>>97501659
>FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship
We should boycott this as spectators.

What do you guys think of Karla Karlson? Have you played her before? Did her aura enchant you?

>>97501893
We don't like trolls.

>>97501972
you refer to yourself as we? also not a troll so relax

>>97501972
Do you know Karla? I'm trying to get in touch with her. It's been quite a long time since I've spoken to her, unfortunately.

>>97501659
Literally no one who plays chess wants this robot. It's too expensive for beginners, too slow for amateurs, and too physical for experts.

>>97501659

How do you make chess fun?

>>97502432
I find it helps to make chess friends. Right now my chess friend is missing. Her name is Karla Arambula. I'd like to speak with her if you know any ways of reaching her. Thank you.

>>97502432
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bughouse_chess

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>See potential Rook vs 3 pawn endgame
>Do some calcs
>Looks like it's winnable
>Go for the line
>Get said rook vs 3 pawn endgame
>Actually win said game

Boy howdy does it feel good to finally not completely fucking suck lemons at this game.

>>97502432
>How do you make chess fun?
Rooks can only move 3 tiles.
Queens move identically to kings.

Wa la, I fixed the game.

>>97502584
>>97501972
We don't like chess variants.

>>97501659
Is Gotham Chess (Rozman)'s book good. Havenct played since highschool and I'm look for a book that's good at explaining how I'm supposed to transition from an opening to an actual game plan.

>>97502432
Winning.

>>97501893
Who?

>>97502985
You can probably find countless beginner books on chess written by actual coaches and strong players, going all the way back to Capablanca. Why would anyone even consider the book of some weak IM e-celeb?

>>97502985
I’d trust his dating advice book above his chess books. Check it out: A Dash of Love by Gothamchess

>>97502690
We do. Standard chess is full of spergs that memorize 20 moves of every opening.

>>97502985
He didn't write any books until after cultivating an audience which makes me question his passions and motivations for writing them.

He's an IM and a prolific coach so presumably they aren't bad, but I'm not willing to bet my dollars on his books when there are decades of classic and bonafide materials I'm not caught up on.

Maybe if I start hearing his books recommended by non affiliated coaches

>>97504893
I'm 2k lirapid and neither me nor my opponents know what I'm doing so most of itt is perfectly safe.

Since we are on the topic, what are some good general chess books that don't just cover a specific opening?

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>>97505203

>>97504893
We do not. Make your own thread.

>>97501659
>pic is real
huh. I thought the market for robotic players ended in the 90s. I personally know a dozen hardcore collectors that would easily shell out $1000 just for the novelty, even if it breaks down after a few hundred games (typical).

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>>97505203
The fischer book was a gift, I haven't done any work on it.

>>97505314
I have this book as well, it is instructive and goes over a lot of imperfect games from his students, very valuable to a patzer like me.

I just started winning chess tactics by yasser, too, because it is in my dojo training program.


The polgar book is my favorite. No nerds trying to make chess poetic or build narratives around games, just wood.

For this reason the yasser book, despite being instructive and valuable is a bit annoying to read. The intro could house 50+ problems from the Polgar book, that's just wasted paper...

>>97505436
one thing about the Polgar book: people overlook the hundreds of miniatures at the end, uniquely organized by which weak square is in the final attack (f2/g2/h2/f3/g3/h3).

>>97505436
nice battlestation are you the detective guy?

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>31. Qf1 O-O 0-1
name a game with more based ending
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1060586
5...Bf8 is also a chad move

>>97505626
opera game

>>97505645
dabbing on a pair of inbred patzers isn't as based as breaking opening principles and beating the WC

>>97505679
how about that game where Fischer won and then the whole bus clapped

>>97505460
No, I'm tech illiterate. That PC is pretty much for playing stardew valley and rarely gets turned on :x

Also I don't know the lore around here so I wouldn't be the one to stick my nose in drama and try to guess some girls last name...

>>97505460
I'm just barely half way through the mate in 2s, but that sounds interesting and instructive as well, I'll have to make it to the back of the book one day.

>>97506771
'' rarely gets turned on''
sounds like my wife lol

>>97506936
god i miss her. why did i leave those bishops on the staircase, her fall was entirely preventable

>>97507222
>>97506936
Ijbol

>>97505314
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjOPpAU0DdE

>>97507611
i could have saved her just like i could have saved karla

>>97505421
>$1000
That's too much.

