Chess

[sick condor]

i practiced otb today

idk how im so shit rn lmao

but you played really well

finding forks and shit

I should study the english opening

I've wanted to do that a long time ago

but I kept delaying it

[vague carbon]

both of you played good today icl
also y'all are good with time management

[sick condor]

which is what cat played

[sick condor]

start playing blitz and you'll slowly get better at it

blitz is even more insane otb lmao

but really fun

[vague carbon]

i have

[spiral mango]

otb>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> any online chess

[sick condor]

agreed

otb games have a special place in my heart

[vague carbon]

also im up for this btw

[spiral mango]

the satisfying feeling of capturing wooden chess pieces on the silicone mat melts my heart

[spiral mango]

link?

[sick condor]

even better if you have a wooden table

[vague carbon]

are these alr?

https://lichess.org/okrjzFY6

[spiral mango]

10 seconds?

ok

[sick condor]

what makes it even funnier, is that I lost in front of everyone spectating

feels embarrassing ngl

[spiral mango]

no it isn't embarrassing

[vague carbon]

d4

uhh i forgot how to respond to that one

[spiral mango]

my most hated move

[sick condor]

goofy ahh alekhine defense but queens pawn variation

who is white

[spiral mango]

EN PASSANT I LOVE YOU

i am white

nooooooooo

should I take knight or en passant

[bright hamlet]

Rollercoaster of emotions

[vague carbon]

neither 😢

[sick condor]

or as hikaru says en peasant

[spiral mango]

fuck

en passant ig

[vague carbon]

queen trade

[sick condor]

bro did you think this was a gambit 💀

[spiral mango]

wym

[sick condor]

why didn't you take knight

[spiral mango]

cus en passant bro

[sick condor]

Battle of the century
Anonymous Vs. Anonymous

[vague carbon]

am i getting destroyed or are we even

fuck i meant to move the rook one more spot

[spiral mango]

takeback

[vague carbon]

ty

[spiral mango]

takeback

bad move

[vague carbon]

for who

[spiral mango]

you

[vague carbon]

i know 😭

but it's fine

[spiral mango]

alright

[vague carbon]

im not making any progress at this rate 💀

[spiral mango]

beatiful checkmate that was

[vague carbon]

did i miss a chance?

[spiral mango]

check sorry

no

[vague carbon]

oh alr

fuck

i was so close

[spiral mango]

yeah

i stilll think you can draw

[vague carbon]

ain't pratically game over

queen to e8 and checkmate

e1 sorry

it's pretty much over 😭

wha

where did you mean there was a draw?

[spiral mango]

30 mins match 😭

[vague carbon]

yea

well played tho

nearly had you in the knight-king checkmate

[spiral mango]

i don't remember

[vague carbon]

?

[spiral mango]

yeah

[vague carbon]

gg tho

[spiral mango]

yeah gg

[sick condor]

blundered my bishop but got this good mate

such a good mate

you can not disagree with me, this was beautiful

i played another game where I blundered my bishop and my opponent resigned

did they think I made a brilliant sacrifice 😭

i might stop playing on chess.com and focus on lichess

cause all my rating there is unconfirmed or whatever

yk the (?) thing

[sick condor]

my lichess rating isn't provisional anymore

but the rating deviation is still kinda high at 107.56

I don't think I belong in the 1000+ bracket lmao

my chess.com rating is 700 and something

[spiral mango]

@bright hamlet wanna play

[bright hamlet]

Sure

1 game

I'm preparing for an L, haven't played in a week

[spiral mango]

lemme send link

10+0?

[bright hamlet]

Ye

[spiral mango]

i am literally 400 less rated bro

[bright hamlet]

I dropped to 1400 so only 300 less now💀

[spiral mango]

https://lichess.org/3KPTL6i8

wow 300 so close

[bright hamlet]

If we're being realistic probably closer to like 250

gg

[spiral mango]

gg

the queen to c7 move was bad

you would have probably won if you didn't do that

[bright hamlet]

Yeah, I misplayed the opening very shockingly

I was just hoping you don't take the pawn when I went for the caro, I hate those positions

Don't ask me why it is the only opening I play with black

[sick condor]

can't believe they copied that game from the queen's gambit show into real life

[sick condor]

im on fire

this mate is just too good

@spiral mango up for a match?

