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(skipping over 1000 humiliating games) have a look at this game from tonight.code:
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thanks for helping us get better at chess, Hand Knit. from now on, i will consider Bxh7+ when my bishop's on d3 and their knight's on e7
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Dec 3, 2021 04:45
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magnus (under time pressure) made a big mistake with 36. Rc2, which allows Bxb4. But Ian let him off the hook and played Qd5 instead! Did he just miss it? For a moment, it looked like it wasnt gonna be a draw.
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Dec 3, 2021 17:30
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(as of move 132) this endgame is shaping up really badly for Ian! i don't think he can stop white's pawns
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Dec 3, 2021 21:09
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so when did it all go wrong for black? After looking at what the computer thinks, it looks like the wheels came off when black played 72... Ba7 instead of Ba5, Bc7, or Bd8. Ba7 let white push the bishop around with the rooks. Eventually, white gets two pawns and the bishop for white's spare rook, leaving black with just the king and queen to try and stop white's connected passed pawns (computer can do it, but very hard for a human). It was still a draw according to the tablebases, but seems really hard for a human to find moves for black. On move 130, black needed to hit white's rook on f5 with his queen. The tablebases say Qb1 or Qc2 are the ONLY drawing moves, and everything else loses. I'm sure the draw is long and insane -- even stockfish cant see how to draw it without consulting the tablebases (it thinks the Qb1 or Qc1 are +1.0 for white, and it wants to play Qa1 instead, which is losing). Anyway, he hit the rook from the other side with 130... Qe6, and it seems like the problem must be that now the queen can't get behind white's pieces anymore, and the pawns are unstoppable, with or without help from the tablebases. Helianthus Annuus fucked around with this message at 21:50 on Dec 3, 2021 |
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Dec 3, 2021 21:46
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Maugrim posted:No, the Ruy was what everyone played at my school too. I was surprised to find when I started actually studying chess this year that it's considered a sharp and highly theoretical line. same, i started playing the Italian game for a long time, because i associated the Spanish game with beginners. Now, I don't take myself so seriously anymore, and I gladly play the Spanish. I think the Spanish game is popular with beginners because it's easy for black to goof up and drop the pawn on e5. And thats a more straightforward way to win than just having a good bishop on c4.
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Dec 4, 2021 17:34
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just now catching up on game 8..... (duke nukem voice) What a mess. Where did it all go wrong for black in game 8? my guess: what was black's king doing on f8 in the first place? that's not a good square! he had to do 10... Qe7 instead of 10... Ke8, even if it means trading queens and making a draw.
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Dec 5, 2021 22:10
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Hand Knit posted:The K is on f8 because he couldn't castle, and he couldn't castle kingside because he played h5. While he was okay(ish) until b5, I think h5 is where it starts to go wrong for black. He basically never manages to fix his rook or even properly finish development. but if he had done 10... Qe7 instead of Kf8, then he could have castled queenside! or even just march the king up the board when the queens get traded off! 9... h5 doesn't look as bad to me as 10... Kf8 does. But 9... Be6 probably would have been more solid. Doctor Malaver posted:He couldn't castle not because of h5 but because of the previous move. He had opened himself to Qh5, a double threat to h7 and the center pawn. mm.. yeah, maybe by the time he played 9... h5, he had already decided he wasn't gonna be able to castle kingside? Would like to have seen opposite side castling in this game!
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i'm moving slow and playing bad in 5+0 anonymous blitz on lichess, finishing most of my games with a busted position and no time on the clock. it was pissing me off, so i thought "if im gonna play bad anyway, maybe i can at least train myself to play fast?" but i'm winning most of my games (both on the board and on the clock) when playing 3+0. that surprised me! i must be facing weaker opponents at this time control? why might that be -- is it simply because 5+0 is more popular?
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i used web search to try figuring out which time controls are most popular. i found this graph which is the Number of Hours played in each time control. I thought it might be interesting for the thread to look at! https://lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/lichess-time-controls-popularity-using-hours-graph There's also an older graph here, which counts number of games https://lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/lichess-time-control-popularity-graphs TL;DR: 5+0 and 3+0 enjoy similar popularity, with more slightly games played in 3+0, and slightly more time spent on 5+0.
