Thread 545599652

Rip /ourguys/ edition

>play chess
https://lichess.org

>join our team and tournaments
https://lichess.org/team/vietnamese-basket-weaving-forum

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>>545160991

We could really use an extended OP with good resources, like a collection of links.
There's a lot of them out there, but finding the good ones is hard. Lots of clickbait, paid site scam, low quality crap and so on.

when does magnus play?

>>545599836
hmm, like a site where we could paste a lot of cool useful links. you might be onto something here

>>545579717
Gentlemen. It is with great regret that I must inform you that... women.

you don't need resources. lichess already has everything you need. just play and analyze your games

Knowing how to do nothing is very important in blitz. And in chess in general. This is becoming increasingly clear to me. You gotta know when to do shit and when not to.
My second highest scalp of today. It's not a great game or anything but it felt nice to play.

>>545599841
titled tuesday

>>545584117
He played his KID all out of wack.

>>545600610
no i mean i real tournaments

>>545601648
https://norwaychess.no/en/

stinkamena

guys we can't forget Daniel Naroditsky

how have you all moved on from the loss so quickly?

I've been crying for days and you guys are just talking about chess like nothing happened...

>>545605660
The show must go on

>read boomer chess book
>boomer claims his retarded sicilian variation with only the queen in play for black against full development is playable for random boomer reasons
>check the engine
>+2.5

>>545605660
well the retard 1400’s who vouch for microdick-Kramnik can’t explain why he accuses everyone he loses to of cheating. until they can come up with an explanation the argument is on hold.

https://youtu.be/LJIt4_jCkXo

>>545611076
Most Kramnik supporters are just trolls and edgelords. The man can't be taken seriously.

>>545612248
kramnik is chess jesus, he died for your sins
repent cheaters for the end is nigh

Redditors on suicide watch
https://old.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1oqf3xg/finished_a_wplace_memorial_for_danya/

>>545614756
top kek

https://youtu.be/GiSKf5wbfTk?si=JrKQBHjsdUt3kGim&t=3182
>5 stars hotels in the supposed best part of india are still filthy shitholes with bed bugs
lmao

>>545600483
That's solid positional play, not "doing nothing"

>special guest teased on the Fide stream
who could it be? I hope it's not Anand, he's drier than a Berlin endgame. Hans and Wesley would be fun of course but they're probably too sad. It's probably gonna be Vishy though.

>>545615203
this is why a lot of super gms were underperforming, literal biological warfare

>>545615939
it's the same for everyone, cope

>>545615879
It's Ivanchuk lesssgooooo

>>545616239
>israel_military_stink_bomb_ineffective_in_india.html

>FIDE doesn't have a separate stream for Leko's game
They doing my guy dirty. =(

>>545614756
> v 17.1 NNUE

>>545599652 (OP)
Could any anon give me some advice on whether I should stick with Lichess or switch to Chess.com? In the chess club that I just joined, everyone, especially the really strong and titled players, plays on Chess.com, but I honestly prefer Lichess. It's smoother, open source, and completely free (aka not run by Danny the Jew). I don’t want to feel like a social outcast, but I also don’t know if I'm ready to give up the beauty that is Lichess just to fit in.

>>545617597
Chesscom pays titled players to shill for them. They all know lichess is better but they have to keep up the act or lose their shekels

>>545617597
Are you gonna play with them on chessdotcom? If not just play were you like it best, be your own man and don't fall for peer pressure, especially from nerds of all people

>>545617959
what are bedbugs in this instance? Fleas?

>>545618060
no they are bedbugs
there are probably fleas as well though

>>545618156
Ok, I'm esl and had to check out how they look, always thought bedbugs are just fleas. Yeah, I guess India would be a nightmare to sleep in especially if you desperately need a good rest for the next day. The hell continent of earth

>>545617819
Damn, that makes so much sense now. Do you think a lot of the players that shill for them use Lichess on the down low? I've noticed that some of the titled players in my new chess club seem to use both. They keep their Chess.com account as their formal/public profile (full name, profile picture, FIDE rating, title, etc.) but use Lichess for a lot of their actual playing.

>>545617828
With some of them definitely, especially my coach, who seems to only play on Chess.com. Maybe the best approach is to mainly use Lichess and keep a Chess.com account only for when I want to play games with them. Thoughts?

>>545617828
Appreciate the advice btw anon. It means a lot.

>>545618594
Nakamura would stream lichess (leela odds that chess.com doesn't have) with chess.com logo on top. chess.cum contracts pretty much forbid them from ever uttering the word lichess.

How the fuck does Arjun do it? He's so consistent too. Really like that lil guy's chess.

>>545618868
all the bullet fiends GM play it mostly on lichess because it has less lag, even magnus played on lichess a lot before .cum bought his company

>>545618868
Yeah ,of course you can do that. I do that too, I have a group of pretty high rated chess friends with whom I only play from an account made specifically to play against them. They have no idea what my main lichess or dotcom account even is

>>545618961
That’s wild lol, I just saw a clip of it. He really hid everything on the Lichess website except the board and just slapped the Chess.com logo at the bottom. Shameless.

>>545619174
Didn’t Magnus also say that Chess.com pieces feel like they're stuck in mud? I think I remember seeing a clip of him saying that, and honestly, I feel the same way. Lichess just feels so much smoother in a way that Chess.com can't even compare (on desktop especially).

>>545614756
Beautiful.

>>545619436
Cheers. I guess I'll just use Lichess as my main and hop on Chess.com when I want to play with them. Thanks anons.

>>545620231
That was a loooong time ago

>>545616239
No it's not. it's like built-in home field advantage for all the third world GMs since they're used to it

Why is there a chess thread in a video game board?

>>545622580
/tg/ is a dead board and /sp/ doesn't want us either.

>>545622580
chess is a video game

>>545618478
Look up how bedbugs reproduce

>>545622908
we don't want /sp/

Now that Hans is out, who is /our/ guy in the world cup?

>>545619880
kinda based desu

>>545617959
>if a bednug bothers you so much you should just quit

>>545622580
Chess is mostly played on the computer (Chess.com, Lichess, CoolMathGames) these days anyway.

>>545623912
leko and keymer
the bed bugs and india as a whole is cell

>>545623132
that's antisemitic

>Jospem won against Nodirbek in OTB classical
Kramnik BTFO

Leko's position looks promising

>>545623912
I'd like to see old man Adams at least take third.
Otherwise Leko, Keymer, and best Asian chud Lê Quang Liêm.

>Gukesh has to be guarded by like 10 security guys literally forming a human barrier around him holding hands
surreal

>>545628574
can't have a dalit like him touch other people, it'll make them dirty

>>545626383
Philidor haters BTFO too

>all these low rated unkown indians doing well in their own country
yeah right

You got this, Leko! Bring home that full point!

FUCK YEAH
LET'S GO LEKO

Lekobros let's go!

Vincent Keymer is so nervous
you can see it on his shirt that he's hyperventillating

Would be sweet if Leko can hold a draw tomorrow with Black and then get Sunday AND Monday off.

The fuck is going on in the Pranav game? They both seem pissed.

LEKO INTERVIEW

I love his voice so much.

>>545633721
gay and true

vit late to the party but LEKOGODS EATING GOOD TONIGHT LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO

Are you Leko fans actually Hungarians here, or do you just like him for some reason?