>>97509660
not for the Chinese nouveau-riche. Just noticed that chess is only one of the games that it supports, but it also has armatures to support Go, Xiang-qi, and checkers, and their only marketing video is for chinese chess.

>>97501659
>Speed Chess Championship Finals
Nakamura or Carslen? mmmh, Naka for me.

>>97511148
Former vs Future World Champion

My bets on Former for this one.

I like the one with magnets under it, it uses magnets under the board to move the pieces. There are no moving parts inside it, so it doesn't eventually wear out. That franensteinian contraption is completely superflous.

It's not a bad exercise for the mind to move the pieces yourself to study, it's stimulating so you won't get bored and very likely makes you more chess literate.

>>97512506
>no moving parts
uh? name?

>>97513504
Chess Nut apparently is one brand with them. To be clear I don't have one myself - I kinda would like one but I'm also happy with a regular board and maybe just play with a real person if you want it that bad. I might get one eventually though, especially there was a software that could play master games you were interested in or something. Definitely not interested in the robotic arm thing, that's just absurd.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/J5oEY6PsWNg

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>>97513754
>Chess Nut
The pieces have wheels. The other boards have moving parts inside.

>>97511148
If it's at home and Naka can use his headphones to listen to music, then 100% Naka. If it's in a studio with security measures, then Carlsen

>>97514236
It's in London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WZmfWydOmo

>>97514949
>supposedly ping 0
>disconnect instead
They should stop hiring Indians "engineers".

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>>97514949
well, that didn't go according to plan

>>97518318
I’m glad I watched it.

>>97518318
Hikaru chocked hard at the end but I'm not sure why he was going for the exact same drawish lines during the last blitz games.

>>97518559
You think candidates prep played a big factor? Seems like he restricted himself to these lines to hide his hand if that’s possible

>>97514949
Allé mon garçon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDVhPqRlKro

>>97518318
>well, that didn't go according to plan
Told you>>97514236

>>97519381
tfw Anna Rudolf is awesome there but the stream is still unwatchable.

>>97518628
No, he's not a prep guy like Giri.

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>almost trap his queen
>sac it just because
>lmao it works
Magnus was lucky as hell

e8=R#

>>97523746
>78 accuracy
oh wow exactly like in my games

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White to move. Mate in 6.
From Bures-Zikan, 1969.

>>97514179
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-ZdXjMYveM
kek

>>97528816
1. Qxf3...gxf3
2. Rg1...ke2
3. Rg2...Kf1
(3...kd1 4.Rd2...Kb1 5.Nxd3#)
4. Rf2...Kg1
5. Nxf3...Kh1
6. Rh2# 1-0

I wonder if I could have done it without the hint...

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This guy will smash the Candidates.

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COME BACK HERE, BOI!!

1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Ne5 3. f4 Ng6 4. h4 h6 5. h5 Nh4 6. Rxh4 f6 7. Qd3 d6 8. Qg6+ Kd7 9. g3 e6 10. Bh3 b6 11. Bxe6+ Ke7 12. Qf7#

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For the electronic boards, I like the ChessUp 2.

>>97524155
chad

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>>97536903
He was pretty happy about this reply, you made his day

>>97503024
>coaches and strong players
Books by coaches are better. Ignore titles in any case please.

>>97502432
if chess isn’t fun to you you have a low IQ

>chess is fun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maOs35eOa1E

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i love chess

good player

https://worldchess.com/profile/129175

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How we doing in here fellow chess lovers.

Kind of sad to see how dead this thread is compared to 2 years ago, did the modern chess boom die out a bit?

>>97539914
It’ll never be dead in here as long as we’re here together.

H2BH happy to be here

>>97539914
No big tournaments at the moment.

>>97540184
When’s candidates? That’ll make things busier in here

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>>97540257
March 29

>>97540323
Nice, that’s exciting. Who you rooting for?

>>97540331
Divya Deshmukh

>>97540337
She’s cute. How about from the main event? I don’t want to call it the men’s league because technically women could qualify for it too.

2 hours and no /vg/chess general
I'm moving here now the embarassment is too much

>>97540393
I’d made the thread myself but I know it’s really important to that one guy. Don’t want to step on his toes. It’s also kinda nice here. Think I’ll stay.

>>97540362
>main event?
It sucks. I'm scared that Nakamura will win it.

