Nice little puzzle, probably geared for 1500ish players. See if you can figure it out. White to play and win (and for clarification, the black pawns are moving down the board).
#♟️Chess
dusky hull
answer + explanation: ||You have to realize that the only black piece/pawn that can move is the knight. You see that you're close to delivering mate on b1 if your bishop can safely land on a2. So first move, Bd5. This allows your bishop to still eye the a2 square while preventing the knight from blocking. If the knight is allowed to block the bishop, it will lead to a draw. Best for black is Ne4. Bxe4 in reply. The reason this isnt stalemate is because the bishop left the diagonal it was on and is no longer looking at a2, so the black king can now move to a2. Bd5+, Kb1. Bxh1, wasting a move so the king goes back to a2, but more importantly setting up for something. Ka2 as mentioned, only move. Bd5+ yet again, Kb1 again, and now play Ka3, protecting the a2 square to deliver mate on next move. You might think wait isn't this stalemate? but this time even though there's no knight, its not stalemate since the h pawn is forced to promote due to the rook not being there and it being black's move. h1 promoting to literally anything, and then Ba2#||
dusky hull
the explanation makes it seem far more complicated than it really is due to the length
also fuck wog
woeful wolf
I only play green/black when I played anyhow
(During mercadian masques is when I quit)
dusky hull
@cyan elm this guy does a series on the london and is quite good at his explanatory process. this video is his climb through 1900, but his london series starts as low as like 500 or something and he takes it through around 2300. quite instructional and since you like the london system, this might be pertinent to you
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMI82LUYt2Q
when you're trying to improve--especially at one opening in particular--it can be good to watch stuff like this because not all of your opponents will play the same way. you can see how he sort of dissects the various positions with moves that just kinda make sense.
tardy finch
I checked the games. Itsy scares me.
tardy finch
I figure I haven't played a lot of people here in a long time. Is anyone willing to play a game? Not Itsy, sorry bro, you legit terrify me.
cyan elm
Saw this cool one on reddit white to play and win
dusky hull
||Qxb6|| ?
cyan elm
||Qxb6|| ?
||Ye and from there holy shit it’s crushing||
dusky hull
Is best for black just acknowledging that ||the pawn is lost|| and just play ||Ra8|| or something. Because every other reply I’m thinking of seems really bad
Like black can’t play ||Qxb6|| because ||backrank mate||, he can’t play ||Rxd7|| either because of a similar idea
rigid perch
Yay I got it right
dusky hull
rigid perch
How do you spoiler tag btw?
cyan elm
Is best for black just acknowledging that ||the pawn is lost|| and just play ||R...
That is the engine move reply buts its still such an awful position for black
Brutal
rigid perch
Fuck my keyboard doesn't have that lol
rigid perch
On my OG keyboard it's on the left of Z but this one is temporary and doesn't even have a question mark button, gotta press Alt+W for it
dusky hull
Oh that’s pain
@fierce oyster is there a way you can grant permission for me to pin things within just this thread, or threads in general? I won’t abuse it elsewhere
If not all g
cyan elm
Fuck my keyboard doesn't have that lol
Pretty sure if you highlight the message and right click it discord will let you mark as spoiler
rigid perch
||Test||
cyan elm
On mobile rn so can’t confirm but I can do something similar on phone
dusky hull
Woodsy clutch
cyan elm
Woodsy clutch
Also ty for that video on the London
I’ve been messing around with Reti but keeping London in the repertoire for when I’m being lazy
dusky hull
Ye I’d check the other ones that are closer to your current skill level first before moving to the 2000+ climb but all the same you’ll see the major benefit of the London system is it almost doesn’t matter what black plays.
And good to hear. Does the reti make some amount of sense
cyan elm
Ye I’d check the other ones that are closer to your current skill level first be...
Exactly gonna keep it in my back pocket for I wanna play chess but just chill games and then explore some options for when I feel like having some real chess
cyan elm
And good to hear. Does the reti make some amount of sense
Yes I love it
dusky hull
The other benefit of the reti is that if you decide you want to play around with e4/c4 openings, a lot of what you’ll learn in the reti is applicable to those openings as well
So just by learning this, you’ll learn other stuff easier
cyan elm
Yeah it’s always kinda neat when you go to play something but then it transposes into something else that you also know
tardy finch
For me it’s hiding behind the :
For me I have the cursed bullshit that the UK keyboard is and WINDOWS DOESN'T LET ME REMOVE IT
It literally doesn't even exist in the control panel but it still appears on switch
dusky hull
oh you have a nintendo switch? thats cool
dusky hull
I wish I still had my snes
delicate peak
sneeze on this dick
half hedge
@dusky hull are you even watching chess bro
dusky hull
I’m not. I’m getting ready for my chess lesson at 2. My coach and I are straight up sparring today.
Pretty nervous 
we’re doing as many games as we can within 1.5 hours
If you pick out a game or two that is standing out I’ll make sure I check it out afterwards
dusky hull
were playing a 15+10 
he played the trompowsky
i dont know the trompowsky
my position feels claustrophobic
i am SCARED.
dusky hull
@tardy finch he thought our scandinavian endgame was good. he gave me some pointers in regards to how to treat that specific situation of Q v B/R which really comes down to the general idea of attack the squares that the bishop cant protect, pressure one side of the board with the Q and one side of the board with the K and eventually the B/R side will get overloaded
but ultimately i still think it was a fluke
tardy finch
You know my memory doesn't serve me well so ...
Which scandinavian game exactly?
dusky hull
tardy finch
I like how analysis hates scandi so much it gives me an inaccuracy on move 1 
dusky hull
well i mean i told you from the get-go that white should always be better. its just very aggressive and if white doesnt play properly then black can capitalize
do you wanna see the game against my coach
tardy finch
Sure
Btw I have no memory of playing the scandi like this against you and I am just wondering what exactly was going on in my head from move 19 onwards
Even a bit earlier though this is the highlight
dusky hull
there were not one, not two, but three spots that queen sacs could have happened in this game had myself or my coach played slightly differently
with only 17 seconds on the clock, i couldnt find the very necessary h5 h4 idea because i saw:
29 ...h5, Kh1 h4, Ne4 forking my queen and rook and I just couldn't see what to do next.