>>545637150
he's one of the good commentators

>>545637378
>good
*Best, of all time

>>545637917
Danya.... forgotten so soon...

>>545638165
>sad damn girl noises
That's a really JUICY position

>>545637150
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zxhk2E_lEWU
How can you possibly not root for this man? His commentary is unmatched as well.

>>545641552
pizza leko

>>545640149
ver is danya looking?

what the hell is time travel
every player seems to have a problem with it

>>545641982
nevermind he was saying time trouble

>>545642218
I feel like a time traveller as I search through the /chess/ archive looking for posts I can copy past here.

>>545623912
Leko and Keymer. Leko our main, Vincent our second choice

>>545637150
I'm Romanian, we hate the bozgor since times immemorial and I'm still rooting for Leko.

https://youtu.be/barCAN6xPyk

I like this nigga

Why is the knight disproportionately used to represent chess than other pieces

>>545646739
Because there’s a surprisingly large overlap of chess fans and furry fags

>>545646739
its the most stylized piece, the others are bland looking

>>545646739
It's supposed to be a cavalry charge.

>>545647230
Stale(meme)

Chess Chudsis by Chudron Nimzocel

>>545646739
Most expensive piece to make

>>545647629
The idea of playing otb scares me. I would lose 90% of my board vision with pieces looking so similar to each other, and also being off-center on the grid all the time.

>>545648205
Nah you’ll get used to it pretty quick. You can also try leaning over the board to look straight down to simulate online chess.

>>545648856
Signaling your absolute board superiority

>>545624678
>indian cannot fathom that it is in fact not normal for a human to sleep in a bed filled with parasites
my sides

>>545650027
chess has truly been ruined by these mongrels

>>545648205
>Makes illegal move
>Think it's m8 but it's not
>4 fold repetition
>Sneezing really hard an knocking over the pieces
>IBS shit that won't wipe clean while your clock is running
>Paired w a poo and forgot your dry snuff in the car
>Set up King and Queen backwards as black
>Forgot socks and feet start sweating so bad you can smell them and wonder if everyone else can smell them too
>Drop your metal water bottle in the silent room and everyone stares at you as it rolls into the crowd
>Cap wasn't secured

>>545650470
chess sirs are so spoiled and criebabies sirs. I worked all week to kick the rats and snakes away from those rooms, and sir mahraja here still complains about a tiny amount of bugs

>>545623015
Thinking about starting a collection of chess video games.

>>545648205
You get used to it, I had a much harder time getting used to the touch-move rule

Why is Nepo such an incel bigot chud???

>>545654365
ruskis are behind 20 years culturally and he is still able to hide behind the language barrier. when he gets called out for something, he just says "sorry, how you say, lost in translation hehe".

>>545654365
he's a fat gamer and was denied pussy from russian stacies (stasias) which turned him against the world
many such cases

>>545654979
20 years ago culturally seems like a sweet spot.

>>545652059
why are you touching all your pieces bro

>>545655549
motivational headpats

>>545637150
LEKO
KEYMER
MAMEDYAROV
IF YOU DON'T ROOT FOR THEM, YOU'RE A USELESS CHVD

>>545655139
Russia has world class hookers, he’s gotten more puss than anyone on this board (except for me)

>>545656365
>Russia has world class hookers
proofs?

>>545656438
All Russian women are hookers and some Russian women are world class.
Q.E.D.

>>545656438
It’s their number one global export. They send their B and C grade whores to Thailand where they mog the absolute fuck out of the high end gook hookers

>>545656438
Trump piss tapes. He only goes for the best.

>>545657027
You're talking about the guy who fucked Laura Loomer on Air Force One.

>>545655636
I can absolutely see a Navara-tier mega autist doing this lmao

Anon from last thread. I read a bit of preacher a long time ago. Never realized the meme is from that. Makes perfect sense lol

>>545655139
he has a pretty hot wife thoughbeit

>>545657484
She's kinda ugly by slavic standards.
t. slav

>>545657885
He’s pretty good looking for Slavic standards. Why couldn’t he pull a decent one?

>>545658364
Autism. Russian women like strongfat cavemanmaxxing wifebeaters, not weakfat millennial gaymers.

>>545659807
That’s literally me. Should I move to Russia?

>>545660227
>Should I move to Russia?
when you find yourself asking this you know something has gone very wrong in your life

>>545660227
>how did I end up on the frontline on a moped
Yes, yes you should.

Here is my best game of the day: https://www.chess.com/game/145238592352

Opposite side castling in Sicilian Taimanov. Big attack and tactics.

>>545660324
>doing drive-bys on a moped with a full auto AK
I was already sold on the Slavic whores anon, you don’t need to sweeten the deal

>>545651651
there were a lot of chess engines for sale in the 90's as PCs finally became faster than dedicated chess computers. Look up the SSDF rating list for a list.

One I liked for beginners was Majestic Chess, which embedded chess lessons in an RPG framework.

>>545660397
white played the most cucked open sicilian of all time wtf why play that opening if you're going to pussyfoot around like that
anyway good job handing it to him

>>545660397
>dot com
Won’t be interacting with this link

Marvel at that T E C H N I Q U E

>>545662778
more like pedoseev hehe

>>545651651
>not the big box version with the exclusive king minifig
Pathetic.

>>545657383
You should read the whole thing, it's pretty good. Well except for Tall in the Saddle, but it's a one-shot story so it doesn't matter.
The TV show is pretty boring in comparison.

How fast do you think he hit the report button?

>>545668513
One of Danya's alt accounts?

>>545669328
nah that's 'mixer

Chess players should know better than to deal with Russian hookers.

>>545651651
can i still play that today?

>>545675593
No.
Everyone else can, just not you.

>>545675834
i mean how do i play lit like how to emulate

>>545677216
>how do i play lit
A fat blunt should do the trick, but I warn you it can really bring down your rating when your mind wanders off analyzing weird lines, and suddenly your clock hits zero seemingly out of nowhere.

>>545678216
Man it really do be like that. Inject one marijuana leaf and you're paying for it for weeks.

>>545677216
>emulate
It's a PC game. You install it. Set it to something like Win XP compatibility, and it should work.
I played through it on Linux a couple of weeks ago and even posted screenshots here.

>>545669924
>we live in a chess mafia society
>btw join us on endgame dot ia PLEASE I beg of you

>>545681518
Apparently landlords don't take payment in brightest talent.

>>545681635
Implying he doesn't own a mansion bought with Magnus' money.

So how many of these guys are cheating in the World Cup?
What's stopping anyone from shoving a micro computer up their ass?

>>545683845
Just dignity. Noble saars would never just in the pursuit of some game points.

>real google review of the hotel for the World Cup
>published 4 days ago (before its conditions were public knowledge)
https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/data=!4m8!14m7!1m6!2m5!1sCi9DQUlRQUNvZENodHljRjlvT21GNldXTlJOa2hMTFRoemVFMVpkRlpCYlhSaFlXYxAB!2m1!1s0x0:0x3e1532f5d8f0136e!3m1!1s2@1:CAIQACodChtycF9oOmF6WWNRNkhLLThzeE1ZdFZBbXRhYWc%7C0d1ALYQ5Ty9%7C?hl=en-US&g_ep=CAISEjI1LjQ0LjIuODI0NjIxMzk2MBgAINDkASpsLDk0Mjg0NDk5LDk0MjI0ODI1LDk0MjI3MjQ3LDk0MjI3MjQ4LDk0MjMxMTg4LDk0MjgwNTY4LDQ3MDcxNzA0LDQ3MDY5NTA4LDk0MjE4NjQxLDk0MjgyMTM0LDk0MjAzMDE5LDQ3MDg0MzA0QgJVUw%3D%3D&skid=571bb26d-2231-45c4-9d0a-d0d8f9037cb4&g_st=ic&g_st=ic

>>545683845
i have one in my ass right now but it hasnt helped

>>545684342
You might be missing a battery.

