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GhostofJohnMuir posted:just beat a guy in a 15/10 game, he finished with 19:28 on the clock. if you want to play blitz, why don't you just play blitz? On the other side: yeah you've got 14 minutes on the clock dude but you really don't need to spend a full minute deciding between e5 and Nc6 as your second move
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Why do you think d8 is better than d6? With d8, it seems like the end result of the first three moves then is to just let white develop two pieces before you instead of one.
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Jun 17, 2023 02:54
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1. How do I convince myself to actually review my losses? 2. How do I prevent myself from just jacking myself off over my tactical genius when I review my wins?
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Jun 20, 2023 03:31
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BadOptics posted:I find reviewing losses as tough, but far more important than wins as there was an obvious negative outcome to my play. Though at my rating (almost 1200) my wins are sometimes by luck so reviewing them can be embarrassing as well lol. Lol I get that. Felt really good about a recent win, felt like I found some good tactics and followed principles well, and then I load it into chess.com which screams at me for missing a mating sequence for 20 moves in a row
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Jun 21, 2023 03:09
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:chess.com apparently is by default setup to send a helpful little email to let you know that someone is sending you harassing messages on the site. what a lovely feature Lol. "check it out. look how salty this dude got when you beat him. f6 huh?"
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Jun 23, 2023 03:59
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KingColliwog posted:So I started playing chess because many of my students do and it's fun to play against them. For endgames, learn how to win with two rooks (or a rook and a queen) vs a lone king, one queen vs a lone king, and one rook vs a lone king. They all follow super easy, reproduceable principles. You will feel a lot more confident when you get an advantage if you can think "if I trade away every piece on the board except the one I'm up by then I can win the game easy".
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Jun 24, 2023 02:41
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I'd probably just stay quiet. It's as likely as not that it's just two randos who both don't know the game that well and want to fool around with the huge rear end pieces.
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Jun 24, 2023 17:54
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I feel like I've got the opposite problem: I've been playing 10+0 but rarely use even half my time.
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Jun 27, 2023 02:33
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I won an endgame because my opponent forgot en passant and the capture let me promote 
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Jun 28, 2023 03:24
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Is there any way to train specific puzzle themes on the lichess mobile app?
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Jul 1, 2023 05:19
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Helianthus Annuus posted:a position from one of my blitz games -- white to play and win (i was in time pressure and i didnt find it) Lol. Judo throw. Using his momentum against him.
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Jul 14, 2023 02:46
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Everyone get a load of this guy who doesn't know how to capture dehors passant.
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Jul 27, 2023 20:58
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It's actually about the psychological blow of capturing the other guy's queen. How're you gonna win without this piece buddy 
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Jul 31, 2023 04:02
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Prevented stalemate by underpromotion for the first time today
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Jul 31, 2023 04:29
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broke 2000 in lichess puzzles
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Aug 4, 2023 03:56
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The more obvious problem, to me, is that moving the king loses your queen.
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Aug 22, 2023 12:05
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I turned off chat entirely because, not gonna lie, the guy who posted the cry-laughing emoji after every one of my moves absolutely tilted me.
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Sep 9, 2023 20:54
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You should probably just play games.
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Sep 16, 2023 19:18
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fisting by many posted:Is it O-O? Threats are Qxf7+ and Bxa8; castling is the only way to prevent both I don't think the pawn hangs. Qxf7 is followed with Nxd5, while Bxf7 is followed by Rhf8 pinning the bishop.
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Sep 19, 2023 04:03
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Spokes posted:it sounds like he's ready to be world champion 2006-2007 looked it up on wikipedia and lmfao at how ugly the logo for that was 
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Sep 25, 2023 03:11
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I would sit down and learn exactly how to punish an f-pawn move. 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 is relatively common at low levels, is very easy to punish, but the first move is probably not what a beginner would play.
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Sep 30, 2023 16:37
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PerniciousKnid posted:I hit 1400 on Lichess last night. I was very excited, not by the magnitude of the number but by how round it is. I'm just around this level too (Blitz)! One thing I've discovered is that although the Ruy Lopez "centre fork" trick is only a small gain in material advantage, the psychological damage is causes your opponent is incalculable.
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Oct 7, 2023 18:49
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Huxley posted:That's tough when your blitz brain is screaming to save the rook. I spotted it but only after a minute, and I absolutely would have also hung it in a game. Your brain eventually goes, well what do they have after the rook moves? Qh8 looks nasty but I have Ke7 ... No I can't ... Wait ughhhhhh ... Qd3+ saves the rook and gives you a tempo to stop the mate
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Oct 8, 2023 19:08
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if you wanna feel good about yourself I found out chess.com will give you a brilliant for the centre-fork trick in the ruy lopez every single time
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Oct 30, 2023 01:59
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Mikojan posted:as white with d4 or black with Qd4 ? White d4.
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Oct 30, 2023 12:45
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Just hit 1500 blitz on lichess. Finally I'm above the median.
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Nov 4, 2023 21:19
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And 1200 blitz on chess.com.
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Nov 6, 2023 19:41
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Mikojan posted:gz! what rating were you around the time you started? I'm going to say 900-ish in the spring. I played a lot about 10 years ago in high school to beat my best friend and made it to 1100 back then, but 1200 always felt like an unreachable milestone. I felt like I plateaued around 1100 again, but about a week back I feel like I had an epiphany that I should still try to make good moves even in positions that felt "arbitrary" in the endgame (which pawn should my rook capture, which square should my king escape to, etc.). Also don't resign even if you badly hang a piece- it's about who makes the last mistake.
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Nov 6, 2023 20:55
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:rxb2+ ka1, rxc2+ bc3, bxc3 kb1, rb2#? White can respond with Ka1 to your last move
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Nov 23, 2023 13:59
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fisting by many posted:wait, does Be6+ not work? Kd6 Qd7+ Kxc5
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Dec 1, 2023 04:59
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Epic username I spotted: "Full-Metal-Calvinist"
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Dec 9, 2023 05:00
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Here's a good chess principle: if your oppenent is trying to scholars mate you, see if you can develop a minor piece in a way that threatens the queen. Huge positional advantage in the opening for no work
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Dec 28, 2023 00:12
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Leperflesh posted:I mean, I did harass the queen on turn two, and three times by turn 12, but that maybe wasn't aggressive enough. 4. ... Nc6 was the big missed move that stood out to me in this vein.
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Dec 28, 2023 06:30
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Awesome puzzle I saw on reddit today. White to move, mate in 2.
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Dec 29, 2023 03:59
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L.H.O.O.Q. posted:Just wondering. Does just going f3 or h3 amount to the same thing where the only legal move is to take? Or does it have to be en passant? Only 1. f4 works because black can follow up with 1 ... f4 otherwise and then you don't have enough time to mate.
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Dec 29, 2023 22:19
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I would like it on record that I don't pee in the pool.
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Dec 30, 2023 15:52
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CubicalSucrose posted:It moves like an L, OP, hope that hopes. Like I've always said: Either the knight moves or your score-sheet, there will always be an L
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Jan 2, 2024 04:19
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The game had reached a drawn position, and I offered the other guy a draw. He declined, and then spent the last few minutes on his clock very carefully thinking through his moves. He offered me a draw with 2 seconds left on his clock. I declined.
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Jan 11, 2024 16:51
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The fact that the rook blocking the king's escape is discovered feels non-obvious to me.
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Okay I'm stupid. What's the continuation after Nxg7.
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