| General Chess Discussion - Need opening help as black against the London, Colle and Torre systems with 1...d5#3 You might find some inspiration in the following. It says "Queen's Gambit Accepted" but it is actually lines against the 1.d4 deviations as part of his QGA course. This is a free preview, and it looks… | SmithyQ |
| General Chess Discussion - What I did to climb from 2000 to 2100 on Lichess#4 Congrats on your accomplishment! Good luck on getting to 2175. | SmithyQ |
| General Chess Discussion - Material Imbalances and Game Outcomes#2 This is interesting, and I'm quite surprised at the 2R v Q statistics. I can't help but wonder if that is a case of it being easier to capitalize on time-pressure blunders with the Queen, as forks com… | SmithyQ |
| Game analysis - d4 is boring and positional? Play the Trompowsky!#2 I won't lie: this was a good game. You developed sensibly and swiftly, and with Black's King not yet safe you advanced pawns to open the position up. There was a tactical melee on the e-file, and then… | SmithyQ |
| General Chess Discussion - Is there a name for this opening?#6 It isn't an opening. It might loosely be called a "system," and it's similar to something I've seen in a few blitz and bullet games, where Black plays some combination of b6, Bb7, Nc6, e6, Qe7 and 0-0… | SmithyQ |
| General Chess Discussion - Am i thinking about chess in the wrong way whilst playing ?#3 The answer to that question will depend on a) how are you currently thinking about chess and b) what are you doing to improve? Playing games is of course a good start, but it's far from the only way, … | SmithyQ |
| General Chess Discussion - Trouble with knight calculations#6 Knights thrive against weaknesses. The more weaknesses you have, the more weak squares the Knight can target. Obviously, we always try to avoid weaknesses, but keeping an eye on potential weak squares… | SmithyQ |
| General Chess Discussion - Defense - What is it?#7 The principles of defence are straightforward but frustratingly unhelpful in many cases. That is, they can tell you what to do, but not how to do it. 1. Pawn moves leave weaknesses. Defenders should a… | SmithyQ |
| General Chess Discussion - About what percent of games should we have time trouble?#10 The concept is actually a bit deeper than that. If you use your time properly, you should be fine. However, when we don't know what to do, we tend to play slower (because we need to think more). If yo… | SmithyQ |
| General Chess Discussion - Alternatives to Chess Position Trainer?#2 You can try Chessable.com. You can export your CPT files and import them into a custom repertoire, and then Space Reptition away. Note that the default spaced repetition timer is different from CPT: i… | SmithyQ |
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