>>545683845
they scan them before they come in and there's a 15 min broadcast delay.

Arjun is the only giga-Indian that plays in the pure, clarified style. I’m not afraid to say it, he’s based.

I can't tell if people are meming or not. Aren't bed bugs normal and impossible to eliminate completely? I've stayed in fancy hotels that have them too.

>>545684043
Thanks for the data bro

>>545683845
They make them squat and cough before entering the arena

>>545684752
>Aren't bed bugs normal
No.
>and impossible to eliminate completely?
A pain in the ass to eliminate if you're not gassing the place.
>I've stayed in fancy hotels that have them too.
Are you from a third-world shithole? I'm genuinely asking.

>>545685205
>Are you from a third-world shithole? I'm genuinely asking.
Y-yes

>>545683845
https://youtu.be/gJoqM6yzPb0?t=20194
there was this incident today at least

>>545684752
No you disgusting fuck. I check the entire hotel room b4 even puttibg my luggage on the floor.

>>545685472
is it cheating though or biological warfare?

>>545685421
Stay strong, Mantequilla. At least you're not *nd*an.

>>545681156
>spoiler
was it easy or did you have to do anything weird with wine

>>545690047
The wine install went smoothly. The "hard" part was not using the no-cd patch because it's a piece of shit that makes the game crash.
So I had to mount the ISO (duh) but for some ungodly reason the game wouldn't launch.
Turns out mounting it using CDemu was the only way to make it work.
Oh and before that I created a fake A: floppy drive in wine because people were saying the game wouldn't start without a floppy drive present for some reason, but I don't know if it did anything.

After that for better performance install the extra graphical drivers included with the ISO. It's some dumb extract > drag and drop in Program Files stuff.

Then you're good to go. The videos won't launch but you'll see the funny cutscenes.
The fact the videos are missing isn't a big deal because they're on the CD so you can play them manually.

>>545669924
Nice shirt Niemann

I am once again asking people who have no need to be using Linux to stop using Linux

No playing games on the fun machine is not a justifiable reason to use Linux

>>545691042
thanks

>>545692937
what the fuck are you talking about

>>545693363
Sorry, I missed a comma. I realized after it made it hard to read. Let me repeat.

No, wanting to play old games on the fun machine is not a justifiable reason to use Linux. You are misusing your computer at that point. You pretty much only need Linux if you are using it as a business machine. For serious business.

okay which fucking youtuber made a clickbait video about fianchetto this time
every shitter is trying to pull it

>>545695626
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdMG40wUCm4

does this game disgust you anon?

Do the organizers of (big) tourneys provide food or is it local fend for yourselves?

>>545700886
From the start I knew black would win. He just had that cheating cunt smug on him.

>>545702393
>cheating
no
>smug cunt
yes

Is this real? https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQXokFDjFEf/?igsh=MWVoZzlwMnM4YXh5Zw==

>>545702119
Funny how if we’d change the race of the people on some of this webms to Japanese or something 4chan and Reddit would cream themselves over the “traditional culinary craftsmanship” kek

>>545700886
Elo?

>>545704061
Guess the elo...

>>545704061
it was anon libullet, I'm 2100 on my mostly inactive main

chesscom shitting itself for anyone else?

>>545703658
I mean yeah if your chef washes their hands 30 times a shift it's ok to touch the food.
Can you see how it's different?

>>545691042
Man, I had troubles installing the pirated NapoleonTotal War on Windows, there's no way I could play this.

>>545703658
so true sarr

>>545703658
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuchikamizake
Unironically, yes

>>545706748
Fucking rekt. He got us.

>>545706748
good point. next time, shit in your friend's street, not his toilet. it's just the polite and hygienic thing to do.

>>545706748
>designated shitting room

huh. never thought of it that way.

>>545713148
post a game cat friend

Why would his mother let him wear those ugly red glasses? Also is he gonna break the GM record or not?

>>545685883
Bladdy benchod was cheating

>>545695626
I'm not using Linux because I want to play old games but because I fucking hate Windows and didn't want to shell out for a Mac.
We are not the same.
Non-retarded Windows users should be able to play old games just fine.

>>545721809
I literally just finished setting up fedora on my old hp laptop for the first time and it already feels much faster, should have gotten rid of windows a long time ago.

>>545722835
it's insane how much random bullshit windows spins up in the background. definitely not good for overall system performance

>>545725312
this thread has converted me to an alua appreciater

>>545727513
it's one based individual

>>545715797
he looks like a 30+ manlet instead of a 12 year old child

>>545731872
It's unfortunate, really. Kids are supposed to be cute.

In the recent C Squared episode they show the moments they're talking about from the Chessbase India coverage for whatever reason and god damn that shit is unwatchable. 4 people including 2 women screeching and screaming and jumping out of their chairs, it's like Bolywood Twitch on crack for chess. It's unfitting, moreover down right undignified.

>>545681847
i don't think his dad's name is magnus

>>545734607
4?

>>545703658
also worth noting that incels have a notorious case of yellow fever.

>>545734959
bigot

I am slightly alarmed to check in on Leko and discover he's almost down an hour on the clock already.

>>545734607
>1/2+20

>>545736782
>¼+0

>>545736878
>1/60-1

Jesus Christ the FIDE event is so smelly and brown that it's pretty entertaining to hatewatch.

>>545737165
>√π+i

Did Ding retire?

Leko under 26 mins, and it's only move 16. I am concerned.

>>545733872
>he doesn't know

>>545739585
he's chronically in time trouble

>>545740358
He was talking about that in his interview yesterday, too. I hope he holds this game together and gets the next two days off. This shit's gotta be nerve-wracking. I'm getting stressed just watching.

here's my rapid rating climb since switching from 10+5 to 10+0 a few days ago.
What did the 10+0 pool mean by this?

>>545742059
If opponents weren't meant to be flagged, why would they have a clock?

>Leko now has more clock time than his opponent
That's wild.

Prag is always physically shaking like crazy, must be so irritating for his opponents

>>545742059
I've been steadily climbing on my alt in rapid and games end with ridiculous blunders very often. 2100-2200 lirapid 10+0 is just weak as piss, that's my conclusion.

>>545703175
Lel, saved

Weaky Adams

>>545744145
Kinda crazy considering this is top 2-3% of players on lichess. Grim

On the Fide stream they said Leko offered a draw yesterday. Now Kirill's probably getting 2-0'd.

LEKO OFF THE TOP ROPE

>>545744145
>people panic and play much weaker under time pressure
wow, brand new information

Is Jose Martinez the most Mexican name possible?

anyone here use lucas chess' maia bots?
i configured the bot to play a specific opening up to a point, but it appears that it doesn't have any randomness in its behavior afterwards when i play the exact same moves?
is this normal behavior

>>545748591
retard

>>545738191
He might as well. Poor guy is burned out.

