should say analysis
#♟️Chess
dusky hull
dusky hull
you mean taking on c6 ye
grand idol
fuuck so its the bishop checking that fucks up my plan
dusky hull
yep
grand idol
thats how a lot of my games go lol
dusky hull
so at ~1400 as you mentioned, do you have a favorite opening at this point
grand idol
not really, I guess I usually go like one of the middle pawns + bishop out
and then try to fienchetto (spelling?)
and castle
dusky hull
see
thats literally what i keep telling woodsy to do
and hes like
no im gonna play the london because fuck you
grand idol
is that the london
I just make a safe lil house for my king
I need to learn openings
dusky hull
if you're referring to g3, fianchetto lsb, and nf3, thats the reti
tardy finch
Well .... technically speaking, London starts with a center pawn and bishop out...
grand idol
I know the latvian gambit
dusky hull
asiano didnt know the benko at all and he did great today
grand idol
sometimes u get a free win
tardy finch
To say I didn't know it at all is a bit far fetched. You showed me a game where you played it, I just didn't study it in-depth. I still had a look at it though and we discussed a fair bit how it can vary.
To be fair, I can't study shit in-depth against you because you aren't a one trick pony
dusky hull
i hate all the gimmick gambits that force a win in the first 3 moves if your opponent doesnt know what theyre doing, because if your opponent does know what theyre doing, you generally just end up with a worse position
case in point: the englund gambit
fuck that garbage ill never lose to that shit again
half hedge
tardy finch
cough wayward queen cough
dusky hull
loool
tardy finch
Is PlayMagnus in any way affiliated with Magnus apart from the name?
grand idol
i hate all the gimmick gambits that force a win in the first 3 moves if your opp...
pretty sure the latvian gambit is bad, but even if they do know a little bit of it you still get wild crazy games
which I think is how most gambits work?
tardy finch
I am running through the article quickly and I'll note that the Topalov-Kramnik scandal was source for tons of memes here and that was before meme culture was dominant.
tardy finch
pretty sure the latvian gambit is bad, but even if they do know a little bit of ...
I assume Nxe5 would be the main line. What is the plan afterwards?
grand idol
you move your queen out
I havent actually done that much research I just watched this video
but pp think they're slick with #Qh5
tardy finch
I am watching the video currently because I am curious what the plan is. f5 just looks horrible tbh
Not to be a critic but the lad addressed the main line in less than 20 seconds by saying "I don't play that a lot" and showed 2 moves then focused on all the side lines.
grand idol
I remember looking up more for that line specifically, but basically if he brings Q over to h5
your queen is defending if he takes with knight
tardy finch
Well, if I understand it correctly, the Latvian gambit offers a plethora of traps for white to fall into but if white is a good attacker, you're either getting overwhelmed or you're falling behind in development as you've only moved a queen.
dusky hull
which I think is how most gambits work?
different gambits have different goals, so its hard for me to generalize that gambits lead to wild games. one of the most popular gambits--the queen's gambit--if accepted, can lead to incredibly positional games, because the entire point of that gambit is to unlock the e4 square.
dusky hull
xd
tardy finch
They also named a gambit after the Captain America actor
dusky hull
most of the gimmicky gambits like the englund gambit, the latvian gambit, etc, are after quick wins because of misplays
then you have the next tier up which is dubious gambits that yield tempo advantages (usually to black) like the smith-morra gambit
and lastly you have the sound gambits that yield positional advantages like the QGA and the Benko
anything that is gimmicky is already garbage to me
you lose one time to it, you learn to never fall in the trap again, and then you win the game because your opponent is an idiot
the tempo advantage gambits have some merit because development is usually worth at least a pawn anyway, but its all about keeping the pressure. once you lose pressure, you fall back into a position where you're just down material
the positional gambits are the ones that appeal to me most because im totally fine throwing away one or even two pawns if it means my pieces can become gods
the danish gambit is a very good example of that actually
white will sacrifice two pawns for the sake of a bishop pair that is beyond incredible
(although, admittedly, the danish gambit is not the best example of a sound gambit, but it was good to bring up all the same. if black plays perfectly, black should come out ahead by 1 pawn)
tardy finch
What about the ICBM gambit 
grand idol
I gotta look up the danish gambit
the other one I know is the blackburn shilling gambit, which is even worse i think but it has the potential to bait people
into a smothered mate
which feels soooo good
dusky hull
yea i mean the icbm gambit is just a reverse of the englund in what it hopes to accomplish
sac the bishop, force the king away from the queen, win the queen
fuckin trash
you know what happens when you play someone who is aware of whats going on? you get curb stomped because you just gave up your two central pawns
tardy finch
I actually pulled it off once against some chess.com streamer. Was truly disappointed to find out later that the stream was turned off and that filth wasn't actually recorded.
