Real chess players know that just because you lost a queen doesn't mean you need to give up on a king š¤ pic.twitter.com/NPR7KB6LSr— desertscrubšµ (@_weedman69_) January 4, 2021
― lagān, Monday, 4 January 2021 16:47 (five years ago)
re: not fretting over every move
Slow chess and fast chess inform each other. Getting better at fast chess will improve your slow game, and getting better at slow chess will improve your fast game. Playing blitz games made me fret less, because it was easier for me to forgive a bad move knowing I was under time pressure. Also, knowing I can immediately queue up another game after a fuck up made me less invested in each individual game.
In all cases, I go back to the game analysis on lichess and use the "Learn From Your Mistakes" tool. Thinking of mistakes as learning opportunities, while cliche, has been useful.
― unashamed and trash (Unctious), Monday, 4 January 2021 16:52 (five years ago)
i try to play longer games sometimes but im so habituated to blitz that i end up just playing at blitz speed lol not great
― lagān, Monday, 4 January 2021 17:12 (five years ago)
yeah I had that trouble for a bit too--restraint and slowing down is something to practice, though. slow chess is for practicing thinking about longer lines.
― unashamed and trash (Unctious), Monday, 4 January 2021 17:15 (five years ago)
the opening explorer/tablebase tool is good for analysis too, particularly if youre having trouble with a particular opening position, cool to see what other people have done an learn that youre playing the 20th most popular move and it always loses lol
― lagān, Monday, 4 January 2021 17:25 (five years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/rmVMUwO.jpg
― calstars, Sunday, 10 January 2021 21:48 (five years ago)
#ENDGAMEDRAMAZ
Aghhhh
― calstars, Sunday, 10 January 2021 21:50 (five years ago)
looks like white in 3 no
― lagān, Sunday, 10 January 2021 21:57 (five years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/ZafGJdX.jpgYup
― calstars, Sunday, 10 January 2021 23:48 (five years ago)
people should keep track of their queens better!! some chess advice its the most important piece
― lagān, Friday, 15 January 2021 19:55 (five years ago)
#midgamemadness
― calstars, Friday, 15 January 2021 21:32 (five years ago)
Up a queen in the endgame and the Norwegian wonāt capitulate
― calstars, Monday, 18 January 2021 13:49 (five years ago)
Iām fairly certain that my current opponent online is running the game through a computer. Heās ranked 400 points lower than me but seems to be very cunning
― calstars, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 20:40 (five years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/qKwKwTV.jpgComing 4 u
― calstars, Saturday, 6 February 2021 02:32 (five years ago)
I'm liking black there.
― cajunsunday, Saturday, 6 February 2021 09:40 (five years ago)
tfw an aggressive queen meets an untimely demise
― calstars, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 23:25 (five years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/mNLuEGh.jpgThis mate snuck up on me. I was too focused on offense.
― calstars, Monday, 15 February 2021 22:10 (five years ago)
Emotional moves
― calstars, Saturday, 27 February 2021 04:07 (five years ago)
Crazy end to pogchamps!
š POGCHAMPS3 - RESULTS šš«š· Sardoche (@Sardoche_Lol) wins the chess tournament PogChamps3šŗhttps://t.co/rq4EIso45Q#Pogchamps #Chess pic.twitter.com/19guBkpvIJ— Eirik Holdal #Trackmania (@EirikHoldal) February 28, 2021
― cajunsunday, Monday, 1 March 2021 00:18 (five years ago)
https://kotaku.com/chess-champion-plays-bongcloud-move-which-is-very-fu-1846490914
bongcloud mode
― calstars, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 12:50 (five years ago)
Saw the video popping up on chess24's twitter, Hakamura's reaction is priceless
― willem, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 14:02 (five years ago)
cute
― lagān, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 14:15 (five years ago)
there it is lads
https://i.imgur.com/43mZg1q.png
― lagān, Thursday, 3 June 2021 18:14 (five years ago)
baller
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Thursday, 3 June 2021 18:25 (five years ago)
thanks, feels good
― lagān, Thursday, 3 June 2021 18:26 (five years ago)
congrats to this lil guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fjvZqerL4g
― lagān, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 22:15 (four years ago)
I like how nobody cares about the actual World Championship as much as about Firouzja
― imago, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 23:22 (four years ago)
firouzja is cooler
― lagān, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 19:08 (four years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/yNI0mIX.pngFuckinā street fight
― calstars, Saturday, 8 January 2022 00:46 (four years ago)
My first thought was that white is absolutely fucked but looking at it some more they might just be able to hang in there
― paolo, Saturday, 8 January 2022 11:11 (four years ago)
Your initial assumption proved correct
― calstars, Saturday, 8 January 2022 21:36 (four years ago)
After I resigned my opponent had the chutzpah to mention that I āneed to improve my gameāI was like no shit š
― calstars, Saturday, 8 January 2022 21:37 (four years ago)
Non standard openings mess me up
― calstars, Saturday, 8 January 2022 21:48 (four years ago)
What are peoples ratings on chess.com here? I hover at a straight 1000 right now if anyone wants to game me
― hrep (H.P), Sunday, 9 January 2022 01:40 (four years ago)
recommend lichess its better imo
― lagān, Monday, 10 January 2022 15:23 (four years ago)
when i started playing there four years ago these number were typically three thousand and nine thousand, not sure how much of the growth is due to a chess craze and how much is just the site getting more popular
https://i.imgur.com/DspwKyp.png
― lagān, Monday, 10 January 2022 15:28 (four years ago)
i like it so much i give them money even tho it is free
― lagān, Monday, 10 January 2022 15:30 (four years ago)
i do play every day so it seems worth it
i did a good checkmate https://lichess.org/RQitVOHK
― lagān, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 16:42 (four years ago)
My rating is down to the 800s, shameful. Rusty and impatient af
― calstars, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 17:06 (four years ago)
That was a nice checkmate
― hrep (H.P), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 22:23 (four years ago)
tyvm
― lagān, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 23:12 (four years ago)
I love losing and playing a killer move
― calstars, Friday, 14 January 2022 22:21 (four years ago)
Chess has been the greatest tool for keeping my ego in check. Credit it as the supreme humility device in my life
― hrep (H.P), Saturday, 15 January 2022 13:09 (four years ago)
https://i.imgur.com/4g0xaof.jpg
― calstars, Saturday, 22 January 2022 18:14 (four years ago)
I love it when chess.com tells me I'm playing some niche opening. Excited to be playing the "Sicilian Defense: Open, PelikƔn and Sveshnikov, Retreat Variation" today.
― ceci n'est pas une messi (cajunsunday), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 13:38 (four years ago)
sounds cowardly
― imago, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 13:39 (four years ago)
Well I did get pretty scared tbf
― ceci n'est pas une messi (cajunsunday), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 14:18 (four years ago)
lol
― lagān, Wednesday, 26 January 2022 14:36 (four years ago)