mikeraskol posted:

Though I will admit I approach this from a US practitioner perspective.

Salt Fish posted:

In fairness to myself I was evaluating that position from here:



Here I was thinking in my brain Qxb5 forces the queen trade because unless you move the queen the knight forks it on c6. Okay, so Qx, and then Qx, and then Nx, and now we're left in this position. The king's pawn cover is partially removed, the bishop is coming to a7, the A pawn is going to push, the rook is going to magically appear somewhere around a7 (?) and everything's fine.

Obviously in retrospect I sorta play around with it for 5-10 minutes and okay, I don't really have a prayer because the A and C pawns are so weak that both rooks have to babysit them, the D file is owned by black, and any threat to the black king is an illusion.

I would say I understand this specific position much better, but its also clear to me that I lack an actual foundation of being able to evaluate a position, and I sort of automatically distrust my own conclusions which leads to a lot of second guessing and recalculation during an actual game.

Salt Fish posted:

In fairness to myself I was evaluating that position from here:



Here I was thinking in my brain Qxb5 forces the queen trade because unless you move the queen the knight forks it on c6. Okay, so Qx, and then Qx, and then Nx, and now we're left in this position. The king's pawn cover is partially removed, the bishop is coming to a7, the A pawn is going to push, the rook is going to magically appear somewhere around a7 (?) and everything's fine.

Obviously in retrospect I sorta play around with it for 5-10 minutes and okay, I don't really have a prayer because the A and C pawns are so weak that both rooks have to babysit them, the D file is owned by black, and any threat to the black king is an illusion.

I would say I understand this specific position much better, but its also clear to me that I lack an actual foundation of being able to evaluate a position, and I sort of automatically distrust my own conclusions which leads to a lot of second guessing and recalculation during an actual game.

Inferior Third Season posted:

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.

VROOM VROOM posted:

I hope Hans sues them from the UK

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Furthermore, to collect compensatory damages, a public official or public figure must prove actual malice.

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.

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.

Inferior Third Season posted:

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.

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.

Here's a funny situation I've never seen before, what's the winning move for black?



Bg5 and white's rook is trapped.

Salt Fish posted:

lol this is the kind of funny idea I come up with in every puzzle and its never right.

Salt Fish posted:

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

Walh Hara posted:

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.

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

Second one is harder for me but my guess would be black again? That backward pawn on f3 is a juicy target

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.

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.

Zwabu posted:

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:

jesus WEP posted:

im bad at these but ..Ra1+ Kxa1 Qxa3+ Kb1 Qxb2 0-1?

Zwabu posted:

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:

Rorobb posted:

Admiral Ray posted:

Just to make it clear, this is the game he mentioned.

Captain Foo posted:

I looked at the spoiler, but Ra1+, Kxa1, Qxa7++ because the pawn is pinned?

Zwabu posted:

Yes.

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.

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.

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.

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.