dusky hull
woeful wolf
Once I beat an easy bot
tardy finch
Oh, there he is
dusky hull
easy bots are hard
tardy finch
Every player has a personal grudge against the easy bots because of all those painful losses when you were new.
dusky hull
ironally i have a personal grudge against a player named botbot7
when i was first getting back into chess i was like 1100 or something on my throwaway acc and he beat me twice in a row and started shit talking me. he refused to do a rematch and then his account got banned for violating ToS (which could be a number of things, not necessarily cheating)
half hedge
Hakuna mata guys
dusky hull
but probably cheating
dusky hull
yea he was 1400 at the time and felt all big and proud
and i bet i would absolutely crush him right now
just wish i had the chance to do it
left glade
ye prob
dusky hull
i still gotta see leonard and niarcus play
i have a feeling niarcus goes hard
like a 2200 sleeper in our midst
left glade
i overslept raid start tonight....
woeful wolf
Someone doesnt know which square the king and queen go on and doesnt know what en passant is
thats who i can maybe beat
dusky hull
how high are you playing?
as high as i can. edibles and pen beforehand
left glade
dusky hull
bro why does MVL look so surprised
everyone else is trying to smile or look camera-ready and MVL is like what the fuck is going on
what is this strange device being pointed at me
dusky hull
thats that after-match stroke face right there
when you know what you should be doing but your brain isnt cooperating any more
half hedge
I would but I'm intoxicated af
dusky hull
oh so do you not say every hole is a goal when you're sober
@grand idol do i just order pizza to end this dilemma
i think i just order pizza
dusky hull
stockfish evaluation of the position has me winning if i play the move perturb orders pizza
surely
dusky hull
yea we cant spectate live chess com matches without an acc
yet another reason lichess is dominant
grand idol
ok ill start grinding lichess again
dusky hull
https://lichess.org/SPRSDSmS/white#11
LOOK
BEAR WITNESS TO ME DESTROYING A STUPID ENGLUND GAMBIT PLAYER WHO THINKS HES GOING TO GET A FAST WIN
BUT I KNOW THE SECRETS
I KNOW YOUR TRICKERY
YOUR FUCKING DOGSHIT OPENING WONT FOOL ME
fucking dogshit englund gambit players smh
cyan elm
https://lichess.org/SPRSDSmS/white#11
LOOK
BEAR WITNESS TO ME DESTROYING A STUPI...
Isn’t it like almost equal if both sides play perfectly
dusky hull
No
White will always have at least a pawn and a positional advantage
With perfect play it is losing for black
Garbage fucking opening that plebs use to try and get quick wins
Not even chess
cyan elm
Garbage fucking opening that plebs use to try and get quick wins
That’s fair
I think my favourite gambit is Danish
dusky hull
its not something id recommend to people who want to grow accustomed with the principles, but its a solid gambit. i talked briefly about it earlier today
having a really strong bishop pair going into the middle game is certainly something that can win you the whole game
rigid perch
Ay sir
dusky hull
hello fren
sorry for the ping earlier, we were trying to figure out who i forgot to invite and i thought maybe you knew
but we got it sorted
dusky hull
https://www.chess.com/game/live/56329435489
were you black or white in this
grand idol
idk i won xd
grand idol
https://lichess.org/SPRSDSmS/white#11
LOOK
BEAR WITNESS TO ME DESTROYING A STUPI...
why did he trade his queen
he could have moved it
to a3
dusky hull
because hes a stupid mother fucker and forgot about my knight
so he thought i'd have to sac my queen because of his bishop
you have to remember that englund gambit players are not real chess players
grand idol
lmao
dusky hull
if you ever encounter an englund gambit player, rest assured you're playing against an NPC who will just start shrieking as soon as you debunk the dumpster fire that is his opening reply
@cyan elm and yes, i hate the englund more than the london. the london, although super passive and bitchmade, is at least an opening that follows principles
the englund is just 2 or 3 cheap tricks that, once refuted, leave black worse for wear.
cyan elm
<@146166616046960640> and yes, i hate the englund more than the london. the lond...
