| General Chess Discussion - Did Puzzles actually improve your chess#18 When I was a beginner, learning standard mating patterns and about pins forks, x-rays, double attacks, the greek gift,... definitely had a huge impact on my playing. Later, it is hard to estimate how … | swimmerBill |
| General Chess Discussion - It is a terrible format to run the Women FIDE candidates & the FIDE candidates at the same time.#11 I think it's a great idea as both events get more coverage as a result. | swimmerBill |
| General Chess Discussion - Weapon Against The London#11 If the London player plays passively, you have time for a minority attack on the queenside. So just play for that and pressure white for a long time. | swimmerBill |
| Off-Topic Discussion - My book is available on Amazon.#2 Congratulations! The steps between 'I think it is perfect' and ''It's in print!' take forever. Finishing is a huge relief and great pleasure! I just finished a book too but it is surely less interesti… | swimmerBill |
| General Chess Discussion - Chess books for 1900+ (OTB) players#8 Easy (at least IMO): 1 thin book on theoretical endings. [Thin because these are boring and you more likely keep going if the book isnt as thick as War and Peace-- later get Dvoretsky] 1 book on strat… | swimmerBill |
| General Chess Discussion - Changing openings for extremely long term improvement.#10 @Chambaru said in #1: > Im 16 years old with rating of lichess rapid 2000/blitz 1900 and cfc 1200. > > My current repertoire is QG/e4e5/QGD, and Im actually thinking of switching to something that exp… | swimmerBill |
| General Chess Discussion - How to Finish a Chess Book#5 My routine is that I won't buy a chess book until I finish one. I also go slow: in 1 hour I can go through 1 game on a physical board and then when the board is clear at the end I go through 1 endgame… | swimmerBill |
| General Chess Discussion - Why do people play games here with no increment?#21 For me, 5 minutes wo increment was always how I played blitz (long ago- on a physical board with wind up clocks). Now I am old and most can flag me at blitz if they can make the game last 70 moves. Bu… | swimmerBill |
| General Chess Discussion - How Do You Evaluate Imbalances?#6 @Sarg0n said in #4: > This sounds like all imbalances were somewhat similar. It’s about dynamic potential of every single position, the concrete possibilities. I was going to say the same thing: It's … | swimmerBill |
| General Chess Discussion - Books?#7 @ThunderClap said in #5: > Technical Decision Making In Chess by Boris Gelfand @rimac_c2 How does it compare to his one on decision making in major piece endings? | swimmerBill |
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