[spiral mango]

no but yes sure

@sick condor

[sick condor]

uhh

ok

https://lichess.org/xaIZu8MI

[lethal kernel]

nah lichess is quite inflated

compared to the alr inflated chess.com ratings

[lethal kernel]

you wanna play?

anyone wanna play actually

[spiral mango]

yes

i beat hooded 😎

[lethal kernel]

dang no way

so you've beat

like everyone here

you should be the highest rated lmao

[spiral mango]

it's not going to happen again 💀

[lethal kernel]

i mean im rated higher than hooded and you convincingly beat me lmao

[spiral mango]

when did I beat you

oh wait I did

that's not going to happen again either lmao

[lethal kernel]

oop maybe i shouldn't have reminded you 💀

[lethal kernel]

ok sure

[spiral mango]

you literally just ran out of time you were about to win

[lethal kernel]

lets do a shorter time control

[spiral mango]

no please

10+0

[lethal kernel]

ok chesscom or lichess?

idm

[spiral mango]

lichess

[lethal kernel]

ok send link

[spiral mango]

can I play white

[lethal kernel]

sure

[spiral mango]

thanks

https://lichess.org/KThYUMkI

[lethal kernel]

im in

[spiral mango]

no d4 bs

e4 🐐

[lethal kernel]

you were actually the first person i played this opening against

so it makes sense to play it again

[spiral mango]

yeah

you said you was trying something new

[lethal kernel]

even though i lost last time lmao

[spiral mango]

so passive

[lethal kernel]

your crushing me oml

[spiral mango]

why do you play this opening

[lethal kernel]

nah i j fucked up

if i played theory

it wouldn't have ended up like this

ggs though

[spiral mango]

gg

[lethal kernel]

u absolutely pulverised me

[spiral mango]

play the theory

?

[lethal kernel]

yea thats the thing

i havent studied it properly lmao

lets play again

[spiral mango]

play something you know then why do you want to experiment against me 😭 I am not that bad also

[lethal kernel]

nah i've figured out most theory though, i just won against a 1600 on chess.com with the same opening

so its not really experimenting anymore

i just dont know all lines

[spiral mango]

wait what the fuck what's your rating

[lethal kernel]

1700 irl 1566 on chess.com

[spiral mango]

what 💀

1700 fide?

[lethal kernel]

1700 national, 1500 fide but i dont have the time to play fide tournaments anymore

theyre usually too far

i suck online though

thats why my chess.com is so low

[spiral mango]

en passant my beloved

gtg after this match

sorry

did you disconnect

you are running low on time

[lethal kernel]

bro wtf am i doing

[sick condor]

Define inflated

[spiral mango]

it's higher than it should be

[spiral mango]

@sick condor hello

[sick condor]

Howdy

🤠

[spiral mango]

free?

[sick condor]

On my way home, approx 30 mins

I could play now but i would rather play on desktop

[spiral mango]

oh

[sick condor]

I have the lichess app installed

[spiral mango]

i am on phone too

[sick condor]

Alright ill play

[spiral mango]

https://lichess.org/aKpdelxg

[sick condor]

Gg

[spiral mango]

Gg

[sick condor]

https://youtu.be/JTDEaFfQxYc

how to lose your sanity 101

[sick condor]

just sacked my bishop and won a lost game

[tiny moat]

lichess is usually ahead by like 300-400

[sick condor]

yeah kinda makes sense

cause chess.com has more players

which means chess.com has a more accurate rating

[tiny moat]

i think its like 2000+ where lichess evens out

[sick condor]

yeah

lichess kinda seems like a niche thing

compared to chess.com

if lichess had more budget they would probably be close to chess.com, with marketing, championship and other stuff

it's kinda sad but that's almost every non-profit organization

[sick condor]

worth the price.

anything just to get horsey.

[sick condor]

[spiral mango]

bongcloud is an actual opening?

[bright hamlet]

Well yes

Everything is an opening

[bright hamlet]

My chess ability is an enigma

Went 2-0-13, deleted chess.com again. Downloaded it today and now I'm 7-1-0

[topaz tiger]

How does that work?

[bright hamlet]

At this stage no one knows

I go from Magnus Carlsen to Carlos Magnussen just like that

[topaz tiger]

Do you have a preference to chess.com or lichess?

[bright hamlet]

Chess.com
Only time I play lichess is when someone who plays on lichess challenges me

[topaz tiger]

What make’s you prefer one over the other?

[bright hamlet]

Started off on chess.com, so just stayed there

[sick condor]

people spammed at chess.com saying they need to add the bongcloud into their database and they did
it was on lichess and now it's on chess.com

I prefer lichess but I first played on chess.com

so I play both

[spiral mango]

lichess is easy to send link and play with others

[sick condor]

yeah

for me it's
lichess for puzzles, learning and friendly challanges (rarely rated games)
chess.com for rated games

[bright hamlet]

I only play games, and I don't have any friends who plays chess so

The benefits that lichess has doesn't impact me

[topaz tiger]

I know the feeling

Apart from Slay and Cat, none of my friends like chess or don’t play it either

[lethal kernel]

rip

[lethal kernel]

im 2100 blitz lichess and 1400 blitz chesscom 💀

[topaz tiger]

Wow, you’re really good

[spiral mango]

yes

[sick condor]