yeah London is not on the same level as Englund
Englund is like scholars mate tier
dusky hull
im glad you understand my seething hatred for it
I lost to it one time when I was learning and I said absolutely never again
dusky hull
@grand idol lmk when you're done with dinner and we can play
dusky hull
whoa a rapid game
grand idol
i mean unless u wanna play less time
dusky hull
no rapid is fine
its actually what i prefer, i just play shorter time formats for the boys
gimme 2 seconds, bio
alright broseph, destroy me
very aggressive opening
if i dont defend well enough, this could come crashing down
dusky hull
if allowing me the fork on your pieces was intention, i fucked with it
just not sure it really led to a lot of initiative once i was able to castle long
grand idol
yeah I thought the rook would keep em ok
dusky hull
wanna play again?
just hit rematch if so
do you have any particular opening you enjoy playing against, or want practice against
i cant promise i know the main line, but i can at least muddle through the first few moves im sure
grand idol
no clue lol
dusky hull
we love tactics in this house
dusky hull
fuck
that is one of the juiciest bishop pairs+queen diagonals ive ever had
no disrespect to you at all
dusky hull
gg brother
grand idol
one more for now
dusky hull
ye
grand idol
im in shambles
dusky hull
yea it was a rough start
we can do a restart if you want
i liked the f5 push to get the rooks into the game
dusky hull
gg frendo
grand idol
i tried lol
that was fun id love to play again later if you dont get bored of beating me
dusky hull
yea it was a rough spot to be in. like i said though i like you getting the rooks in the game by opening up lines, and not trading queens
grand idol
i for sure thought I could have done smethng with my knight
dusky hull
nah man its not about winning or losing. i just love going through the games afterwards and seeing how i can improve
everyone can improve regardless of the outcome of the game
so a few notes unrelated to losing the bishop
if you're gonna push e5 in the sicilian, you have to do everything in your power to prevent black from winning it. the e pawn can be white's biggest advantage or white's greatest liability depending on how you play
grand idol
right i let you double up knights and get it
dusky hull
youll notice stockfish eval is gonna drop from a relatively even game to -2 in black's favor as soon as i could capture it
that e pawn is critical
grand idol
good advice ty!
dusky hull
ye. and lastly if you're already down in material and you're trying to attack because its all you have, don't be afraid to give even more material
like on move 20
i kinda expected you to sac your rook for my dsb
because then your dsb could potentially become a really good piece without one of my own to oppose it
grand idol
i was thinking about that
dusky hull
you already have a knight and queen in front of my king, so giving up an exchange could be worth it
grand idol
but then you take with queen
and can push away my queen+lnight
i didnt want your queen to get over there
dusky hull
yea, i mean in this particular position it doesnt exactly pan out in your favor, but it wouldve been a bit more resilient putting my queen on the diagonal that your dsb controls
and then id have to play carefully
grand idol
like say you take with queen, then if I take with bishop you just take my knight
dusky hull
you never know, your attack might work because attacks are usually dependent on your opponent not messing up
what
no
i cant do that
if i take your knight im blundering
you take my queen with yours, and my pawn is pinned
because your dsb
see what i mean?
i have to be really careful
grand idol
no I mean
your queen is on f6
i take pawn on e5 with bishop
ohhhhh
brooooo
i didnt even think of the pin
DUDE I SAW THAT LINE
and was like naw hes gonna take my knight
fuuuuck
dusky hull
and that pin is all because you sac the exchange
granted, black can defend that position and still be winning. but its a trap.
and when you're down in material, you have to play sneaky
and set these kinds of traps
so saccing the rook was an option
but overall you had good ideas
if you make it to the midgame with all your pieces, im sure you can be a real fucking menace lol
grand idol
right ofc yeah its still bad
haha thanks
i keep fucking up early
im gonna start playing more 10 min
dusky hull
well when we play again you probably wont
and then we'll see what you're made of >:)
but yea im a big advocate of at least 10 minute games if you're seriously trying to improve
blitz and bullet are good for building intuition and pattern recognition, but 10+ min games are where you develop strategy and where you nurture your calculation skills
dusky hull
oh boys
im gonna humble brag here for a second, but i have a cool puzzle for anyone who wants to give it a shot. it happened in a real game of mine just a few moments ago.