Pookesh in a -3 position against a BWC German

>>545748746
Possibly.
I did know a guy from El Salvador who called Mexicans Julios and Julias.

>>545750338
deserved for what he did to danya

>>545750338
make one for gukesh as well

I can't believe Anish broke into Danya's appartment and force fed him sleeping pills.

She's soaking wet

kek

>>545750916
>being too retarded to understand cause and effect

flukesh flushed

>abdusattorov lost to the mexican twice
what the fuck

>jospem won
>anish lost
kramnik fags in shambles

>>545751567
street'd

>cuckesh is already out
to the surprise of no one

>>545751053
Why did nobody tell me Jan is on the FIDE cast?

Jose is a Chilean chuds

>>545752009
We did, you just had to listen. And that's what no one did
>>545370063

W O W
O
W

>>545752803
Both Vincent and Leko qualifying for the candidates would be insanely kino

>>545754384
Unfortunately Leko's next opponent is Arjun.

>>545755016
Arjuns whole style is beating mediocre GMs with some weird sideline. Leko is a world class GM with encyclopedic opening knowledge, Arjun is still a favorite but Leko might be too cemento for Arjuns style

In today's game, we smash and Egyptian Two Saars enjoyer: https://lichess.org/ARvG4vao

>>545755261
I think the safest bet for Arjun is making two draws then sweeping Leko in the tie-breaks. I really don't see how Leko wins if Arjun keeps it solid in the classical.

>>545756750
Yeah, by far that's the best strategy.

>>545756836
On the plus side, it's at least not Levon. Maybe he can pull off a miracle against Erigaisi if Arjun underestimates him but Levon is unplayable for Peter, especially in this format.

Is there a tournament today for /chess/

>>545757813
Well of course nigga. Anyone is welcome to join and play a round robin with all of catmixers alt accounts

how would you convert this position

>>545758979
here you go
I converted it to .jpg

>>545758979
low elo shitter here, as black i see that the knight and the bishop is not particularly active so i would probably do Bd6; and as white i see the move Bc4 to pin black's bishop to the king, as well as the move Bb5 to threaten the horsey

Jospem is BASED. Kramnik BTFO yet again.

>>545732214
He used to be cute when you saw him in those clips where he was beating top players in TT, but now he's turning into a little douchebag. I already want to punch him in the face.

>>545765420
>pic
What was he doing here? Saying "you're about to run out of time, senor"?

>>545765673
players do this when the opponent flags

>>545766389
Seems rude.

based

>>545766748
Are all chess books written in this cringey prose? Wtf is this a novel?

>>545766748
I didn't need a book to tell me all of this shit. I just used the lichess opening explorer and then tried out different shit in my games to independently discover everything he said.

>>545765673
He’s saying EEMM according to DA RULES

>>545765420
looking very chuddy here

>>545765420
Yeah, his face is just unfappable. It's rather disappointing.

>>545766748
can't stand this obnoxious style of writing

>>545742059
That says more about you than the 10+0 pool. Lichess uses Glicko-2 and people usually stick with either increment or no increment Rapid. Some people have higher ratings because they're faster or handle time pressure better. On a tangential note, I'm 1510 after 80 10+15 Rapid games. How retarded do you think I am? I'm confident I don't need to study openings yet and still need to shore up on fundamentals and tactics. Helpful to hear from someone 700 points higher rated.

>>545767929
What book?

>>545703175
>>545744180
audio >>>/wsg/6023808

Ez vincent dub

>>545773663
https://www.amazon.com/Anti-Alapin-Gambit-Sicilian-Opening-Hacker/dp/879381237X

i just googled the text that was in the first image

>>545774162
he should have edited maurice onto yakub

>>545770000
checked

>>545758684
I don’t mind playing him just ignore the chat lol

>>545766748
>>545767929
>>545766956
>>545770000
i like esserman's writing. more concise but not dry
>Yet in the final analysis, the secret to the Morra Gambit's longevity lies not solely in the tactical arena (all gambits pose immediate tactical dangers to the defender). Rather, the Morra is also firmly positionally grounded. For starters, a Morra gambiteer may safely castle and tuck away his king on g1 behind a healthy blanket of pawn cover. The same luxury is not available in the King's Gambit (so aptly named for throwing the white king's safety to the wind). On the other end of the board, White's rooks may rush to c1 and d1, where they will chew up central squares on the wide open c- and d-files.

>>545775295
Buy an ad, Marc.

>>545770000
It's just Cyrus Lakdawala, a famous grifter on chess

>>545774250
Jordi didn't like it.

>>545776729
>marc
>awake before 4pm
lol

what the fuck was Ian thinking with this tattoo?

>>545777829
harry potter, clearly

I was playing a Romanian, beat him out of the opening and had a +4.4 position, then he mouse slipped and cried in the chat that I didn't give him a draw lol

>>545777343
Can someone please confirm Jordi's analysis before I purchase the book

>>545779061
Confirmed.

>>545683845
Everyone who beat the super GMs besides Gukesh was cheating.

>>545776830
Who's a bigger hack: him or Tibor Karolyi?

>>545780607
eric schiller

Kramnikincels lost pretty hard. The old ruzzian's era is OGRE, Jospem will play in the Candidates and that's a good thing.

>>545780607
>>545780939
silman tho

I think we can safely say at this point the World Champion format is completely fucking broken and needs a total reform. It's been 3 years since the champ won anything besides the championship tournament

It was a tradition for me to go to twitch late at night just to watch Naroditsky's late night grinds. When I type in twitch it even autofills and goes to his channel gmnaroditsky...
No late night streams to look forward to bros

>>545784521
just watch minh le instead

>>545751053
georgian women are literally virgins until they get married.

>>545773478
20 puzzles a day + few games (properly analyzed afterwards). Also I would choose some openings and study them a bit to figure out what the plans are, where the pieces belong etc. I just chose my white and black openings when I was around your level and I'm mostly sticking with them up until now.

>>545785259
that souless insectoid literally talked about replacing danya the day after he passed. he was so happy he broke more than 50 streamers.

why would i wanna watch some esl faggot that pulls his hair all the time

>>545785571
i mean it sounds like you already watch him

>>545786212
yes i watched his disaster of a stream, theres a reasno why he would get 50 cocurrent viewers, when danya had 1000 plus, even when they played each other.
he really was trying to actlike he was the successor.

>>545786483
Minh is a great guy. You just don't like him because you're racist.

When is Levy's video going to come out I need to him yell when pieces are sacrificed or my brain falls asleep

>>545787816
it's been out for 2 hours, anon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd5kuTELdBk

>>545788204
Man works fast

>>545788204
>not even a minute in
>starts shlepping his shirts
no thanks

>>545781484
idk silman at least is honest and everybody knows that its content was made for adult improovers and such

>my nigga Awonder won again

BASED

>>545788204
NEW GOTHAM KINOOOOO

>white has M2 on the board
>black calls the arbiter
>tries to get white forfeited for not writing 2 moves on the score sheet
Shameful, unbecoming of a master

>>545793070
Who did this? Very homosexual behavior.

>>545793772
IM >10 years ago, later became GM
Not a secret but don't know how public it is
Was at an invite only norm tournament in America
No bad blood but was still shameful

>>545669924
How did he get his hairline back?