but there's the fucking incredible Rxg2 giving up my queen for his knight, so Nxd6 Bxd6 threatening mate on h2 and white can block either with Qg4 or Rg3 and both incredibly lead to a drawn position
tardy finch
That game gives me the feeling of you being afraid to make moves
I swear, if you played me, that f5 would have been on the board at least 5 moves earlier
dusky hull
Just as an example for how ridiculous this game was, after 21. ...f5 I'm inviting
- f4 c5, fxg5 hxg5, Qh7 Bxd4+, Rxd4 Nf5, Nxf5 exf5, and finally the white queen is trapped so Qxf7 Qxf7, Bxf7 cxd4, Rd3 Rg7, and after all of that CHAOS I'd be up a pawn but it would be pretty impossible to defend in the long term so it would be equal
dusky hull
I swear, if you played me, that f5 would have been on the board at least 5 moves...
yea i told him i was kinda scared to compromise my position lol. f5 and Rg5 were two moves that kept coming to my mind but I couldn't effectively measure how detrimental or positive they'd be for me in the longterm so I abstained
Rg5 in particular was something I should have played because I could always come back if I really needed to, so yea I didn't play precisely. but overall, he played phenomenally and neutralized my threats such that the only play I had left to keep equality was a queen sac that I couldn't see
but I guess overall I can say I've improved and am at least keeping things lively for him
tardy finch
You'll beat his ass, I believe in you
dusky hull
haha idk about that. this was definitely our closest game but he still had 1:30 on the clock to my 17 seconds when I resigned
so like even if we somehow played a game where I kept things equal, he'd still be better on time management
half hedge
Last day of the finals, who do we think is gonna take it
tardy finch
Whoever studied for them 
delicate peak
LOOOOOOOOOOO
half hedge
Ehhh
dusky hull
Not hype?
dusky hull
Pain
dusky hull
Pls update me on chess things that happen from today - Thursday thank you ily
delicate peak
i got you
cyan elm
@dusky hull thoughts
dusky hull
Elon doing gods work
void bramble
I finally watched this. Above my level to figure out but interesting when explained, ty for the video
dusky hull
Ye whether or not you got it is relatively unimportant. Just fun thinking about it for a bit and then seeing the idea in action during the solution
Glad you liked
cyan elm
Neat puzzle I saw
tardy finch
I tried it, thought it was taking too long then noticed the "neat" part. Neighly missed it, cool puzzle, Woodsy.
woeful wolf
Isn’t it just ||pawn g7 then queen h7 or something very close?||
dusky hull
There’s a particular reason it’s neat, storm. You’re on the right track, but try to see how to continue after ||Qh7+||. Worst case, I’ll let asiano take the reins on this while I’m finishing up my conference.
dusky hull
i got you
anything I should care about? Just got home
still pretty fatigued but if there’re some good games to check I’ll do so tonight
cyan elm
Harder puzzle today
rigid perch
Neat puzzle I saw
||g7+. If Kxg7, Qg6+-Kh8, Qh7#. If Kg8, gxf8+ to queen - Qxf8, Qh7#?||
dusky hull
||g7+. If Kxg7, Qg6+-Kh8, Qh7#. If Kg8, gxf8+ to queen - Qxf8, Qh7#?||
in your variation here, ||Qxf8|| is not forced. Black can play ||Kxf8|| and the attack is over. Try to mess with the move order so that your attacks are coming with tempo.
Messing with the move order might give you the inspiration to explore new ideas that can nag at you
void bramble
|| do you need to make a knight I keep seeing horse puns and I have to believe it's on purpose ||
dusky hull
dusky hull
Neat puzzle I saw
the answer to this puzzle as it doesnt look like it was posted:
||g7+. Kxg7 results in mate in 2 from Qg6+ Kh8 Qh7#, so instead, Kg8. Qh7+ Kf7, and the star move, g8=N+ (the check is a discovery of the queen on h7). The f6 square is now covered by the Knight you promoted and e7 is covered by the queen's discovery, so Ke8 only move, and then Qe7# because the knight controls that square from where it promoted.||
For the record, ||you can promote to a queen and probably a rook and still be winning, but promoting to a knight is part of the mating sequence, winning the game on the spot. promotion to a queen or rook will break the sequence and require more work to win the game||
dusky hull
maybe itsy can teach us one day
grand idol
anyone wanna play a game
dusky hull
i'd say yes almost any time but im in a pretty pissed off mood and i only just got back from a 4 day work conference, so hit me up tomorrow.
grand idol
kk
cyan elm
||Qg7 Bh2+ Kxg2 and then can’t stop QB7# right?||
cyan elm
first move is || Rh3 ||
oh thats hilarious its ||Rh3 b3 Rh1 gxh1=Q Qxh1#||
grand idol
yup!
cyan elm
hang on I'll mark as spoiler but ye thats hilarious
grand idol
ya so cute
woeful wolf
This felt really nice. I usually blunder bad vs this bot and have stumbled onto a win against the one above it once but first time beating this one
tardy finch
Stomping Nelson always feels good, no matter the blunders.
woeful wolf
tardy finch
69 moves even 
woeful wolf
dusky hull
oof this took me longer than I care to admit but quite nice
void bramble
STOP USING CRUSTY DUSTY CHESSCOM
It's prettier
delicate peak
👀
dusky hull
What if I only do puzzles while pooping? Is chess.com that bad then?
do more
Or poop more, I guess
tardy finch
Never ending cycle... Of poop
dusky hull
Do neither. Quit chess. Dumb game. Hate myself.
cyan elm
Fun lil mate in 3
dusky hull
||pawn mates are top tier mates. ill make a tier list one of these days, but pawn mates are up there||
cyan elm
@dusky hull where do you stand on smothered mates?
dusky hull
lowest tier mates, for the record, are queen mates supported by another queen. like cmon bro have some class.
tardy finch
En passant mates stand above all though.
For those curious how that would work, here is an example.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zT83p6pMHg
cyan elm
I have a new goal in life
dusky hull
nah, en passant mates are just a special case of the pawn mate. cool, definitely a high tier mate, but wouldnt say the highest of all time
cyan elm
nah, en passant mates are just a special case of the pawn mate. cool, definitely...
thats what someone with no en passant mates would say
dusky hull
you ain’t got no mates 
dusky hull
it isnt often, but sometimes i hit some absolute filth on someone out of the opening. i feel a little bad for this one ngl https://lichess.org/bDLQgx7H/black#1
rigid perch
Damn, poor dude got blasted
dusky hull
double knight sac by move 12 wasn't on my bingo card for today, but im glad it happened
rigid perch
That's some foward vision
dusky hull
its more just dont take your queen out too early in the opening lol
rigid perch
Yeah
But I wouldnt have spotted the mate with the double sac
I need to improve my tactics
dusky hull
ah gotcha. i had the idea there but white obv doesnt have to go for that
they could go into a situation where they are much worse instead of capturing the knight
or better yet dont push the pawn at all and just play f3 trapping the bishop
dusky hull
there's a general rule in chess that if your opponent is offering you material, its sometimes okay to take the first offering. but if your opponent offers you something else again, accepting the second offering is going to be quite bad
usually its pawns not pieces, but its still a decent rule to keep in your head
rigid perch
tardy finch
General rule is, if it looks like Pert is giving away a piece, it's a trap
half hedge
dusky hull
General rule is, if it looks like Pert is giving away a piece, it's a trap
General rule is, if it looks like Pert is giving away a piece, he’s overlooked something completely obvious
dusky hull
nice meme adaptation lol
grand idol
it isnt often, but sometimes i hit some absolute filth on someone out of the ope...