>>97540413
>Nakamura
Actually that would be hilarious lol.

https://lichess.org/zP1slNDw
5+0

>>97540331

Giri > Wei Yi > Sindarov

>>97540457
fuck off catmixer

>>97540457
I joined as soon as I saw the Play Anon. sorry abt that mate I think I kept you waiting. oh and I'm quoting myself

>>97540739
post again if you’re not cat

>>97540756
https://lichess.org/fahya4nm
5+0
I'm guessing you migrated here to escape him?

>>97540457
2.Nf3

>>97540873
gg

>>97540930

GG finally we can join challenges again

>>97540930
Seems like you were winning most of the game

>>97501878
https://www.freestyle-chess.com/news/dazn-to-stream-fide-freestyle-chess-world-championship-live-and-free-to-view/

so bad

>>97541816
inb4 Tania screaming every time the eval bar moves

>>97542290
God I hate Tania so much, I really hope they replace her with Danya’s corpse

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>>97501659
anyone able to guess the next two best moves for white? this is a very tricky puzzle

>>97542687
Rook g6 for sure, and for the rest I need to sleep on it.

>>97542842
rook g6 is correct, (and what i played) but second move i couldnt spot during the game

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20-1-0

>>97542889
Is the second move Qe5? Or it needs to be more forcing

>>97544483
I looked it up after, yes it’s qe5, attacking the bishop and removing escape squares for the king

Why are low elo players so utterly fascinated with the Bxh3 sacrifice? Who teaches them this shit?
Why do third worlders think that getting a superficial check is worth losing an entire bishop?

>>97544753
Can you post an example?

1. d4 d5 2. Qd3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nd2 Bf5 5. Qb5+ Nd7 6. Qxd5 Bxc2 7. Nb3 Bf5 8. e4 Be6 9. Qb5 c6 10. Qd3 Ngf6 11. e5 Nd5 12. f4 h6 13. Bh4 Bf5 14. Qd2 g5 15. Bf2 Nxf4 16. Nh3 Nxh3 17. gxh3 e6 18. h4 g4 19. h3 gxh3 20. Bxh3 Bxh3 21. Rxh3 Qe7 22. O-O-O O-O-O 23. Rg3 Rhg8 24. Rdg1 Qf8 25. Be3 h5 26. Bg5 f6 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Rxg8 Nxg8 30. Nc5 Re8 31. Qe2 Qe7 32. Rg5 Nf6 33. Qc4 Nd5 34. Rxh5 Qf6 35. Re5 Qxh4 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. Nxe6 Qh6+ 38. Kc2 Qxe6 39. Kb3 Qe3+ 40. Ka4 Nb6+ 41. Kb4 Nxc4 42. Kxc4 b5+ 43. Kc5 Kc7 44. Kb4 Qxd4+ 45. Ka5 Qa4# {Black mates} 0-1

>>97544849
Can you post it as a gif? Not at my home computer

>>97544753
It's fun.

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>>97544865

>>97544991
Which side were you? Good game, thanks for posting it as a webm

>>97545087
both sides. something changed in my and now I can enjoy playing against meself. I now got an interest in different openings, midgames and endgames so I might play more interesting games against meself. in truth we are all One anyways, so this is a Self-discovery class

>>97545113
That’s really interesting. I’ve read before that Robert Fischer used to play against himself too.

>>97545113
You shouldn’t play with yourself too much or you’ll never improve beyond a certain point.

>>97545227
>Dad walks into the room, catches son looking at porn, gives him a stern look
>Son, you know if you keep doing that you'll go blind, right?
>Dad, I'm over here!

>>97545711
How can he catch his son if he can’t see his son?

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>>97540873
Hey I don’t see you on vg post some more challenges here if you’re not busy tonight

>>97545227
I'll improve, because I learn how other people play and I play their systems against my own. this way I learn everything at the same time

>>97545227
It's good for studying openings.

>>97547010
yes well, from my experience, the goal is to find someone to play with you so you can stop playing with yourself.

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beautiful lady

>>97547199
New tripfaggot just dropped

>>97547199
Beautiful ladies haha

Still can’t believe what happened in Canada. Listen, if anyone here is trans, come talk to us. We’ll hear you out. May the chess be with you friends.

>>97547347
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_people_in_chess

>>97547938
I, for one, welcome our trans chess family. Jen Shahottie is right: chess is diverse and inclusive.

>>97547961
>diverse and inclusive
>women only tournaments
rrrright

>>97547981
Next you’re going to tell me anyone should be able to join the special olympics.