>>545748746
That would be José García (that surname is the most common one in the world last I checked)

>>545782313
It's needed a reform ever since Illumzhinov.

>>545775295
not gonna buy your book marc. Get a job

>>545804671
lmao

>>545804671
why Voldemort though

>>545804671
chess is healing

>>545796504
Fin+min probably. Works really well at his age.

>>545806074
a subtle reference to the fact that he is evil

Everyone that can still win the wc
>still 4 feces people
As long as it’s not poopoopeepeedananda imo, weird alien looking fuck

>>545804671
Voldenik and Benadrylsky really couldn't get enough of each other.

>>545816543
What are the odds for making top 3?

>>545816704
0 for Indians 50/50 for big cock Aryan divya pussy destroying CHUDS

I am following the Bavarian Open for Alua’s quest for IM (she won’t get it this tournament but will probably end up ~30 Elo away from 2400 so just needs another good tournament or two to clinch it). But I have noticed something strange. Her compatriot Liya Kurmangaliyeva, who is like the 6th option on the Kazakhstan women’s team, has defeated GM Brandon Jacob, GM Ortik Nigmatov, and IM Ashot Parvanyan. All three of them dropped out of the tournament entirely after losing to her. What’s going on?

>>545816543
first time watching this event
Where are the big names, like Magnus and Hikaru? Seeded in later, or did they skip it?

And where is Peter Leko? He won his game.

>>545818930
He's still in it, those are just the players with the best statistical odds, should've clarified

>>545818930
They can't be arsed playing a month long tournament in India. Hikaru is almost certainly qualified already and Magnus doesn't play the candidates.

>>545819621
Hikaru needs to farm a couple more shitters first.

>>545819917
speaking of which: fraud alert

>>545821218
We need to give Matthew our energy

>>545821218
i think he will clutch in the endgame. the difference in the level of endgame understanding between an fm and a gm is enormous

"w"esley "s"o is nobody for me, just a player who are resigning every time when drawing

>>545816964
>defeated GM Brandon Jacob
maybe just her preparation? looking at the game i don't think she was playing the sharpest moves after the opening. it was just easier for her to play from the position than for her opponent

>>545816964
she will get blacked by Brewington Hardaway

>>545821218
One thing I have learned from watching Alua’s games is that you need to view with the evaluation showing the top 3-5 engine lines. Because the computer can consider a position as a draw or even slightly losing with best play, but if you dig deeper into the lines you can see that the player with the “advantage” needs to play the best 5-6 moves in a row to maintain their so-called advantage, and if they slip up at all they are immediately losing. The better/tactically stronger player often steers the game into these sort of positions.

Hikaru -2 as white against the zoomer FM

>>545823865
She did already she got rekt by him desu. Young and spry GM showing how it’s done. Still wonder why the other old crusty dudes dropped out immediately after losing to her though. Sour grapes? Weird to have it happen three times though.

>>545823479
I don’t think it’s weird she won those games, to clarify. Kazakhstan chess federation is currently run by a Russian billionaire who has been pumping money into youth development (in an intelligent way, I must admit). I still think he’s doing some weird power play and trying to become president of Kazakhstan but in the mean time as president of their chess federation he is making good moves that’s getting results. The weird thing is that all three of the players she beat dropped out right after. With Jacobson, ok it was round 2 maybe he wasn’t feeling it and didn’t want to risk more Elo, but to drop out after round 7 is weird.

evalbros... it's over
the fm's not winning this
but unless he blunders a piece or mate, he should never lose either

>>545829692
The losing move will be subtle. But it’s certainly coming.

bro trying to play against hikaru in an endgame on 10s increment

>>545804671
Delete this

>>545831685
Even though he’s going to inevitably lose he should still be extremely proud of this game. Dude’s hanging in there

>>545824505
Ok it’s over now… so what did we learn today /chess/ friends?

Nepo was right about Indians

>>545804671
Can't wait for Kramnik to see this. Very good.

>>545821218
imagine thinking the FM was going to win lmao

>>545833362
https://youtu.be/v7gi57NJDds?t=99

how does black win from this position?

>>545837064
boobies

>>545837064
forced mate

>>545837064
FEN
3kr2r/pppq3p/3b4/3b2p1/8/P1QPB3/1PP2PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1

ez with 2 bishops and queen facing king and both rooks kingside

>>545837064
jesus she's bigger than her sister now

>>545838961
the queen's two bishops are certainly angled at the kingside there

>>545837064
At first I didn't even notice the tits, I was only looking at the position trying to figure out why anon is asking about a clear piece up position.

>>545844567
I looked at the boobies, also at the other cutie in the background, then closed the image without looking at the chessboard.

average wmaf couple

>>545844742
Pathetic. Deserves the Alua glare.

>>545845038
Newest pic btw. She’s so confidently sexy it’s unreal. What a beautiful human being. I love her so much.

>>545851219
thats what chess is all about bro

>>545851219
She’s at least 35% white already by my estimation

>>545851219
Pinkamena is white though

My browserfish now says the English is the strongest opening for white. Want to see if it shows that for everyone else or it’s just tracking my preferences. I don’t remember it recommending 1. c4 prior.

>>545804671
>aislop
>not remotely funny

yup. we’ve got ourselves a le epiq zoomer meme. narwhal has been baconed officially.

Lol. When I saw the pairing I had a feeling they would do this. Well played girls. Go have fun.

>>545857596
yeah c4 is very normal as an engine top move but the reason is for the flexibility which is more difficult for humans to get right compared to d4 or e4
not surprisingly magnus plays it more than other top players and has the most success with it.

was it necessary to have a woman prefix for titles, seems quite misogynistic to me

Super comfy watching these players battling for their tournament survival knowing Leko gets to relax.

I would slap this Erdogmus faggot for constantly rocking in the fucking chair during the game.

>Erdogmus fumbles a dead draw into a loss
DESERVED

this is hands down the best tournament to watch in chess

>8/11 of the games were decisive
Absolute cinema

>>545816964
dunno what's going on, but i wouldn't mind playing with her

>>545857596
I started playing two months ago and Stockfish was already recommending 1. c4 then.

>>545859913
They're pity titles. Consolation prizes, if you will, since most women can't win shit at open tournaments.

>>545837064
kek... I can imagine this situation:
>you reach a king pawn endgame where the two can promote
>you calculate and you know that you get the queen first
>you look for the queen and see it's between her tits
>?
wyd

>>545777829
children and drinking goy blood

>>545782313
They should just rename it into "The second pest dude award" until Carlsen retires. Also, ban all poos.

>>545838069
this

>played a nice classical game
>except for that one moment where I was completely lost because of a sac I saw instantly after I made my move
>then the opponent blitzed out something else and I went on to win no problem
this always bothers me but it probably shouldn't
fucking king safety

I love this genre of reddit post

>>545857596
I think that started with AlphaZero, which used the English more than other white openings.

>>545837064
pinkamena looks like that??

>>545833362
But... th-the eval bar...

>>545865168
They seriously all look like that over there. Country full of ideal women. That’s why I don’t have sympathy for this guy anymore.

Chud Shankland flushes one.
Hey chud………thanks

Jobit jobbed, another fraud knocked out

If browserfish recommends c4 why does regular stockfish still recommend e4, d4 and Nf3 in that order?

>>545904220
What do you mean "regular Stockfish"?