I wonder if there are exceptions with FIDE IDs

cause If I sign up with the federation of my nationality, I would get my deadname on it, which isn't cool at all

eh, that is if I end up playing otb

I mean I would, like club games and other stuff, but probably nothing too serious

[sick condor]

Yes I know that you need to play rated events first then get a FIDE ID but yeah the point still stands, I need to contact a federation

[spiral mango]

anyone want to play

[sick condor]

Sure

Send me the link

[spiral mango]

my goat

https://lichess.org/w23ebxzs

[sick condor]

Gimme a sec

[spiral mango]

bongloud advanced variation

[sick condor]

@spiral mango thanks for playing with me, this was really fun, the only fun I had today, cause it's monday lmao

goodnight and sleep well

[spiral mango]

goodnight bro

[vague carbon]

@tranquil quiver could you help me w/these?

[bright hamlet]

1. ||Take bishop with rook, rook takes, queen takes checkmate||

2. ||Take knight, rook takes, queen mates on G1||

3. ||Rook takes bishop, king takes, queen e1, bishop blocks f1, queen takes mate||

4. ||Take the night IF bishop takes back, bishop d3, rook takes, queen takes bishop on e1 mate ELSE if rook takes takes back, bishop d3, rook blocks on e2, take rook, king e1, move bishop anywhere on the left to right diagonal to mate||

Can't get 3 or 5

5. ||Take bishop, king takes, bishop g5, take the rook the following move, king probably takes back, fork on h3|| is the only advantage I can see

3. Not forced mate in 3 but this is the only mate I see
   ||Queen e6, king h8, bishop h3, opponent can then make delaying sacrifices like queen f1, then rook f2, but it comes down to taking the bishop would be mate or if he takes your bishop, queen takes back and you threaten mate again||

[tranquil quiver]

Lemme try

[tranquil quiver]

1 rook takes d7, his rook takes back cause knight is pinned and queen takes rook checkmate

[tranquil quiver]

Bishop takes knight, rook takes back, and queen to g1 checkmate

I’ll do the rest later

[lethal kernel]

yea i have my deadname on it as well

[lethal kernel]

not good enough considering i've played my whole life

[sick condor]

Ouch, that must be really painful

[topaz tiger]

Still better than most, like me

[lethal kernel]

yep :( means my signs on boards in tournaments also have it

[lethal kernel]

yea but most havent had as much time as me

its crazy @spiral mango has a 3 0 record on me

anyone wanna play

[spiral mango]

yes

[lethal kernel]

ayyy

your here

ready to make it 5-0 💀

[spiral mango]

it's not, it's fluke 💀

[lethal kernel]

send link

[spiral mango]

sure

plus for like 2 games you were experimenting so it's really only 1-0

can I be white?

[lethal kernel]

sure

[lethal kernel]

nah you genuinely outplayed me

at least in our last 2 games

[spiral mango]

https://lichess.org/DngRsJgd

back

@lethal kernel wanna play again?

[lethal kernel]

yep

need ti redeem myself after that shit lmao

[spiral mango]

black or white?

[lethal kernel]

doesnt really matter

but ill choose white

[spiral mango]

alright

https://lichess.org/DArpFtEt

you only make like one mistake it's even for pretty much the whole game

[lethal kernel]

yea

but thats chess isn't it 😭

someone has to make the mistake

you play so fucking well though

i cannot believe you are any less than like 1800-1900

at least

[spiral mango]

1800 💀

[lethal kernel]

BRO I CANNOT ANYMORE

[lethal kernel]

what is your rating though

[spiral mango]

1200

[lethal kernel]

i feel like im just having a crisis

[lethal kernel]

wtaf

WTAF

[spiral mango]

i peaked 1300 something but that was long time ago

[lethal kernel]

WHAT THE ACTUALLLL

[spiral mango]

i don't play a lot on chess.com

just against bots

[lethal kernel]

nah minimum 1500 i feel like should be ur rating

im in denial

[lethal kernel]

what's the best bot you beat

[spiral mango]

wait

I sent a goofy ahh checkmate here a few weeks/days ago against a 1800 bot

[lethal kernel]

nice

the highest i've beat is the 2200 bot

Noam or whatever

no but i'm actually gonna cry if your 1200 i should be like 200 honestly w how i play against u

[spiral mango]

I think it was this

[lethal kernel]

damnnn

[spiral mango]

I have beaten Li but like assisted

[lethal kernel]

Li annoys me

i have lost too many winning games v her

[vague carbon]

why'd it end in a resignation

idk who's who tho

[spiral mango]

because the queen's gone

[lethal kernel]

how does one lose with white in this position honestly

[vague carbon]

am i viewing the wrong game or

[lethal kernel]

its check

i have to get rid of check

then i lose queen

[vague carbon]

ah

i mean tbf theres still a good chance for a comeback

[lethal kernel]

i'd be a full queen down

[spiral mango]

especially against me 💀

[lethal kernel]

against a player who plays against me like a 1800 imo

i wasnt playing that

lets play another

i wanna try again

@spiral mango

https://lichess.org/7hCMo71g

[lethal kernel]

u still there?

