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

this article says 10 minute games are the most popular on there which is kinda surprising since rapid is usually considered the most annoying time control but i could see it having appeal to less experienced players who want to take a lil more time, on lichess the player pools def get more skilled as you move down in time, tho ive never played correspondence so idk whats up with that

https://www.chess.com/article/view/interesting-chess-data-time-controls-and-game-results

then this post points out that when you measure it by time spent playing 10 minute games are way ahead

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/livechess/most-popular-time-controls-weighted-correctlyhttps://www.chess.com/forum/view/livechess/most-popular-time-controls-weighted-correctly

increments really not popular, ive wondered if theres a difference in quality of play between the incremented and non incremented games cause on lichess at least your rating is just by larger category bullet blitz rapid, i always play increments its nice to have a lil movin around time

if they count 10/0 as blitz and not rapid then i bet 99% of games are blitz/bullet

― ciderpress, Saturday, October 7, 2023 11:04 AM (thirty-five seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

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Rapid time controls on Chess.com are any time control longer than 10 minutes per player. The most popular rapid time controls on Chess.com are 30|0 and 15|10

seems like they were considering 10+0 blitz when this was written or maybe they were just confused

lichess has 30+0 as classical where fide has the shortest classical game at 60+0

If I can teach nothing else to my novice friend, it’s just to defend against the fried lover

lol

I’ve been defending against the fried lover my whole adult life

(I actually love playing against that opening, it’s just so smarmy, feel great to chuck in a D4 followed by a knight on the rim and watch the game transform)

1/2 I was completely crushed in my game today. This is not to accuse my opponent of anything, who played an amazing game and deserved to win, but honestly, as soon as I saw my opponent was wearing a watch early in the game, I lost my ability to concentrate.

— Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen) October 12, 2023

feels like magnus has lost the plot

'is that incoming notification chime coming from your butt?'

yeah i think magnus isnt that into playing anymore but he cant really stop since his brain is mostly chess

listening to top guys in general tho they are all super concerned about cheating, seems nearly consensus that online chess is completely compromised

which is kinda weird as magnus and the other top guys still crush online tourneys regularly

like hikaru pretty much agrees with dubov here, tho hes a lil less extreme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQuQl3_Jgrw

I think it’s a justified sentiment, and Magnus has the clout to actually make a change in this regard. Yeah the rhetoric feels a little “wah wah I lost that isn’t supposed to happen”, but I don’t think anyone can argue with the substance of the post. That Hikaru/Dubbo video shows how easy it is to cheat, and with the stakes of chess at this level, to allow people to wear things in Chess that could easily be compromised and where there’s really no downside to banning these items? Feels a bit silly.

Magnums can never have a sense of humor now

i like how anna cramling always calls it CHASS

This game had me yelling “nooooo” in disbelief at my computer screen and I currently have 0 beers in my system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BgG4bUDHa4

agad viewer, man of culture etc

He sends me to blissful sleep each night, much to my better half’s chagrin

Been trying to convince myself to buy one of these for about a year now

https://agadmators-swag-store.creator-spring.com/listing/i-am-an-excellent-subscriber?product=46

https://agadmators-swag-store.creator-spring.com/listing/design-with-a-story-tm?product=46

If you buy one I’ll buy the other one imago

lol

my own evening schedule is very similar to yours ofc

right down to the chagrin

magnus mad

Just to be clear, I am not accusing my opponent today of cheating. Constantly using my name for clicks is fine, but this is just lame. Do better. pic.twitter.com/qBURl4JutS

— Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen) October 12, 2023

he lost again btw, to a teenager this time

https://i.imgur.com/cUKNj9r.jpg

nice i used to live a few blocks away from there

hehe

https://i.imgur.com/hf1wkpV.png

Poor bloke

Got my first brilliant move (that I’ve checked). I thought I was playing like Carlson this game, until I checked the review and found I was losing 99% of the time lol

https://www.chess.com/live/game/92452854427

Bishop to f6 being the brilliant in question

im going to become a serious puzzle man, its time

i bought a chessable course, on sale

several xps lovely stuff, u could have sacd your queen on f8 to really rub it in

https://www.chess.com/game/daily/578208361

i got i think my first smothered mate since high school chess club recently. idk how to embed an image from chess.com on here and i refuse to find out

watch ava DESTROY the najdorf in just FIFTEEN MOVES!!!

several xps lovely stuff, u could have sacd your queen on f8 to really rub it in

― ava (paolo), Wednesday, November 8, 2023 3:50 AM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

lol rude

fwiw i just took a screen shot of the final position and posted it

Got this higher rated German punk on the ropes

get that german

Forked both of his knights with a pawn, amateur hour over here

Team ILX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqKGSl2CTXk

Decided whenever I verbally say "wow" to a Chess youtube video, I'll post here. Karpov's smarmy face in the bottom left really embodies his play in this game. Every move like a laugh at his opponents face

what a bastard lmao

I’m giving up. I get worse with each game

I'm certainly not covering myself with honours. though I guess it's early days. Also realised my ~1000 rating for correspondence is completely bogus since I don't play with randoms.

xp yeah i know the feeling :( kinda obvious advice, but my tip when you're on a bad run is to give yourself loads of time to think through moves (if possible)

also that karpov vid, he made a GM resign with almost all the pieces still on the board, fuckin hell

kramnik accusing hikaru of cheating is pretty delightful considering he streamed them all