| General Chess Discussion - Why is chess a game of skill?#6 Chess is a game of perfect information. Everything is on the board. Nothing is hidden. The person that can interpret that information, figure out what to do and then do it more accurately than his opp… | SmithyQ |
| General Chess Discussion - How to combat arrogance #4 Losing to someone you feel you should (or should have) beat is extremely frustrating. The following points helped me form a rough philosophy or framework on how I approach chess which minimizes this f… | SmithyQ |
| General Chess Discussion - Please help me with my black repertoire when my opponent doesn't play 1. e4#6 You may consider the Tarrasch Defence (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5) or the Queen's Gambit Accepted. Both lead to more open games, relative to other 1.d4 options. The Tarrasch set-up can be played against… | SmithyQ |
| General Chess Discussion - my rapid immortal game!#6 That was legitimately a fantastic game, and you should be justly proud. I'd be doing cartwheels if I pulled something like that off. Congrats. | SmithyQ |
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| General Chess Discussion - Is this a reason people play the Scandinavian Defense?#11 I've heard the following story, which or may not be true: We all know the touch-rule move, where if you touch a piece you must move it. But what if you touch a piece that can't move? Well, apparently … | SmithyQ |
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