[spiral mango]

2 mins

[lethal kernel]

ok!

[vague carbon]

im gonna watch this go down as i study for my exam lol

[spiral mango]

our match?

[vague carbon]

yea

[topaz tiger]

You still have the skills though

[vague carbon]

could've gone knight trade here imo

damnnn

that was a good move

Holy shit

Ok whoever's black

Well played

[spiral mango]

i thought you would run out of time

black is better

[lethal kernel]

i was playing 1 handed

[vague carbon]

that time management was actually incredible

[lethal kernel]

the rook move omg

[spiral mango]

ok no need to flex 😭

[lethal kernel]

saved my ass

[lethal kernel]

nahh u beat me 5 times i need smth lmao

[vague carbon]

that bishop move was the best one of the game imo

[spiral mango]

which bishop move

[vague carbon]

bishop into queen

[lethal kernel]

whats interesting is

[spiral mango]

bishop into queen?

[lethal kernel]

if you didnt give ur queen i would still be a piece ahead

[spiral mango]

i would just take your bishop though right

[vague carbon]

left your queen open lol

[spiral mango]

yeah I know, blind fr

[vague carbon]

those last 10 moves are peak chess ™️

[spiral mango]

brain fart

[lethal kernel]

queen takes?

the best sequence for you i think was

[spiral mango]

brain fart sorry

[lethal kernel]

Qxb4

then i play Bxd1

[vague carbon]

i think u should've just sacrificed the rook

[lethal kernel]

because you had to move your queen i have the tempo advantage

and if you take my rook

i just move my bishop

[spiral mango]

after I move the queen, bishop takes rook, knight takes rook and then we are equal no

[lethal kernel]

and your knight is trapped

so i win it next move

completely trapped

as there is no rook on the d-file anymore

[spiral mango]

why would I take the pawn on b4

[lethal kernel]

well you have to move your queen

and thats like the best move you can do w your queen

[spiral mango]

what about d5

[lethal kernel]

oh no wait

if you play Qxb4

you can move your knight to d6 at the end

so it is equal

well slightly better for me

but practically equal

[spiral mango]

the whole game was slightly better for you but equal in material

idek what opening I played

[lethal kernel]

Qd5 loses

i take rook you take rook

[spiral mango]

yeah I saw

[lethal kernel]

i move my bishop to a4

[lethal kernel]

saw where?

does lichess have game review?

[spiral mango]

no clue

[vague carbon]

theres analysis board

[lethal kernel]

oh u saw the line nvm lmao

[spiral mango]

?

[lethal kernel]

like as in you saw it

my brain broke for a second sorry lmao

[vague carbon]

should've gone qc4 and done queen trade imo

[lethal kernel]

but you are def 1600+ level

[lethal kernel]

Qc4 is completely lost

queen takes knight takes bishop tajkes rook rook takes rook takes knight

full rook down

[vague carbon]

why would the queen take knight tho

oh wait nvm, that would work in the previous move

[sick condor]

@spiral mango Up for a friendly game?

[spiral mango]

not now

[sick condor]

okie

[vague carbon]

@tranquil quiver do you understand these 2 😭

Also I saw your answers for the other ones I sent b4, thanks

[sick condor]

I don't know what decisive advantage really means
but for the first one, it's mate in 5,
1.Bxf6 Kd7 2.Qh7+ Kf7 is probably the best move for black 3. Rxd7 whatever black plays here it will continue with 4.Qg6+ Ke6 and lastly 5. Bf5#

[sick condor]

if black plays 3. ... Kf8 it would be mate in one

but the puzzle says mate in 5

so im assuming black isn't that dumb lmao

[sick condor]

so I guess I kept one for seal to solve lmao

[spiral mango]

i am free now

[spiral mango]

bro can see mate in 5

[vague carbon]

basically, in our classes its just by the end of 2-3 moves, you wanna have a checkmate or be up a piece

[bright hamlet]

Just keep taking with the rooks and you eventually win the queen

[sick condor]

I just destroyed someone so hard in rapid

my brain is so weird, sometimes I peak at chess and then other times I turn into a gold fish

[tranquil quiver]

1. Bishop takes knight on f6 he takes back with bishop, then queen to h7, king to f8 then queen to h8 mate

[tranquil quiver]

2.rook takes on c3, he must take back and he does so with the rook, then you take his queen 😃

