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General Chess Discussion - Improving at chess#3

Endgame books :) Chessable has nice opening courses as well, but I should invest the time instead of playing blitz :)


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Game analysis - Can someone explain why 9: Be3 is a blunder?#2

It would have been better to take the knight, so that black cannot castle kingside (or clearly shouldn ́t). As his queenside is quite undeveloped, it would give a huge initiative for white on the king…


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Lichess Feedback - Worst Rated Defeats#3

To feel humiliated


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Game analysis - Ridiculous chess tactic (Black to play and win)#6

@HrishikeshM said in #3: > 1.Qxd1 Rxd1 2. Bxb3 That I saw:) (although I discarded Rxd1 because it would blunder a pawn, not a bishop :)), but I did not think a3 would blunder a rook :)


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Game analysis - Ridiculous chess tactic (Black to play and win)#5

It is Bxb3, Qxb3, Na5, If the Queen takes the pawn Qxb4, then c5, Nxc5 (only move that does save the queen), Bxc5, Qxc5, Nc3 and black wins the rook in the corner If the Queen does not take the pawn, …


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Game analysis - Ridiculous chess tactic (Black to play and win)#1

https://lichess.org/study/7EvPW0Yi#27


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General Chess Discussion - When would you NOT promote a pawn into a queen?#10

There are some positions where you have to promote to a bishop or a rook, because it would be stalemate if you promote to a queen (similarly for the knight). It happens more rarely than for a knight, …


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Game analysis - Both sides made 0 inaccuracies and 0 mistakes#6

I played Ke7 once in that exact position and got slaughtered by g4. Even besides the tactical variations, playing h3just kills the knight practically speaking and you can always take the knight to des…


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Game analysis - english is not boring it can be quite aggressive#4

It took quite some time to see the bishop sac :) My eyes were crying. Otherwise, I rarely play the English, but I play in a similar manner against the Philidor and the Benoni


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General Chess Discussion - Fat Fritz 2 is a rip-off#84

Crazy that he has the same surname than David Silver, that is the project leader of AlphaGo and AlphaZero. So there are maybe other people who will get scammed by this, thinking that they are done by …


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