| Game analysis - Not a kind of game you see every day with the Pirc Defense.#3 Fun and crazy game! | iggywriter |
| General Chess Discussion - How to stop expecting opponents to be gracious#4 Honestly, it's recommended by so many people (like Gotham Chess) not to resign games in losing positions and to play them out (mostly for the hope of a draw or a blunder that changes the dynamics of t… | iggywriter |
| General Chess Discussion - Who is your favourtite openning?#23 White: 1. Italian Game, any variation 2. English Opening, Botvinnik system Black: If White plays E4, the Scandinavian. If White plays D4, King's Indian | iggywriter |
| General Chess Discussion - Most natural talent ever, living or dead. Fictional time travel tournament 2026. Who wins?#11 1. Fischer --- No way he doesn't win if he puts in the dedication and work. 2. Mikhail Botvinnik --- I'm a Botvinnik fanboy, but man when he was thirty, he was very good (wins over Capablanca, Euwe, a… | iggywriter |
| General Chess Discussion - tell me how did you learned chess?#19 My stepfather bought an American Revolutionary War set when I was probably about 8 or 9. He taught me the basics, but we never really played much. About two years ago, my cousin was getting married, a… | iggywriter |
| General Chess Discussion - Who is your favorite world champion and why?#1 A previous post inspired me to ask this. For me, it's probably Botvinnik and a lot of that respect comes from reading "EndGame" by Brady (the sections where Fischer just despises the man after pulling… | iggywriter |
| General Chess Discussion - who is the best world champion in chess?#6 I'm partial to Botvinnik myself. Sure, he was a "boring" player, but his results speak for themselves. He had individual wins against Alekhine, Capablanca, and drew Fischer; world championship victori… | iggywriter |
| General Chess Discussion - Analysis Engine Comparison / Question?#4 @DrZwischenzug Thanks! I didn't realize that the two had that much difference in the depth, and I think your advice is really good! I'll keep using both and looking at the individual training sections… | iggywriter |
| General Chess Discussion - Analysis Engine Comparison / Question?#1 Hey everyone, I play on this site and on chess.com (recently more over there because I'm in a bunch of daily tournaments and play socially with friends. I use this site more for analysis, puzzles, stu… | iggywriter |
| General Chess Discussion - Thoughts on Silman's 'Complete Book of Chess Strategy' for a first introduction to strategy?#7 @Arcus-Aemulus I just saw your comment and that's so really sound advice. I think why I'm drawn to books right now is more so to get away from constantly being on my computer or phone and playing otb … | iggywriter |
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