grossss
dusky hull
similar in concept to woodsy's puzzle from a few days ago. very nice
took me longer to see it. the perspective shift of looking at the side of the board instead of the top/bottom of the board kinda fucks with my tactics sometimes, even if you think it shouldnt
its something i need to work on
grand idol
similar in concept to woodsy's puzzle from a few days ago. very nice
|| yeah except its one of those puzzles where you sac everything. ||agadmator loves those lol
cyan elm
very cool puzzle
grand idol
With good reason. It’s really the spirit of the game
so true
dusky hull
||Bg5|| seems like an automatic. ||black dark squares are weak, unblocks rook, threatens Rd8 mate on next move||. i'd like to explore this more when im done watching my movie but im locking that in as my first move upon initial inspection.
grand idol
am i dumb here
what is stopping ||Qd1+ -> Kxd1 -> Bg5+ -> Ke1 -> Rd1#||
isnt that mate?
how did that take 12 moves lol
or was that the whole game
cyan elm
or was that the whole game
Whole game
grand idol
ahhh
cyan elm
what is stopping ||Qd1+ -> Kxd1 -> Bg5+ -> Ke1 -> Rd1#||
||8 not 1 but ye thats it||
grand idol
ya good catch
dusky hull
Ah, right idea wrong move order. Good job leonard
dusky hull
just had this position as white where my opponent played Bxh3 setting up a discovery from his queen.
Usually I'd say look for the best move in the position, but here I'll posit a different question: does black have an immediate threat that I need to respond to?
answer + reasoning: ||despite the impending discovery from the bishop moving, the knight looking somewhat scary on e5, and my kingside being compromised, there are no threats that I need to respect and can play the very calm Qxe5. Many times in chess, especially when under attack, you can start to see "ghosts" -- moves that you make out of fear because you see the opportunities your opponent has. It is really important to be concrete. It can be very easy to throw a winning game by playing scared. For example, a reasonable move at first glance is Bf3 adding another defender to the pawn. But black would still have Bxg2 Kxg2 and Qxf6 since now the bishop blocks the rook's defense to the knight, now taking the winning position and making it a draw. Seeing ghosts is a very real problem that we have to overcome as players so its important that when you're under attack you concretely think about what continuations your opponent has, if any.||
||so after Qxe5, black can still try Bxg2+ Kxg2 and Qg7+, but after that check we can either block with bishop Bg4 (since knight controls g4) or take the king on a lovely stroll to f2 and even e1 if necessary depending on what black plays, where the king will be very safe||
grand idol
just had this position as white where my opponent played Bxh3 setting up a disco...
if bishop took g2, you wouldn't take back with king right?
I cant see why not though, cause knight covers Rg8+
and then you can move to e1
cyan elm
So uh Magnus popping off
dusky hull
that game against quang liem was good defending on his part but im not sure why LQL decided to go into an endgame when he sacced two pieces for the rook. historically unless your rooks are incredibly active, 2 pieces for a rook is winning in an endgame
all the same though magnus knows his ruy lopez quite well to hold off the pressure until an endgame comes on the board
cyan elm
that game against quang liem was good defending on his part but im not sure why ...
Did you see his games against Giri
dusky hull
i only saw one
one game of the whole match
so theres a decent shot i missed something
i know that it ended 3-0 without needing to play game 4
but thats it
cyan elm
Giri didn’t look good but I wonder if that’s partly due to Magnus being able to make his opponent play uncomfortable positions
dusky hull
looking at the french game, giri actually had a really solid position once magnus committed the QS pawns.
hold on ill screenshot
magnus is black and giri is white here
magnus committed the QS pawns and giri closed the position. if you're looking at piece placement, magnus' pieces are all on the QS which makes it a lot harder for them to find value. Giri's next move was f5, but preparing it first with Nh4 is probably the way to go because if exf5 after Nh4, then Nxf5 attacking black's best piece and the weak g pawn
defending this position as black with g4 and h4 on the way i really dont know
seems quite hard
dusky hull
looks like he played a series of slightly inaccurate moves
and when you play at that level, 3-4 slightly inaccurate moves in a row is basically the equivalent of making one bigger mistake
props to magnus for converting it obviously
no easy feat to find the retaliation
yea so this is the thought process i had. stockfish is saying best move is fucking Rg8, keeping the king in the center and aligning your rook with white's king. i know for fact i wouldnt have seen this if i was black. any other move other than Rg8 is just bad for black
cyan elm
@dusky hull did you see Leela vs Stockfish btw
cyan elm
There was one like the other day
dusky hull
do you have a link
doesnt look like agadmator covered it and i searched leela vs stockfish (and lc0 vs stockfish) and got nothing relevant
i'd like to see it if possible
dusky hull
@cyan elm agadmator ended up covering the french game between magnus and giri lol. i very clearly did not see the engine line, but at least i saw that f5 was giving up advantage so that's the win im going with https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh-Bv1-GJ1E
delicate peak
||qa7 nxa7 nb6+ ka7 nxd7 and white is up a rook maybe||
delicate peak
was i right
also
whats with chess players having such a particular walk
the way they swing their arms
their gait
pragg has it
magnus has it
most of them have it
grand idol
||qa7 nxa7 nb6+ ka7 nxd7 and white is up a rook maybe||
|| yeah but nxd7 is check so then you pick up the queen ||
delicate peak
||why is it a check, can't black play ka7 instead of kb8||
grand idol
||why is it a check, can't black play ka7 instead of kb8||
|| thats where their knight is ||
delicate peak
||very true||
tardy finch
white to move and destroy black
I had a different idea for this puzzle and decided to involve Stockfish instead of Pert as the arbiter. Mine is just slightly worse according to the computer but easier to execute in my opinion:
||Nb6+, if Kb8 gg therefore Ka7, Nd7 discovered check, anything but Qd4 loses, queen trade, Nf6 to go after the pawn anyway.