>>97501659
>FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uukUWPw-EFQ

>>97550032
Who you rooting for? I’m hoping Hans wins.

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I choose never to root for Hans, no matter who the opponent is. and I would have done the same with Fischer

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>>97550458
Why do you hate Americans so God damn much?

>>97550493
I don't care if they're Americans or not

>>97550670
What’s your grievance with them, you got beef?

>>97550720
I can't be a big fan of people who choose to be arrogant knowing that arrogance is a way to limit your mind

>>97550728
Do you dislike Kasparov? Magnus can be pretty arrogant too at times, especially when he demands special treatment.

>>97550376
Keymer

>>97550740
I don't dislike Kaspy and Magnus, probably because their level of arrogance is lower in comparison with Hans and Fischer. but anyways, fuck my likes and dislikes. only God's likes and dislikes matter. the thing is that arrogance limits your mind and a broader mind is preferable

>>97550793
bretty gud, me mang

>>97550793
Looks like a game I had against an anon last night. Out of nowhere he called me a hippo.

>>97551292
I already apologized gosh, what the hell's your problem?

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stockfish's move: sacrifice the rook

>>97551351
You the fed? I’m going to be playing later

where do you guys play?

>>97551508
I play otb with a few friends, mostly my and my cat, tho.
I play on chess.com and lichess, both on my phone. When my diamond sub runs out just lichess.

I want to start going to a club, too.

>>97551540
What opening does your cat play?

>>97551573
The modern, dutch, and the english.

She's lucky she's cute

>>97551636
Haha pic?

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>>97551672
She said she's calling the arbiter on my cheating ass

>>97552012
Wow! Didn’t expect the close up. Is she your phone screen background too?

>>97552036
Can you share a game you played recently before I answer?

https://youtube.com/shorts/aiBAcKPGTKs

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>>97552203
I’m curious as to the reason for your request, but I will oblige.

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>>97552506
Nothing, I thought you might be another poster, she is my phone wp, and I'm also konking out

>>97553137
Do you let her outside? You can get a AirTag 2 for 30 bucks if you’re worried.

>>97550032
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHe6qfujEIE

>>97554613
Who you rooting for today?

>>97555396
whoever goes against Magnus

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got my first brilliant move in months, my 1000 rated ass was so hyped when he took my queen

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me first chess.com game

>>97557268
Gg game

>>97551425
pawns promote on different color squares, so it all depends on the type of bishop available

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>>97558588
kekos

>>97554613
let's try again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6ey5Up4S7w

>>97560136
this is cool. thanks man

>>97553265
Not alone, she could get hit by cars or eaten by predators

Bobby knew more than chess
https://youtube.com/shorts/d46UcymQS1k

earned some respect

I just lost k+p vs k+b on time, I thought it was a draw :c

Magnus is brilliant

>>97561379
inb4 his son will beat him in 10 years from now and he finally """retires"""

>>97561584
And he turns into a cranky old many complaining about the shocking state chess is in unlike back in his day.

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>beat this bad mofo
>then proceed to lose to the shittiest wimps on the site

>>97560696
Yes... he sure did....

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blundering a lot lately

lol, people pay to play on chess.com

>>97562955
Sorry to hear anon. I know the feeling

Are there any chess tournaments where you can't resign? Maybe to prevent resignation on time, if you run out of time, a random legal move is played, and the amount of time added per move will be added to your clock for your next move.

>>97564734
No. Sometimes they forbid draw offers.

>>97564972
Invitationals are fine too…

>>97542889
>>97542687
There should be a category for this type of puzzles, where the opponent plays random moves because the position is hopeless, and you have to "solve" it at least 3 times in a row to convince the system that you solved the position.

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>>97562463
when God is on your side, you just win

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Nice way to lose the fucking game, Einstein.

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https://www.offerspill.com/the-best-worst-openings/

>>97569412
the Grob doesn't deserve to be there

The Grob is far from the worst first move - people only think that because strong engines around 3400 evaluate it as the worst move. However, these evaulations change over the years and while the Grob is -0.9, Barnes (f3) is -0.6, it is very possible the Barnes will take the lead as the worst in the future. Also you have to realize that as it's gone into minus territory, this means that f3 might be enough to equalize, while g4 would give you winning chances.

Furthermore, unlike the Barnes the Grob has a rich history (for a meme opening) and is a great human opening to play. In fact, the same engines say to play g4 (and h4) in the opening far more than humans actually play them, just not on the first move.

