
>>546135104Ben makes you pay to attend his zoom lectures? lol..
The win that got me to 2200 rapid against an NM. Solid.
>>546101093ayo sheeit fathest onna riva dan deum
>>546101093They have the worst National Park if you're trying to visit all of them
>>546138819i think it's fine to skip that one
>>546135658nice, Hikaru is about to rape an FM
>>546131253The next one probably won't either.
>>546136392Does Benjamin Finegold sound like the name of someone without the inclination to tediously tax every possible interaction?
>>546139168fun fact: that "national park" is built on top of a demolished neighborhood.
>>546136392Jew gonna jew.
Here is a good thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/TournamentChess/comments/1ou0i5i/went_35_in_otb_tournament_this_weekend_annotated/A redditor posts annotations to his tournament games, and they are full of him insulting and berating the people who beat him because they played the Stonewall and Scotch Gambit
Hans should have killed himself and ruined Magnus' legacy
>>546144505I don't actually mean that literally, I'm just saying Magnus gets off way too easy for accusing him of cheating with zero evidence. He's still way less guilty than Kramnik
commentators seething because Hikaru just doesn't give a fuck about the game
Why is Hans shaking so much on camera?
>>546142616>is white>3. Nc3 e5>obviously this e5 moves is garbage but it did make me spend some time calculating because i needed to make sure that after dxe4 that e5 pawn push wasn't causing problems>9. Nexd4>I win the second pawn and the game was pretty effortless conversion after this point
>>546145459Early onset Parkinson's. Tragic.
>>546145459Danya is searching for a new host. He possessed Shankland the other day.
hikaru getting out-asian'd in speed chess
What is this reaction meant to convey?
>>546131253Next person to defend it will be erdogmus in 2 cycles, what consequence will this have on chess?Just a rolladex of gigajobbers until then
>>546146420contemplating the danya gambit
>>546141231So?
india bros... we're still the best chess nation, right
>>546150415do they just have shitty internet?
>>546151268A reminder that Russia won. Look at her face. She knows that she is forced to lie because her jewish masters will destroy her life if she dares to say the truth.
Classic game between dubov and pragg. Play theory, miss everything, draw
>>546144505it would've been taken as admission of guilt since chess cum had proof he cheated online multiple times. the narrative would be much different since he isn't a member of the chess mafia, there'd be no memorial tournaments or cups named after him, no crying e-whores, just polite messages like "rip. take care of your mental health guys". magnus would get meme'd by 4chan as a killer but no one would take it seriously. staying alive and aiming for world champ out of spite was the only logical move for hans. that, or quiet retirement and a transition to a different career.
>>546144651Here's the thing: Not once did Magnus accuse him of cheating.
>>546150415blitz isn't chess. this is Indian mindset
>>546150415Did Hans ragequit?
>>546142616kek, that's funny. >of course i saw all this but my time situation was too low to evaluate if this was good for me or not obvously im losing but went into it>Games like this make me depressed. Because I know if I had the white pieces or played this guy 10 more times I would win 9 out of 10 games.>(he even pointed out after the game two forced wins that I had) but then my time dropped to zero.>Seriously this is a type of game that makes me hate chess. My opponent literally did everything WRONG for the first half of the game and went down a bishop pair and exchange. But I guess he moved his fingers quickly and created practical problems for me. If you think thats what makes a good chess player than so be it.This comment was funny to me because the time control was "G/90+30", which I think means 90 mins + a 30 second increment .
>>546146263desicive Tang strategic victory?
>>546153062oh yeah the kramnik special
>>546154175karla-esque
btw, watching EuropeanGoFederation stream of a speed go tournament at twitch right now. it is amateurish compared to chess events, but pretty nice nevertheless
>>546156679I thought the same, especially for the last comment. Literally could have been posted itt, although it would be w.r.t a 3+2 game instead of 90+30
>>546142616lmao, this guy's annotations are funny as fuck. He just smell his own farts and try to write a line or two with shitty calculation, it reminds me of this famous parody gamehttps://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1334664
>>546155712indeed
>>546157127>it is amateurish compared to chess eventsIn terms of production value or level of play?
>>546154175Pathetic. If he really thinks those openings are so bad, should be fairly simple for him to take care of business.
