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

Just reached 1400 blitz and am feeling ready to take on magnum, ding, and the ghost of bobby Fischer all at once, blindfolded.

Literally unstoppable right now, don't even talk to me 😤

Was sitting high 1300's went 2-13 to get myself down to a nice 1200's figure again, then the next day pull a 14-15 streak to get a new top rating. My brain literally just chooses each day whether it can play chess or not. Streaky as hell

nice re the pb, feel like spend most of yr time in about 100pt range is pretty normal with occasional visits to above or below, and of course the midpoint is subject to change too

tho the other day i looked at this guys graph cause he was higher rated than me but id beat him seven out of seven, and his swings were all over the place veering wildly two three hundred points, maybe he drinks idk

I get caught chasing the rabbit after a loss. The next game is all about making up for the previous one, so I'm not completely focussed. It then snowballs until I finally give up and give my brain a refresh. Thankfully I am not a gambler, I would have all my money sucked dry in a day

I think 200-300 swings maybe more common the lower the rating, definitely rarer when swinging that much within a the 4-digit rating range

the big swing guy was at like 1750 iirc

sometimes people resign when you do a cool move on them even if its not that big of an advantage theyre just like oh no i gotta get outta here

yes hello

Gotta love a bluff win

thats why one should keep playing, also its good practice

I think I've practiced losing enough

(But yes obviously you fight to the bitter end)

or at least until the position simplifies

a big comeback is fun too

https://i.imgur.com/kbXShZ0.jpeg

Liam Gallagher commentary after move 67: “this game is gonna live forevah…”

Lost

the fools havent moved

https://i.imgur.com/q22iAt7.png

Thinking about bringing a board to the bar and setting it up on a table outside … who wants to send me some crypto backing $$$

ive done it again friends

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

That is massive

feels good

nice

17 year old playing for the world championship, wild stuff

while ago i looked around for some explanation of whats going on in india to suddenly produce all these great young players but didnt find anything, assume they have some sort of program thats just killing it, maybe anand is behind it all idk, anyway kudos to them

Chess is basically wait til the other guy fuvks up

I’m trying to make it to 800. Such a loser

I have to accept that my rating will always suffer from the fact that I love to play when I drink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy1s1Q3knZA

from https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/08/in-world-first-russian-chess-player-poisons-rivals-board-with-mercury/

Tonya Harding vibes

i swear this was an actual episode of Poirot or something

Back above 800! I’m a loser baby

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

Ahh

https://i.imgur.com/Ktq9D2L.png

One of my most frustrating games ever finally ends in opponents resignation thank the lord

832 now

two couples at the bar playing chess

https://i.imgur.com/lY3DSLr.jpeg

7 for my last 10
Ranking creeping up

poor ding https://hugemantis.medium.com/ding-liren-is-struggling-a11362660452

894! I am ascendant among the losers

nice

ty ty

this shit with kramnik making a fool out of himself accusing everyone of cheating is wild

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQdS3dOkwF8

chezz dramaz

The chezz.com iPhone app doesn’t let you make conditional moves. Sad

Should I switch to lichess for this reason

you should switch to lichess because its cooler

Ok

https://i.imgur.com/0dLryMD.png

My opponent has the chess equivalent name of a serial killer but nbd right