white to move, following black playing Qd7. See if you can find the first move, but then see if you can find the next two moves that actually make it lethal
in case some of you try it while im asleep, here's the answer:
||b4 prompting Nca4. Nxa4 Nxa4, and then the real move you had to find: bishop back to d1, and now what do you do: your knight is attacked twice: the rook and the bishop. and it has no squares to jump to. b6 covered by dsb, c5 covered by pawn, b2 and c3 covered by queen/rook||
this is the wrong answer, but something you might've considered along the way: ||b4 Nca4, Bxb6... but remember that knights can move backwards so the knight that just jumped to a4 can jump back to b6 and take the bishop back, recapturing and getting out of danger in one move||
half hedge
Do you ever sleep @dusky hull
dusky hull
do you
half hedge
I do but drinking alcohol for some reason makes me wake up early
It's chess day again
dusky hull
Everyday is chess day
half hedge
Oh shit apparently Daniel Naroditsky went on about the situation for like an hour on yesterday stream
Also impressed his chat is calling Magnus "Maldnus"
He also started the stream by saying he's gonna take a "Hans off approach today"
Twitter
I wonder how often Hans checks the subreddit
Twitter
tardy finch
@half hedge let's playyyy
tardy finch
I'm waiting for food
half hedge
I made a duck army,
half hedge
I made many duck shaped shortbread biscuits
half hedge
What food you getting?
tardy finch
Pizza
half hedge
Wait what timezone are you in
tardy finch
+2
half hedge
Pizza for Lunch 
tardy finch
No adult supervision 
tardy finch
Good thing Google has my back, I was wondering why bread would be specifically cut to be of some length
Do I have to take a picture of the pizza if Ghost isn't in the thread to enforce the rule?
smoky swan
im here
smoky swan
ty
tardy finch
So, you play chess?
smoky swan
nope 🙂
tardy finch
Wack
tardy finch
It is. But the rest was great.
left glade
Do I have to take a picture of the pizza if Ghost isn't in the thread to enforce...
Would he still be here if you hadn't mentioned his name?
tardy finch
It's not like I tagged him specifically 😓
left glade
Wasn't there something that shows you different tags like Ghost, ghosteld without being tagged correctly?
smoky swan
🙂
tardy finch
You can do that?
half hedge
I want that so I can be creepy
left glade
half hedge
It's like sometimes I enjoy having my Dm's open so I can see the typing icon from people and then I send them '' 
'' whilst they are typing
left glade
dusky hull
Is ghost here to moderate
dusky hull
This is disgusting. Can’t believe hans would do this.
tardy finch
I am still trying to figure out the purpose of that random brick behind Magnus
cyan elm
I am still trying to figure out the purpose of that random brick behind Magnus
I believe he shat it
woeful wolf
If you say “ghost” he is summoned
tardy finch
What if I say "the mod apparition"?
dusky hull
Is it like Bloody Mary where you have to say his name three times in the mirror but instead of killing you he just shows up and expresses his disappointment with the current mm build in Dragonflight
woeful wolf
Ghost ghost ghost
woeful wolf
So I haven’t kept up with this
But hasn’t Hans said he’s cheated in the past
I guess it’s online
But I can see why someone might feel skeptical
The whole thing seems weird
cyan elm
I heard Hans snuck an extra queen onto the board when Magnus wasn’t looking
half hedge
But hasn’t Hans said he’s cheated in the past
yeah he literally came out in the interview speaking about it
woeful wolf
Yeh
woeful wolf
I can say like with speed runners it usually comes out with cheating 1 run then finding out dozens more are cheated
So I am skeptical of past cheaters
In general
I just don’t know how he would of cheated there wasn’t it an in person tournament
half hedge
yeah i read this was fucking hilarious
smoky swan
@woeful wolf stop pinging me om at work
half hedge
By rook or by crook,
He put his hans on King Magnus,
With cunning and calculation,
We did not yet know the crowds forever ovation,
First from a Yasser,
With a Svidler in hand,
The trumpets blared,
The peasants did stand...
He was mercurial, eccentric, an idiot of the court,
The jester, the jouster,
A knight upon the Kings medieval fort....
The bishops stood watching,
As the king rode in,
On the square of the pawn,
It was Hans the pleasant the mob did send in,
He rode asunder, his helmet ablaze,
On a midnight horse,
His cunning unfazed,
The drama unfolding as page turned to page,
An imperial dual on the sinquefield stage.
The king triumphantly rode in to battle the fool,
A matter of course for the outcome he knew?
He was the champion of champions,
The golden lot of his age,
Before him yet another sacrificial simpleton page,
But with the opening verse came a surprise,
A Catalan transposition,
The jester set forth on a 64 square imposition,
The king still awaiting the inevitable inquisition,
But his trap was exposed,
The spring did not spring,
The king didn't know there would be such a thing...
The king steadied and henceforth sought liquidation,
His end game of legend,
The sorcerers stone,
The water from rock upon his kingdom was grown,
But the idiot parried,
And landed a jab,
The king stumbled but was still ironclad,
The jester danced, a knight and his rook,
But we all knew the end of this middle age book?