Both positions have a passer and an awkwardly placed black knight, I just personally find it easier to play around it and the black king is nowhere near to support the defense. This approach is 0.1 worse.||
grand idol
I had a different idea for this puzzle and decided to involve Stockfish instead ...
|| i like the line with queen taking because then it leaves you with a nxf5, and then you have a line of pawns to yourself. but you're right that's also a good one ||
delicate peak
White to move and mate in 2 @dusky hull
https://puu.sh/Js3uB/0a3c398efc.png
anyone else is free to try as well
(but it will probably just frustrate you)
dusky hull
Seems like ||Qf1|| is the way to go. Unless I’m wrong, there’s no move black can make stopping ||Qf4# or Qf6# dovetail mates|| depending on what black plays.
Open board mates are quite tricky but having the different mate ideas in your head can definitely be a good starting point for tactics or puzzle solving. My starting point was ||seeing the dovetail|| but I played and linked a game in here not too long ago where my starting point was the opera mate and the tactic kind of played itself in arriving there.
Good puzzle
ah i guess i shouldve been a little more concrete. ||Qf1|| is likely still the first move but i didn't take Qxe1 into account. Luckily white would still have ||Qxe1#||
dusky hull
||Qf5#|| because 📌 s
delicate peak
Yep
dusky hull
mates where the pieces are pinned are very fun
delicate peak
If you worked that out in 12 minutes then kudos, it took Magnus and Maurice like a minute or two
It is considered one of the hardest mate-in-2 puzzles
delicate peak
If you worked that out in 12 minutes then kudos, it took Magnus and Maurice like...
this sounds like a flame if you dont know how good magnus is lol
dusky hull
i dont think its that bad if you see the dovetail, but dovetail puzzles are one of my strongest tactical recognitions according to my puzzle profile
if you asked me to find the blackburn mate im probably not finding it nearly as quickly
(unless you told me it was a blackburn mate but that defeats the point)
and no i know you werent flaming haha. im happy to have gotten it at all. im in no way on the same level as magnus or even maurice
if you wanna see how good magnus really is at puzzles (granted, this video is limited to endgames only):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1SCXb2WA2U
30 minutes of him just acing position after position after position
granted some of them are quite foundational, but definitely not all of them
in particular, exercise 17 (16:40 timestamp) is something that i just dont know how he saw in like 10 seconds. this would take me substantially longer.
just built diff
grand idol
White to move and mate in 2 <@171682145646018560>
https://puu.sh/Js3uB/0a3c398ef...
is it not just || Rxe4+, Kxe4, Qe2# || ?
delicate peak
is it not just || Rxe4+, Kxe4, Qe2# || ?
||kxe4 is a discovered check so it doesn't work||
grand idol
ahhh
tardy finch
I've been away from the board for a while but I got an interesting one just now. If black plays a passive move, it's mate in one.
Therefore, black to play and get an advantage worth more than the two pawns.
Hint:
||In the game I got to pick up the white queen though it wasn't forced||
dusky hull
||temporary queen sac to win the exchange?||
being specific
||Rc2+ Kh3 Qg4+ Rxg4 Bxg4 Kxg4 gxf6||
although im not seeing a difference between queen move and bishop move going first after the ||rook check|| so ||Qg4+ and Bxg4+|| are probably interchangeable
all the same, nice tactic
@tardy finch wanna play after my lesson? I think itll be 10pm for you which isnt exactly early but probably not bedge time either
tardy finch
I'm out of shape and you'll destroy me. But I'm not going to chicken out.
Just keep in mind I might still be in the way home at the time.
dusky hull
thats fine just lmk
tardy finch
||Listen not to Pert for he is a deceiver||
dusky hull
???????????
dusky hull
magnus winning meltwater 5 full points above So who came in 2nd is fucking wild
he just absolutely crushed a whole bunch of super gms like it was nothing
tardy finch
You regularly kick everyone's ass here so you are our mini-Magnus
dusky hull
You drew against me and beat me yesterday 
void bramble
|| I know you're a deceiver though; can't trust you ||
dusky hull
woeful wolf
You drew against me and beat me yesterday <:SMH:887994777595965472>
He had his beads in
tardy finch
You drew against me and beat me yesterday <:SMH:887994777595965472>
Refer to this: #1016899716484706324 message
dusky hull
I would but today is the first group match for the US in the World Cup
It’s starting in like 3 minutes
grand idol
lol
grand idol
I would but today is the first group match for the US in the World Cup
u got a link 👀
dusky hull
im just watching it on peacock
you can just make some fubo/sling/youtubetv free trials and watch that way but i personally wouldnt do that until we get to bracket because they're only 1 week trials (unless you want to do it for every service and have 3 weeks total)
tardy finch
I'm just coming home, we playing or watching?
dusky hull
@grand idol he means you :p
grand idol
im game
shit I actually have a meeting rn for 30 mins
I will @ u when I finish @tardy finch
tardy finch
oh, okay
dusky hull
thats good though
you improve by playing
you should play
i bet you asiano or leo would play you when theyre free today
woeful wolf
I’m playing vs bots
And ye
I just have to run rn
Gotta get my snows on my car
Before I have to abandon it at work again
grand idol
@tardy finch u there
tardy finch
Bit sleepy but I can play a game
grand idol
sorry just finished
tardy finch
No worries mate
woeful wolf
I’m particularly happy with this
Just vs 1300 engine but still I was way behind and managed to salvage it
tardy finch
I dare say this would be harder with the black lsb off the board
dusky hull
what black dsb 
tardy finch
You were the only one to spot the mistake so maybe also the only one to understand my point...
grand idol
https://lichess.org/training/QRMxC
actually crazy that this was a real game
if I pulled this off in a game
id be so hyped
dusky hull
It’s a nice combination
4-5 move tactics are great, especially with multiple piece sacs
That’s why I was as happy as I was before with my double knight sac mate
dusky hull
David
delicate peak
Like, Howell?
dusky hull
Like, the bot that you hated
dusky hull
thats a superb move btw, cutting off the defenses of the rooks from each other
yea that seems like an ivanchuk move
delicate peak
I believe it's an only move, wins material no matter what black does
void bramble
Like, the bot that you hated
I knew you meant this
delicate peak
cyan elm
Insane move
dusky hull
yea it looks pretty devastating for black to deal with
the next free day i have, i need to sit down and thoroughly study ivanchuk's games
he's the most modern tal that we have, at least until the indian players get a bit more experience
void bramble
David is your nemesis @delicate peak
tardy finch
I heard you like geometry. Find the forced mate.
grand idol
<@171682145646018560> https://i.redd.it/ee59s6xpem1a1.jpg
sucks that he still lost that game, its such a cool move
dusky hull
I heard you like geometry. Find the forced mate.
||in this house, we stan quiet moves||
tardy finch
Here's an easier one which is also a good knight exercise - mate in two on board.
