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Thank you! What you said about managing study time is super helpful and I really like that mental checklist you mentioned, I'll practice adding it into my games!

As a 1500USCF player, what part of my game should I be focusing on? This is only my 3rd tournament and the games I've played the opening, middle, and endgames are equally... well 1500 level I guess. W…

Does anyone have ideas for sharp lines or gambits to play against the London system? I like playing 1.d5 to play against the queens gambit, but it's pretty frustrating to play against the London syste…

thanks!

https://lichess.org/H0OMEDNI/white#119 Am I missing anything? It says black has a substantial advantage but I don't see how they break through.

Thanks so far everybody this has been super helpful!

I'm curious if anybody's got some tips on evaluation and calculation no matter how simple or complex. I'm playing in a tournament next week and I feel a bit uncomfortable with the positions I've been …

e6, Nh4, Nf5, Nxg7, e7, e8=B or Q, move that piece to f7 and take the rook.

If you click on your profile and go to preferences, you can turn on blindfold mode where all of the pieces are invisible.

Looking at some of these games in addition to others https://lichess.org/SHrgP40t/black#34 https://lichess.org/VL1pJGlu#38 It looks like you just need to work on tactics and calculation. You're also n…