| General Chess Discussion - Never been done on Lichess#1 TIL: There isnt a single recorded game on Lichess with the move order 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nc6 3. e5. One would think you'd be hard pressed to find 4 sensible developing moves (and 3. e5) that havent been d… | Xanderpitz |
| General Chess Discussion - That's not how you checkmate, let me show you#1 Just had a funny crazyhouse game, opponent took about 10 moves to try and fail to mate me, ended up getting mated back in less than 5: https://lichess.org/lsps9btprhZ5 | Xanderpitz |
| General Chess Discussion - Post your wildest variant games#1 I'm sure there have been threads dedicated to weird standard games, but I'm curious to see some of the sharpest, weirdest, most complex, or most blunderous games people have played in chess variants. … | Xanderpitz |
| General Chess Discussion - Flip the board#1 I tried experimenting with flipping the board in this last game and it was tremendously helpful. I was able to much more easily see how to penetrate the opponent's position by finding the move I'd be … | Xanderpitz |
| Game analysis - Move 15 ELECTRIFIED me!#2 Good catch: 16 hxg4 hxg4 17. Nd2 Qh4 18. f3 is a very nasty line, though another option would be 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bxg4 Qh4 19. Bh3 and you're up a pawn. | Xanderpitz |
| Game analysis - BACK TO BACK greatest endgames of my life#3 Ya at the time I was hoping to bounce back and forth between threatening to walk to the a pawn and defending the g pawn, but after that move I realized I gained the tempo i needed. | Xanderpitz |
| Game analysis - After losing 6 games in a row, I finally won a game, in a BEAUTIFUL position!#2 Smothered mates are so satisfying. Nice job! | Xanderpitz |
| Game analysis - BACK TO BACK greatest endgames of my life#1 Just played 2 games against an excellent player that resulted in the most ridiculous endgame scenarios I've ever dealt with. The first game left me with a rook and 2 pawns vs 5 pawns, where I ended up… | Xanderpitz |
| Game analysis - Find the move (without using stockfish). #2 Based on tactics I can see the queen pin with the hanging black queen and the bishop needs to check the king, so Nd6? That attacks the rook, so if the queen takes then Bxh7. | Xanderpitz |
| Game analysis - My first 0-0-0 game#5 I've never gotten a 0-0-0, but I came real close (2-0-0) in a simul against FM littleplotkin yesterday. This was the 2nd round of the simuls he hosted and within 5 moves the board was already hyper. F… | Xanderpitz |
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