>>545910335
presumably the version you can download at the actual stockfish website. I don't know exactly how you use it but I believe it runs in the terminal or you can download a GUI for it.

>>545904220
e4 best by test

>>545910903
It's the same version. Stockfish 17.1.

>>545911353
>depth 35
lol
lmao
Do e4fags really?

>>545911647
Browsers use Stockfish LITE

>>545912175
Only on Chessc*m.

>>545912175
See?

>>545912243
>>545912558
Hmm, I have no idea what the difference would be then. Why I let it run on my PC I get the same results as >>545911353

>>545910976
It isn't by win percentage

>>545912941
Depends on the depth I suppose. I'm running a local instance to check an e4 was still the best move until depth 36. Now it's d4 but it's still running.
Lichess' cloud analysis went down to depth 65 and as we can see above it picked c4.

Happy birthday Danya. You would have been 30 today. You died so young but in your death you’ve exploded like a supernova, spreading your love of chess and fertilizing the chess universe.

>>545913957
your efforts won’t go in vein sensei

Our guy Bluebaum will win he world cup. Screencap this, chudcels.

>>545913957
Sounds a bit gay desu.

>>545914275
I’m tired of this rumor, danya had a girlfriend out of state. Nothing about him was gay.

Chud to basedjack4

>>545914524
I think other anon was talking about you, not Danya

>>545920913
whynotboth.jpg

Do you think chesscum will ever bother implementing sandbagging/smurfing detection?
It's obvious that there aren't even basic filters like on lichess. Literally zero effort.

Danya looks like AI, maybe he's actually an AI? I dont know lads, have any of you met him face to face in real life? No? I rest my case.

>>545926621
yeah something looks odd with all his photos

Suggestions on dealing with opponents who push a rook pawn when their pinning bishop is attacked?

>>545928553
calculate

>>545928553
Always take every sacrifice ... it's the gentlemanly thing to do...

>>545928553
Take the knight, let him have a big hole kingside. You have two bishops and a rook, if he castles you can punish.

>>545931454
I mean. Nevermind.

>>545928553
I don't even see what is black supposed to do after you take it. He's like 10 moves away from getting the queen in there and without a queen there is no checkmate threats ever

the left side of this bracket is weak as fuck. the only player that wouldn't feel out of place the candidates is Liem.

>>545702119
https://youtu.be/_WsPZC1-TLo?si=TXadjQenWbEbfYYM

Would it be frowned upon in a tournament to never give up and play until checkmate to tire out or annoy your opponent, maybe lowering his concentration for the next game?

I'm a beginner and I struggle against the Scotch opening. I've tried moving both the bishop to c5 and nf6, both seem to be easily countered. What's the best way to deal?

>>545935218
yes

>>545937001
As a Scotch chad myself, this is the line I hate the most: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6

>>545926621
>I actually cried
Redditors aren't fit for life.

>>545937463
What do you do if they go e5 and attack the knight? Pin with queen?

>>545939040
NEvermind I'm dumb, take with other knight

>>545925992
They do ban people for that though. Or so I've been told.

>>545913957
Happy birthday

>>545934843
Oh so it's finally out huh. How is it? I ain't watching it, but please do share the funniest seething comments you can find.

>>545925992
I've played people banned for that. What they do nothing about is thirdies abandoning games

>>545940404
It's all so tiresome.

https://lichess.org/Se3kvc9k/black

>play a Ruy Lopez Exchange as black, feel as if I'm doing well despite disliking the variation
>opponent at a clear disadvantage for most of the game, but finds annoying moves that keep the game going
>suspect he might be cheating just to spite me
>analyse game afterwards
>turns out I was the one who was cheating

>>545934843
I would open this out of curiosity but I feel I'd throw up

>>545943636
You're crazy to think this guy was cheating.

>>545943710
I watched it. The first villager he meets tries to convince him eating a tiny bit of cow shit every day cures cancer. And the whole time they’re saying no one in the village gets skin cancer because the shit festival has healing properties. There were some younger men that said they know it’s all BS they just like to throw shit around with the boys. And women aren’t allowed to participate.

>>545944368
>There were some younger men that said they know it’s all BS they just like to throw shit around with the boys. And women aren’t allowed to participate.
kinda based if I'm being honest

>>545944368
thanks anon, reminds me of the donkey fuckers festival, which also disturbed me quite a bit.

>>545934458
yeah crazy. he's the highest seeded player on that side at 13th

>>545599652 (OP)
What chess books would you suggest to a novice who found out via the lessons offered by Duolingo that they might like chess problems but have too much of a smartphone-addled zoomer brain to have an interest in proper games? I'm hoping to encourage this individual to be less inclined to stare into their hellbrick and more inclined to play over the board and moving from solving problems on the phone to problems in a book seems like it would be a good start.

Thoughts on this book? It sounds like the study structure might be gamified enough to scratch the Duolingo-style itch as well as a book can.

>>545944148
I was, but what do you expect of a turboshitter? I think I was just frustrated that the game was longer than I was hoping it would.

>>545945208
>thoughts on this book?
I tried but I couldn't. The puzzles are too deep for my blitz brain

>>545934843
can you link youtube videos in chess.com chat?

>>545945208
I don't really know anything about books. Have you considered the zoomer's best friend, youtube? There's a lot of good instructive content like
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8pZbhjL-fQ&list=PL8N8j2e7RpPnpqbISqi1SJ9_wrnNU3rEm&index=1

If it needs to be even more clickbaity, then
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0baCL9wwJTA&list=PLBRObSmbZluRiGDWMKtOTJiLy3q0zIfd7&index=1

or even
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwNPjA-Vcqw

Pretty sure most of the newer generation got into chess because of youtube.

>>545946861
It's probably not what I'm looking for in that case. Are there any books you do like as a blitz brain?

>>545945208
Just play 3 minute games and do the free puzzles on lichess

>>545945208
There's one called 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners by Masetti and Messa which someone posted in there a long time ago. I found it quite useful

>>545947656
Thanks, looking that one up now.

>>545947440
>>545947509
I'll keep these in mind but I'm specifically trying to encourage this person to indulge in less screen time.

>>545947757
Right. Getting them to play otb right away might be tough.

>>545926621
Perfidious visage

>>545942601
This is seriously grim.

Is there any way to tune stockfish to a certain skill level in en croissant? I want to play a few practice games to try things but I don't want it to be a 3200 nightmare bot

>>545948010
Agreed. I'm hoping that non-smartphone chess puzzles will be a useful stepping stone. I also finally decided to buy a proper chess timer (I have the DGT 3000 saved on a shopping list from a long time ago so probably that one) so we can play games on fast time controls with a fun clicky button to slap.

>>545948792
set the search depth to something very low and it is a lot more human

>>545950298
what does the leaf on that represent? canadian mode?

>>545684752
>Aren't bed bugs normal
They're very common in some places
>impossible to eliminate completely
If it's a years-old infestation on a big building then kinda. Pesticides are notoriously bad at getting bedbugs and that's usually what extermination services offer in Mexico, from personal experience. Ideally you want to get them with humid heat (someone fills the place with steam like a sauna for a couple hours). Then, since that one treatment most likely didn't get all of them your whole house becomes a fucked up game of tower defense where you you have to keep everything squeaky clean and airy for months, use bedbug traps near your bed, potentially throw away old furniture or clothes that might have gotten infested, cover any places where they may be hiding in diatomaceous earth, separate any beds or sofas from the walls so they can't crawl down to them easily, and fumigate regularly on top of that. It's a bit of a conundrum in that they almost exclusively feed on human blood, can go months without eating, and can bounce back relatively quickly if you miss even one fertilized female, so they're a bit harder to get rid off than less specialized bugs like cockroaches where a deep cleaning will get you halfway there

Also if you see bedbugs at every hotel you stay in they're probably from your luggage and you cost those places a lot of money

>>545952016
I downloaded the manual to find out expecting the answer to be "no" but it is actually canadian mode. Canadian byo-yomi is a time control for the game of go.