>>546158527i meant the production value.the level of play in European go is lacking behind the world top, but it doesn't make it less enjoyable for me to watch
Is there some new meta where every time you play London black just rushes the A pawn down the board? I've had it two games in a row
how come there's no /chess/ on /vst/?
>>546159738the egoists who come into chess because of muh intelligence always do this>uuuooh but the computer says it's +1.3 just resign already
>>546144651It shows the immense hypocrisy of the mainstream chess community. Vladimir Kramnik is painted as this evil villain even though Magnus was actively trying to ruin Han’s career, and the fallout from the accusation was a thousand times worse for Hans than it was for Danya. When Kramnik started accusing Danya, 99% of chess players thought Kramnik was suffering schizophrenic paranoia and took Danya’s side. Hans on the other hand was universally mocked, ridiculed, and blacklisted from tournaments. Not a soul was willing to call Magnus out and these are the exact same hypocritical scumbags who are demanding Kramnik’s head on a silver platter.
>>546153062>I was merely pointing a gun in his general direction, officer. Of course I wasn't going to shoot!
>>546162182
Retigods, I seek your guidance. What do you play against 2...e6/c6? How do you spice it up if black decides to cuck out?Every time the opponent does that I wanna kill myself instead of maneuvering around in some QGD setup. Just take up the gauntlet and play any one of the many actually interesting lines for fuck's sake, you can always go into the QGD vs d4 shitters.
HOLY FUICKING SHIT I QUIT OUT OF A WON GAME FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
>>546163697I'm unbelievably tilted and retarded today it's unreal. I was up plus 5 but thought I was losing my queen so I quit
>>546163697>>546164051its ok it's just 1 game
>>546163697the lesson is NEVER RESIGN
>>546164395but I'm retarded every game>>546164424true, I should have played it out
>>546165748you can learn to be less retarded
>>546082596I don't understand why this move is so bad. It's not probably not the best move (the engine backs that up) but it's not an obvious blunder that loses immediately like >>546084603.
>Round 4>draw draw draw draw draw draw draw draw draw draw draw we need to fix draws man. system's gotta change
>>546175823Just win
wow i haven't been on this general since >>545935218 and its still the same thread. the danya traffic changed my expectations
>>546182269pulled through as black with rook+bishop vs queen a pawn up after a sicilian.
>>546182569sorry forgot gif
>>546175823how aboutinstead of draw, both players lose and get 0 points
>>546164424Resigning is very classy.It's very common to see GMs resign when their opponent has a checkmate in 5 moves or can force some huge advantage.Meanwhile, playing to the bitter end shows not just a lack of skill and analytical ability, but a lack of self control and self respect.Trying to squeak out 6 points is just pathetic. The rating "gained" from a swindle will be given back shortly, because nothing was learned.The time would be better spent on a puzzle, so you get into such lost positions less often.inb4 uhhhh but it's a """endgame""" learning opportunityYeah I guess your endgames down a piece and a pawn really need some polishing. Since it happens frequently.Obviously not talking about bullet or +0 blitz which are totally degenerate formats for animals.
>>546183507that's good. kick out the textbook shitters and leave the creative guys like levon
>>546184317>REEEEE PLZ STOP MAKING ME TRY TO CONVERT ENDGAMES I KEEP LOSING ITS NOT FAIR THE ENGINE SAYS I WAS WINNING
I fluctuate between 700-1000 ELOHow do I break through this plateau? I want to get good at chess, I feel I have to memorize like the top 10 openings really well down to all the variants. Where the fuck do I even start?(thx for the heads up anon from other thread)
>stalemate is scored 0.75 - 0.25 in favor of the player with more pieces left>bare king vs king + any piece is scored 0.25 - 0.75>playing a threefold repetition gives you 0.25 and your opp 0.75boom, chess fixed.
>>546182795I watched the GIF and it was very confusing, so I imagine you played either very good or very bad.
>>546186363oh, and it's forbidden to resign, you play to checkmate always.
