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General Chess Discussion - How Well Do You Perform Vs. Your Favorite Openings?#11

1.Nc3 is the opening I play as white. As black I score fairly well, with a 55% win rate, 40% losses and 5% draws.


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General Chess Discussion - 2300!#8

2100 bullet is far easier to achieve on chess.com than 2300 lichess... assuming you are playing 1 minute games against similarly rated opponents. If anything, your 2350 bullet peak should equate to 24…


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General Chess Discussion - What's your favourite opening to play as White and Black?#5

White - 1.Nc3, especlally the "napoleon attack" starting after 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 Black - Portugese Gambit


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General Chess Discussion - How much bullet rating can you expect from a 1750+ rapid player?#9

@abu-mejor said in #5: > 2200 in bullet. > maybe icm or cm, but it isn't very possible, i think untitled. " Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt. " - Abr…


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General Chess Discussion - How much bullet rating can you expect from a 1750+ rapid player?#3

1482


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General Chess Discussion - Beat a 2700 with the Halloween Gambit!!#1

Only a bullet game, but i'm still proud. Not too often you get to queen sac checkmate such a strong opponent in only 19 moves. https://lichess.org/8HIfFPIz#0


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General Chess Discussion - what is the most likely square that the king will be on in checkmate?#7

@drmrboss is right, it is g8 square, and g1 is second most likely Interestingly, b2 is the least likely square for a king to be mated on https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/kp7qwe/i_looked_at_a_mi…


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General Chess Discussion - why am i so bad at puzzle streak?#3

I have a similar problem with the chess.com puzzle rushes, I can solve 35+ in the timed modes, but only get similar scores when given unlimited time. I think alot of it comes down to patience.


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General Chess Discussion - My Chess Coach is a 1400 elo player#14

@michuk jesus man, you've made about 50 troll posts in the last week asking completely absurd questions. Take a break


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Lichess Feedback - How to block kids?#8

OP, in one of your recent games you resigned on move 2 (!) in a book, completely playable position. https://lichess.org/LOealg6X/black why on earth would any opponent resign against you if there is a …


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