We had seen it before,
The king would escape,
Unless thee the story of Henry the 8th,
The peasant maneuvered,
Battling against fate,
The peasants threw stockfish, but it was only bait,
A tick of the mind,
The doubt of a king,
Even Alejandro couldn't believe it a thing!
The prophets declared lines of escape,
As the jester showed imprecision,
But it the mind of the king, these were Merlin's decision,
But it was the hand of the Hans decided who decided his fate,
The shake of the hans,
Instead of checkmate!
woeful wolf
<@160563760585637888> stop pinging me om at work
Yes boss
woeful wolf
Delegate me some work I gotcha
smoky swan
i mean i gotta go outside
and check out marine vessels
even if i could delegate
i couldnt
half hedge
♟️
woeful wolf
I worked in a chain and anchor resale yard 1 summer in college I’m basically qualified and totally know everything about boats *
(* I know nothing)
@dusky hull you should do like a “bronze league hero’s” chess cast
tardy finch
Then let's get our bronze heroes going
woeful wolf
I have work rn alas
half hedge
WUT
woeful wolf
Then I have keys to heal
half hedge
i didnt know the offer to play chess was on the table
woeful wolf
After work I’ll play until it’s time to heal keys
dusky hull
Work has been annoying as fuck today
dusky hull
<@171682145646018560> you should do like a “bronze league hero’s” chess cast
I have no idea what this means
tardy finch
There was this Starcraft comentator you might have heard of - Husky
He used to do a cast like that and you might find remnants of it on other channels - he deleted all his videos after he stopped producing content.
dusky hull
#freehans
dusky hull
i havent slept and i have time for one single game
who wants to do it
you have the advantage of rest on your side
tardy finch
Ohhh content
... guess not
@half hedge app tells me you issued a challenge, is that correct?
dusky hull
@delicate peak after my conference calls i will be down again
tardy finch
How do you stay awake during those
dusky hull
it means castles (short)
half hedge
OWOWO
left glade
half hedge
dusky hull
well blunders, like most other things in that chart, are categorized by centipawn loss. so maybe you were winning by a forced mate and you made a move that took you to +50 which means you're still massively winning but you just didnt play the best move so blunder
left glade
half hedge
Enhancements 
tardy finch
I can smell someone being online
left glade
dusky hull
my coach asked me what i think is my best chess quality and i said my ability to mount a defense after blundering terribly
and he said
tardy finch
@half hedge castling long in a position where you moved two of your queenside pawns forward isn't particularly safe but luckily for you, your opponent is in no way to attack you there. Try to develop more pieces.
half hedge
dusky hull
"yea, you do that very well"
half hedge
HE'S WATCHING
tardy finch
I'm always watching 
half hedge
im just waiting for my hair dye to develop 😦
dusky hull
tardy finch
I still haven't seen you blunder, Pert, so I think your coach might have been just confused and didn't want to argue
half hedge
F
tardy finch
You're better here.
tardy finch
Black has 5 undeveloped pieces for starters
And out of the two knights that are out, one is locked in jail
half hedge
because Im dumb af
tardy finch
Or just take it yourself?
half hedge
but his bishop will take it
tardy finch
Now both your rooks are hit by a knight that didn't have anything better to do
half hedge
now he could check me
tardy finch
So?
dusky hull
I still haven't seen you blunder, Pert, so I think your coach might have been ju...
It happens very often. It just happens to not be when I’m playing against you. Although you could argue that the games we drew were due to positional blunders instead of outright material blunder
tardy finch
It's a simple check. Nothing more. You're in no danger. Your pieces are in poor positions though so you need to shuffle them around a bit.
half hedge
now i sweep up pawns?
or well those 3
wait no
he can take my queen if i go for the back one
tardy finch
Mhm
half hedge
the rook ?
tardy finch
Game is currently equal but you have way more time. Play calm and don't rush.
dusky hull
we love to see it
tardy finch
Yeah, great idea to take advice from someone who hangs a king regularly
left glade
tardy finch
Wait, that wasn't on purpose?
tardy finch
Pretty sure it's forced mate
dusky hull
usually by clicking
tardy finch
Get your queen to d1, prepare for an attack
tardy finch
Ok, see this - you have a rook, queen and knight against a king that has nothing nearby.
Nh3
Check the king and win yourself time to move the rook out of danger
Mate in 4. All yours.
left glade
half hedge
or just time i guess
tardy finch
It was Qg4+, Kh2, Rf2+, Qg1#
Just drive the king into the corner where there is no support.
tardy finch
Well, most of that is due to not spotting how to get a winning position through constantly being on the offensive. Realistically, you had just 1 actual blunder.
dusky hull
yea if you repeatedly dont see the same idea when its your turn a couple times, you can wrack up centipawn loss even though you're realistically only making the same blunder again and again
tardy finch
Well, try to get a mate. There are actually some excellent training exercises.
dusky hull
PUZZLES
tardy finch
Ladder mate is the easiest of all.