void bramble
|| still bad at notation, but knight to e4, king to e1, other knight to d3? ||
tardy finch
|| still bad at notation, but knight to e4, king to e1, other knight to d3? ||
Almost there but not quite
void bramble
Damn I literally screenshotted it and tried to do it by drawing on the screenshot cuz I'm so bad at remembering where things are after they move
|| is it because the king goes to c3 instead ||
dusky hull
its just your last move in the sequence is problematic because the knight can be captured on d3. similar idea, but choose the square where your knight cant be captured.
void bramble
Oh || c2? ||
dusky hull
yeye
dusky hull
i like the colors
void bramble
Thank you
I'm too used to the computer moving for the other colour; too hard for my brain to keep track of things
cyan elm
Neat puzzle
dusky hull
would anyone like to play a game or two
i want to get high first but im free for a bit
void bramble
i want to get high first but im free for a bit
Get super high so I have a shot
dusky hull
bet
void bramble
lmk when
dusky hull
this is definitely what i meant by getting high btw
if you saw the attack i was planning there, i really applaud you
nice game. wanna keep going?
dusky hull
so basically i played d5 to close your queen off from the light squares and keep it on my side of the board. the idea was to attack the light squares on your kingside with moves like Bh3 (since your pawn was pinned by my queen) and force you to play pawn moves that would cause permanent weaknesses
you playing f4 was solid because you got me off the light squares and gave your king a square to move if necessary
thats why i thought you saw what I was trying
void bramble
No I am at the "attempt to control the center trade pieces and try not to be too much of a dumbass" level
dusky hull
you did great for that. honestly you only had one real blunder in the game despite whatever analysis stockfish might say. the move that basically took a relatively equal position to me having advantage was Qb3, keeping the attack on your bishop and introducing a new greater threat on your queen. from there, you were just trying to survive, and honestly you did make me work for it
and your opening 10 moves or so were great
void bramble
And this level but it's a computer not a person
dusky hull
thats not bad at all
void bramble
I have no idea how it relates
dusky hull
a 1700 level of tactical awareness is going to win you some pawns or pieces. basically you're probably at the point where hypothetically if your opponent makes a blunder, you're catching it. like if your opponent hangs a queen by allowing a royal fork with your knight or something to that effect
void bramble
I don't have much practice with games, for awhile I only really played Azor
dusky hull
best way to improve is to lose a whole fuck ton to people better than you
i'd encourage you to just play random people on lichess
but again, you're following good principles
i had no idea what your strength was going to be so when you played for piece development and central control i was already thinking you were doing quite well
and even after you made a mistake you played moves that just kinda made sense to you even if you didnt see what i was trying
void bramble
I don't really feel like playing random people so I don't
dusky hull
fair enough. whenever you feel like playing again though just ask :)
void bramble
Thank you ❤️
dusky hull
@tardy finch @4:23 timestamp
pretty sure i expressed this idea to you recently
so now you know its not just me making shit up
heres an IM telling you the same thing
tardy finch
Oh, ye
When I watched the video this phrase just dug a hole in my mind and now it's there to stay
cyan elm
center op needs a nerf
dusky hull
if you spend the whole game defending, you will eventually break
cyan elm
<@276380421917507595> @4:23 timestamp
idk if you've already watched or if ur watching now but 100% worth watching till the end
tardy finch
Matters very little if I put more emphasis on fun than my endgames
dusky hull
although so far up to the 7 minute mark this doesnt seem anything out of the ordinary
i imagine itll heat up based on the title of the video
cyan elm
oh it heats up
dusky hull
i kinda wish the eval bar wasnt shown
or like maybe shown at the end
its giving me a lot of confirmation bias
because i can sit here and tell you 2 central connected pawns and king safety is definitely compensation for the piece, but it only really feels like that because the bar is agreeing with me
cyan elm
fair
cyan elm
aha yeah
dusky hull
but the difference is as the content creator HE CAN TURN IT OFF AND I CANT
whatever
anyway
ill finish this rq
ye that was a nice sequence
cyan elm
against Giri as well very nicely done by Duda
dusky hull
i got to play against not just asiano but asiano's dad today
that was quite interesting lol
tardy finch
we got rekt
grand idol
the botez gambit 😄
cyan elm
Pert learning of the Botez gambit is my favourite TSL chess lore
dusky hull
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4LnwRHGIHg
while I think wired couldve gotten someone a bit more knowledgeable on this particular topic, and the queen move at the end wasn't all that ridiculous, I think Levy was an okay choice and the video overall is helpful for the layman. This video might actually help you guys in your online games if you can spot the telltale signs.
at worst, its always nice to see chess in the spotlight via popular mediums
half hedge
Gotham chess grew on me
Initially I was a bit like ehhh this dude
But after he commentated with Danya I was like ok he's alright
dusky hull
i am currently lukewarm towards him. i find him certainly more engaging then some other chess content creators, but specifically in regards to cheating, i think there are people who would know better. this was likely just a really good chance for him to get even more exposure
which im not saying is bad. chase the bag, you know
half hedge
I prefer him to be the guy than hikaru that people give viewership(?) To
half hedge
Yesssss
Give me more Danya 
I remember waking up at like 7am once and getting hyped because he was still streaming and it put me in a good mood to make a bunch of cookies...
dusky hull
when you get in a good mood, you bake cookies. when i get in a good mood, i get baked. we are not the same.
dusky hull
i just played (and failed) one of the hardest puzzles ive ever played
i found the first two moves after about 10 minutes of thinking
the third move was just
ridiculous
i sincerely applaud any of you who even attempt this let alone get a few moves right
dusky hull
isnt that last move just fucking disgusting
like it makes sense after you see it but good lord finding that over the board is impossible
grand idol
ok so I think its because
|| by getting tthe queen off the black diagonal, you can mate w the queen/bishop?||
i couldnt have seen that
I was trying to do some discovery w the bishop
void bramble
I just kept trying different things until I figured it out 
I do not think this counts
grand idol
haha me too for the third move
void bramble
what is your puzzle rating
dusky hull
2586 now
like a gambler, im gonna keep playing until i get it back
inb4 i drop to 2400
void bramble
I am still trying to get back to 1700
dusky hull
puzzles really do be humbling
dusky hull
i dont mean to spam the chat with puzzles but this one is too excellent not to share
my advice for you guys is when calculating, don't write something off just because it seems dangerous. think about it all the way through.
woeful wolf
I’m like 1600 (puzzles)
And I just feel I’m not very good at the game and not getting better
(Puzzles)
dusky hull
Your puzzle rating is going to be hyper inflated compared to your real ratings, by several hundred points. Puzzles give an inherent advantage as you are always aware of an opportunity on the board as that is the whole point of the puzzle. In real games, you could miss very simple tactics that you otherwise would catch in a puzzle because no one is telling you to stop and look for it the same as you’d do while training.
