>play chesshttps://lichess.org>join our team and tournamentshttps://lichess.org/team/vietnamese-basket-weaving-forum2026 FIDE Candidates - Cyprus | After Round 3Caruana (USA) 2.5 pts +2Sindarov (UZB) 2.5 pts +2Praggnanandhaa 1.5 pts +1Bluebaum (GER) 1.5 pts +1Esipenko (FIDE) 1.0 pts =Giri (NED) 1.0 pts =Nakamura (USA) 0.5 pts -1Wei Yi (CHN) 0.5 pts -2
2026 FIDE Candidates - Round 4 (April 1, 12:45 UTC)OPEN:Sindarov 2.5 (W) vs Caruana 2.5Bluebaum 1.5 (W) vs Praggnanandhaa 1.5Esipenko 1.0 (W) vs Giri 1.0Wei Yi 1.0 (W) vs Nakamura 1.0WOMEN'S:Muzychuk 1.5 (W) vs Lagno 2.0Assaubayeva 2.0 (W) vs Tan Zhongyi 1.0Divya Deshmukh 1.0 (W) vs Zhu Jiner 1.0Vaishali 1.5 (W) vs Goryachkina 1.0
>>2371320>chess>strategyTop level chess is just memorized shit.
Yesterday’s decisive games:
>>2371329Yeah bro parroting oversimplifications you heard once abour a subject you know nothig about makes you sound so smart and knowledgeable, not a dunning kruger retard at all
https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-candidates-2026-open/round-4/97di6JjX/Jzyakrf4The game to watch this morning
>>2371329Maybe in the opening this is the case but the role of memorisation diminishes once the game is out of book. Pattern recognition and memorisation do still play a role in assisting overall strategy as they give you insight into which moves are generally the strongest to play in a given situation in order to achieve your strategic aims. In any case memorisation is hardly unique to Chess, meta builds and performing specific actions in specific scenarios are present in every strategy game.
>>2371329TRVKE
>>2371368At some point this was the case, but modern high level chess is a game of who can play the most memorized engine moves. For an immediate example of this just look at Nakamura yesterday who got mindbroken by castle kingside of all things because it wasn't included in his prep.
>>2371329
>has won the world championship only once>was afraid of a match against Karpov>amerimorons call him the greatest chess player in history only because he was from muricaThe most overhyped player in the history of chess and a little circumcised crybaby. Fuck him and fuck usa.
>>2376781>has wonyou don't need the "has," ESL brohe's not alive anymore
>>2371329Good thing I only play bottom level chess heh heh heh.
Chess is about as much of a strategy game as memorizing digits of Pi is
>>2376842I... don't think that's how it works.
>>2377419not him, but it's sort of an esl mistake if you knew he was dead, it's not an esl mistake if you didn'twith "has" there's an implied "so far" as in "he's won only once so far" which makes sense only if he's alive. just saying "won" is more final and acknowledges the fact he can never win again.
Competitive chess (with a clock) is about gook click and apm spam, not memory. It's an RTS
The best variant for casual play is the 960 variant. You don't need to memorize anything, all that matters is your skill and analysis. And they're so popular now that you don't have to wait long for an opponent on lichess. Play 960, anons! 960 is the future of chess!
>>2371320Is premium chess.com worth it?
>>2382309Not really. You can use a regular chesscom account for unlimited gameslichess for free unlimited puzzlesChessigma for free unlimited post game analysis Free learning resources across the web for learning Only get the premium if you want the little flair, really like the UI or want everything in one place. That's my opinion at least, hopefully some anons will tell you the benefits of premium so you can see both sides of the argument
