| General Chess Discussion - Is b6 in the Italian garbage?#8 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O is a gambit: the e4 pawn is under attack. h6 here would be a very passive move that doesn't take undefended material, doesn't help development and doesn't pressure the centre. You're… | Tuliptonite  |
| General Chess Discussion - Settling to an opening repertoire#7 I'd imagine the better you get at chess, the easier it becomes to learn a new opening. You don't need to "settle" on or "commit to" an opening repertoire: the repertoire is just what you play. Focusin… | Tuliptonite |
| Off-Topic Discussion - Opponents letting time run down on purpose...#4 Do puzzles in another tab. Pretend your opponent has resigned and begin the post-game analysis, studying how you played in the opening and middlegame and writing notes. Crack open a book. If I'm reall… | Tuliptonite |
| General Chess Discussion - The Truth#5 Why is it always the same three or four users posting on these forums | Tuliptonite |
| General Chess Discussion - How would it be if you could promote to king in chess?#11 Queens needed nerfing anyway. | Tuliptonite |
| Game analysis - Yet another game where I dominated, but missed all the forced checkmates.#18 Even if you're only interested in specialising in blitz chess, it's widely agreed that playing slower training games at 15+10 or slower is something you still want to be doing from time to time. Some … | Tuliptonite |
| Game analysis - Traps and their mistakes#6 If traps always worked irrespective of your opponent's moves, they wouldn't be traps, they'd be the main lines. Also, chess would be a boring game, because people would all play the same tactics for f… | Tuliptonite |
| Off-Topic Discussion - What's your favorite cereal?#6 Puffed wheat! | Tuliptonite |
| Game analysis - Yet another game where I dominated, but missed all the forced checkmates.#11 Wait...did you give your opponent extra time? It says your opponent used 0.0 seconds on moves 17 and 18. After move 16 your opponent had 16.0 seconds left on the clock, but after move 18, 50.1 seconds… | Tuliptonite |
| Game analysis - Yet another game where I dominated, but missed all the forced checkmates.#5 If you play longer games with increment, your opponents will play better chess and so will you. It'll be good for you if you examine your games afterwards, of course preferably without an engine, and … | Tuliptonite |
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