Once you get the concept of that, you will find that sometimes all you need to finish the game is a rook and some open space.
tardy finch
yea if you repeatedly dont see the same idea when its your turn a couple times, ...
According to Stockfish, she missed mate in 13 which is just ... bruh, that's no blunder, that's just common folk playing
dusky hull
yea missing mating sequences can be pretty detrimental to your overall calculation at the end
even if they're hard to follow as a human
tardy finch
@half hedge more games 
woeful wolf
I’m at work
Had Dr appointment
Now working
Then gotta sneak out of work early for blood and urine tests
So actually gotta work for a while
half hedge
I have food now also
tardy finch
game?
tardy finch
Soo ... uhhh ... new challenger?
half hedge
he could be
dusky hull
It’s a good thing I was paying attention to this call because my boss just asked me a question after like an hour and a half of no one talking to me
half hedge
HES LAUGHING AT ME
tardy finch
Is that your brother against you?
half hedge
yeah
tardy finch
I'm joining late but looking at moves, you blundered as early as move 2. That's one thing I learned from Pert as he made sure to demonstrate why it is so terrible - do not play f6.
half hedge
iu screamed in voice
tardy finch
tardy finch
To be fair, your brother is giving you a chance here and there. Either that or he's blundering hard but I doubt someone at that level thinks about a move for a long time then just hangs a piece straight up.
delicate peak
give her queen odds
tardy finch
A little tip on your last move - do not put your rooks on the same diagonal for no reason, especially if that diagonal is completely open and has a queen/bishop lurking on it.
half hedge
yeah I wanted to hang myself
tardy finch
No need. Everyone makes mistakes. Just make sure to learn from them.
tardy finch
You follow that goal
half hedge
as a kid he used to always get the frosted chess board out and id have no idea wtf was going on
tardy finch
Oh, you two are playing again. I'll get the popcorn ready. SALTY popcorn.
OH NO, IT'S ACTUALLY A TSL MATCH
half hedge
I WAS PROBABLY WINNING SO BAD
tardy finch
+55
half hedge
tardy finch
WOW
half hedge
😎
woeful wolf
tardy finch
Wait, are they playing again
delicate peak
what the fuck is this game lol
Every move they've both played is Best basically
99% accuracy for both
grand idol
looks like white is gonna win
gonna push the a pawn
what the fuck
why did he go down the exchange without any pawns???
is king bishop vs king rook a draw?
delicate peak
That would depend a lot on the actual position I think? In this case it was because there was no way to save the rook
So it was just king bishop vs king which is a draw.
grand idol
ok so @delicate peak on move 42, why didn't white try to go rook A1 instead of just trading
how does black defend against rook h1 and then taking with bishop
delicate peak
Rook A1 leads to a line where black queens
dusky hull
engine preparation--and the knowledge that gm's need to have at this level--are both impressive
cool share
half hedge
I am full team Han's now
I'll be your support network Hans
What is a support network ?
cyan elm
this was so cathartic to watch
I assume you weren't wearing headphones then
cyan elm
tbh this heavily supports your theory that to be a great chess player you have to be neurologically different
dusky hull
you don't have to be, but if you are, you might also be a chess gm
him screaming "why am I so fucking stupid" after blundering is literally how I feel any time I make a single mistake in a video game
delicate peak
is his reaction to being stalemate-swindled by Naroditsky in there
"WHY IS HE SO SMART"
"WHY IS HE SO SMART"
oh ye its the first one
amazing
dusky hull
Yea man tricking your opponent into stalemate is so 9000iq
It’s happened to me a few times due to recklessness and it never feels better
cyan elm
delicate peak
A DRAW IS NOT A WIN PUDGY
cyan elm
woeful wolf
Tbh
I would agree to an extent
People can change sure and be better but do most people?
That said
I don’t see how he could of cheated here
So until evidence is provided
It’s 
woeful wolf
Ah
Well regardless
The same accusation has basically been slung basically by others I think
cyan elm
Yeah it’s a shitpost from anarchy chess
cyan elm
This pin is pretty funny
woeful wolf
I do think If your going to insinuate someone cheated you should elaborate and show proof
cyan elm
Yeah it’s a heavy accusation to throw around
woeful wolf
But I can’t be assed right now to even think of how he could of cheated
Pure misery today 🤢
cyan elm
Sure he has a right to live and be happy
woeful wolf
cyan elm
But he doesn’t have a right to accuse people of cheating without providing proof
cyan elm
tardy finch
Anyone up for a quick game?
half hedge
tardy finch
Do you plan on going there and showing them how real chess is played?
tardy finch
Pudgy seems to have a confidence boost since yesterday
woeful wolf
Pudgy chess guidewriter
half hedge
blunder all your pieces and run around the middle of the board hoping or a stalemate
tardy finch
@grand idol I hereby extend an official challenge to a chess game
Pudgy, that's not how you play, why would you recommend it to other people?