So the people who say the Grob is just garbage and objectively the worst first move misunderstand chess.

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>>97570603
>>97570893
i went through a big phase of playing the Borg (grob as black), specifically the madladn g-sling line whenever possible.

its pretty dubious but very fun

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Supi's doggo, 18yo, died that day

https://youtube.com/shorts/2uJrV1OSLG8
https://youtube.com/shorts/Kv4F5vt9Xss

>>97505626
The single most based game ending is
>O-O-O#
But I am yet to see an example of it. I'm thinking of creating a second account on chess.com specifically to fish for this ending

>>97556800
Can't see it myself anon. Do you know exactly why this was a brilliant?
Obvs sacking the knight to the pawn is the bait
>fxe5
but
>Bxe5
or
>dxe5
as a follow up doesn't appear to give any immediate benefit.
Something to do with Bd3 or Qd8 putting pressure on the 7th rank?

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Stupid fuck promoted a knight to try to humiliate me and got flagged

He didn't know King escape is part of my strategy

>>97572040
I think there was a morphy game where he could have castled for a forced mate but he did another sequence instead

https://lichess.org/Liodos75

>>97572095
Always check lines that open up when you make a move. Here there is one, and there is also something you have to notice about Black's king.

>>97572212
oh and NTA.

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>>97572040
that famous Lasker king hunt officially ended in Kd2# but O-O-O# was possible instead. Funny enough, that game has a shorter sideline that leads to O-O# as well.

>>97556800
2 things you start learning around 1000 elo:
>if your opponent hangs a queen, be very cautious about taking it
>enpassant isn't always the best move

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Wooh, finally hit 2700 for the first time ever. Always seemed like an impossible number. Don't let your dreams be memes, anything is possible if you put in the effort.

>>97572040
easiest way to find it would be using rosen score website imo, it gives a trophy for each game you checkmate by castling and you can click on each game. Can do it for your own username or some popular person like hikaru

>>97575687
congratz!

>>97564734
draw-proof tourneys are basically impossible in current chess rules. If you require something like no handshake before move 40, but both players dont really want a game, they play one of the boring openings where an optimal line becomes just threefold repetition which is a draw anyway.

If you wanted decisive tournaments, you'd need to at bare minimum change scoring so a win was worth way more than 2 draws. But that still wouldnt fix that current chess stalemate rules inherently produce draws with good play on both sides. Often players don't want draws, but it's just too easy for whoever is down to simplify into a stalemate endgame.

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>>97502643
I agree. Bishops, rooks and queens definitely don't need more than 4 movement. That'd also incredibly decrease the number of draws in the game, since so many queen perpetuals are to go diagonal 5-7 spaces check king, go diagonal 5-7 spaces and check king.

Pic is only draw because the infinite queen movement.

>>97502643
Slow chess is boring.

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>white to move
Now what?
https://lichess.org/Qx1xBu6U/white#208

>>97579041
>Now what?
You offer a draw! :D

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some 2401 bullet iwantcheckmate youtuber with 159k subscribers tried to make another Can I SURVIVE Duck Chess?! clickbait vid. He didn't quack so good.
Endgame instructive on knight>rook in duck.

>>97550740
NTA but arrogance is required to be non-shit at competitive sports. I forget the exact quote but I believe Bobby Fischer said you need to hold all your opponents in contempt to win. It's kinda funny "contempt" is even a basic functional part of chess engines, it's how willing the engine is to play a slightly suboptimal move if there's less chance of the game ending in a draw, while the "best move" might be shuffling back and forth and taking the draw.

If someone just respects their opponents and doesn't believe himself superior to the opponent, the end result is gonna be draw, draw, draw.

>>97581402
ah, the quote I was thinking of was from SearchingForBobbyFischer.

Bruce: Do you know what the word contempt means? It's to think of others as being beneath you, to be unworthy of being in the same room with you.
Josh: I don't feel that.
Bruce: Well, you better start. Because if you don't think it's a part of winning, you're wrong. You have to have contempt for your opponents. You have to hate them.
Josh: But I don't.
Bruce: They hate you. They hate you, Josh.
Josh: I don't hate them.
Bruce: Bobby Fischer held the world in contempt.
Josh: I'm not him.
Bruce: You're telling me.

>>97581432
That movie is not very good.

>>97581268
Oh I know that guy. Pretty cool, am guessing the video will be uploaded later?

