| General Chess Discussion - just beat gm lmao#8 Either way you now have a win against a GM. Congrats on the achievement, regardless of time controls. | DthNcnt |
| General Chess Discussion - Where to go from 1200?#2 Congrats on breaking 1200. Alot of more experienced players (im still weak, but lurk alot on topics like this) suggest staying in long time controls and practicing tactics for people around our rating… | DthNcnt |
| General Chess Discussion - Does a challenge persist?#3 As far as I know, it does. I routinely challenge two of my coworkers, but close that spinning screen out before they reply. Ive had one persist for roughly 2-3 days before I saw him again, told him ab… | DthNcnt |
| Game analysis - Is there a term for this type of deflection?#5 Thought this tactic was called deflection? | DthNcnt |
| General Chess Discussion - Wrong management of couples in tournaments#5 @Rag_Filini, the point of the tournament's are to find the strongest player, like @petri999 said. Most times a 1600 range player like you can't win a normal tournament. If you can't win U2000, then pl… | DthNcnt |
| Game analysis - Beginner advice: Do NOT study openings (game included 2100vs2100)#4 Maybe a happy medium between not studying openings and studying them would be to familiarize yourself with some common opening traps, like those White can play with the QGA. Personally im a weak playe… | DthNcnt |
| General Chess Discussion - Chess for Soldiers#17 @Skittle-Head, enlisted soldiers are definitely pawns of war, I definitely felt like one 😂 As for a correlation, I wouldnt say theres a clear correlation between the two, more like it can help teach … | DthNcnt |
| General Chess Discussion - Chess for Soldiers#15 @Skittle-Head, I fully agree Chess should be taught to our Officers, such as those at West Point, but I don't see it having a large impact at the Platoon and Company levels. Battalion and higher, I ca… | DthNcnt |
| General Chess Discussion - Chess for Soldiers#3 As a former soldier, chess among the basic enlisted ranks (E-4 and lower) would be pretty useless, even up to E-6 would have limited uses. I'd imagine only Officers at the Battalion level and higher w… | DthNcnt |
| Game analysis - French Pacman#2 Very nice! I like how the mate at the end is visually aesthetic as well. | DthNcnt |
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