| General Chess Discussion - Force StockFish to try and win a drawn position (to learn drawn king and pawn endgame)#8 @Kostsov_Sasha said in #6: > I like the idea so if SF sees drawn/lost position he does not even try to win but the suggestion is that SF will always try to win If the position is drawn or lost, then i… | asdf5656 |
| General Chess Discussion - Warning. Letting time run out instead of resigning will result in a temporary ban.#9 It's just a warning and it's nothing to be worried about (unless you intentionally let the clock run out to grief the opponents). Don't take the message personally. #2 is right I like that Lichess has… | asdf5656 |
| General Chess Discussion - How do you react when you blunder?#41 It's so weird when the opponent doesn't see the blunder but instead reacts to my intended idea in a serious way, even taking a long time thinking. | asdf5656 |
| General Chess Discussion - I laugh like a maniac when someone makes a bad move and then they resign#6 I laugh when someone blunders during an opening. It is funny to me for some reason. It's like "thanks for the horse" | asdf5656 |
| General Chess Discussion - Rating: 1500? at the start for everyone?#4 It doesn't actually matter that much because the initial rating is analoguous to the "D" component in a PID controller, but if you want to nitpick about rating inflation and such, then we have to thin… | asdf5656 |
| General Chess Discussion - Worst opening?#6 The Latvian gambit. The only thing good about it is is that if White manages to lose somehow, it lowers his morale a lot. | asdf5656 |
| General Chess Discussion - How did they calculate that a queen was equivalent to 9 pawns?#9 9 is a heuristic. Mathematically, every position can only be a win, draw or loss. Your queen doesn't matter if your opponent can checkmate you on the next move. Finding good heuristics is a challenge … | asdf5656 |
| General Chess Discussion - What are the most annoying openings you wish to NEVER see again online/OTB ?#3 stafford gambit I might start playing 1.d4 solely because of this... | asdf5656 |
| General Chess Discussion - Could a 1500 beat Magnus#4 a 1500 has approx 1/2526 chance of beating Magnus. magnus has 2861 Elo 1500 + 1200 = 2700 if he were 2700 elo there would be 1/1000 chance but he has 161 more elo than that so multiple 1000 by 10^(161… | asdf5656 |
| General Chess Discussion - Unable to keep openings in mind#3 Rather than memorizing individual moves, seek to understand the themes of the openings and why those moves are played. | asdf5656 |
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