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We need two gang tags, one for the pro-commentary posters and one for the anti-commentary posters. I vote that it should be called "Chess thread North" and "Chess thread South" like the civil war. Me, having the good opinion, obviously will be part of chess thread north.
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Huxley posted:Two things I'm learning as I start taking the game more seriously: yeah, I used to try at rapid and use blitz for screwing around Then I wanted to improve my blitz rating because I became able to play 5+3 competently, so now I try 2+1 bullet for screwing around. Was tempted to reinstall chess.com to have a new screwing around outlet but ehhh that's too far.
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That opening is wild. But judging by the timing they are in book still. And now the commenters are speculating if Ding knows that Ian has played this position before in Blitz.
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Apr 23, 2023 10:28
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that was one of the chessgames of all time. Not really much more to say about it.
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Apr 23, 2023 13:37
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it was ok
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Apr 23, 2023 13:37
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Games were better when Anish was commentating.
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Apr 23, 2023 13:43
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Ding's gonna want to have gotten more out of that opening.
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Apr 23, 2023 15:47
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hes gonna have wanted to win that game he should have won and not froze up in time pressure too
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fart simpson posted:hes gonna have wanted to win that game he should have won and not froze up in time pressure too This is gonna sound weird but... I think I know some of Ding's prep. And if I know what I think I know about this, the eval he has on Bc5 is "this is pretty close to winning for white." It's the sort of opening that gets a bit under-prepared because you assume that black just won't play Bc5, so then you get into it and you know you're around +0.6 with good pressure but you can't remember how to not let it get reduced to a rook endgame.
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Hand Knit posted:This is gonna sound weird but... I think I know some of Ding's prep. And if I know what I think I know about this, the eval he has on Bc5 is "this is pretty close to winning for white." It's the sort of opening that gets a bit under-prepared because you assume that black just won't play Bc5, so then you get into it and you know you're around +0.6 with good pressure but you can't remember how to not let it get reduced to a rook endgame. why would you assume that black wont play it? 
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Apr 23, 2023 16:16
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fart simpson posted:why would you assume that black wont play it? So the decision black is facing here is between Bb4 and Bc5. When you're looking at this on the level of theory, from either side, the verdict is "black should play Bb4, not Bc5, because Bc5 gets its rear end kicked by Nxe5." Bc5 gives white Nxe4, which gives white control of the centre, good mobility, and a good attack towards a shaky black kingside. e: the key point being that Bc5 basically puts black at a deep disadvantage with no benefit, and you would not expect a player to play that in a situation where they've prepared. Maybe seeing it in a blitz game where you assume white's not gonna play it right, but not in a classical game. Looks like against 11...d6 Marin gives Bg5, not Ding's Bf4, and the queens stay on the board with the eval moving around the +0.35 to +0.6 range depending on how my lovely laptop's HIARCS is feeling
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Apr 23, 2023 16:27
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This chess set is awful lol
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Apr 23, 2023 19:32
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Bruce Hussein Daddy posted:This chess set is awful lol If I could have those pieces 3D printed, I would play with them all the time
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Apr 23, 2023 19:59
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Bruce Hussein Daddy posted:This chess set is awful lol It has been a running joke in the thread for what feels like an eternity. E: in fact someone had it as an avatar lol.
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Apr 23, 2023 21:58
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I hated it at first but it's slowly grown on me so I can tolerate it.
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Apr 23, 2023 23:16
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Yeah it’s painful.
