| General Chess Discussion - Daniel Naroditsky With a Back-to-Back Titled Arena win!#5 In English we say "he got third place" or "finished in second place." We never say "he got THE third place." Just a note FYI, I couldn't help but be distracted by this throughout an otherwise well-sta… | NowIAmDiscouraged |
| General Chess Discussion - Lowenthal variation of the Sicilian defense?#9 @Mehintabai I don't know who is annotating, but based on my limited Spanish it seems they criticize 5.Nxc6 for "allowing black to solidify the center while opening the b-file for black's rook, which c… | NowIAmDiscouraged |
| General Chess Discussion - Opinion on illegal moves in OTB chess#2 You misunderstand the spirit of chess competition. There's no place for these kind of shenanigans in chess. | NowIAmDiscouraged |
| General Chess Discussion - Carlsen versus Nepomniachtchi: FIDE World Championship Round 5#38 @mangomeister123 I don't disagree... per se. I just think there could be more fighting spirit. These lines are inherently rather low-risk, compared to the sharper style of chess we all know is possibl… | NowIAmDiscouraged |
| General Chess Discussion - Carlsen versus Nepomniachtchi: FIDE World Championship Round 5#33 @mangomeister123 said in #8: > I love how people are complaining so much about draws as if the players aren't trying to win... you need mistakes for a decisive result, guys, and those just aren't bein… | NowIAmDiscouraged |
| General Chess Discussion - World Championship 2021 Officially Opens in Dubai#68 >Yes, this might totally contradict the 11th World Champion Bobby Fischer’s viewpoint, who didn’t believe in psychology but good moves. But, we shall take into account that chess has drastically chang… | NowIAmDiscouraged |
| General Chess Discussion - How to hit 2500#19 @giancz91 further counterexamples: https://paulrohan.medium.com/ten-of-historys-greatest-late-bloomers-people-who-found-their-purpose-and-went-for-awe-6b733c6fa154 Again, if you'd qualified your posit… | NowIAmDiscouraged |
| General Chess Discussion - How to hit 2500#18 @giancz91 I mean, you're just not right tho: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1xmd5d/who_is_the_grandmaster_that_started_playing_chess/ | NowIAmDiscouraged |
| General Chess Discussion - How to hit 2500#15 @giancz91 I think your bitterness is unwarranted, honestly. People aren't just "thumbs downing because [you] said you can't become a master at 52." I thumbs-downed your comment because I found it need… | NowIAmDiscouraged |
| General Chess Discussion - How to hit 2500#9 Pay a coach. Not too many people out there who make 2400 on their own. | NowIAmDiscouraged |
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