Puzzles are also likely the least important part of chess (despite them being probably the most fun part) as if you can’t play sensible moves to begin with, tactics will never be in your favor outside of complete obvious blunders from your opponent. Tactics on the board occur when your pieces are positioned on ideal squares and can pressure pieces that are worth more (like how a fianchetto’d bishop will automatically be eyeing an opponents rook). so that’s why foundational concepts like piece development, king safety, and pawn structure all aid in your ability to create tactics while dissuade your opponent from creating his own.
Don’t be upset with yourself if your puzzle ratings isn’t as high as you want it or you feel like you’re stuck. Focus on principles and tactics come as a result.
dusky hull
i cannot believe you didnt laugh @cyan elm im never posting another meme in here again
you've crushed my spirit and waned my soul
void bramble
Someone's not high
dusky hull
excellent point
cyan elm
i cannot believe you didnt laugh <@146166616046960640> im never posting another ...
Sorry sir I did not see I’ve been degen gaming DF
dusky hull
oh right
dusky hull
Yea I feel you
Don’t have much time to play the games I want to play so I’ve been grinding puzzles to try to keep myself sharp
One day soon though I will finally go for a big rating push.
woeful wolf
One day soon though I will finally go for a big rating push.
I’m prob like
600 actual rating
cyan elm
That’s beautiful
woeful wolf
I do love the pawn mates
tardy finch
600 actual rating
That means you get to have fun. If you were at Pert's level, you'd be facing the tryhards.
woeful wolf
That means you get to have fun. If you were at Pert's level, you'd be facing the...
Having fun blundering
tardy finch
Well... Depends on what you consider a blunder.
Don't listen to Stockfish, it's a paid actor.
tardy finch
Hey, winning on time is legit. Feels bad at first (especially if you are the one losing) but it's part of the game.
woeful wolf
I’ve done 3 games
Every single person has tried for scholars mate
This game was fun
@dusky hull
I’m so bad at actual chess I was never good but I think I can beat bots and barely that
But roast me fam
@tardy finch
For entertainment purposes
dusky hull
Nothing to really roast, sir. Enticing your opponent with a full piece was a very smart tactic as your bishop controlled the light squares and his king was the one under attack.
The only comment i have is black has a way to defend after you play Ne5 by playing Nd7, blocking the attack on the c7 pawn, so the continuation you needed to find instead of Ne5 was Qf8+ Kd7 (forced) and Bxg8 winning your piece back and being in a much stronger position, threatening to win the exchange with a check from your bishop unlocking a discovery on his rook. But like your opponent didn’t spot the only way to defend his c7 pawn, so you took full advantage of it. Nice job. Good piece sac.
dusky hull
I’ll check it in a few minutes. Glad you’re having fun though, that’s the most important part
tardy finch
our boy is clapping 
woeful wolf
Clapping wood league cheeks
Ended up 932
Got some splinters
From the clap back I got
dusky hull
chess games are a series of who can make the least mistakes. if he threw, he made more (or more potent) mistakes and you capitalized.
so fuck it. if he threw, he threw. thats rating for you
dusky hull
@tardy finch ping me when you wake up, i might be up
idk if you wanna play in the morning but offer is there
dusky hull
man the amount of times i ask people if theyre up to play chess
dusky hull
hey @cyan elm
cyan elm
hey <@146166616046960640>
Hello I’m very hungover tried to my daily puzzle it was not good
cyan elm
Thank you sir
half hedge
Happy Birthday Woodsy!
dusky hull
@cyan elm im high as shit and just did this for you. this is your brithday present
yes i know Bx was better, but Rx is so much cooler
cyan elm
dusky hull
@tardy finch I wanna get lunch but also let’s play today
The offer is extended to anyone else of course; I just know I can guilt asiano into one or two games
void bramble
@dusky hull
dusky hull
dusky hull
this discord font looks awful
but anyway, look at this fuckin game. one tactic to put myself in a winning position, and another tactic to end the game. my puzzle streaking has definitely helped https://lichess.org/GSH3kYTo/white#1
half hedge
this discord font looks awful
Glad I'm not the only one who thinks that
tardy finch
Here is one I liked
Not going to specify whether you can win material or force a mate - that is up to you to find.
Play the best move.
void bramble
Here is one I liked
|| queen to f8, I can't tell if king takes queen or goes to h7 but if former, rook to c8 then d8 and if latter queen to g7?
It seems too easy so I assume I'm missing something but I have no idea what ||
dusky hull
grand idol
|| queen to f8, I can't tell if king takes queen or goes to h7 but if former, ro...
|| if king takes queen, then its checkmate, cause king is on f8. they have to move queen to d8 to block but then you take and its mate. if they move to h7, then queen to g7 is mate ||
void bramble
Took more than one try but I got it pretty quickly
dusky hull
tardy finch
Good day, citizens of TSL Chess. Here is a fun little one. The first move might be intuitive but make sure to find the whole sequence.
void bramble
I don't like doing this without it updating 🤣
Dunno if you can follow my brain but am I headed in the right direction @tardy finch
grand idol
Good day, citizens of TSL Chess. Here is a fun little one. The first move might ...
final move is || Nd7# || is that right
void bramble
|| oh man was I only one move away ||
void bramble
dusky hull
If you guys want a few bonus points, try doing that same puzzle but without the knight on b8 and see how that changes things
Still mate, but slightly different
And when I say without the knight I don’t mean without using it. I mean pretend it’s not on the board.
||Everything the same through Ke5 getting out of blacks Bf5+. But now with no N on b8, Rxf8 securing the back rank. If white just plays any move like Rhf1 attacking the queen, then Re8+ Be6 blocking, Rxe6#. And if white sees Re8+ leads to mate and tries to preemptively block it with Be6 instead of playing a silly move, then we move our bishop anywhere along the c2-g6 diagonal (except e4) to prevent any trade setting up Qe3 mate, and if white stops that by moving the rook over, then Qf6 is also mate ||
dusky hull
oh man
i just had a nice little mate in 3 combination that was kinda gross
a lot of moves are winning because of the material advantage, but spot the mate in 3
void bramble
a lot of moves are winning because of the material advantage, but spot the mate ...
