The format I liked best I think was 24 games, where the current champ needed 12 points and the challenger needed 12 1/2.
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 15:14 (five years ago) link
underway:
https://www.chess.com/wcc2018
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 15:20 (five years ago) link
the twitch chat is good if you want to see ppl posting "draw" over and over again
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 15:40 (five years ago) link
Looks like Carlsen's winning. He's 1.24 up according to chess24.
― hot dog go to bathroom (cajunsunday), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
Magnus taking forever here
― o. nate, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link
making him sweat
― The Fox in the Fedora (Neil S), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link
yeah but it's still exciting bc he's let 5 or so minutes burn off his clock when there seems to be two obviously winning moves - Rxd4 and Bxe6
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
maybe he's trying to figure out if Rxd4 line will mate?
there we go some action
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 15:47 (five years ago) link
magnus up 1 pawn after that damn
In its favor, I must say that rapid chess is more fun to watch for a punter like me.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link
xp Caruana has unconnected pawns too, Carlsen should be able to pick him off
― The Fox in the Fedora (Neil S), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
this looks like a draw to me but idk obv what these guys are thinking
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
rook endgames are usually draws at this level iirc
― hot dog go to bathroom (cajunsunday), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
feel like magnus probably should've been able to win idk and now his time is becoming an issue i'd think
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link
Weirdly, this is happening across the street from my flat and you’d never know unless you were looking carefully for the venue.
― suzy, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
this twitch stream is entertaining because you get the feeling that the GM thinks the IM is talking a little too much and saying a lot of dumb stuff lol
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 28 November 2018 16:08 (five years ago) link
ended with a blunder
― imago, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 16:08 (five years ago) link
caruana resigns game 1
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 28 November 2018 16:09 (five years ago) link
who are the GM and IM k3vin?
― hot dog go to bathroom (cajunsunday), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 16:11 (five years ago) link
IM daniel rensch, GM robert hess
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 28 November 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
is it possible to filter out all the idiots and only get their commentary?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
RIP caruana
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 28 November 2018 17:03 (five years ago) link
Brutal!
― hot dog go to bathroom (cajunsunday), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 17:06 (five years ago) link
rapid chess = teh real chess
― Ludo, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 17:54 (five years ago) link
Magnus is the champion!
That last game was pretty fun.
― hot dog go to bathroom (cajunsunday), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
RIP wee fuck
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 18:27 (five years ago) link
Carlsen is so much better at playing fast that it makes sense they were suggesting he was trying to get it to the tiebreaksTheir current rating:
CarlsenClassic - 2835Rapid - 2902Blitz - 2939
CaruanaClassic - 2832Rapid - 2766Blitz - 2767
https://2700chess.com
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 18:35 (five years ago) link
in other chess news. i got a pretty checkmate today.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtHhbyjWkAAfXgL.jpg:large
― hot dog go to bathroom (cajunsunday), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 20:47 (five years ago) link
while that is pretty I'm intrigued to see your opponent's excellent/good/inaccuracy/mistake/blunder ratio, and what happened to his g pawn
― imago, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 20:52 (five years ago) link
actually, you have all 16 pieces so his g pawn must have fallen on the g file, with queen intruding after too-hasty development of knight (rip, presumably with the mate) and bishop
ergo noob city
is this how u do cheesbrahs
― imago, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 20:55 (five years ago) link
Yes you're right. Good detective work! He lost a pawn and a piece on the g file and a couple of pawns in the middle.
I'm calling this the cajunsunday immortal.
― hot dog go to bathroom (cajunsunday), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
ah no. posted the wrong image. oh well!
https://wansteadandwoodfordchess.club/index.php/61-magnus
magnus is a bro
― very legal and very cool (k3vin k.), Saturday, 1 December 2018 23:04 (five years ago) link
: )
― calstars, Saturday, 1 December 2018 23:07 (five years ago) link
ale for the champion
― imago, Sunday, 2 December 2018 00:54 (five years ago) link
The Speed chess championship final between Wesley So and Hikaru Nakamura is happening now.
https://www.twitch.tv/chess
― hot dog go to bathroom (cajunsunday), Sunday, 2 December 2018 22:09 (five years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dx6xUfMWkAAawtz.jpg:large
― Mordy, Monday, 28 January 2019 16:43 (five years ago) link
I’d like to blame it on my penchant for playing while drinking, but my rating seems to just get worse and worse, now flirting with mid 900s, falling from around 1100 when I started playing daily maybe a year and a half ago. But the game is so real.
― calstars, Sunday, 17 February 2019 23:20 (five years ago) link
I don’t have any inclination to stop playing though. Maybe I’ll get down to true beginner level soon and can rebuild my foundation from scratch
― calstars, Sunday, 17 February 2019 23:35 (five years ago) link
down to 930! I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but hey
― calstars, Friday, 8 March 2019 16:20 (five years ago) link
too much focusing on attack at expense of defense?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 8 March 2019 18:29 (five years ago) link
i'm somehow getting worse the more i play. maybe i'm more aware of how bad i am
― global tetrahedron, Friday, 8 March 2019 22:06 (five years ago) link
1 step back 2 steps forward is for sure a thing in chess i find when i'm a losing streak it helps to start being more attentive, think more about whether i'm hanging any pieces, think more about possible checks and captures, and just slow down in general. nb i have lots of clock problems when i play ymmv.
― Mordy, Friday, 8 March 2019 22:07 (five years ago) link
In the openings - develop your minor pieces, don't do too many pawn moves, don't bring out your queen too early, castle early.
― hot dog go to bathroom (cajunsunday), Saturday, 9 March 2019 13:22 (five years ago) link
streaks are a thing in chess, for sure. I also I tend to lose the first game of the day. It's almost a law.
― Ludo, Saturday, 9 March 2019 13:27 (five years ago) link
Yes, I am aggressive. That’s how you win, right?
― calstars, Saturday, 9 March 2019 22:48 (five years ago) link
Attack can be the best form of defence, but from a solid base as per cajunsunday's post
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Saturday, 13 April 2019 08:10 (five years ago) link
These days I’m just trying to have a bit more fun with it. Like jumping into a multiple move exchange just to see what interesting positions can emerge
― calstars, Saturday, 13 April 2019 11:50 (five years ago) link
Which is also good in that you get more space on the board to play with hopefully
― lefal junglist platton (wtev), Sunday, 14 April 2019 07:37 (five years ago) link