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I only do puzzles because I know I'd just get incredibly  playing actual chess
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D34THROW posted:Puzzles are helping me to learn that my biggest challenge lies in learning to play lines in my head. Then I cant figure it out, hit view solution, and feel dumb when it was scholars mate levels of obvious. Yeah I'm at around 1600/1700 on puzzles and finding it really hard to progress because they actually expect me to see several moves ahead on a lot of them now 
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Jan 27, 2022 18:56
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If Nepo wins and Fabi finished second, and Carlsen follows through on not playing, a Nepo/Fabi championship match seems like it could be pretty great based on this tournament Or maybe months of intensive individualized prep would squeeze the life out of it and world championship matches are always going to underwhelm no matter who plays
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Jun 28, 2022 16:30
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Sub Rosa posted:Magnus met with the FIDE President reportedly saying he will only play if FIDE agrees to format changes. What are those changes? We don't know, but Magnus had in the past said the WCC should incorporate multiple time controls. Giri, who spoke to Magnus after the meeting, said he thought it was 60% likely Magnus would not play. I take that to mean he thinks FIDE is 40% likely to agree. Kind of wonder what would happen to hiraku's streaming if that happened. The Magnus will-he-or-won't-he stuff makes it sound like prepping for the WC is a life devouring grind, so wouldn't he have to decide (at least temporarily) between his lucrative streaming career or giving himself a shot in the match?
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Jul 4, 2022 15:50
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If you're going to cheat, doing it with the black pieces against the best/most famous chess player in the world seems like a really bad way to go about it unless you're supremely confident in your methods
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Sep 5, 2022 21:26
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rollick posted:Aronian said in interview yesterday that his suspicion of Hans made him more doubtful, and play worse. That also seems to be what happened with Carlsen and Firouzja in the Sinquefield Cup. I guess they would know how it feels but since a cheater is essentially unbeatable based on what people have been saying, why would this cause you to play worse? It's not like if you try extra hard you're going to win against an engine
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Sep 22, 2022 13:58
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AARD VARKMAN posted:they have no actual proof he is currently cheating in the game they are in, they can only go off the game they're playing. making an unusual move like Hans did makes you think "is there some huge line I'm missing here?" instead of just playing against it as normal if you have to suspect them of cheating all the time I guess I might just be more fatalistic then elite(or even good) chess players, but I'd just look it as if they're able to cheat effectively then I've pretty much lost just by sitting down at the board so there's no reason to worry about it or change my approach during the game
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Sep 22, 2022 15:33
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stratdax posted:I wonder what Magnus's plan is for the next time he faces Hans Moleman. Just retire every time? Think the idea is to get him blackballed from major invitational tournaments so he doesn't have to worry about that
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Oct 7, 2022 19:43
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Around 2300 puzzle on chess.com and the main pattern I'm recognizing is if the solve rate is below 40% I'm not getting it ever
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Apr 19, 2023 15:51
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Content-free number post, got to the next round puzzle number   But not sure I'm getting to 2500 now that I can only get +5 a pop  Also my puzzle rush scores have gone to poo poo as I've become too paranoid to move quickly
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May 25, 2023 14:30
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