[spiral mango]

still free if you wanna play

[sick condor]

alrighty

https://lichess.org/QL2rcE9A

[vapid cradle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jWJ7ZA___M

[sick condor]

https://youtu.be/fEBrhe-j_eE

[vague sparrow]

chess speaks for itself

[spiral mango]

did anyone play PAL 9000

[sick condor]

yeah it responded with the Sicilian and I went "I don't wanna do this anymore" and resigned

i'll play d4 against it

it doesn't wanna play d5

i wanna do london system, make sure it regrets everything

[sick condor]

I gave it my rook and played the worst opening and still won

Pal 9000 has taken the biggest L I've ever seen

monkaS

[topaz tiger]

Morning all

[lethal kernel]

yea

all of them except last suck pretty bad

[sick condor]

yeah lmao

[lethal kernel]

i forgot what the second to last one was called

but it was a dissapointment

[sick condor]

it seems like they're programmed to blunder at least once

that's the way they have a lower rating

they play so well in the opening stage

[lethal kernel]

me and my friend tried beating stockfish with knight odds for like an hour

which didnt go well

[sick condor]

and at the endgame stage they're done

[sick condor]

lower rating the more blunders and inaccuracies they make

[lethal kernel]

i had to regain confidence by playing queen odds

which i barely won

[sick condor]

i think it would be better if they just made alternative moves throughout the game, like instead of best moves, they play good moves with inaccuracies there and there

[sick condor]

not very obvious blunders

[lethal kernel]

thats like the higher advanced bots

[sick condor]

yeah

[lethal kernel]

try beating Li

she was fun

[sick condor]

@lethal kernel i like the coach bots are really good

i like their feedback

i only have the 400 and 800 ones unlocked though 🗿

if I get diamond I would probably use them to practice openings

lichess only lacks this coach stuff

like the game review coach and the bots

[lethal kernel]

oh wow i just found out about its existence

oh but the highest is 2000

thats not so great

in chess.com bot standard

[sick condor]

I think they guessed anyone who is more skilled won't need a coach lmaoo

could be useful for me

but i ain't paying like 15 bucks per month for it

[lethal kernel]

lmaoooo i could probably beat it but i def do need coaching

[lethal kernel]

fair

but diamond isnt that much

[sick condor]

regions I guess

it's 13. something bucks for me

[lethal kernel]

yea ok

even yearly?

[sick condor]

yearly is 8 but I can't lol

I prefer monthly subs and even then I'm not consistent with payments

sometimes I pause subs

so I don't turn on auto renewal anywhere

[lethal kernel]

im playing the 2000

i dislike the feedback lmaoo

[sick condor]

fair enough

it mostly says obvious stuff

[lethal kernel]

FUCKING

I HUNG A ROOK

im so stupid

[sick condor]

we all do it at some point

that's sweet from her

[lethal kernel]

yea they all say it

[sick condor]

but it's soulless AI so I shouldn't care lmao

would be great to hear that from someone lol

im like awe but then i remember this is a cloud server talking to me

sorry girl, i ain't rich, already used my free game review

romance?

[lethal kernel]

I HAD A DEAD DRAW POSITION

and i blundered a rook again

the stupid coach wouldnt play draw by repition w me

ahh im too braindead for this

[lethal kernel]

aa i finally won

[sick condor]

im playing chess with chatgpt

ruy lopez it is

????????

bro thinks he can illegally castle

?????????

there isn't any d pawn lmao

that isn't the berlin defence but it's a legal move so

we continue

I gave chatgpt 4 moves to realise that its queen is hanging but it didn't do anything, so i took it

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 g5 8. Qg3 Nf6 9. Qxg5 h6 10. Qxe5+ Be7 11. d3 Qd5 12. Qxc7 Rd8 13. Qxb7 Rd7 14. Qxa6 Rd6 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Qa8+ Kd7 17. Qxh8 Bf8 18. Qxf8

okay it kept making illegal moves, so that's the end

[tiny moat]

yeah it’s just not how humans play

that’s why bots are pretty terrible for anything other than just having fun

[lethal kernel]

it does it with numbers too its something to do with how it stores numbers

thats why it makes some random arithmetic mistakes as well

[sick condor]

L tied endgame

[bright hamlet]

He (white) castled long btw😭😭

[sick condor]

hi

[sick condor]

rip

@sick condor @lethal kernel 1v1

[sick condor]

When i come home, currently on bus

good

Dont have enough data

💀

its fine take your time

[sick condor]

im home

you wanna invite me or should i do it?

@sick condor come

what

https://lichess.org/umOCN1fe

i love you

based

lichess user

@sick condor what happened?

wait 1 min

ok

send again

♟️

https://lichess.org/fte5Lo6D

[spiral mango]

wanna play anyone

[sick condor]

me

[spiral mango]

10+0?

