Cajun beat me
― calstars, Saturday, 24 June 2017 19:06 (seven years ago) link
Ah I didn't know that was you Sund4r. Good game! Sorry you timed out.
― cajunsunday, Sunday, 25 June 2017 12:54 (seven years ago) link
Up +7 vs this 900 level schlub but he insists on playing it out
― calstars, Saturday, 15 July 2017 22:13 (seven years ago) link
https://www.chess.com/news/view/death-match-returns-to-settle-internet-feud-2173
this is the event of the decade
― imago, Thursday, 27 July 2017 19:15 (seven years ago) link
Transforming a chess match into some wrestling type death match with foul language and "rivalry" to "entertain" people sounds like the worst thing ever. Give me Fischer vs Spassky any day of the week.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 27 July 2017 19:18 (seven years ago) link
you don't watch their videos clearly :P
― imago, Thursday, 27 July 2017 20:03 (seven years ago) link
Correct. Merely read the rumbling announcement and saw the "explicit content" image. I'm old fashioned when it comes to chess. Got a video link for me to see why I should bother with these jackasses? :-)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 27 July 2017 20:11 (seven years ago) link
My ranking on chess.com has fallen precipitously to a shameful 1000
― calstars, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 20:53 (seven years ago) link
This girl from NYC schooled me via same side knight advance in 3 moves to target king or queen, covered by same side bishop in one move. Fuckin deadly
― calstars, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 20:56 (seven years ago) link
I tend to avoid chess nowadays because it makes me feel so fucking dumb :( My rating went down to 950 over the years. It's not dumbness per se, rather that I do not play enough. That and alcohol probably.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 20:59 (seven years ago) link
Not making any excuses but I've learned the hard way that while I love to play while drinking, it's a bad idea if you care about your ranking
― calstars, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 21:02 (seven years ago) link
Yeah. Thing is I played chess best during my uni days, playing in the cafetaria, on the steps or in town, cafes. Drink was always there. The two have become intertwined.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 21:07 (seven years ago) link
i did some informal testing and my rating was a full 100-200 points lower when playing baked
― Mordy, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 21:16 (seven years ago) link
I'm at around 1000 now, which is good for me.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 21:17 (seven years ago) link
tfw when you're up against someone worse than you
I was up 21 against this one dude and he insisted on playing it out...
― calstars, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 22:21 (seven years ago) link
I've been trying to play in a more conservative, defensive way, but it just doesn't suit me
― calstars, Friday, 15 September 2017 22:06 (seven years ago) link
Anyone tried 4 player chess on Chess.com? Looks pretty fun. Here's a video of Tal Baron playing it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSH0kWcxqL0
― cajunsunday, Sunday, 24 September 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
Haven't tried
I always play with a 1day timer but I tried a real-time (5 min) game last week and just got destroyed.
― calstars, Sunday, 24 September 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link
5 min is insanely hard. 10 min is still very challenging but at least actually manageable and I can still run out of time
― Mordy, Sunday, 24 September 2017 21:12 (six years ago) link
I play a lot of 10-minute. It may have helped my long game but probably not much, judging by the errors I still make
― imago, Sunday, 24 September 2017 22:20 (six years ago) link
Also, while four-player chess is very interesting to me, who the hell crowdfunds a crushed laptop lol
― imago, Sunday, 24 September 2017 22:25 (six years ago) link
watching finegold vs williams rn, simon's letting his country down something rotten
― imago, Thursday, 5 October 2017 18:54 (six years ago) link
tfw your opponent's ranking increases by 100 + points during the course of your game
― calstars, Sunday, 8 October 2017 01:04 (six years ago) link
Rating now at 1001I play every day but it’s still apparently amateur hour over here
― calstars, Sunday, 29 October 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
Classic!
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Sunday, 29 October 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
I had the most frustrating game yesterday. Did really well to get up a piece and a pawn, but then managed to blunder two pieces as I was trying to finish him off, and then lost pretty quickly.
― cajunsunday, Sunday, 29 October 2017 21:37 (six years ago) link
Those days I’m framing my games like I’m just waiting for a weakness in my opponent and then exploiting it. Waiting for the other guy to fuck up...a column of pawns, an unprotected piece..
― calstars, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 02:50 (six years ago) link
tfw when you come back from an early deficit (my opening game is awful) to be a real contender, +10
― calstars, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 21:20 (six years ago) link
+15
― calstars, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 21:56 (six years ago) link
Mated that shit
― calstars, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 22:19 (six years ago) link
Back to 1000Proud = me
― calstars, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 22:49 (six years ago) link
Nice! Well done. I'm trying to get my Blitz score back over 1000.
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 23 November 2017 00:00 (six years ago) link
What strategy do you go for in the opening btw? Whenever I start trying a new opening my rating ends up dropping about 100.
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 23 November 2017 00:09 (six years ago) link
scandi black, v conventional king's pawn white
― Mordy, Thursday, 23 November 2017 00:15 (six years ago) link
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chess-novice-challenged-magnus-carlsen-1510866214
not sure where else to post this, but this guy is pretty fascinating
― k3vin k., Thursday, 23 November 2017 00:21 (six years ago) link
thx for sharing
“I hope you at least keep an interest in the game, because it’s very interesting,” Magnus said. “I wish I could learn it new.”
<3
― Mordy, Thursday, 23 November 2017 00:40 (six years ago) link
Thanks Cajun
― calstars, Thursday, 23 November 2017 00:45 (six years ago) link
To answer - no set strategyI’ve visited a page with the classic openingsDidn’t do much for me. Seemed kind of obvious?Oh well, I’m happy to not read music , it’s not about that
― calstars, Thursday, 23 November 2017 00:47 (six years ago) link
I'm on fire today. Got my highest blitz rating (1116).
― cajunsunday, Saturday, 16 December 2017 13:43 (six years ago) link
my opening game is just knights for days
― calstars, Thursday, 28 December 2017 22:16 (six years ago) link
Some Kazakhstani dude just took my pawn en passant and at first I thought it was an error in the code..
― calstars, Saturday, 6 January 2018 14:58 (six years ago) link
fabiano caruana has won the right to challenge carlsen for the world title -- he's the first u.s. contender since fischer in 72:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/an-american-will-play-for-the-world-chess-championship/
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 23:25 (six years ago) link
Ugh, I just lost a second game on time. Was 12 points ahead this time. I guess it's just not a good time to be playing correspondence.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 31 March 2018 16:03 (six years ago) link
Wanted to take a break for awhile but only lasted 2 days til I jumped back in.
― calstars, Saturday, 31 March 2018 17:49 (six years ago) link
Yeah S I think you lost our last game on time ( as opposed to you probably winning by mate eventually)...
― calstars, Saturday, 31 March 2018 17:51 (six years ago) link
Why don't you try 14 days? Give yourself a bit more of a cushion?
I won with a bit of a dirty trick here lol: https://www.chess.com/daily/game/190758208
― cajunsunday, Saturday, 31 March 2018 21:20 (six years ago) link
Can’t decide to be zen or not. Like golf
― calstars, Thursday, 3 May 2018 02:46 (six years ago) link
Mated someone ranked +100 and up 40 points in the last few weeks, word up
― calstars, Thursday, 3 May 2018 02:47 (six years ago) link
Nice work. Have you figured out En Passant out? It took me about 3 months to work out that rule lol.
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 3 May 2018 17:29 (six years ago) link
Yeah for sure. I’ve only had the chance to use it against someone else once since I learned what it was, and jumped at the opportunity just because
― calstars, Thursday, 3 May 2018 22:20 (six years ago) link