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
starcraft > chess
― lumen (esby), Sunday, 14 April 2019 08:45 (five years ago) link
Starcraft vaguely like real time chess
― calstars, Sunday, 14 April 2019 12:35 (five years ago) link
starcraft is great but not better than chess
― Mordy, Sunday, 14 April 2019 15:03 (five years ago) link
been playing backgammon lately, a lot, for some reason. Maybe i no longer believe in brains just in FAITH
:P
― Ludo, Sunday, 14 April 2019 19:22 (five years ago) link
I'm hooked again I think. I played everyday for a couple of years, 25 years ago in college.I estimate my rating to have been 1400-1450. We had some strong players in the club who werevery helpful. One guy was rated 2400+ and was always top 2 or 3 in Wisconsin. I think I'm back toover 1300 again, but I'm confident that's going up, although slowly I'm sure. I know now to study moreendgame and tactics now. Back then everybody wanted to memorize the opening moves.
OMG the tools that are available now. Just all those videos on youtube alone. I like the St LouisChess Club's channel the best.
Chess.com has to be the greatest website ever. The new interface for going over your games is so cool. You can go back and see all your mistakes and the better moves in about 5 minutes. The puzzle rush for tacticspractice is also great.
This could be trouble for my free time.
― nicky lo-fi, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 13:23 (five years ago) link
Just won a 10 minute blitz game and am on top of the world
― calstars, Saturday, 22 June 2019 02:00 (four years ago) link
Recently reached 1k after a long timeYou’ve come a long way, baby
― calstars, Saturday, 13 July 2019 03:03 (four years ago) link
I beat that Korean entity btw
― June Pointer’s Valentine’s Day Secret Admirer Note Author (calstars), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 23:30 (four years ago) link
https://youtu.be/zIE3CFNpZ5YCavett v Fischer
― calstars, Saturday, 8 February 2020 05:12 (four years ago) link
That Fischer video is so cool.
In other news: The Candidates has started! The Giri Vs Nepo. game is looking pretty interesting - neither player has castled after 18 moves.
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-candidates-2020/1/1/1
― cajunsunday, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 11:57 (four years ago) link
Hurrah! Chess has the undivided attention of a sports-obsessed public
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 12:03 (four years ago) link
Magnus Carlsen commentating too. Awesome
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 12:07 (four years ago) link
Yes its cool that Magnus is commentating. His company bought the chess24.com website, so he can do what he wants I guess.
― cajunsunday, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 12:46 (four years ago) link
Giri having to lose the game to draw it as things stand. Magnificent defence from the zen master
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
Oof though, wow - Nepo finds it!
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 16:39 (four years ago) link
Ding is in trouble against MVL. Could lose 2 games in a row!
― cajunsunday, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 12:19 (four years ago) link
Slight advantage against Caruana for Ding today. He needs the win
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 19 March 2020 11:16 (four years ago) link
Caruana has just gone for a complicated line that hands Ding a clear advantage if he plays it well. Exciting!
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 19 March 2020 11:18 (four years ago) link
Not ideal for Caruana to have to move the king to F2 in the first 10 moves!
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 19 March 2020 11:41 (four years ago) link
Oh wait. Ding is playing white. I'm confused.
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 19 March 2020 12:03 (four years ago) link
Ding now clearly winning!! Defended Caruana's preparation like a beast
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 19 March 2020 13:26 (four years ago) link
Pretty much over now. Caruana's a Bishop down with no counter-play.
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 19 March 2020 14:22 (four years ago) link
bit disrespectful spinning it out that long tbh
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 19 March 2020 16:07 (four years ago) link
Nepo leading the tournament. Would be a good challenger for Carlsen; he wouldn't win of course but there might be some fun games
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Sunday, 22 March 2020 18:32 (four years ago) link
I think Nepo has a pretty good record against Carlsen so it could be interesting. I still think Caruana will come through in the end - he's got experience winning the big tournaments.
― cajunsunday, Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:18 (four years ago) link
6th round, Nepo in a winning position against Ding
― willem, Monday, 23 March 2020 13:36 (four years ago) link
FIDE stops #FIDECandidatesOfficial announcement - Starting March 27, 2020, Russia interrupts air traffic with other countries without indicating any time frames. In this situation FIDE President decided to stop the tournament.https://t.co/bnDDJhFuiG pic.twitter.com/YYo3SMidqj— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) March 26, 2020
They're taking everything away from us lads
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 26 March 2020 10:10 (four years ago) link
ffs this has been keeping me going
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 26 March 2020 10:27 (four years ago) link
Sad times!
― cajunsunday, Thursday, 26 March 2020 11:20 (four years ago) link
maybe we can just give it to MVL lol
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 26 March 2020 11:23 (four years ago) link
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― willem, Thursday, 26 March 2020 12:19 (four years ago) link