| General Chess Discussion - Top 10 chess openings#11 to start out, don't worry about openings. tactics and endgames, and pawn structure plans. openings are for trendiness and belonging. my favorite opening is the hedgehog though | intro_bard_bot |
| Game analysis - All I did was pin some pieces.#8 You played fine, your opponent made a lot of questionable moves, most notably Qe4+. but also not seeing the threat to his queen. i think c3 instead of blocking the check with Nd2 would have been sligh… | intro_bard_bot |
| Game analysis - Interesting 30+20 game where my opponent runs out of time.#5 Nicely played. Not a whole lot to say cause this game is all calculation lol. But you missed 12. Bb2 with an advantage, and the en passant capture. generally try to prioritize development and king saf… | intro_bard_bot |
| General Chess Discussion - Is personal coach worth it? #23 that's fair, I forgot the goal was 2000 rating. In general imo you want a coach in the upper 5-10th percentile or better (across sports) -- weaker coaches simply don't understand the game or the psych… | intro_bard_bot |
| General Chess Discussion - Is personal coach worth it? #20 @tpr I think coaches are more meant to teach you how to learn and help you to put in the work, than exactly what to learn. In that way, as long as that 1700 rated coach is effective, he can learn a lo… | intro_bard_bot |
| Game analysis - I need some help#5 @drunkintuition thanks haha I thought this was a good game. but if you need any help or coaching I gotchu. we can play a game if you want | intro_bard_bot |
| General Chess Discussion - hedgehog appreciation thread#5 @Checksum are you fast at puzzle rush hahahah | intro_bard_bot |
| General Chess Discussion - Ahhh.... the feeling of victory against the most annoying opening ever#10 @tpr the simple way to defend is 13. a3 | intro_bard_bot |
| General Chess Discussion - Ahhh.... the feeling of victory against the most annoying opening ever#8 20. ...Rxa3 hehe gg @SavageAntarctican that looks like an annoying attack. I think opposite castling is annoying LOL | intro_bard_bot |
| Game analysis - A fairly smooth win with the French Defence, showing the importance of the light-square bishop#7 Your opponent was mad for taking on c6 and also on c5 lol. Nice use of that light squared bishop. I also wish you had queened lol | intro_bard_bot |
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