>>546186343 I'm in the same boat as you so I don't know. I wouldn't bother memorizing tons of openings, we suck because we blunder pieces midgame and don't know endgame tactics. Learn to fix that first
>>546186343Openings don't matter at all, just take the center and get your pieces out. You're not improving because you blunder too much. All your games are decided by simple blunders. Stop blundering pieces and simple tactics and you will never be under 1000 again. Every single time you move, ask yourself if that that piece can be taken or if it undefends a piece that can be taken
>>546184317>just resign and do a puzzle
>>546186343The number one reason players under 1000 lose is because they leave their castle like this until it's too late. The threat of backrank mate is the bane of beginners.ALWAYS push one of the pawns even if it feels like a waste of a turn, do it early and habitually.
>>546187624>Every single time you move, ask yourself if that that piece can be taken or if it undefends a piece that can be takenI get that, that's too entry level. Lately I've seen my games turn more towards a draw in which both sides make some trades along the way, but no mistakes for a long time. I feel I'm playing "by the book" even though I have no chess book knowledge.
>>546189074Work your way through this entire study. It's better than it has any right to be and it WILL move you permanently above 1000 elo if you properly internalize all that it discusses.https://lichess.org/study/LAV8k5kM
>>546189074Post your account or go back through your last 10 losses and figure out why you lost and report back
>>546186343>Where the fuck do I even start?A00https://www.365chess.com/eco.phpJust kidding, but it is good to have an idea of what reasonable placements of the first few pieces might be.The importance of it is to give yourself some chance for some tactics instead of being screwed from the beginning with everything on bad squares. Mainly, vie for activity around central squares, developing pieces, and don't open yourself to devastating early checks or attacks on undeveloped pieces.You can pick a few opening recommendations for beginners from any site, whatever interests you, and play around with the possibilities.For instance: https://www.365chess.com/view/best-chess-openings-for-beginners/
>>546189074just make moves that do something useful, every move. An equal semen slurping trade of pieces is not something useful. Putting a piece where it can get traded or kicked back is not useful.If you make moves that threaten to do something, or improve your position preparing to threaten something, every single move, everybody crumbles. You likely make a lot of moves that are not useful and prepare to do nothing, even if they are not mistakes, and anybody will hold for a long time against such moves.
>>546154175how do his opponents pull off bullet tricks in classical? That's a crazy feat
>>546185929I don't have a mechanical issue pulling out the win, but it's needless waste of 2-10 minutes. Some cretin is holding me hostage, forcing me to stuff my cock down their throat, because the threat isn't enough. If it were normative, I wouldn't mind, and most opponents resign appropriately. 100% of non-novices I've played over the board have resigned appropriately. But there's a persistent element of the online community that plays like niggers. Littering and graffiti is just what they do (never resign).
Black won this game, FM vs IM. Resigning is stjepan coded who sees a -1.4 and feels super smart going DIS IZ JUS HOPELIS, I just resign here on move 17 cuz I’m SOO GOOD that i know it’s hopeless just like GMs do, they know that stuff
>>546186343>I feel I have to memorize like the top 10 openings really well down to all the variants.Good news: you don't>Where the fuck do I even start?Look back through your games without an engine and I promise you'll see tons of hanging pieces and simple tactic opportunities (forks, skewers, pins, etc) for both you and your opponent. You can use the engine for confirmation, but you should try to evaluate the board on your own first.
>>546186343>thx for the heads up anon from other threadYou're welcome. Sorry it took so long, but I always wait till the other thread reaches page 9/10 before bumping just to piss off the resident /tg/ schizo.
>>546196739this is cope of some sort, just play better. If you ever played against a bot, you know it kills you in like 5 moves after you go down material, and makes you regret not resigning instantly. Be cynical and aggressive like a bot that knows it's winning
>>546188787>g3Get murdered on the weakened light squares.>h3Get mated because you gave black a hook for sacs.>f3Need I say more?
>>546198239Long castle chads stay winning
>>546198239I love getting the f pawn out of the way to get my rook activated tho
>>546199559>drops something to a check on the c1-h6 diagonal
>>546102113
im a neet and i can't get good at this game. how the fuck do people like the bluebaum guy get fucking masters degrees while also being gms playing in top level tournaments?
>>546199559>Qxa2>premove Qa1# because it doesn’t matter what move my opponent makes.Longcastlers should just go ahead with Kb1/Kb8 immediately after O-O-O.
>>546203526Basedladorchvds......
