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General Chess Discussion - Opening theory, computers and wasting your life#4

BTW "wasted life" has no objective meaning, studying what you love can be very interesting, and understanding more and more the game can also be seen as a blessing for the chess world. It really depen…


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General Chess Discussion - Opening theory, computers and wasting your life#3

He doesn't look like a really stable person. For sure he knows what he is taking about, but a mind without any equilibrium tends to come up with very strong theories, ehich are more often than not exa…


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Game analysis - All pawns and no hope#1

A nice CK trap and one of my best games so far. https://lichess.org/f0YRTjUnSvV0


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Game analysis - Boaring but precise#5

@Nerwal Yep, I was stupid to get the opposite-color bishops. I was in a better situation before, but I played with haste


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Game analysis - Boaring but precise#3

@Vertonghen I was black


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Game analysis - Boaring but precise#1

A nice game, with a few strategic patterns and more precision than tactics. https://lichess.org/L4WXp9ZYw5l7


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General Chess Discussion - Maia Chess: A human-like neural network chess engine#44

@Parisottao Probably more than the ones he's played, at least with modern tecnology. If I am wrong I hope to be corrected


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General Chess Discussion - How to get good at chess#8

Puzzles are good (and probably I would need them too), but take your time when solving them. Think about how you reason, why you missed the ones you didn't solve, what are the tactical themes that you…


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General Chess Discussion - How to get good at chess#7

There is no easy way, but there are ways harder than others. You can get better even playing just bullet, but it will take ages. Better to focus on slow games, on planning, on analysing your games and…


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Game analysis - Why is the Queen sacrifice the best move?#7

@Netteal Yep. White could have also trapped the dark-squared bishop of black, but still both the points lost and the position seem much better for black not sacrificing his queen. It seems to me it's …


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