You blunder near the edge of the board
half hedge
sure
tardy finch
Wait, really?
woeful wolf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2IuWqVEGPw the pert exp
send people to the shadow realm
tardy finch
Well, depends on whether or not we got spectators. Either way, it's your choice really.
delicate peak
can spectate either way
tardy finch
k chess com it is then
half hedge
Yes Sir
tardy finch
5 min or 10 min
half hedge
10 minutes is fine
tardy finch
Challenge issued, let's see if I did it right
half hedge
no pop up for me
tardy finch
you mean asiano550?
delicate peak
no the real name
tardy finch
eh?
delicate peak
the name you carry IRL is public on your chesscom profile
tardy finch
Did this piece of shit site just fucking dox me 
delicate peak
I guess
woeful wolf
Where spectator link 
delicate peak
its default
half hedge
i dont think anyone else here has you as a friend
tardy finch
Doesn't matter either way, it's one of the most common names here
Pretty much the equivalent of John Smith
delicate peak
more like John Johnson
tardy finch
Still rather weird
half hedge
delicate peak
https://www.chess.com/member/pudgypawns
the challenge button should turn to "Watch" when their game starts
half hedge
@tardy finch
woeful wolf
Ty Azor
tardy finch
d4 player, it's just like Pert
half hedge
Gonna cancel your ass 
tardy finch
Be careful. I'm setting up a trap here.
woeful wolf
tardy finch
Okay Storm, going full monke
tardy finch
Well ... I don't expect her to see it
tardy finch
Most likely.
Then again, I did say I was setting up a trap. A shitty one, yet a trap.
woeful wolf
woeful wolf
I am waiting for pudgy to show her true power level here
grand idol
<@106556161913802752> I hereby extend an official challenge to a chess game
give me like an hour and ill be around
tardy finch
@half hedge Do not move your bishop to a place where it can be easily stopped by a pawn unless you are 100% sure that bishop will achieve something.
half hedge
its lost to time anyway
tardy finch
Is that why you are blundering?
Your chance to win in chat. Let us see.
5 minutes.
tardy finch
I don't know if spectators can see chat but I issued a puzzle challenge. If she solves it, she wins.
@half hedge Even if you don't solve it, I'll keep on playing but with little to no time.
||it was a trick question, you can't move it there because my bishop would be blocking||
You still solved it correctly.
half hedge
I was assuming you meant if i took the bishop
but
i just realised i wouldn't be able to
because i'd be in check
tardy finch
The point I am making here is simple - you now ON YOUR OWN learned why moving the bishop there was wrong - you saw the sequence that would be following.
woeful wolf
tardy finch
So in the future, you would hopefully not do that again.
tardy finch
It's rapid so it's okay to take your time. As a matter of fact, it is best you do.
You don't queue for a 10 min game to only use 30s of it
FUCK
"How to castle in four moves instead of one: Definitive guide"
tardy finch
It would have helped me develop
tardy finch
<@610034978784542720> Do not move your bishop to a place where it can be easily ...
back to this
tardy finch
One thing that is usually taught to beginners (although in my opinion not entirely correct) is "do not move your queen during the opening".
So my question is - what was the purpose of moving yours? The only thing achieved was letting me attack it which wasn't pleasant.
You might want to move to lichess because there I can extend your time. Just because obviously time was troubling you at the end.
half hedge
Time and chess hates me
half hedge
wait what
tardy finch
If I have a pawn covering your single pawn move and you instead move it twice, I can capture it. BUT ONLY during that move.
half hedge
thats fucking bullshit
tardy finch
It is 😄
half hedge
YEEE BOI
tardy finch
If you push the g pawn, f is no longer pinned so it's a free knight
Aight, back to regular play
half hedge
i was like yeah but then you just take G on next turn
and my pawn is in the same place
so its no longer protecting my king
tardy finch
2 pawns for a knight tho
tardy finch
Not with that piece.
tardy finch
Now you see why.
half hedge
OKAY
tardy finch
I move to h5 not to attack you but to have an escape
half hedge
I forgot about my rook
half hedge
tardy finch
Looking back at this game, what would you say caused you most trouble?
