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
tfw your aggression compounds and isn’t being countered adequately
― ncxkd, Saturday, 8 February 2020 13:21 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1SCXb2WA2U&t=898s
― cajunsunday, Saturday, 8 February 2020 13:31 (four years ago) link
i have been neglecting my long time form games to play exclusively 1m bullet chess for about a month and just hit 1400 in it. it's definitely enough of its own thing that you can't just carry over yr abilities in long form to it. i started playing bc i was having time management problems and i thought about bullet like warming up with two bats that it would be a luxury to play longer formats after that. but it's so addictive. games are over so quickly so you can get a game in whenever, and it's fun!
― Mordy, Wednesday, 26 February 2020 19:12 (four years ago) link
I've been playing 10+0 and slowly dragging my rating out of the absolute toilet over the last month or so, I seem to be actually learning, which is spectacular. Currently 1077 for rapid on lichess, up from a low of 930.
Whenever I try 5+3 blitz again I just lose though!
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Wednesday, 26 February 2020 19:18 (four years ago) link
Took a week off but I’m back in black
― ncxkd, Sunday, 1 March 2020 18:23 (four years ago) link
like i mentioned i've barely been playing longer formats in lieu of bullet games (and watching lots of youtube chess) and i got nervous that it would hurt my long format rating when i finally got back to it but i played 3 games today and yesterday and won them all including beating the highest rated person i've ever beaten (a 1709). so close to breaking 1700 now in Blitz. why am i sharing this? first bc i'm now convinced that playing bullet really does help yr longer time format game, and second bc i'm also now convinced that watching lots of chess makes you better even if you're not consistently every day playing 10m games (or longer). nb that i do intend to get back into longer games.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 3 March 2020 18:28 (four years ago) link
this game was fun! Stockfish charges me with two blunders but I am proud of how well I exploited black's poor development and of this big oopsie they made https://lichess.org/BHdmRMP5/white#24
― Swilling Ambergris, Esq. (silby), Thursday, 5 March 2020 02:23 (four years ago) link
The king’s gambit is my sh1t right now
― calstars, Sunday, 22 March 2020 20:47 (four years ago) link