>>545953881
canadian cultural victory

>>545955137
>If this system of overtime is becoming known more and more throughout the world as the Canadian byo-yomi, and if it is being adopted as widely as seems to be, it's due entirely, in my opinion, to the American Go Association: first, because of the influence AGA wields in the world go community; second, because the AGA organizers refer to this system as Canadian; and third, because the AGA uses this system of overtime in the U.S. Go Congresses, thus providing an ideal forum to showcase the practicality of using this system of overtime to players from around the world.
https://web.archive.org/web/20061120185427/http://pages.infinit.net/steven/byoyomi.htm

>>545928090
Most of the ones used for obit style articles like this are touched up, some of which is AI instead of manual photoshop because the author is particularly lazy. Most (all?) photos of Daniel from his last couple years show sunken cheeks, malnourished pallor, dark rings under eyes and so on.

>>545956497
theres shit like this from before his death too

>>545956639
God I miss him so much. Part of his chess spirit inside of me. Its warm.

>>545958507
its lupus

>>545958507
>Its warm
you should get that tested

I HATE GAMBITS I HATE GAMBITS

>>545961613
? post elo

>>545947757
yes, let’s follow the advice of a guy who
>shoved a screwdriver up a dog’s rectum
>blew up poor ordinary postal workers
>stalked a little girl using the woods for cover over years, like fucking gollum or something
because he was the only guy who ever went to MIT, or something… oh and he was a Luddite who would have opposed internet chess. keep cracking!

Im so glad hikaru qualified for the candidates, im tired of the wc being asian

>>545947440
how many times do we have to tell you that the building habits series is ASS?

>>545935218
It’s not uncommon at club level for coaches to tell their student not to resign ever. They’re not professional players, no guarentee they can win queen vs rook etc and it’s good practice seeing where you can swindle. Plus it’s not online where you just press a button and get a new game, you actually went somewhere to play

>>545934458
Sindarov and Yu Yangyi are good too. Honestly, I'd rather it be Sindarov than Le.
Leko got absolutely shafted with the pairings. Even if by some miracle he makes it theough against Arjun, he likely faces Aronian who's like a 99.9% certain loss for him.

Hot Take: Puzzles are not useful because you don't know in a real game that there's a "right move" on the board. Playing too many puzzles can actually stunt your growth because you neglect planning

>>545972821
Not really. Openers are memorization, endgame is often easy to solve with counting. Midgame has by far the highest skill cap, and puzzles help you see patterns.

>>545972821
if people just practiced raw calculation they'd theoretically make more progress but in practice they would hate it and give up

>>545972821
Horrible take. If done correctly puzzles train you precisely to evaluate board state and to calculate faster. Protip: there's always a "right move" on the board. What you're getting at is that you might still be a 1000 shitter that can barely spot a double attack even though you're calculating mate in 5 on a puzzle, and that's true for the reason you mentioned, but saying they're not useful is completely retarded.

>>545973808
This is why you do puzzles that include various situations, not just checkmate in 13.
Chesstempo even has defensive puzzles if you practice on Mixed, where you don't take any piece but protect your stuff. Of course the point of it is that you don't know if the puzzle is about mating, forking or just purely defending, so you have to evaluate the situation.

>>545974126
does chesstempo have puzzle packs you can download? I need defense puzzles really bad

>>545972821
>Puzzles are not useful because you don't know in a real game that there's a "right move" on the board.
You're right that a limitation of most puzzle training is the fact you know there's an obvious "right move."
You're wrong that that limitation makes puzzles not useful.

>>545972821
>you don't know in a real game that there's a "right move" on the board
not true, there is always a right move on the board

>>545974993
right move as in "3 move combo that gains +0.2 advantage" not "there's mate in 3 always".

>>545973808
>>545974993
>there is always a right move
Even if you believe that, his point was obviously that the magnitude of "rightness" is significantly more dramatic in puzzles than most positions.

>>545975648
he doesnt have a point hes just a shitter whinging

>>545975681
so is everyone else here

>>545947440
All shit, btw.

>>545977830
Guess the ELO is fun

>>545974860
the woodpecker method book that got posted earlier also has red herrings, like puzzles that have no solution mixed in it. How you're supposed to be absolutely sure that there is no solution and you aren't simply just missing it, I don't know

>>545956639
Bros... did Danya die of lupus?

>>545972821
>t.

>>545974281
Use ChessKing. You can use all of their "books" offline and their puzzles aren't garbage randomly selected by a computer.
>inb4 but their books cost money.
Not my problem and if you're an Androidfag, a cracked APK is available anyway.

I wish chess were still a classy affair with classy gentlemen playing just for the love of it

https://youtube.com/watch?v=cyCfagJipIc
>those eyes
>those jaw movements
Is Shankland tweaking or what?

>>545982503
it was literally never like that, game for hustlers and gamblers and drunkards since inception

>>545985345
rapport is the same
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAO_Y4Ssji4

hard to say if it's a genetic/developmental problem or drugs. though i've seen ticks develop in pro gamers who i know were using drugs for performance.

I recently got into chess and it's starting to consume me. I spend at least a few hours everyday playing games, doing puzzles, and/or watching matches on youtube. It feels good to improve at this game that I avoided for decades because I thought it was too complicated. Is this a normal level of interest? I wanna make sure I'm not sperging out because my gf thinks I focus on it too much. I'm trying not to blunder my queen.

>>545986632
stockfish likes the queen sac n this position

>>545986314
Richie has his ticks for sure with his double blinks and that 'little cough then apologize' that he does, etc but what Sam was doing with his jaw was straight up tweaker shit. And Rapport was chewing gum. At first I thought maybe Shankland had hard candy in his mouth but no. They're doing doping tests so he's probably not anything but those are some real unfortunate ticks for Sam then.

>>545955542
meanwhile the Fischer time is taking over both Japanese and Canadian byoyomi in European go. as it should be
the Fischer time, the good time

>>545973745
How do you practice raw calculation?
How many hours a day would I need to practice?
How long would it take to practice until my chess improves?

>>545972821
This is clearly a typical reddit take (and I'll say another one that's popular too)
With puzzles you train pattern recognition and calculation, if you see that a sac is possible, then you calculate
>but how did you see the sac
because you saw this pattern before, you saw these weaknesses before that makes you see the sac, it's all about the theme and the weakness.
This is a good book to train that: Tune Your Chess Tactics Antenna: Know When (and where!) to Look for Winning Combinations

>pic hyper related

>>545986632
>I spend at least a few hours everyday playing games, doing puzzles, and/or watching matches on youtube.
>my gf thinks I focus on it too much.
What were you previously doing with those few hours daily? If it was useful she may have a point, if it was vapid normie escapism then your focused sperg escapism is no worse a hobby.

