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Time spent playing: 68 days, 12 hours

Time featured on TV: 4 days, 23 hours

9 Mar 2025

15 wins11 losses

Solved 26 training puzzles196346

Posted 1 message in How to treat abandoned games?

If I think they were winning, I'll usually give them longer than the thirty seconds to reconnect; if they had three minu…

Posted 1 message in Why was 33...Rxa2 an inaccuracy?

By capturing a2, White's king is pinned, and their only available move is the rook. Meaning, they can slam that rook dow…

7 Mar 2025

1 win3 losses

Played 4 King of the Hill games203119

Posted 1 message in Most troubling English spellings

Any discussion of English invites the old poem The Chaos. https://ncf.idallen.com/english.html "Previous, precious, fuch…

Posted 1 message in Name for this tactic

I've been calling them "can openers". ...you did say "any name".

Competed in 1 Arena tournament

Ranked #27 (top 58%) with 4 games in Daily King of the Hill Arena

6 Mar 2025

10 wins2 losses

Played 12 King of the Hill games205038

1 win2 losses

Played 3 Crazyhouse games191719

1 loss

Played 1 Chess960 game176016

Posted 1 message in Are puzzles actually useful to improve in games?

@Sherlocked_Homeless said in #1: > it's difficult to find these patterns That means you haven't practiced them enough. R…

Competed in 1 Arena tournament

Ranked #2 (top 5%) with 11 games in Daily King of the Hill Arena

5 Mar 2025

15 wins1 draw14 losses

Played 30 King of the Hill games20127

Posted 1 message in How do find the only winning move for white in this position?

As a puzzle, or as a live game? In a live game, I don't bother; I play Rf1 and then maybe Rh1. The rook is pinned, the q…

Competed in 1 Arena tournament

Ranked #9 (top 7%) with 30 games in Weekly King of the Hill Arena

4 Mar 2025

31 wins23 losses

Solved 54 training puzzles191718

Posted 1 message in Strategy vs lower rated opponents

I feel like you're overestimating your losses. Going through your games, in two weeks you've lost to two opponents aroun…

3 Mar 2025

14 wins11 losses

Solved 25 training puzzles189922

4 wins1 draw1 loss

Played 6 Blitz games214417

4 wins2 losses

Played 6 King of the Hill games20059

Competed in 1 Arena tournament

Ranked #13 (top 26%) with 6 games in Daily King of the Hill Arena

2 Mar 2025

40 wins50 losses

Solved 90 training puzzles1877100

3 wins2 losses

Played 5 King of the Hill games19966

1 win

Played 1 Blitz game21273

Competed in 1 Arena tournament

Ranked #20 (top 44%) with 4 games in Daily King of the Hill Arena