| General Chess Discussion - Why gms dislike playing against amateurs?#25 In real life, GM's (not super GM's) end up playing against lower rated players all the time in open tournaments, and they usually crush them, and it's not like they have a choice if they play in them.… | NM Falkentyne |
| General Chess Discussion - How do I learn from puzzles 2400 rating and above?#8 @facevisi10 said in #1: > I have solved puzzles around 2100~2300 for a long time. This range of puzzle focuses on tactics/trading that helps you win a piece or threatening to checkmate. But as I tried… | NM Falkentyne |
| Community Blog Discussions - 20 Best Chess Books for Intermediate Players#10 Silman's books are good because they are entertaining and not boring. Some books (like some of Dvoretsky's books) feel like you're getting tortured on Qo'nos. Dvoretsky and Yusupov's books are excelle… | NM Falkentyne |
| General Chess Discussion - How do you draw a drawn position?#2 You learn all the key drawn positions, king and pawn and rook and pawn endgames. Then you learn all the positions for drawing a pawn down rook endgame, with the pawn(s) all on one side of the board, o… | NM Falkentyne |
| General Chess Discussion - What is the BEST response against 1. d4 as black ?#8 As a 1500, learn the Queen's Gambit and Slav (From both sides). This will do FAR more for your general chess knowledge than trying to stick to a certain repertoire. This will even help you vs meta ope… | NM Falkentyne |
| General Chess Discussion - Playing White in London System after 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4#4 You shouldn't play the London system if Black plays an instant 2 Bf5, (Yes I'm aware that the move in question was 2...Bg4, but I think mentioning 2 Bf5 is very important, as this can transpose into a… | NM Falkentyne |
| Community Blog Discussions - I'm Switching From Lichess To Chessbase#2 I've been using chessbase ever since Chessbase for MS-DOS came out in 1992-1993 or something. I can't fathom how anyone can exclusively use any sort of online, cloud based anything. Oh yes, I agree th… | NM Falkentyne |
| General Chess Discussion - Puzzles: Why is X not the best move?#8 Lichess (and chess.com) puzzles are good for "finding tactics to solve" and keeping yourself busy or in shape, but *NOT* good for LEARNING tactics. There is a huge difference between that. A good puzz… | NM Falkentyne |
| General Chess Discussion - How do you keep from being humiliated after losing a game and just dropping chess altogether?#11 @Juuuustout said in #1: > Short story: The first time I tried to play was when I was 10. I played an adult and lost in a fool's mate. 2 moves... game over. I never felt so stupid in my life. And to th… | NM Falkentyne |
| General Chess Discussion - Best chess clock for 30 + 20#4 DGT 2500 or 3000 or a longbody Chronos. The Chronos GX will work also but you can NOT change the move counter after a game has started (a very strange oversight on the GX, that does not exist on the l… | NM Falkentyne |
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