i love when ILX gets all chessed out (ILX hot chess action is here)

yeah i think its generally agreed that its best

i'm addicted to ben finegold videos

i cant deal w his presentation/jokes, i like jerry (aka chess network)

both of them are good but as a proud european i am far more commonly seen with the holy trinity of agad/mato/suren

agadmator def my most watched

I need to mix up my opening repertoire. I play Italian or Queens Gambit with white. Then just copy what white does for black (eg. 1. e4 2. e5 1. d4 2. d5) I always lose really badly when I try Sicilian.

For streamers its all about John Bartholomew for me. How can you resist that winning smile?

friends, theyre playing for all the marbles https://deadspin.com/magnus-carlsen-and-fabiano-caruanas-fight-for-the-world-183020884

will this be the best WC of modern times? imo....maybe

cld be

https://www.twitch.tv/gmbenjaminfinegold

game 1 looks drawish but who knows

apparently carlsen has thrown away a winning position

taking a nap waiting for fab

Go Fabi!

whatre they even doin here lol

Clearly Magnus is trying to torture the commentators.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Drl9AETU0AA-__v.jpg

Who’s that that doofus with the big teeth?

nakamura

Somehow I think a random game in a park somewhere would provide more entertainment than this game

there was a lot of moving the pieces around

gwan magnus, sac on f7

looks like another draw lads

carlsen played the sicilian both games with black which no one expected and they both were pretty boring draws anyway lol

will this be the best WC of modern times? imo....maybe

― imago, Wednesday, 7 November 2018 20:41 (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol

hard not to lol a little now remembering all the "here's why professional chess is actually really exciting" pieces from the past month

So is chess gonna be all done forever soon or what

no

this match was notable for pathological avoidance of risk. we just need players who don't mind losing so much

Ahhh.

feel they didnt play totally conservatively, like caruana played a gambit one game carlsen played the sicilian every time, imo it was more a combo of playing pretty conservatively being insanely prepared and just being too good? like in the computer analysis at the end of the game itd be all 1 inaccuracy 0 mistakes 0 blunders 6 centipawn loss every time except some games there were zero inaccuracies

there were a bunch of times in a post game breakdown where the commentator wld be all caruana must find the absolutely best move here and then he just wld, idk these guys are machines

tho carlsen has prob lost half a step

that is also fair. to avoid risk against players this strong you have to be so good

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:)

Damn bro

Member since 28-Jan-2018

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eek

just noticed this oddity

https://i.imgur.com/ydSavu2.png

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I'm liking the Smith-Morra Gambit opening for white at the moment. It gets you some quick attacking opportunities and you can beat weaker opponents pretty quickly imo.

Playing everyday, one game going all the time. Slowly getting better

i was getting bored playing the roy lopez so often so i started playing the london system and they've generally turned into really exciting games w/ lots of possible sacrifices and sharp positions - i highly recommend if you're looking for something new as white

“Game drawn by insufficient material”

such sweet words!

i didn't know there was a chess thread at ilm.

my fave opening to get some nice open positions with attacking potential is the king's gambit. especially from's gambit with tactical chances on both sides is a treat.

with black i like to play french after e2-e4 or the wolga gambit when d2-d4 is the first move. that is more of a positional gambit that pays off in the long term.

ile not ilm, of course.

Playin' the Italian game

https://www.dailydot.com/wp-content/uploads/364/04/c816f6bf7ea8b526652487e3479943cc.jpg

I need to learn my openings :( I know first two moves and that's it, none of these terms

Also my late-game is garbage

I’m kind of stumbling into learning the openings just by playing a lot. I knew the IG position had to have a name and the chess.com interface told me, pretty convenient.

feel like u learn openings just by playing them over and over and fucking up, i mean u cn watch videos/read but thats secondary to getting the reps