Correct. Merely read the rumbling announcement and saw the "explicit content" image. I'm old fashioned when it comes to chess. Got a video link for me to see why I should bother with these jackasses? :-)
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 27 July 2017 20:11 (six years ago) link
My ranking on chess.com has fallen precipitously to a shameful 1000
― calstars, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 20:53 (six years ago) link
This girl from NYC schooled me via same side knight advance in 3 moves to target king or queen, covered by same side bishop in one move. Fuckin deadly
― calstars, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 20:56 (six years ago) link
I tend to avoid chess nowadays because it makes me feel so fucking dumb :( My rating went down to 950 over the years. It's not dumbness per se, rather that I do not play enough. That and alcohol probably.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 20:59 (six years ago) link
Not making any excuses but I've learned the hard way that while I love to play while drinking, it's a bad idea if you care about your ranking
― calstars, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 21:02 (six years ago) link
Yeah. Thing is I played chess best during my uni days, playing in the cafetaria, on the steps or in town, cafes. Drink was always there. The two have become intertwined.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 21:07 (six years ago) link
i did some informal testing and my rating was a full 100-200 points lower when playing baked
― Mordy, Tuesday, 22 August 2017 21:16 (six years ago) link
I'm at around 1000 now, which is good for me.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Tuesday, 22 August 2017 21:17 (six years ago) link
tfw when you're up against someone worse than you
I was up 21 against this one dude and he insisted on playing it out...
― calstars, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
I've been trying to play in a more conservative, defensive way, but it just doesn't suit me
― calstars, Friday, 15 September 2017 22:06 (six years ago) link
Anyone tried 4 player chess on Chess.com? Looks pretty fun. Here's a video of Tal Baron playing it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSH0kWcxqL0
― cajunsunday, Sunday, 24 September 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
Haven't tried
I always play with a 1day timer but I tried a real-time (5 min) game last week and just got destroyed.
― calstars, Sunday, 24 September 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link
5 min is insanely hard. 10 min is still very challenging but at least actually manageable and I can still run out of time
― Mordy, Sunday, 24 September 2017 21:12 (six years ago) link
I play a lot of 10-minute. It may have helped my long game but probably not much, judging by the errors I still make
― imago, Sunday, 24 September 2017 22:20 (six years ago) link
Also, while four-player chess is very interesting to me, who the hell crowdfunds a crushed laptop lol
― imago, Sunday, 24 September 2017 22:25 (six years ago) link
watching finegold vs williams rn, simon's letting his country down something rotten
― imago, Thursday, 5 October 2017 18:54 (six years ago) link
tfw your opponent's ranking increases by 100 + points during the course of your game
― calstars, Sunday, 8 October 2017 01:04 (six years ago) link
Rating now at 1001I play every day but it’s still apparently amateur hour over here
― calstars, Sunday, 29 October 2017 20:21 (six years ago) link
Classic!
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Sunday, 29 October 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
I had the most frustrating game yesterday. Did really well to get up a piece and a pawn, but then managed to blunder two pieces as I was trying to finish him off, and then lost pretty quickly.
― cajunsunday, Sunday, 29 October 2017 21:37 (six years ago) link
Those days I’m framing my games like I’m just waiting for a weakness in my opponent and then exploiting it. Waiting for the other guy to fuck up...a column of pawns, an unprotected piece..
― calstars, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 02:50 (six years ago) link
tfw when you come back from an early deficit (my opening game is awful) to be a real contender, +10
― calstars, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 21:20 (six years ago) link
+15
― calstars, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 21:56 (six years ago) link
Mated that shit
― calstars, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 22:19 (six years ago) link
Back to 1000Proud = me
― calstars, Wednesday, 22 November 2017 22:49 (six years ago) link
Nice! Well done. I'm trying to get my Blitz score back over 1000.
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 23 November 2017 00:00 (six years ago) link
What strategy do you go for in the opening btw? Whenever I start trying a new opening my rating ends up dropping about 100.
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 23 November 2017 00:09 (six years ago) link
scandi black, v conventional king's pawn white
― Mordy, Thursday, 23 November 2017 00:15 (six years ago) link
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chess-novice-challenged-magnus-carlsen-1510866214
not sure where else to post this, but this guy is pretty fascinating
― k3vin k., Thursday, 23 November 2017 00:21 (six years ago) link
thx for sharing
“I hope you at least keep an interest in the game, because it’s very interesting,” Magnus said. “I wish I could learn it new.”
<3
― Mordy, Thursday, 23 November 2017 00:40 (six years ago) link
Thanks Cajun
― calstars, Thursday, 23 November 2017 00:45 (six years ago) link
To answer - no set strategyI’ve visited a page with the classic openingsDidn’t do much for me. Seemed kind of obvious?Oh well, I’m happy to not read music , it’s not about that
― calstars, Thursday, 23 November 2017 00:47 (six years ago) link
I'm on fire today. Got my highest blitz rating (1116).
― cajunsunday, Saturday, 16 December 2017 13:43 (six years ago) link
my opening game is just knights for days
― calstars, Thursday, 28 December 2017 22:16 (six years ago) link
Some Kazakhstani dude just took my pawn en passant and at first I thought it was an error in the code..
― calstars, Saturday, 6 January 2018 14:58 (six years ago) link
fabiano caruana has won the right to challenge carlsen for the world title -- he's the first u.s. contender since fischer in 72:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/an-american-will-play-for-the-world-chess-championship/
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 23:25 (six years ago) link
Ugh, I just lost a second game on time. Was 12 points ahead this time. I guess it's just not a good time to be playing correspondence.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 31 March 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
Wanted to take a break for awhile but only lasted 2 days til I jumped back in.
― calstars, Saturday, 31 March 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
Yeah S I think you lost our last game on time ( as opposed to you probably winning by mate eventually)...
― calstars, Saturday, 31 March 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
Why don't you try 14 days? Give yourself a bit more of a cushion?
I won with a bit of a dirty trick here lol: https://www.chess.com/daily/game/190758208
― cajunsunday, Saturday, 31 March 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
Can’t decide to be zen or not. Like golf
― calstars, Thursday, 3 May 2018 02:46 (five years ago) link
Mated someone ranked +100 and up 40 points in the last few weeks, word up
― calstars, Thursday, 3 May 2018 02:47 (five years ago) link
Nice work. Have you figured out En Passant out? It took me about 3 months to work out that rule lol.
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 3 May 2018 17:29 (five years ago) link
Yeah for sure. I’ve only had the chance to use it against someone else once since I learned what it was, and jumped at the opportunity just because
― calstars, Thursday, 3 May 2018 22:20 (five years ago) link
Ten Fiddy
― calstars, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 22:34 (five years ago) link
this is a dumb question but what is the best site to get started playing online/get a rating etc
― k3vin k., Monday, 12 November 2018 22:30 (five years ago) link
chess.com or lichess are your two best options
― Mordy, Monday, 12 November 2018 22:54 (five years ago) link
chess.com - Kevin look me up, you’ll get your first win I’m sure
― calstars, Monday, 12 November 2018 23:11 (five years ago) link
I'm MarteauSansMaitre. I think I'm ready to try playing again.
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 04:09 (five years ago) link
have any of you found any books useful for improving your game?
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 13 November 2018 06:54 (five years ago) link