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My most recent win in otb classical
Guess my elo

>>97582480
1000

>>97582565
that's a bit silly, anon
22/30 moves for black are best moves
my only regret was playing Qd6 instead of Qh5, but the queen eventually made its way to h5 anyway

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vhite to play and win

>>97582593
1. Rc3+ Kg6 (1... Qc5 2. Rxc5+ Kg6 3. Qb4+ Ka6 4. Ra5#) 2. Qb4+ Ka6 3. Ra4#
right?

>>97584908
let me fix that
1. Rc3+ Kb6 (1... Qc5 2. Rcxc5+ Kb6 3. Qb4+ Ka6 4. Ra5#) 2. Qb4+ Ka6 3. Ra3#

>>97582593
Queen to e6 check:
-if the black king goes up, rook to f7 is mate
-if black blocks the check with a queen on d6, taking it with the queen is mate

>>97582130
he posted the video. Wow, so many people in comments, I guess he's got actual real viewers

>>97501659
Anons... I feel like a retard, I'm currently going 2-40 against my brother, found out in the last game I'm playing at roughly 300 ELO whilst he was playing at 1200.
I just feel like when I play chess I have severe mental retardation, I just do moves, I don't see any strategy, I don't see +1 move.
It just feels grim, I don't feel like I'm learning at all.

GM Jan Timman passed away yesterday.

>>97585559
RIP. I never really heard much talk about him so he was like 60th on my "people I should study" list so I haven't gotten to his games yet. I guess he skips to the front of the line now.

>>97582036
true. It's better than the completely garbage Queen's Gambit or Pawn Sacrifice though. Those are true trash.

>>97584965
King to c7

>>97586188
Yes, that's the square he can go after Qe6+.
Studies aren't very instructive though. Puzzles from real games are better.

>>97585298
yeah, he does. Pepe the Twitch emote is kind of funny though

>>97585559
His favourite game:
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1068291

I nuked my ELO to 200 from 600.
Call it a crash out, I call it mental illness.

Come on let's go to zero, might as well.

Hey how’s it going

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This helped me a lot

>>97587688
Nice rage bait would be a shame if I didn't get angry

>>97587693
You have a strange definition of rage bait. What are you mad about?

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Can anyone relate?

>>97587749
>7x5 board
cringe

>>97587777
What’s wrong with that it’s art

>>97587783
That guy gets mad Simpson have 4 fingers

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this might be the best game ive ever played
cant analyses it cause i was playing on some temu chess site
https://papergames.io/en/r/EFvGbFiJVZ/replay

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>>97572212
Oh I'm actually blind. Queen sack via white's bishop into Bg6#.
This is a legitimately impressive find if it wasn't completely by accident.
>>97575013
monke brain go ooo ooo ahh ahh free win and get's completely blindsided by the fucking freight train that follows. Most 1000 ELO players have a trap line they like playing like Ablin Countergambit into Lasker Trap.
>>97575013
>enpassant isn't always the best move
Jokes on you, it's forced.
>>97587783
>it’s art
lmao.

>>97588319
Nigga just take the PGN and download it. Or even just replay the game in a lichess analysis board and copy & save the PGN from there. Or even just record the game on pen and paper. If they allow you to make GIFs of games you can also just post it here and there will be a record in case you want the PGN but don't know how to get it. Once you do have the PGN you can go over it in the analysis board on a chess site or in a chess program or you can import the game and have it analyzed by the engine on another chess site.

>>97588319
>temu chess site
Any alternative to that other mainstream website is welcome.

https://lichess.org/9Cl9EyQ6
5+0

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Supi reached the #51 position in the global ranking today. now he will advance to the next level

>>97591514
Gg was a close one

>>97591945
gg

>>97592171
Post another if you want I’m back

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>>97588319
>>97589798
ooh i was missreading the download option it as 'png' didnt realise you could do that

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>>97592218
>>97588319
heres the game gif

>>97592234
Nice game.

Hey does anyone like the chess player pinkamena here?

>>97592281
kys go back to >>>/vg/ im here to get away from you

Chess, but it's an automatic draw when both players have identical material.
I think this would solve a lot of lame drawn out endgames.

I would like to discuss pinkamena and her chess progress if anyone is interested.

rex... nobody finds this funny
>inb4 samefagging

>>97592394
Nothing funny about it

Fatality is a WFM? How long until pinkamena gets there? Do you really think she peaked

>>97592420
She's hitting the wall.