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Jan 1, 2022 20:40
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Helianthus Annuus posted:but i'm winning most of my games (both on the board and on the clock) when playing 3+0 UPDATE: this winning trend has not continued lol But, I think I prefer 3+0, because my opponents are making more mistakes under time pressure. Its more fun to find and punish those goofs than it is to be the one getting punished all the time
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Jan 2, 2022 22:00
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this reminds me of a position i had earlier today, where i got pissed off and resigned because i thought it was mate in 2, and the opponents queen (checking me) was just hanging lmao i laughed at the paper, thanks
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Jan 2, 2022 22:03
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"endgame" came up today, outside a chess context (but maybe lots of other games have endgames too)
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Jan 6, 2022 04:41
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Baronash posted:
Make sure to look at all possible checks! If you do that in this position, you would have to evaluate these moves: Qe1+ (loses the queen) Rxh2+ (loses the rook and the bishop, but its mate in 3) Rf1+ (wins a queen for your rook and your bishop) Qxf3+ (wins a pawn and trades queens) Bg2+ (mate in 2) I know thats not much of a shortcut, since you still have to look at a bunch of moves, but maybe this will help you prioritize which moves to look at first. EDIT: oops, Rxh2+ is actually mate in 3! I didnt look at the followup after i saw it losing material. shows what i know. Helianthus Annuus fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Jan 7, 2022 |
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Jan 7, 2022 00:04
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Redmark posted:Looking at a position like that my evaluation would be "come on there has to be mate here", Hand Knit posted:Do you have more pieces around your opponent's king than they have? Look for the kill. yeah these are the shortcuts OP needed! If you've played enough games, you tell at a glance that Black has a winning move here, even if you don't see it immediately.
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Jan 7, 2022 00:12
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If there are any other amateur weight-lifters in the chess thread, check this out: Losing 6 blitz games in a row is a great way to get really pissed off so you can bang out several difficult reps!
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Jan 9, 2022 20:43
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enjoying a fun category of chess puzzles in Lichess (will be super helpful in 90% of my blitz games): Equality https://lichess.org/training/equality "Come back from a losing position, and secure a draw or a balanced position. (eval ≤ 200cp)" EDIT: but i was actually looking for a category of puzzles where you force a perpetual from a lost position. any of the other chess puzzle sites offer such a thing? EDIT2: these Equality puzzles dont seem to be in the main puzzle pool! Most puzzles have been solved 1000s of times, but these are in the single digits -- I might be the first person to see some of these Helianthus Annuus fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Jan 22, 2022 |
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Jan 22, 2022 19:11
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Obfuscation posted:eh nm are you the voice in my head that talks to me when I drop a piece? haha here's some advice: If you are on a losing streak on one time control, switch to another
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Jan 22, 2022 19:26
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when i have the black pieces, i always want to play the Sicilian. sometimes my opponents play 2. Bc4, and i love it because it gives me a very easy plan: push the bishop around and get a huge space advantage on the queenside (then desperately try to castle before something bad happens). code:
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Jan 23, 2022 18:25
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Hand Knit posted:I don't think the computer is all that worth paying attention to here. All moves are fine. Keep in mind that playing Qc7 doesn't mean you're not playing d5, it just means you're playing Qc7 before you play d5. Here are a couple of thoughts on this particular move: thanks Hand Knit, I will try to play Qc7 next time. So, do you try to fianchetto your bishop on g7 in these lines, or just put the bishop on e7 and hope it can get active later on? EDIT (UNRELATED): Here's another fun puzzle category: Hanging Piece.https://lichess.org/training/hangingPiece You would think that anyone who knows how the pieces move could get 100%, but sometimes more than one piece is hanging, and the more valuable one isn't as obvious! Helianthus Annuus fucked around with this message at 20:29 on Jan 23, 2022 |
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Jan 23, 2022 19:31
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analyzing a blitz game that i just lost. the computer found a winning move for white in this position that i would never even consider. white to move and win
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Jan 30, 2022 20:06
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Captain Foo posted:1. Rxc7 -stalemated- ? thats right! a miserable gently caress up, when Re8# is right there
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Jan 30, 2022 20:09
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Zwabu posted:Ah but even more stylish (IMO) to go with f7#. oh yeah! but (almost) every move wins. BLITZ CHESS UPDATE: i was losing my game again, but the opponent hung mate in one, and i saw it this time 
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Jan 30, 2022 20:25
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Hobojim posted:Is it Bb6? They can't take the bishop with the pawn or you fork them with Nxb6, and if they don't I guess you can just do some knight stuff and get an attack going? yeah, thats the right move, and the computer says all other moves are losing. black has several responses, but none of them are good
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Jan 30, 2022 21:53
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i'm no expert at exposing cheaters, but i would be looking at 1) how many mistakes the computer finds with their moves during the post-game analysis 2) how much time was spent on each move. In particular, there are certain positions where a human would need to take a longer time to find a good move. If your alleged cheater is banging out perfect moves every 10 seconds (or however long it takes for him to copy-paste your moves into the engine) no matter how complicated the position is, then i think it's clear that player is cheating.
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Feb 1, 2022 17:52
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jiggerypokery posted:Anyone got a favourite offline puzzle/training app? also wondering this EDIT: so far, only found this https://github.com/brianch/offline-chess-puzzles Helianthus Annuus fucked around with this message at 21:13 on Feb 2, 2022 |
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Feb 2, 2022 18:28
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been trying something new with puzzles lately: flipping the board and trying to find the move for the opponent. Anyone ever try this? Its a hell of a lot more difficult for me than just doing puzzles normally -- i have lots of practice finding good moves for myself, and not very much the other way around. Am i facing an uphill battle to get better at this? Is there some cognitive shortcut to map one onto the other?