[tranquil quiver]

I can

If you still want to

[spiral mango]

ye

what's your rating

https://lichess.org/BEcuXFmJ

do y'all just go afk after asking 😭

leave it will play later

[bright hamlet]

💀

[sick condor]

im free too

and i won't go afk lmaoo

[tranquil quiver]

Damn hahaha sorry mate

I’m just not feeling well today

But if you still can

Then I can play

I go afk

[tranquil quiver]

Like 1300

@sick condor wann play?

[sick condor]

sure

[tranquil quiver]

I’ll send a link

[sick condor]

https://lichess.org/ZKde96Su

oops

welp

[tranquil quiver]

https://lichess.org/wjvZ50QJ

[sick condor]

alright

[sick condor]

@tranquil quiver that kinda makes me better about those awful 2 games before this last one

you played really well though

[tranquil quiver]

Haha

Thanks

You played well too

[spiral mango]

@sick condor @tranquil quiver wanna play

[sick condor]

sure

im watching hikaru v magnus but sure why not

https://lichess.org/YpmRhS4E

[spiral mango]

catlingvsslay>>

[sick condor]

truly underrated chess players

[sick condor]

@spiral mango was that otb tournament a fide rated tournament or like

a casual school thing

or with friends

or even a club tournament

[spiral mango]

interschool event

[tranquil quiver]

I will beat Magnus one day

That’s my goal

I used to be so happy when I beat 6 year old manus on that app

@sick condor @spiral mango wanna play?

or I go offline

Just ping me if any of you answer

[sick condor]

I am so confused

[tranquil quiver]

Yes

Chess has a new update

[tranquil quiver]

Norway is better

Magnus 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴

@sick condor wanna play

[spiral mango]

i was in school

free now-

[tranquil quiver]

Imagine going to school smh

[spiral mango]

ok bro

we should have a chess tournament here

[tranquil quiver]

Hahahah jk

[tranquil quiver]

Agreed

I’m just playing some bullet chess

So you can play now @spiral mango ?

WAIT WHAT

BRO NAW

[spiral mango]

what happened

[tranquil quiver]

MY OPPONENTS TIME WENT OUT BUT IT SAID I DISCONNECTED SO I LOST

This game honestly

[spiral mango]

https://lichess.org/t5xMLDTL

[tranquil quiver]

Anyway, despite all my rage

Let’s play bullet

Cause I just lost 40 Elo from 2 games

[spiral mango]

i can't play less than 10

[tranquil quiver]

Fine

[spiral mango]

too much brain power required I don't have currently

[lethal kernel]

are yall watching

[sick condor]

they kept getting a draw

it was nuts

magnus seems to be worse at online chess

[lethal kernel]

hikaru should have won game 3

and it could've gone to armageddon

[sick condor]

i still don't understand armageddon

can you explain it

even chatgpt crashed after I asked it about it

well i now know what normal armageddon is

but i still don't know this different variation that has bidding

[sick condor]

🥲

not a good day today

[sick condor]

I don't use chess.com that much anymore

[sick condor]

idk lichess is just much cleaner and after giving it a shot, I like it

I hate how aggressive chess.com is with their diamond bullshit

like bruh i just want to analyse my game

I'm not paying for a gold tier or any other tier

[sick condor]

YOU DON'T EVEN GET GAME REVIEW WITH GOLD 💀

[sick condor]

@spiral mango up for a chess game

or anyone else

[spiral mango]

Sorry I am outside

[spiral mango]

https://twitter.com/LocalBateman/status/1624502967989637124?s=20&t=GV1CFsXhMil07fiZnt-O-Q

Your typical local man (@LocalBateman)

https://t.co/UB9psoASdS

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Twitter · Feb 11, 2023, 8:17 PM

[tranquil quiver]

Chat gpt (black) stockfish(white)

[spiral mango]

anyone wanna play

[tranquil quiver]

Can you still?

[lethal kernel]

armageddon basically means the player with black wins if its a draw

in this tournament it was armageddon + bidding

so you could bid for the amount of time you would play with if you played with black

the one with a lower bid played with the amount of time they bidded v 15 min for the other person

its for tiebreaking

[lethal kernel]

so like in winner final 1 in the armageddon game hikaru bid 8:59 and magnus bid 8:58

so magnus played with black with 8:58, hikaru had 15

they drew and so magnus won

[lethal kernel]

game of the year

[spiral mango]

Slay beat chatgpt, does this mean she is better than stockfish?

