i finally reached > 1600 in blitz on chess.com :D
this was my goal after i started getting into chess in late 2016 when i was ranked ~1000. i feel v accomplished!
― Mordy, Friday, 22 November 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
i was close (at 1543) back in June but then had a huge points drop (down to a low of 1296!?!) before bouncing back. during that time i retooled my openings (i stopped playing the roy lopez primarily and switched over to london variations for white, added nimzo-switch for d4 openings), played a lot more tactics (actually got my tactics rating above 2000) and started playing bullet which i really think did help.
― Mordy, Friday, 22 November 2019 19:35 (four years ago) link
― Mordy, Friday, November 22, 2019 2:16 PM (eight hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
nice!
― lag∞n, Saturday, 23 November 2019 03:56 (four years ago) link
i do not ever play bullet is too fast
just did a checkmate w 0.9 seconds on me clock :]
― lag∞n, Monday, 25 November 2019 06:55 (four years ago) link
chess is so weird some days u can see the combos and others u cant
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 17:59 (four years ago) link
Crosby and Nash face offAnyone care to analyze the position? https://i.imgur.com/ay1ahTp.jpg
― calstars, Wednesday, 27 November 2019 19:00 (four years ago) link
my blitz rating is a provisional 648, I'm not even a little bit good at chess
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, 28 November 2019 02:06 (four years ago) link
tried playing a 15+15 ended up offering a draw in a game which the computer later said i was +2, i had 17min left on my clock lol
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 18:57 (four years ago) link
now its saying +.9 idk man
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:01 (four years ago) link
alright i won one w ~15mins left, think i mightve been playing against another blitz player tho he had 18 lol
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:15 (four years ago) link
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, November 27, 2019 9:06 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
no one is born good at chess evan!
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:16 (four years ago) link
i think maybe short formats makes u more of a positional player
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:17 (four years ago) link
I’m disgruntled by everything I’m not immediately good at with no effort >:(
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:23 (four years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:31 (four years ago) link
i bet if u play 10 games youll improve
played another 15+15, those games are def soft on lichess, similarly rated players play worse despite having way more time
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:33 (four years ago) link
i almost offered a draw at the beginning of a game i crushed cause i was a closed position and i didnt know if i cld stand a half an hour of this shit lol
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:34 (four years ago) link
― lag∞n, Thursday, November 28, 2019 2:31 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
ill even give u a lil tip, if youre going to castle king side dont move the f pawn, the f stands for dont fucking touch it
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:39 (four years ago) link
the most basic chess advice i guess is to get all yr pieces out and yr kings castled (aka developed, when your rooks have nothing between them [aka connected]) as quickly as possible with as few pawn moves as possible, dont move any piece more than once if you can help it until youre developed
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link
the second most basic piece of advice is to not leave pieces unprotected (aka guarded by other pieces or pawns), and likewise to target your opponents unprotected pieces
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
the third most basic piece of advice is to keep yr pawns chained together
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:45 (four years ago) link
if u do those things u cn prob get up to ~1000 pretty easy
(if u play a lot of games)
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:46 (four years ago) link
also the middle of the board is the best part try to capture it
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 19:50 (four years ago) link
an example of a position where both sides are fully developed
https://www.payetteforward.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/realistic-fantasy-1083x1080.png
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 20:01 (four years ago) link
its also totally symmetrical for some reason
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 20:02 (four years ago) link
here white is developed but black is not
https://i.imgur.com/RhK3QbK.png
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 20:04 (four years ago) link
tho some wld prob argue that black is effectively developed there
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 20:07 (four years ago) link
lagoon thank u for this tutorial
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, 28 November 2019 20:12 (four years ago) link
enjoy yr march to GM
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
Crosby and Nash face offAnyone care to analyze the position?
https://i.imgur.com/ay1ahTp.jpg
― calstars, Wednesday, November 27, 2019 2:00 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
https://i.imgur.com/4cHhEuo.png
not sure whos turn to move it is but based on the body language looks like nash, if so hes in position to take the c pawn and equalize material, crosbys position is better considering the two advanced pawns but its a close game
if its crosbys turn hes up a pawn and has a better position so is clearly ahead, still playable for nash but crosby shd be able to convert
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 20:29 (four years ago) link
p boring position tbqh
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 20:31 (four years ago) link
anyway happy thanksgiving chess club gonna go honor the fallen pilgrims now
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 20:32 (four years ago) link
considering the game is being played on both sides of the board nashs bishop is prob a lil more valuable than crosbys knight...
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 20:37 (four years ago) link
I did better! The computer sez I lost a forced checkmate sequence uwu https://lichess.org/RciiZoIr/white
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, 28 November 2019 20:43 (four years ago) link
several times in fact
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, November 28, 2019 12:23 PM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
hello evan, evan here (also) and i agree with this message
― gbx, Thursday, 28 November 2019 21:56 (four years ago) link
the cool thing about chess is you can stay frustrated and feeling like you suck at it no matter how good you get
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 22:03 (four years ago) link
i saw a super gm leave his queen just straight up hanging on a livestream once lol
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 22:07 (four years ago) link
Lagoon is right the better you get the worse you realize you are (just like gaining skills in any other field) happy thanksgiving all!
― Mordy, Thursday, 28 November 2019 22:14 (four years ago) link
― lag∞n, Wednesday, November 27, 2019 12:59 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
you wont even really understand why youre good or bad!
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 November 2019 22:16 (four years ago) link
its really is the best game (except for maybe poker)
― lag∞n, Friday, 29 November 2019 00:48 (four years ago) link
hey I won one
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Friday, 29 November 2019 03:14 (four years ago) link
nice
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 November 2019 02:03 (four years ago) link
Both of these albums are garbage
― calstars, Saturday, 30 November 2019 13:39 (four years ago) link
I'd completely forgotten about this thread and the fact that I wasted so much of 2005 playing internet chess against long-since-vanished ILXors.
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 30 November 2019 22:03 (four years ago) link
is it ok if i dump chess videos i like here also if u guys can post some i always need more to watch i'm getting tired of eric rosen (he's great tho)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg4X8983_5Q
― Mordy, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 00:01 (four years ago) link
plz feel free
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 04:20 (four years ago) link
white (me) to move find the sick combo
https://i.imgur.com/M9CEGbe.png
― lag∞n, Saturday, 7 December 2019 15:54 (four years ago) link