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Feb 2, 2022 18:31
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https://lichess.org/analysis/r3k1r1/1R3p2/4pB1b/p2pP3/1npn4/Q5Pq/3N1P2/1R4K1_b_q_-_3_28 missed the mate in 1 in this position (i played Rxg3+ instead), with 1:18 still on the clock (it was a 5:00 game) then hung my queen shortly thereafter  EDIT: Time to go to bed early and stare at the ceiling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWyzwo1xg0 EDIT2: Decided that sleep was letting myself off too easy for this disgrace, so now I'm punishing myself with back-to-back mate in one puzzles https://lichess.org/training/mateIn1 EDIT3: The self-flagellation worked, i am back! Back to punishing the other players instead of punishing myself
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Feb 19, 2022 04:44
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Zwabu posted:I got caught by an opening trap in the French Defence today (I was White) and lost. I looked over the game and identified the move where my game fell apart and why. Then I matched the same player a short time later and played out the opening in exactly the same way but I didn't make the mistake that fell into the trap this time, and got a solid win. The opponent taking a million years on each move once I didn't fall into their trap was soooo satisfying. nice! can i see the moves leading up to the opening trap?
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Jun 6, 2022 14:44
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Seeing a lot of knights on the H file and on the A file in these candidates 2022 games! Is this a noteworthy trend? Unusual? I generally don't put my knights there, but I also don't get booked up to the gills before my games 
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Jun 29, 2022 17:24
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code:also from my blitz game: it's not g6 
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Aug 28, 2022 01:41
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Maugrim posted:Is it 1. ... Nf3+ 2. gxf3 Qb1+ 3. Kh2 Qg3 forcing either queen trade or loss of bishop? that's right, any other move hangs checkmate
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Aug 28, 2022 06:29
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Regardless what Hans might have done, Magnus definitely hosed up by withdrawing from this tournament for no good reason! Magnus has a recent history of sabotaging top-level chess by withdrawing from this tournament and by refusing to defend his title -- if anyone deserves a ban, it's him. And if we want to talk about cheating online, I happened to be watching Magnus's chess stream during an online bullet tournament a few months ago, and he flagrantly cheated in his game against Naroditsky. He ended up winning the tournament. His cheating was clearly documented and there was prize money involved -- so where's the ban? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NrOv8hxN6g https://lichess.org/tournament/dec21lta https://lichess.org/w1j9cz4v/white#20 Anyway, if Hans cheats and continues to cheat OTB, he'll eventually get caught, and he'll get what's coming to him (assuming he doesn't get banned from top-level chess after this baseless accusation). It's just too bad that Magnus won't be held accountable for his various disgraces.
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totalnewbie posted:Magnus doesn't have any obligation to defend his title if he doesn't want to. And given how badly he trounced Nepomniachtchi last time and how much actual work it is to play a world championship match, I don't necessarily blame him. It's hardly "sabotaging" - vacating a title is pretty accepted in other sports like boxing. He hosed up this tournament by withdrawing for no good reason -- that's the sabotage I'm talking about. Very poor sportsmanship, and not really defensible even if Hans did cheat. It sucks for everyone else in the tournament, so I lose a lot of respect for him. That's why I think focusing on Hans misses the point -- it's not Hans's fault that Magnus withdrew, no matter what he says. I agree with you that he has no obligation to defend the title. You're probably right that it shouldn't be called sabotage, but it certainly devalues the title, and I don't like it. And the fact that his cheating didn't change the outcome of that two-bit online tournament is irrelevant. He should still be held accountable for his conduct, not given special treatment because his name helps rake in the chess money. In that moment, he should have turned around to his buddy, said "nice going dipshit," and clicked the resign button. That would have been the honorable thing to do, but instead, he decided in the moment that the rules don't apply to him, and everyone went along with it. I think that sucks! Anyway, thanks for reading my tedious chess screed on why Magnus deserves less respect than he gets!
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Captain von Trapp posted:By historical World Chess Championship standards you're a weirdo if you're not a prima donna with Dr. Evil style demands about how to run chess championships. lol good point though Salt Fish posted:Yeah he hasn't even given a speech about "the Jewish problem" or vowed to destroy FIDE and made his own chess federation or brought his opponent's former therapist and ex-wife to sit in the front row of a tournament. don't give up on him yet! Sub Rosa posted:Chess.com made a statement It's weird that they chose this moment to ban him, if they had all this evidence. I don't doubt it though, he did admit to cheating online, and I totally believe he would lie about the extent of it.
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Apsyrtes posted:If I can be an anecdote: That sucks! I bet that other poster is right, you had another tab open during a game, and if you look away from the board at any time, then your money is no good here. chess dot com is a 2nd rate chess site. They have to pay GM Finegold NOT to play on lichess. Really says it all You're right, I shouldnt necessarily take what they post on twitter at face value
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i think its very common! but here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNgvAmPexeU&t=634s
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smiling giraffe posted:mate in 3 with a sexy finish nice one, thanks for sharing
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Brut posted:
it was too hard for me, so i sic'd the computer on it. a hint to help someone else figure it out without the computer: It's easy to find the first move but a little harder to DISCOVER followup.
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