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algebra testes posted:It has been a running joke in the thread for what feels like an eternity. someone bought the av for me a long time ago yeah
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Chamale posted:If I could have those pieces 3D printed, I would play with them all the time A new Armageddon format: White plays first but Black brings the customized chess set. This is my son Pawn and my slightly taller, fatter, balder son Bishop
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Apr 24, 2023 03:22
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Salt Fish posted:We need two gang tags, one for the pro-commentary posters and one for the anti-commentary posters. I vote that it should be called "Chess thread North" and "Chess thread South" like the civil war. Me, having the good opinion, obviously will be part of chess thread north. Actually it’s about states’ knights
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Apr 24, 2023 12:00
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Did someone catch the explanation for this estimate on the chess.com stream this morning? I made the screenshot then forgot about it:
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Apr 24, 2023 22:32
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I think it's just taking into account the odds of draws, the odds of wins with the white pieces versus the black pieces, and the fact that Ian has a one game lead through game 10, so he's technically shown an advantage versus Ding. I'd like to think Ding has better than 15% to get a win in either game 12 or 14, both will be with the white pieces. But even if that happens, he also has to draw with black in game 13, which is not guaranteed.
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Apr 24, 2023 22:47
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It’s probably the same garbage methodology they use to give percentage chances teams win in other sports; they fed it into an ML model that is basically a random number generator at this point and plastered it everywhere without putting any thought into it.
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AnoHito posted:It’s probably the same garbage methodology they use to give percentage chances teams win in other sports; they fed it into an ML model that is basically a random number generator at this point and plastered it everywhere without putting any thought into it. I think difference in chess rating is supposed to parse out to likelihood to win/draw/lose so I guess if you’re using rating in white games and black games for each player it isn’t a total rear end pull.
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AnoHito posted:It’s probably the same garbage methodology they use to give percentage chances teams win in other sports; they fed it into an ML model that is basically a random number generator at this point and plastered it everywhere without putting any thought into it. I feel like in an era where you can bet on anything from your cell phone this is probably unlikely.
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Apr 25, 2023 13:57
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Bruce Hussein Daddy posted:This chess set is awful lol I can't even evaluate the position because I hate it so much
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ElGroucho posted:I can't even evaluate the position because I hate it so much
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Apr 25, 2023 15:29
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I want a board that's the kind of thing you get in books and newspapers and I can't find a good one on any site
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Apr 25, 2023 16:15
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You can get pretty close:
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rollick posted:I want a board that's the kind of thing you get in books and newspapers and I can't find a good one on any site Hey uh what the gently caress are those bishops doing
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Captain Foo posted:Hey uh what the gently caress are those bishops doing Bishops can do whatever they want when the board is rotated 90 degrees.
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VictualSquid posted:You can get pretty close: Yeah, that's what I've landed on and it's fine, not ideal. CubicalSucrose posted:Bishops can do whatever they want when the board is rotated 90 degrees. haha that was just the first google image result, but looking at where I got it from, it turns out part of the puzzle is to figure out the board orientation and the last move by black. rollick fucked around with this message at 18:16 on Apr 25, 2023 |
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This is white to play and mate in one. cxb6#!
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..is that a meme i don't understand did this thread suddenly become anarchy chess
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kumba posted:..is that a meme i don't understand Rotate the board, and assume black just pushed the pawn that's next to the white king two spaces. En passant capture! You assume that because no other black move was legal. You assume the rotation because that's the only way to let white have a mate in one silvergoose fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Apr 25, 2023 |
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Game 12 and Ding opens with Colle. The openings in this match have been quite something.
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Obfuscation posted:Game 12 and Ding opens with Colle. The openings in this match have been quite something. Nepo opens like a normal person, Ding has been opening like a madman and it has been beautiful.
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I look away for a minute and now Ding is playing for a win again. Amazing game.
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Obfuscation posted:Game 12 and Ding opens with Colle. The openings in this match have been quite something. Yeah, it's an interesting strategy that makes a lot of sense: instead of picking one position and just being more familiar with it than the opponent (i.e. picking one opening and playing it five times), he's just constantly changing what he does. It's like he's targeting "let's gently caress around for a bit and see who's better."
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This game has been a loving roller coaster, jesus christ.
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VictualSquid posted:I look away for a minute and now Ding is playing for a win again. I would love some way that after each move it could somehow record what each player thought the evaluation is.
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