I can only find || rook to a3 pawn to e3. Did you want it in 3 moves total or 3 moves for black? ||
grand idol
ya me too, that doesnt seem like it forces tho
dusky hull
Last move ||Ra1#||
Also to answer you, whenever you see “mate in x” the number refers to the amount of moves required to mate from the person who is in that mating position. So like “mate in 4” would mean it would take a player 4 moves to reach checkmate, NOT it would take each player 2 moves each.
dusky hull
I title this puzzle Run, Forrest, run!
||Nf1+ Kxh3, Bf5+ Kh4, Rg4+ Kh5, Ng3+ Kh6, Rh4#||
grand idol
I think the answer is ||f8=N+, Kxf6, dxe8=N#||
dusky hull
Looks right to me :) nice puzzle, very festive
void bramble
Now I'm afraid to do more 🤣
dusky hull
hey congrats
tardy finch
Keep going Rylira, you can go further!
dusky hull
a truly phenomenal attacking game from dubov if any of you are interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-6XZdsXLlI
giri even did really well to try to hold, but this game illustrates why attackers have the advantage
cyan elm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Cswfzgo1MM my man had 30 seconds vs 3 mins against a GM
cracked
dusky hull
Yea it’s wild how much better he is than virtually everyone
cyan elm
Yea it’s wild how much better he is than virtually everyone
Imagine spending your life becoming a gm and this dude makes you look like an 800
dusky hull
theres a video out there of him beating an IM in less than a minute as well
like man cmon
dusky hull
cyan elm
dusky hull
@cyan elm chess com has a new bot you should try
its name is mittens
give it a shot, see how it goes
tardy finch
NO WOODSY DON'T IT'S A CAT
dusky hull
Woodsy likes cats
dusky hull
im tired of losing to mittens so if anyone wants to play please let me know
@tardy finch @cyan elm @rigid perch @wicked trout @grand idol obligatory pings
cyan elm
Currently being torn a new one by mittens
dusky hull
well if you dont want to play but you want to feel better, live vicariously through stockfish
wicked trout
<@276380421917507595> <@146166616046960640> <@320044897992310784> <@488635203544...
tarlo just benched me 
teal furnace
itsy in chess channel? 
dusky hull
tarlo just benched me <:sadcat:961313245199757332>
so that you could play chess?
wicked trout
so i can enjoy them wiping from the peanut gallery for now im afraid
rigid perch
I'm waiting for a graduation ceremony
All dressed up and it's fucking hot in my city
tardy finch
Pics or thesis didn't happen
dusky hull
Did you two play in secrecy?
itsy and i played 3 games like 2 months ago or something
which is why i told you I think you and he could get some really good games in because you're roughly the same skill level
dusky hull
I'm waiting for a graduation ceremony
are you the one graduating?
dusky hull
grats to him
tardy finch
While the move order may be found by accident, I still love how forcing the idea is.
dusky hull
Took me a sec but very neat
I feel like finding defensive resources like this otb is what separates good and great players because you won’t always be winning your games
woeful wolf
tardy finch
The showdown we all wanted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGHY5pzQY88
wicked trout
funny lil puzzle rush endgame I played yesterday, as a hint, one kingmove wins, one loses and one draws
dusky hull
The showdown we all wanted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGHY5pzQY88
i actually watched this yesterday
the second game was disgusting
dusky hull
funny lil puzzle rush endgame I played yesterday, as a hint, one kingmove wins, ...
ive stared at this for like 5 minutes and i cant see how to convert but i think ||Kd5|| is the best king move.
Intuitively ||Ke5|| feels wrong because it allows ||Re7+ allowing the rook a free move to help get back to defend the a1 square||. I didn't look any deeper into that, but that one feels like the losing move.
And ||Ke6|| is proooobably the draw because while it prevents ||Re7+ and there's nothing stopping you from queening||, there's also nothing stopping white getting in ||c6|| so I'd imagine that black having a queen and white having a rook and 1 pawn 1 square from promotion, probably a draw. So yea, ||Kd5|| is like the only move left even if I don't really know how I'd go about winning
edit: I forgot to mention why ||Ke6|| draws but ||Kd5|| doesn't and that's because after the queen eventually picks up the b6 pawn and prevents promotion, white would have Rc6+ saccing the rook and deflecting the queen away from protecting the b8 square. If the king were on ||d5||, this fork doesn't exist.
what puzzle rating was that mr itsy
wicked trout
it occured in my game so there was no elo behind it, but my opponent didnt find it and I won with the queen
after playing ke6
dusky hull
ah okay, i thought you were just doing puzzles
yea thats tricky, i highly doubt i'd find the correct move over the board in a blitz game
but it does illustrate quite well that not all squares are equal when escaping checks
dusky hull
<@171682145646018560> did you watch Mittens vs Magnus bot
Ye. 3k elo bots are disgusting
void bramble
Ye. 3k elo bots are disgusting
don't be mean to the bots
dusky hull
Why they are mean to me
void bramble
For some reason chess.com lets me do a lot of puzzles today so yay, 2k club <:pe...
gz
dusky hull
For some reason chess.com lets me do a lot of puzzles today so yay, 2k club <:pe...
Good now get to 2.5k like I know you can
dusky hull
Let me tell you, this man was not happy. Not a hard idea to spot but satisfying when you spot it in game. Find the next two moves that give white a material advantage:
answer: ||the black queen no longer has retreat squares due to the bishop blocking her in. c5 takes away the d6 square, and after black runs with Qd5, we have Bc4 completely trapping the queen||
grand idol
I know the queen is trapped kind of, I want to move the bishop to b4 but then knight takes
so Im thinking pressure the knight?
but that doesnt work
dusky hull
I know the queen is trapped kind of, I want to move the bishop to b4 but then kn...
you've identified the crux of the position
now think of all the ways you can attack the queen, and continue from there
dusky hull
right, which opens the square for ||your other bishop|| :)
grand idol
ya exactly. I guess to see || bc4 || u gotta see the first one
dusky hull
right. in the game i also saw Bb4, but its not as forcing or as strong
also just to clarify, black actually can avoid losing the queen by giving up the knight for 2 pawns, which is why i said material advantage
but all the same it should be big winning for white
dusky hull
@grand idol my boss had me doing some stupid shit
im ready
if you still wanna play
or anyone
not just leonard
dusky hull
just ping me if tryna play
grand idol
just buying dinner I will ping you uou when Im back
grand idol
@dusky hull u still around
tardy finch
Great, now I'm under pressure
void bramble
How will I tell who is whom if you're both anonymous
grand idol
whos who
dusky hull
hes white
tardy finch
Usually the winning side is Pert so that can help
void bramble
Imagine thinking I can tell who is winning
void bramble
Confidence dude, confidence
tardy finch
I'm currently being forced into trading as if I don't I'm fucked
Can't really be confident right now
tardy finch
HANG YOUR QUEEN DAMN IT
tardy finch
As soon as I saw c5, my reaction was "I need to draw"
tardy finch
fuck
dusky hull
idk i felt like i couldve won if i found some moves but time pressure
my king moves were sus
tardy finch
But you are winning this
tardy finch
Up until Kf1 it was definitely drawn but then I just snapped
Although had you moved Nf4 afterwards, I'm not sure I can even stop mate
void bramble
Next time no running out of time that's not a satisfying viewer experience
Beat each other 
tardy finch
You and leo because asiano needs to fucking sleep
grand idol
ok
dusky hull
you can choose the time control
grand idol
grand idol
oh shit thats rated nvm
tardy finch
Imagine playing correspondence chess
grand idol
tardy finch
3 days later you get a call - "We've been trying to contact you about your extended move time"
grand idol
no lol
dusky hull
fucks it we ball
grand idol
i shoiuld really learn openings huh
tardy finch
My man playing my trash openings 
tardy finch
Well, you play the aggressive variant while I just cave in and get slapped
tardy finch
I meant how you are playing the scandi right now. So far this is all theory actually.
