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mikeraskol posted:Though I will admit I approach this from a US practitioner perspective. Really I would have thought they could have brought 2 cases, one in the US [non-Carlsen defendants] and one in Norway [Carlsen], to cover both bases.
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Salt Fish posted:In fairness to myself I was evaluating that position from here: In addition to what Hand Knit posted (and HK is way better at chess than me so if any of this contradicts his advice, listen to him not to me), especially in puzzle situations but also in games when thinking about potential moves, always consider checks and captures. What possible checks and captures are there in the position? Do any of those checks or captures lead to your position improving? Do any of your opponent's potential checks or captures lead to your position worsening? In the puzzle you posted, on white's move there is only one check (Nc6+) and two captures (Nxb5 and Qxb5). You already tried Qxb5 and it didn't lead to an advantage. White won back a pawn but traded queens, leaving black with more material and a better pawn structure. It seems like white might have an attack on the king, but as you saw, it turns out there's nothing there. Try evaluating lines after Nc6+ and Nxb5 instead. Do either of those lines lead to a better position than you got after Qxb5?
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# ? Oct 22, 2022 02:24 |
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https://twitter.com/openargs/status/1583703106260324352?s=20&t=wvAJPvkv-tYc51CuNSFEBw Excellent, we're getting us some chess drama legal analysis
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# ? Oct 22, 2022 09:32 |
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Salt Fish posted:In fairness to myself I was evaluating that position from here: Nc6? I feel like I win black’s queen whether they play bxc6 or move the king.
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# ? Oct 22, 2022 10:08 |
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What are you using where the puzzles ask you to evaluate which side is better? If I saw the initial position in a tactics puzzle, I would be able to figure it out. If I saw the position in a real game or were just asked which side is better with no context that it was actually a tactics puzzle, I'd likely miss it. Though this is mostly due to me being a bad player.
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# ? Oct 22, 2022 14:27 |
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Inferior Third Season posted:What are you using where the puzzles ask you to evaluate which side is better? There's two related questions here. The first is evaluating the position at the end of a line when doing a puzzle, which is gonna be part of deciding if you have the right solution. The second is just about evaluating positions in general. They take different approaches because, in the case of lichess and chesscom puzzles, with rare exception, you know that you're supposed to be winning.
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# ? Oct 22, 2022 14:35 |
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VROOM VROOM posted:I hope Hans sues them from the UK Hans would fare no better in an UK court. Actual malice will still gently caress him. quote:Furthermore, to collect compensatory damages, a public official or public figure must prove actual malice. Failing that the "honest opinion" defence will be pretty easy to use. They just need to argue that a reasonable person could hold their opinion. Given plenty of people think Hans is a cheater without any particular motivation to do so, this should be pretty easy. Fangz fucked around with this message at 19:57 on Oct 22, 2022 |
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The thing is, a lot of people think Hans is a cheater because of Magnus's allegations. You have Hikaru's initial analysis of the game in question where he doesnt see anything fishy, and then you have Magnus's "not touching you" accusation, and then you have a huge swerve in public opinion.
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# ? Oct 22, 2022 21:03 |
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Morrow posted:The thing is, a lot of people think Hans is a cheater because of Magnus's allegations. You have Hikaru's initial analysis of the game in question where he doesnt see anything fishy, and then you have Magnus's "not touching you" accusation, and then you have a huge swerve in public opinion. There's a lot of people who think e.g. that Hans cheated but not necessarily at the Sinquefield cup. The fact that Magnus and/or Hikaru influenced opinion isn't relevant to the defense - the point is that a normal person *can* believe Hans is a cheater independent of "because Magnus/Hikaru thought so". They can just pick all the guys going "did Hans cheat online? yes. Did he do it OTB? maybe. Did Magnus handle this horribly and is a sore loser? yes" to show that even people who hate Magnus can entertain the idea that Hans cheated. Fangz fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Oct 22, 2022 |
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Morrow posted:The thing is, a lot of people think Hans is a cheater because of Magnus's allegations. You have Hikaru's initial analysis of the game in question where he doesnt see anything fishy, and then you have Magnus's "not touching you" accusation, and then you have a huge swerve in public opinion. Arguably people think he's a cheater because he publically admitted to cheating a bunch. Not a lawyer but it feels really tough to claim it is malicious slander to call you a cheater when you have demonstrably cheated on at the very least two occasions.