>>545987515
>Sam was doing with his jaw was straight up tweaker shit. And Rapport was chewing gum.
I've found that chewing gum helps me focus and sometimes I'll clench my jaw without it. I started doing this back in high school when I was so conservative with my caffeine consumption that I rarely ever even had tea so it's not necessarily a stimulant abuse tic.

>>545997359
>Karpov resigning in 11 moves
Always good for a laugh.

>>545985345
He's danying

as black, GQD or GQA?

>>546013649
just play Caro-Kann like every normal person

>>546014075
1. d4 c6 transposes to the slav though

>>546013649
Nimzo-indian paired with the benoni

>>545599652 (OP)
Say. His. Name

>>546022601
Cheatmaster Drugniel Narocheatsky

>>546022601
>>546022968
This isn't funny.

>>546023143
Agreed, it's a bit stale.

>>545964453
>he was a Luddite who would have opposed internet chess
Based. Touch grass and play OTB you soft nerd.

>>546023143
I laughed.

>>546013649
I couldn't imagine playing the QGA, unless you just love memorizing theory

>>546025095
Kek

>>545990219
Looking at a position and calculating as much of the move tree as possible. Writing it out is encouraged so you can mark what you think are the better or worse moves and check it against known variations or the engine evaluation.
The amount of time and effort you want to put into that (and the subsequent improvement) is up to your own motivation.

>>545934843
>few mins in some jeet eats the fucking poop
And these people think they are human

New world record just dropped

>>546023143
It is. In fact the whole thing is funny in regards to social media's choice to blame his OD/suicide on Kramnik despite there being a very clear reason why he tipped over the edge on the internet available to review. It's astonishing to me that the social medias do not want to consider that that last twitch stream of his had to have been so terribly embarrassing for him in light of how hard he attempted to portray a responsible persona. His drug problem and his petulant responses to the people trying to help him (arguing over his "curfew" like a child towards the end) is almost certainly the reason he pulled the plug. He knew it would have dogged him for the rest of his career.

>>546032384
Saar it's good for health saar!
(Pic unrelated)

>>545934843
ITS OUT

>>546032925
>make new chesscum account
>I am beginner
>start at 100 elo
>win 3 games in a row
>+400 elo

>>546034162
Make a video to document your achievement please

>>546032384
Then they try to tell him no one in the village eats poop, he was so lucky the first local he met was the exception.

chess?

>>546045280
the competitive chess metanarrative is very subtle

Suggestions against the English (opening where white fianchettos his light-square bishop); go!
Or, what should I avoid at all costs.

if you had to give it a name, which would you pick?

chass
chess
chiss
choss
chuss

>>546048930
we need a more flashy name for marketing purposes
let's call it Super Kingslayer

>>546048930
Advanced E-checkers

>>546049064
i loved Super Kingslayer 64 when I was a kid

>>546046964
Reverse your Sicilian line

>>546048930
Warstrat Tactics Deluxe: Man The Castle DLC

Guys I hate reddit so much idk what to do. It used to be helpful

>>546050724
>"I hate reddit" said the most reddit man ever

>>546049079
In my native language it's called checks. Russians call it check mates.
We also call checkers lady which is one of our terms for the queen in chess.

>opponent drops queen for a piece
>opponent proceeds to play 20 more moves trying to swindle
>resigns when it's +8
giving turd worlders technology was a blunder

>>546051832
>try Scholar's Mate
>lose the queen on move 4
>instant resign
triple digit Elo is a magical place

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWeTEXCIcqQ

RESPECT

>>546050620
...so the Dutch?

>>546054152
we don't like the D*tch around these parts

My first !!brilliant!! move. I'm saving this.

I'm doing NNN and for the past few days I've been battling the idea of gooning to Belenkaya.

>>546059240
Dutch is only based response to D4shitters

>>546059240
The Dutch is extremely based and repdilled but it's pretty hard to play

>>546061082
jewish semen demon trying to steal your vril

>>546062130
>>546062147
I'm talking bout the race

>>546060346
good job anon. nobody tell him chesscom gives out brilliants like candy for basically any sacrifice

>>545706319
I would make my own wife wear gloves if preparing food for my consumption. Bare hands is NEVER okay.

>>545765420
>>545768815
spitting image

>>546022968
>>546023143
Drugniel Narcocheatsky was and still is a hilarious epithet

>>545990219
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JVKWDb2N1CQ

>>546048930
"chess" still sounds the best

Any black lion users itt? Is the pension scammer the best resource for learning this opening? I sometimes use those early kingside pawnstorm ideas playing the black side of the italian with questionable results but it's a lot of fun.

>>546061082
Dina is sexy and all but only a pawg would be worth it.

>>546064682
No but gingergm is based

>>546063404
Kek fair
>>546063710
I only go raw with my wife
>>546064682
He usually plays the less based be7 lines

>>546060346
I really hope you reposted some Reddit-shit as a joke, anon.

>>546048930
The Game of Kings

>>546067706
The currentyear chess rules are a result of chess being made faster to accommodate royal renaissancoomer attention spans. Shit's basically ye olde tiktoke.

>>546064923
anyone here play poker? I used to play a lot online with play-money but never really got into studying it. I wonder by chess players gravitate to it

>>546075657
I hate games with randomness and card games in general

>>546075657
no that's gambling and gambling is degenerate

>>546077501
no bro guessing your opponents' cards totally takes major skill

>>546078516
Poker has more skill that other forms of gambling but for anyone who can't play it at a high level consistently, it's effectively guessing.

>>546077501
Chess is meant to be played as a gambling game. The og format is betting with the odds depending on the perceived skill difference between you and your opponent (+possibly piece odds).

Is it possible for someone to make grandmaster if they play moves like this?

>>546080218
Chess isn't "meant" to be played any way like gambling games inherently are. Playing with odds isn't gambling because there's nothing random

Is it possible for someone to make grandmaster if they play moves like this?

>>546082596
I think if he keeps grinding another 10 years he push to FM before settling at 2150 forever

>>546082596
nb7 isn't that intuitive.
>I'd have castled and gone down 1.5

>>546083598
No way. He's peaked. I don't think it's possible for him to improve any further. He is too blind to too many things and he is too old to adjust. Rating has been stagnant since 2022. In 2023 I remember thinking he might have headroom for FM but not now 2 years later zero progress.

>>546084153
Opened another game and he made the same ass knight move blunder kek
https://lichess.org/kvuTFbzN/black

Cool opening gambit from his opponent. Never seen it before but engine gives it as best and a mistake to take the second pawn

>>546084365
You might be right given how strong everyone is now adays. I just think about Levi making a random push to IM before tanking forever. But even Levi would 10-0 stjepan in any time control

>>546084603
Hikaru says reroute the knight

>>546084892
difference there is he was a strong junior who took time off. stjepan started in his late 20s and is now 35.

>>546084153
I'm a 1900 patzer and have the benefit of the engine, but to me, it's screaming to be played. Improves the knight, opens up space for queen and potentially the light-square bishop, allows you to bring the dark-square bishop back to offer a trade

>>546085289
Coach Andres says to develop develop develop

>>546084603
lol I wonder what went through his brain to convince him to play the Dutch

>>546085289
it will never not amuse me that the #2 in the world is primarily a twitch streamer

Fischer was 2790 when the 20th in the world was 2590

>>546084603
that is a very cool line indeed