>>546203838Healthy neet or degen neet?
>>546205370mostly degen
>>546205862FIDE suggests that if you fix that your cognitive function will likely improve:https://handbook.fide.com/files/handbook/Nutrition%20and%20Exercise%20Doc.pdf
calling lines "forced" is problematic and a product of rape culture
>>546206447you can work hard and fix your body and maybe get better resultsor you can fix your matches and guaranteed to win
>>546206447I completely believe it. I've taken a nutrition class before. I was just thinking about the time situation and how different it is. My life is honestly very bleak and depressing so it's hard to feel like anything is worth the effort, and I wonder what could have been.
>>546206623If your disordered body chemistry is fucking with your brain chemistry such that you can't focus to study or calculate for appropriate durations and intensities you're going to get mogged. We've known since antiquity that it's difficult for a healthy mind to exist in an unhealthy body. >>546206895>My life is honestly very bleak and depressing so it's hard to feel like anything is worth the effort, and I wonder what could have been.Same. Working out keeps me sane. If you can establish good physical health it creates a really solid foundation for everything else you do, keeping your lows from dipping too low and providing the stability for your highs to reach their highest potential. I'm currently maintaining that foundation while waiting to make some more highs happen again.
>>546203838if life doesn't ask much from you, you don't put much effort into life
>>546206895physical activity is the only natural stimulant that can really uplift your general feelingsconsider prisoners, from those in for 2 years, to those in for life, what do they almost universally do? work outtheir life is fucking shityou might reply they only do it because prison is so physically dangerous and if you aren't fit you get raped or killedthat is a bit myopic; really, it's one of the few things they can do to feel good, and one of the few things they can do to take command over their lifeagain, prisoners lives are fucking awful and they work out all the time to feel better
>>546208612Solid advice.
>>546203526Here, I accompany you in the hatred
>>546209682>c5FUCK that is a bad move
>>546209682Very nice anon, I actually had another Filthador beat down tonight, but I don't want to bully them too badly
>>546209090Kaczynski worked out daily despite lamenting that he was very busy in prison and had too much to get done in terms of reading and writing. He had no physical contact with other prisoners so physical security wasn't a motivation, he was purely motivated by what you described. (pic related >>545947757)
>>546205862I used to be like this. Let me give you some advice that once helped me. Every person needs three pastimes in life. (It can be more than three, but there are three categories.)One of these should be something difficult that if you work hard at you are guaranteed to see quantifiable results. This activity should be removed from external pressure (comparing yourself with others, for instance). A good example is weightlifting since if you train consistently you will see yourself improve (some off days no withstanding). A bad example is chess since your rating doesn't always represent your skill level (you can climb past your "true" rating with luck, or it can lag behind your actual genuine improvement). Another good example would be learning a musical instrument or to draw, if you have the talent.A second activity should be high-stress and uncertain, but you should find it rewarding. Chess fits the bill quite well, as do other competitive sports and games.Finally you need an activity which is not hard to do. This is what you fall back on when you're not able to put out effort for one of the above. An example would be vidya or watching something, cooking, or an art that you're already skilled at.As a NEET this is harder to achieve since for many people their job fills spot 1 or 2. You need to think carefully about how you spend your time. Try different things until you find something that fits in the categories that suits you. You don't have to quit activities in category 3, but only use them when you truly feel no ability to do one of the other categories. It's easy to cheat. Don't. I know you can do it.
>>546211163i have a job and its not any of those, its just something that i have to waste my time with in order to have money to live
>>546203838They have become one with the source. All things flow from the monad. Capablanca lived a full life with tons of interests and rarely studied chess. When he sat down at the board, he became one with source, the logos itself, and God himself spoke to him, telling him which piece of wood to move.
>>546211395Look for a better job.
>>546211395Are you in a welfare country? Consider “faking” a mental illness and getting on benefits. My girl friend is “too depressed” to work and gets paid for it
new thread >>546214773NEW THREAD >>546214773>new thread >>546214773>NEW THREAD >>546214773
>>546211163This sounds like a reasonable framework.
>>546163572You can go in to the g3 arrangements immediately or Qc2 first. Qc2 forces black to commit something else before you decide to g3. Poke around in database for how the rest of the development goes.