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# ? Oct 22, 2022 21:09 |
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Inferior Third Season posted:What are you using where the puzzles ask you to evaluate which side is better? I found some! https://chessevaluationtraining.com/ This isn't the exact same site as I had been using, but this was what I was looking for. edit: example puzzle Salt Fish fucked around with this message at 21:18 on Oct 22, 2022 |
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There's no way Niemann wins, but there's a chance that Chess.com decides that discovery would hurt their reputation, and they give him six figures to go away. I'm sure his lawyer is aware of this. Here's a funny situation I've never seen before, what's the winning move for black? Bg5 and white's rook is trapped.
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Chamale posted:There's no way Niemann wins, but there's a chance that Chess.com decides that discovery would hurt their reputation, and they give him six figures to go away. I'm sure his lawyer is aware of this. lol this is the kind of funny idea I come up with in every puzzle and its never right.
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Salt Fish posted:lol this is the kind of funny idea I come up with in every puzzle and its never right. It's such a specific situation but I'll know to look out for it now. Reminds me of a crab trap.
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# ? Oct 22, 2022 21:30 |
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Salt Fish posted:I found some! Wow, it's amazing how bad I'm at this. Here two I had wrong at first glance. After learning that I was wrong I could understand why, but positioning is clearly not my strength.
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# ? Oct 22, 2022 22:08 |
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I remember resigning once, doing the computer analysis and finding I had this 4 move forced checkmate I didn't see on the board, not even that complicated of one.
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# ? Oct 22, 2022 22:13 |
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Walh Hara posted:Wow, it's amazing how bad I'm at this. First one I’d guess black stronger - more minor pieces developed, white’s king is looking a bit vulnerable, black has more open lines for their bishop and queen, and only 2 pawn islands vs 3 Second one is harder for me but my guess would be black again? That backward pawn on f3 is a juicy target Maugrim fucked around with this message at 23:51 on Oct 22, 2022 |
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I did 10 of those puzzles in about 30 minutes and got 7/10. Since there are only 2 choices, this has a 17% chance of having happened by chance. (lol) They're actually super fun though.
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Maugrim posted:First one I’d guess black stronger - more minor pieces developed, white’s king is looking a bit vulnerable, black has more open lines for their bishop and queen, and only 2 pawn islands vs 3 One correct, one wrong. In the first puzzle: Apparently after gxf4 white has a very decent advantage because of the much better center control by the pawns. I didn't realize this either as I assumed you'd want to develop the bishop with Bxf4, but that would be a blunder according to lichess. edit: one thing I didn't realize about the other puzzle: black's best move is e4, after which the knight on c5 has no good mvoes and white's best counter reply is actually to give up the knight and just play Nge7. Walh Hara fucked around with this message at 00:36 on Oct 23, 2022 |
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I love putting pieces in jail. Like when someone gets greedy snapping up your a or h pawn with their bishop and then you simply advance your g or b pawn and put the bishop in jail.
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neaden posted:I remember resigning once, doing the computer analysis and finding I had this 4 move forced checkmate I didn't see on the board, not even that complicated of one. Well, I guess you can feel good about the fact that your opponent maybe got to have one of those games where they know they are hosed, are waiting for the shoe to drop and then the other guy sits on the clock for a minute confused and resigns for no apparent reason. The thing I get from the occasional game with an actual friend vs internet matchups is a reminder that I tend to be seeing a very different game than my opponent is seeing half the time
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# ? Oct 23, 2022 02:14 |
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Zwabu posted:I love putting pieces in jail. Like when someone gets greedy snapping up your a or h pawn with their bishop and then you simply advance your g or b pawn and put the bishop in jail. That was done to me once in a goon game and was definitely a “whoops, lesson learned” moment. Won’t fall for it again!
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# ? Oct 23, 2022 08:05 |
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Even though this puzzle wasn't rated really highly, I like it. Had to spend a long time looking at it because it hit one of my common blind spots - White looks like they can defend the combination, but there is a critical pin that turns White's defense into smoke and mirrors. Black to move and win:
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# ? Oct 24, 2022 00:04 |
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Zwabu posted:Even though this puzzle wasn't rated really highly, I like it.
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# ? Oct 24, 2022 00:10 |
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jesus WEP posted:im bad at these but ..Ra1+ Kxa1 Qxa3+ Kb1 Qxb2 0-1? Yeah. I had a hard time seeing that the b pawn is pinned after Kxa1 so I kept discarding that line until something clicked. Puzzles are useful for identifying those kind of blind spots in yourself, that is a frequent theme that I miss in puzzles so it's good for me to learn and be more vigilant for that theme to appear in positions.
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# ? Oct 24, 2022 00:45 |
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Zwabu posted:Even though this puzzle wasn't rated really highly, I like it. I looked at the spoiler, but Ra1+, Kxa1, Qxa7++ because the pawn is pinned?