grand idol
couldnt u just take my pawn there
tardy finch
Yeah, I've seen it in a SLCC video. Can't remember which one exactly though a similar position is the main point of the Scandinavian tutorial
tardy finch
couldnt u just take my pawn there
d3 would have trapped the bishop if Pert took early
dusky hull
@void bramble are you not entertained
throws arms up towards the applauding audience as men in armor kill each other on the board
tardy finch
Yes, but you trade for his lsb while your pawns are strong there. You just bully your way through afterwards.
grand idol
get a burrito
void bramble
<@510249216556400641> are you not entertained
Sorry I stopped watching did you finish
Oh it's still going I'll watch
grand idol
noooooo
dusky hull
gg
grand idol
ggs
tardy finch
Dood
I was so happy about you choosing violence and then this
@wicked trout get in here, someone has to stop Pert
dusky hull
im down to play more, im gonna order dinner anyway
need something to distract me from the stomach decimating itself
void bramble
Yes that was much better thank you
dusky hull
of course, glad i could help
tardy finch
Time for Ryli to play
tardy finch
dusky hull
its been forever since skudde has played me
and i havent played pudge like ever i dont think
void bramble
I'm watching tv and you get pissy if it's not timed
dusky hull
well i mean the game has to end right lol
grand idol
Im down for one more
dusky hull
bet
void bramble
Correspondence chess ends eventually
dusky hull
load er up
grand idol
tardy finch
It's a good tradition as I have fallen asleep while playing
grand idol
while u try to convince rylira to play
dusky hull
i mean yea i think lichess correspondence technically ends after 3 days of inactivity or something
alright my leo friendo
ive been practicing my english and i dont think ive played white all day
so here we go
english time
tardy finch
White wins by shooting down Black's messenger pigeon
dusky hull
great snake var
very good
this is no longer the english but thats ok
more of a kings indian
tardy finch
I've seen this only in the four pawn attack thanks to chessle. Good stuff.
dusky hull
i think thats somewhat known as the switchblade variation
does it have f4 in it
if so i think thats called the switchblade
tardy finch
English
switchblade
dusky hull
@cyan elm get your seaweed ass in here one day soon
i will admit im incredibly comfortable in positions like this. ive played a heck of a lot of kings indians from the white side and it sort of plays itself
its like the london but not cheesy and tedious
ok so
grand idol
well fuck
dusky hull
in the spirit of rylira's bloodlust
we go for something that i really dont know if it works
but here we go anyway
yea wow
so i think the check actually made things worse for you believe it or not
dusky hull
i mean Qb6+
dusky hull
because you lost a defender of your knight
grand idol
ah
void bramble
dusky hull
lol ok so after g5 apparently h4 is just crushing
but i went for a different idea in the spirit of rylira's rage
ha yea so like
the eval after i play f4 is only like +1.2
but after you throw that check in
the eval swings massively
its all because your queen isnt covering that knight anymore
void bramble
I like the alliteration of rylira's rage
dusky hull
weird to think that a check is worse for you in the position but thats chess for you
grand idol
I wanted to take your knight with the check
but u put your bishop in the way
and i kind of tunneled
dusky hull
yea that happens
and i mean i think you can tell that danger is looming before you even play g5
because look at my piece locations
my rook, queen, and knight are all looking at your kingside. my bishop xrays it
you'd have to bring pieces towards your king to take squares away from my eventual attack
dusky hull
ill have to do the computer analysis on this at some point to see if theres more optimal play but i think you know that g5 is what did you in basically, and then the Qb6 move after that was the nail in the coffin
grand idol
dusky hull
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henlo
dusky hull
hes gonna say something like tarlo is making him dance for him
but on the off chance itsy is down to rumble
dusky hull
i shoiuld really learn openings huh
you should learn one opening for white and one for black. not some cheeky cheesy gambit where you can mate your opponent on move 6 or something. a real opening.
for one, itll help you develop an idea of where your pieces naturally develop and maybe will break some habits (you love to fianchetto lol)
for another, getting comfortable in an opening can help you get a good position to where your middle game wont be disadvantageous from the getgo
grand idol
do you have any recommendations
dusky hull
Much as I hate to say it, the london system is a wonderful opening to learn as white because it almost doesnt matter how black responds, you usually do the same stuff anyway
and as black, well youve gotta learn an opening against e4 and d4 primarily, but you can play c6 against both of them
wicked trout
He clapped my cheeks <:sadcat:626186643719847946>
send a request i guess
dusky hull
c6 against e4 is the carokann and c6 against d4 can be the semislav (or transpose into the slav)
tardy finch
Grunfeld for black, Pert hates it.
Joke aside, French is cool, Berlin is pretty solid...
dusky hull
french is very very very theory heavy
tardy finch
Only if you play it right. I go by the rule if I have no idea what I'm doing, there's no way you can figure it out. Now fight
grand idol
c6 against e4 is the carokann and c6 against d4 can be the semislav (or transpos...
how far in do I have to learn
can I just know like
first 5 moves or something
void bramble
Only if you play it right. I go by the rule if I have no idea what I'm doing, th...
asiano anger
dusky hull
how far in do I have to learn
theres no set number but like
id say learn the theory until the theory says you castle
grand idol
kk
dusky hull
because at that point your king is safe, you have some pieces developed, you can make it to the middlegame relatively unscathed
my coach very early on told me to think about chess like a book and your pieces like characters. in any good book, a character is going to have progression. they begin in their starting positions, and they grow. in chess thats the equivalent of getting them onto good squares and then you move them only when necessary, hopefully to better squares. if you never develop your pieces, its like if a book never develops their characters. pretty shitty book, right?