>>97592735
The wall? Of her chess rating? You can see from her family genetics she should be naturally gifted to excel and you can expect much more development ;)

it's ridiculously obvious your posts are not organic just so you know

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Police need to do something

>>97592986
police need to do something about the fact that alua isn't married to me right this moment AHHHHH

>>97592981
Define organic?

>>97592986
She’s pretty good too. At chess…

>>97593141
Posted by normal people who don't scramble felines. For example the post between ours I would guess isn't organic.

>>97593372
It could be ai

didn't feel like playing a rematch yesterday but I'll throw out a challenge now
https://lichess.org/Z95Gdb4W
5+0
anyone can join

>>97595254
I will probably put another challenge up later but I'll close this one because I have things to do.

>>97595783
>I have things to do besides chess
good!

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dunno how to play this thing, but I know how to flag

https://lichess.org/AX8bGLmu
Other player simply not see my setup (or the extra ten seconds I put into considering which way to arrange for me to shuffle the Bishop to back the Queen)?

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>>97597484

>>97582593
I would like to see the 'proof game' that results in this position.

Why is Dina a GM(not WGM) but not Levi?

>>97597484
Blind spot, it happens.
https://www.uscfsales.com/blogs/chess-matches/chess-blindness

>>97597550
I dont see why that's necessary, both kings have plenty of shuffling space to set things up. Doesn't seem that difficult to make, you should actually try it yourself it could be interesting.

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>>97597711
I am guessing she won more games than him. But she's actually not a WGM and you're just lying. Also did anyone else know she was a Jew?

>>97597792
She has such a pretty face, shame about the forearm hair.

>>97597792
Had no idea. Oh well, dropped.

>>97597792
sorry, she's actually not a GM and IS just a WGM.

>>97597861
That’s crazy

Anyone playing tonight

>>97597817
>>97597822
>>97597885
>>97597896
Hello by the way, not playing tonight sorry.

>>97597902
How come

>>97598021
I don't want to stay up too long.

>>97598043
Our games don’t go too long before you get annihilated

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I had to punish me opponent severely after this one

rooting for the kid from Singapore (because I want to live there): https://www.chess.com/events/chesskid-youth-championships-2026-u13-ko/results

This thread really died off huh? Barely anyone talking about their own play

>>97599538
rex, the thread is usually pretty slow, it's just that you've been samefagging it recently. the good thing is that the traffic is usually chess related at least.

>>97599554
Think it speaks to how in the pits you are that you're instantly assuming I'm some namefag.

>>97599538
>>97599554
Also the whole board is slower on weekends because the normies are busy irl.

>>97599465
it's starting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0vA3_9b9fo

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I started playing chess a few months ago and just got my first ever smothered mate victory!

Picrel is the position. Thankfully, I had plenty of time left on my clock at this point so I was able to take a minute to mentally run through the sequence of moves to make sure it would work. I didn't want that second rook to spoil anything.

>>97600189
Nice
>plays 1... Rxf7, casually forcing you to downgrade to a bankrank mate

>forced to watch the Olympic closing ceremony
nooooo let me play instead

>>97599687
>Supratit
cute name

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>>97600189
nice, what did you play? i dont immediately see a forced mate
just played this game min ago, smothered mates are so satisfying

>>97603742
There is an immediate mate, you have to get the knight somewhere where it defends g8 and then you can sack your queen on g8. for the smothered mate.

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>>97603742
The video shows the sequence of moves I played.

As >>97600258 says, my opponent could have taken my knight on f7 with the rook, in which case there would have been a back rank checkmate available instead. This would have been one move quicker than the smothered mate, but obviously not as cool, so I'm glad my opponent just moved the king.

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>move bishop
>homeboi starts calculating
>gets flagged

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NEW VARIANT ALERT

Queens move like Kings
Rooks move only 3 tiles.

Every piece has a SPECIAL MOVE!!!
You can use one (1) special move per game.

>Queen/Rook
Move "regularly" once.

>Bishop
Make one "king move" (ie. swap color)

>Knight/King
Capture your own piece.

There, I fixed chess

What happened to cheat detection on chess.com.
Cheating's so much more frequent on there than it used to be

>>97605170
Both variations are mate in 2 and smothered mate is obviously superior.

>>97611046
post your lines because i don't see it

>>97610356
I get stalled out by so many indians who have multiple years old accounts somehow.

>>97614188
are you actually racist against Indians? Any commonality you notice is just a coincidence you know that right