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# ? Oct 24, 2022 14:46 |
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I'm in my mid-thirties and just took and interest in chess in the last four months or so. Until June this year I probably played fewer than 10 games of chess in my entire life. I managed to make my way up to ~1000 on chess.com mostly by doing some puzzles daily and watching the Chessbrah Building Habits series. I'm interested in improving my game further, and I know that most improvement will be found in tactics training, but I often feel a little clueless about how to develop my pieces, developing a mid-game strategy, and playing with a plan in general. Moves that are seen as natural or intutitive to experienced players often seem sort of random to me. The concept of positional play is neat, but I don't really know where to start. I'd really like to find a coach to help me come up with a plan to improve. Any advice for how to pick one? There are a billion options on chess.com.
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Admiral Ray posted:Just to make it clear, this is the game he mentioned.
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# ? Oct 24, 2022 22:47 |
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Captain Foo posted:I looked at the spoiler, but Ra1+, Kxa1, Qxa7++ because the pawn is pinned? Yes.
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# ? Oct 24, 2022 23:29 |
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What would chess be like if we implemented Elongated Musk's suggestions? 16x16 grid, multiple players, capturing sufficient pieces lets you promote pawns into either a queen or a knook. I suspect a lot of the tactics would go away, and it turns into a game of managing alliances.
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Zwabu posted:Yes.
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# ? Oct 25, 2022 00:56 |
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1024x768 posted:I'm in my mid-thirties and just took and interest in chess in the last four months or so. Until June this year I probably played fewer than 10 games of chess in my entire life. I managed to make my way up to ~1000 on chess.com mostly by doing some puzzles daily and watching the Chessbrah Building Habits series. I'm interested in improving my game further, and I know that most improvement will be found in tactics training, but I often feel a little clueless about how to develop my pieces, developing a mid-game strategy, and playing with a plan in general. Moves that are seen as natural or intutitive to experienced players often seem sort of random to me. The concept of positional play is neat, but I don't really know where to start. I'd really like to find a coach to help me come up with a plan to improve. Any advice for how to pick one? There are a billion options on chess.com. Daniel Naroditsky's speedrun series. There are three, each with different time settings. I'm going through the Master Class (10 minute games) and finding it very informative. There is enough time for him to explain the position and his plan at any point. I agree it's hard to find chess content that explains mid-game and planning well.
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fisting by many posted:Daniel Naroditsky's speedrun series. There are three, each with different time settings. I'm going through the Master Class (10 minute games) and finding it very informative. There is enough time for him to explain the position and his plan at any point. I agree it's hard to find chess content that explains mid-game and planning well. Haven't watched these yet and I definitely will. Thank you! I am pretty determined to find a coach as well though -- anyone here have any leads?
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# ? Oct 25, 2022 03:16 |
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Isn't blind chess a thing where you don't get to see your opponent's pieces and end up trying to get info by making captures/moves you aren't sure will be legal?
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# ? Oct 25, 2022 05:53 |
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Chamale posted:What would chess be like if we implemented Elongated Musk's suggestions? 16x16 grid, multiple players, capturing sufficient pieces lets you promote pawns into either a queen or a knook. I suspect a lot of the tactics would go away, and it turns into a game of managing alliances. heres the beta version if ur curious https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJmlDPamgso
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# ? Oct 25, 2022 11:02 |
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Musk should just play starcraft and get his rear end beat there instead of over the chess board
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# ? Oct 25, 2022 11:11 |
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I haven’t played a game of chess or even looked at a chess position in about five years, and I am willing to bet any amount of money I could give knight odds and kick his loving rear end
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# ? Oct 25, 2022 11:36 |
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You'd think someone who considers himself intelligent could work out that the reason Chess is so interesting is precisely because it's a perfect information game.
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Elon dumb thoughChamale posted:What would chess be like if we implemented Elongated Musk's suggestions? 16x16 grid, multiple players, capturing sufficient pieces lets you promote pawns into either a queen or a knook. I suspect a lot of the tactics would go away, and it turns into a game of managing alliances. noted knook reference fellow anarchy chess reader
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imagining a tech tree for chess: you start with only pawns and they can only move one square, after five moves you can choose to unlock either knights or bishops, or you can go down the pawn tree and unlock the double first move. To unlock en passant you have to have both the double pawn move and knights unlocked. Either knights or bishops lets you unlock rooks, and once you've unlocked rooks you can unlock your queen or research the ability to castle bishops, rooks, and queen all start only able to move up to two squares and you have to research the ability for them to travel the whole board at once endgame tech: unlock the ability for your queen to also move like a knight pawns start out without the ability to promote, you have o research that too thank you elon this is such a better game
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