[lethal kernel]

she

but yes that seems like a reasonable conclusion

[spiral mango]

sorry

[sick condor]

What can I say, im the best of the best

[sick condor]

ChatGPT kept making illegal moves, but even if we take that out of the equation, it blundered a lot after the first 10 moves

It's probably due to its limited memory

If memory wasnt an issue, i think it would be at GM level

~2800

[sick condor]

Its ok

[tranquil quiver]

Stockfish beat chatgpt

[sick condor]

Hell i even tried to copy the PGN after every move so that it wont be a problem

But still it kept making illegal moves

[lethal kernel]

i tried doing fen i think that works better

but it was so painful i just stopped

and instead of making it like a game make it like a list of puzzles

like ‘in the position [FEN] what would you play?’

[sick condor]

exactly

that's what i did after it made illegal moves

but yeah like you said it's painful

[lethal kernel]

yo

anyone

wanna play

[spiral mango]

yes

[lethal kernel]

ok wait up im playing against a random

[spiral mango]

i am 100% having a brain fart moment.

[lethal kernel]

aaaaaaa

i just lost

a drawn game

i wont lie im not really in the mood to play chess anymore 😭

[sick condor]

anyone wanna play

haven't played in like 2 days

wait nevermind i played today

felt like 2 days

[spiral mango]

i am free from 9:45

[sick condor]

okie

[spiral mango]

free now

[sick condor]

sure

https://lichess.org/vtXkcdTI

[sick condor]

ruined my endgame there

was a pawn up

[spiral mango]

https://tenor.com/view/dankpods-cymbal-shrimple-whenthe-me-when-gif-27007841

[lethal kernel]

chess

?

@bright hamlet

i haven't played you yet

your like

1400 or 1500

can we play should be a good match

[bright hamlet]

Depends on the day

My peak was 1600 but nowadays we are looking at like 1350

[lethal kernel]

i mean im 1600 and like 1700 irl but sometimes play like a 1200

so can relate

chess.com?

[bright hamlet]

I use chess.com but if you want a game I don't mind using lichess

[lethal kernel]

i use it as well i can send u a chesscom link

[lethal kernel]

https://play.chess.com/wiKXm

ive never used chesscom links before but should work

[bright hamlet]

It takes me to the Google playstore telling me to install the app that I already have😭😭

[lethal kernel]

uhhhh

maybe try putting it in the broswer?

or maybe j tell me ur username tbh

[bright hamlet]

Browser works

[lethal kernel]

bro im so dumb

[bright hamlet]

Gg

[lethal kernel]

i was low on time and j forgot about the stupid queen thingy

[lethal kernel]

gg

u wanna rematch?

[bright hamlet]

Nah, I'm actually supposed to work on a uni task, but it was fun playing against you

[lethal kernel]

yea fun game

[sick condor]

just made one of the most juiciest checkmates ever

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 e6 6. Bxc4 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
   bxc3 O-O 9. Ba3 Re8 10. Re1 b5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Ng5 e5 13. Bxh7+ Nxh7 14. Qh5
   Nxg5 15. f4 exf4 16. exf4 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 g6 18. Qh6 Ne6 19. g4 Nxf4 20. Be7 Qe8
2. Bh4 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Qe4# 0-1

idk why would they put their king there

[supple oriole]

☕

[spiral mango]

peaking

[tranquil quiver]

Anyone down for a game?

[spiral mango]

yes

[tranquil quiver]

Ok

I’ll invite

https://lichess.org/gUzyvQHD

@spiral mango

Or not😭

[spiral mango]

yes

sorry

ahh it didn't let me join

https://lichess.org/LvAkU26F

sorry 😭 @tranquil quiver

[tranquil quiver]

No worries

[spiral mango]

start?

[tranquil quiver]

It doesn’t work for me

Let me invite you

https://lichess.org/JSMknVNE

Hello?

[spiral mango]

hi

joining

[spiral mango]

i gtg sorry

[tranquil quiver]

Nws

Gg

[spiral mango]

i dropped 200 rating in blitz 💀

[tranquil quiver]

I accidentally gave away my queen in a mate In 6 position for me

[bright hamlet]

[Site "Chess.com"]
[Result "*"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. O-O Be6 5. d3 Nc6 6. b3 Be7 7. c4 b6 8. a4 O-O
2. Bd2 Qc8 10. b4 Bh3 11. Nh4 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 Nd4 13. f3 c5 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Be1
   Rb8 16. Bf2 Nb3 17. Ra3 Na5 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. Nc3 h6 20. Nb5 Nh7 21. a5 a6 22. Nc3
   Ng5 23. Ne4 Nh3+ 24. Kh1 Qd7 25. Ne3 Nd4 26. Kg2 f5 27. Nc3 Nxf2 28. Rxf2 Bg5
3. Ncd5 Qe6 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 Bh4 32. Rf1 Qg6+ 33. Kh1 Qh5 34. Ra2 Bg3 35.
   Ne7+ Kh7 36. h4 Qxh4+ 37. Kg2 Qh2# *

Actually had a decent game for the first time in about 100 years

That probably doesn't paste right now that I see it😭

[tiny moat]

lmfao it was worth a try just for style points

still worked in game tho (and still wasnt a losing move)

[vague carbon]

6 (basically 7) game win streak in Chess.com

Feels good

[vapid cradle]

banger from chess.com
you're white, wyd

[vague carbon]

Bro was so annoying uno

Like just fucking checkmate and stop wasting time 😭😭😭😭

Bro really wanted 3 queens

[spiral mango]

queen sack?

