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
I’m disgruntled by everything I’m not immediately good at with no effort >:(
― 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
chess is so weird some days u can see the combos and others u cant
― 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
Nf5 forking the king + rook, g6xf5, Ne6 forking the K+Q?
― Mordy, Saturday, 7 December 2019 15:56 (four years ago) link
g6xf5 isn't necessary black can just lose the rook and not the queen but you did say sick so i'm guessing ^ is what actually happened
― Mordy, Saturday, 7 December 2019 16:00 (four years ago) link
i did get the queen theyre both good tho, also i set it up w ne3 sacking my c pawn, was a proud moment
― lag∞n, Saturday, 7 December 2019 16:19 (four years ago) link
I played twice irl with my friend yesterday and won both games, p cool. I need to switch to 10+0 from 5+3 online I think if I’m going to learn anything, in blitz I never have time for an endgame.
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Sunday, 8 December 2019 23:24 (four years ago) link
this game is legitimately beautiful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF9vPPwPWAE
― Mordy, Saturday, 14 December 2019 04:44 (four years ago) link
abstract positions
― calstars, Saturday, 14 December 2019 13:00 (four years ago) link
Played irl with my dad and won, pleased w myself
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Monday, 23 December 2019 00:05 (four years ago) link
I like chess now
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Sunday, 12 January 2020 08:44 (four years ago) link
just my imo but anyone with a game completion rate under 98% should be banned
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 01:00 (four years ago) link
game firouzja played today against artemiev is insane
― opden gnash (imago), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 02:15 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YfobLZNLAw
― opden gnash (imago), Wednesday, 15 January 2020 02:45 (four years ago) link
So here’s why chess is a good game:Queen on her color is an interesting asymmetryKnightsYou are always on the precipice of disaster
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Saturday, 1 February 2020 06:55 (four years ago) link
chess boards engraved on park tables are always cool
― calstars, Saturday, 1 February 2020 14:01 (four years ago) link
Is there a greater pleasure than flagging your opponent in a completely lost game
― unashamed and trash (Unctious), Saturday, 1 February 2020 17:42 (four years ago) link
that's what drove me nuts in my so called chess career. spending my time in trying to win a won position. waiting for the opponent to resign and then fucking it all up myself. i felt that it wasn't fair when people play until they are mated. as if they have no dignity. i gave up on playing chess regularly when i was about 16.
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 1 February 2020 18:01 (four years ago) link
thats funny i was just thinking how i respect ppl who play to the bitter end
― lag∞n, Saturday, 1 February 2020 18:06 (four years ago) link
(i almost never do)
unless youre some high level player u will pick up some of those lost games def, its also im sure good for yr development play those positions
― lag∞n, Saturday, 1 February 2020 18:07 (four years ago) link
Ppl should definitely make me win my won positions bc I don’t really know how to win a lot of the time.
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Saturday, 1 February 2020 18:20 (four years ago) link
not gonna name any names but someone itt was spying on me
― lag∞n, Saturday, 1 February 2020 18:31 (four years ago) link
😬
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Saturday, 1 February 2020 18:31 (four years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Saturday, 1 February 2020 18:32 (four years ago) link
I’ve had rough patches but I gotta keep playing, been daily for a minute now
― calstars, Saturday, 1 February 2020 20:19 (four years ago) link
ive havent been playing as much since i got zelda, rating taking a bit of a hit
― lag∞n, Saturday, 1 February 2020 20:21 (four years ago) link
I’ve decided that the knight is the best piece because it can jump over other pieces. No other pieces can do that!
― cajunsunday, Saturday, 1 February 2020 20:31 (four years ago) link
the knight is very unique
― lag∞n, Saturday, 1 February 2020 20:31 (four years ago) link
Working on the knight moves
― calstars, Saturday, 1 February 2020 21:03 (four years ago) link
Tryin to make some front page chess.com news
― calstars, Saturday, 1 February 2020 21:05 (four years ago) link
Hehe
― cajunsunday, Saturday, 1 February 2020 21:11 (four years ago) link