| General Chess Discussion - check out this beautiful smothered mate with two pins :)#1 https://lichess.org/nVR1Earc | late_night_taco |
| Game analysis - Any suggestions and/or tips for this loss?#6 @tpr Ne1 is a very common maneuver in the kings indian in order to position the knight on d3 where it eyes f4 and c5. in this position specifically, retaining the knight tends to result in easier play… | late_night_taco |
| General Chess Discussion - The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix (please no spoilers)#1 Anyone else watching this? thoughts? I’m on episode 3. i think it’s really interesting and they do a good job showing the interesting parts of chess. I really like how the discussion of strategy grows… | late_night_taco |
| General Chess Discussion - I am stuck at 1630 rating#8 @MrBongcloud thatll happen, and it happens even to GMs. But the magnitude of your mistakes will diminish as your skill improves. The first step is to work on that habit. you’ll make fewer and fewer (a… | late_night_taco |
| Game analysis - Any suggestions and/or tips? And did anyone of us miss any opportunity to win?#4 On principle, you should attack when you’re ahead in development. The only reason your counterattack got any steam was cause your opponent was equally aggressive and reckless both offensively and defe… | late_night_taco |
| General Chess Discussion - I am stuck at 1630 rating#4 that habit will also serve you as you move up to higher elo, cause skilled players will sacrifice material for other types of advantages. So even if the pawn is free or even if they blunder, they will… | late_night_taco |
| General Chess Discussion - I am stuck at 1630 rating#3 it’s as simple as creating a habit out of knowing what your opponent is going to reply with before you make your move. Developing the habit of looking half a move ahead will save you from 95% of blund… | late_night_taco |
| General Chess Discussion - Opportunity to take your chess game to the next level#27 @MrPushwood Curious, how long have you been NM? You’re inexplicably adverse to reading longer messages, and you’re constantly shutting people down. From what I can tell, you’re constantly on these for… | late_night_taco |
| General Chess Discussion - AlphaZero testing new chess rules#18 People are worried that as pros get better and better at chess, a draw will be the only expected result. Decisive results increase audience interest and engagement. Imagine if there were draws in spor… | late_night_taco |
| General Chess Discussion - AlphaZero testing new chess rules#16 What about instead of changing the rules of how the game is played, change how the outcome is decided? In competition combat sports including boxing and bjj, a point scoring system comes into play in … | late_night_taco |
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