This isn't a one-right-answer question but rather a feelycraft one. What's your personal opinion here?
half hedge
my Defence probably
tardy finch
And why was it hard to defend?
Realistically, I would only attack you with one piece at a time. What was the thing that made it hard to defend?
half hedge
Idk probably me feeling overwhelmed quickly
tardy finch
I'll give you this - you were doing perfectly fine and holding equal ground for a while.
Allowing my knight to infiltrate was what made your position bad - because you simply had no answer to it.
Additional point is moving your king forward for absolutely no reason. If you are in the back, I have less ways to attack you. Doesn't necessarily mean you are safer but generally means I have fewer threatening moves.
btw after playing the knight sequence correctly the position was favoring you according to analysis. Not an overwhelming victory but after I gave up the d pawn, it's -4. That is the equivalent to a bishop and a pawn.
tardy finch
Yup.
There are two things that you can keep in mind to evaluate your position at any time even though you are not a computer:
- Material advantage
- King safety
While you aren't going to be 100% accurate with your predictions, it is easy to assume that if you aren't down in material and your king is safely tucked away somewhere, you are likely winning. At worst, it's a draw.
woeful wolf
Pudgy I Think the puzzles would help you a ton
from discussion here
in terms of trying to help you expand chess thinking
half hedge
Yeah I probably should
woeful wolf
I mean I think the struggle of new player is thinking far enough ahead generally
and I think puzzles help
tardy finch
From what I've seen that is correct. But currently the biggest issue is thinking "what would my opponent do on the next move?".
woeful wolf
I think that thinking ahead is the important skill
once you think ahead you can transition into "why would they have made this move/what is thier goal?"
or more correctly "If i made this move what would my goal be?"
tardy finch
It most certainly is. And talking from experience, thinking ahead is the actual thing that makes playing seriously exhauisting*.
tardy finch
To put it into perspective, playing random unranked games, I get to do whatever I feel like in whatever way I think might be okay. No need to give a fuck. Then you go into a serious game or a tournament and you try to think 5-6 moves ahead like if you are some robot and not only does it chip away at your sanity but you also get analysis wrong at times which ends up in you making mistakes+getting annoyed at getting it wrong. Only to have frustration build up and evolve into negative emotions.
If everything is exhausting, there might be an underlying issue as to why. Hobbies, for example, should never feel exhausting.
woeful wolf
If everything is exhausting, there might be an underlying issue as to why. Hobbi...
Yeh
Trying to find out why
tardy finch
I certainly hope you are a lab worker and all that is just profession related 
tardy finch
tardy finch
That doesn't sound comforting in the slightest.
woeful wolf
/shrug
rather know what it is so I can be done with being exhausted
and get back to enjoying things
grand idol
@tardy finch LETS DO IT
grand idol
lets do lichess I forgot my chesscom pw LOL
ya i gotta brb bio too
you good with 10 min game?
or faster?
tardy finch
Your pick
left glade
asiano is so nice
tardy finch
Well that was weird
tardy finch
You walked into it
grand idol
after the castle is there something i could have done
tardy finch
Push h pawn once before castling so I can't get in
I am so used to people capturing that pawn that you immediately threw me out of theory
😓
grand idol
theory omegalul
left glade
tardy finch
I THOUGHT YOU WOULDN'T TAKE IT AAAHHH
tardy finch
ye sure
Just give me a few minutes
It's better I sober up
/pull 5
Got the happy juice 
I spilled the happy juice because it tastes like shit 
I will honestly need Pert to analyze which capture is better in this position because I'm not able to differentiate
grand idol
GG
tardy finch
GG
grand idol
i have clinched my spot as worst TSL player
tardy finch
This was a good one
Worst?
You held the game pretty well
To be fair, I am certain that any passive move here from me would have ended in a loss
tardy finch
You mean the knight joining the rook and queen?
tardy finch
Though, looking here, I am not really sure why I didn't just push
grand idol
I saw the check and then u go to the corner and was like fuck what do i do now
aaaaah
tardy finch
If I went in the corner, you still have Rd2
Simply because earlier I decided to defend my knight and pawn instead of pushing the pawn like a boss
In which case Rd2 is met with queen promotion
You really should have punished that mistake there but you doubted yourself. Never do that. You are most definitely better than you think.
tardy finch
Damn, going into analysis, the eval bar just had a stroke around those moves
At the very least, I now have some relatively bad experience with the english opening so I know from experience to never play it again
dusky hull
I am alive
cyan elm
half hedge