[vapid cradle]

||continue||

[spiral mango]

I am not sure

[vapid cradle]

hint: ||every single move should be a check||

||because if you don't black will kill you with queen to h1||

[spiral mango]

is queen sack correct though?

[vapid cradle]

||yes||

[bright hamlet]

||QxH3 GxH3; +G7 H7; G7xF8 and promote to knight||

[vapid cradle]

nice

[tranquil quiver]

||Sack the queen on h6pawn takes back and then pawn to g7 the you take his rook and win the game||

||You promote to knight with check||

||Cause king has to move up from pawn check||

||And the he moves down and took to g8||

[vapid cradle]

hint: spoiler your answers

let others try

and all that

[tranquil quiver]

I don’t know how to tbh

Tell me and I will change it

[vapid cradle]

put || before and after your message

nice

[vapid cradle]

(stolen from #ot｜memes message)

[sick condor]

Dont make horsey sad now

[vague carbon]

Fuck 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

The way I threw this win is so disgusting to rewatch 😭😭

Oh well, somehow didn’t bottle this one

[tranquil quiver]

Queen to e1 is also mate after he blocks with the bishop

[vague carbon]

he didn't block w/bishop

he took my queen with bishop because i didn't pay attention and realize a mate was waiting

[tranquil quiver]

Ik but if you would’ve played queen to e1 instead you would’ve had mate

[sick condor]

Smartest r/anarchychess redditor

[sick condor]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/alejandro-ramirez-jennifer-shahade-chess-allegations-622263b8?mod=hp_lead_pos9

Here's the video of Hikaru reacting to this
https://youtu.be/Jy_wqoFtSEA

[tiny moat]

who’s surprised

[vague carbon]

Beautiful checkmate

[sick condor]

We should create a chess.com club

and then from that we can organise tournaments

I'm unsure about tons of things though
will it count as self advertisement or can we even use the server's logo and name?

but I guess if we have enough hype we could create a ticket and see how it goes

[tranquil quiver]

Hello

[sick condor]

https://twitter.com/lichess/status/1635291039140573187

lichess.org (@lichess)

L'inclusion des échecs dans les Séries Olympiques d'Esport 2023 est une étape importante pour notre sport. Nous souhaitons le plus grand succès à cet évènement et aux échecs en général, tout en étant étonnés de ne pas avoir été contactés par la @FIDE_chess à ce sujet.

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Twitter · Mar 13, 2023, 2:45 PM

I think Lichess should've been chosen for the upcoming E-sports olympics

It's open source and it has zero paywalls

Chess.com keeps taking the spotlight I guess

[sick condor]

it couldn't get any better, literally

[tranquil quiver]

I agree

[supple oriole]

🥇

[dense holly]

Me if there was an award for sacrafising the king

[lethal kernel]

anyone wanna play

[lethal kernel]

we coulddd

[sick condor]

Sure

[tranquil quiver]

Not my school but still

[supple oriole]

"roaming chess gangs"

Also how does chess create behavioral issues lmao

[harsh ginkgo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrJ33A8X4Tg

[topaz tiger]

Evening all

[spiral mango]

Evening

[sick condor]

Goes so hard

[tiny moat]

my unis chess club got suspended for like 2 months at the start of the year lmao

Mainly because of alcohol and not chess itself but still funny

[spiral mango]

https://twitter.com/chesscom/status/1640120635895472129?s=20

Chess.com (@chesscom)

Congratulations on winning #TheAmericanCup and re-entering the world's top 5, @GMHikaru 👏📈

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Twitter · Mar 26, 2023, 10:36 PM

[boreal socket]

https://tenor.com/view/magnus-carlsen-magnus-carlsen-chess-chesscom-gif-25898460

[shut zodiac]

💀

[sick condor]

https://twitter.com/chrisjbakke/status/1641994454990213121?s=46

Chris Bakke (@ChrisJBakke)

The good people at Chess dot com are hiring a new CEO and it’s the greatest application process I’ve ever seen.

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Twitter · Apr 1, 2023, 2:42 AM

[shut zodiac]

[sick condor]

https://twitter.com/chesscom/status/1642195124607123457?s=20

Chess.com (@chesscom)

https://t.co/EufIHvcIFK's NEW CEO Is... @anishgiri

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Twitter · Apr 1, 2023, 4:00 PM

[topaz tiger]

Evening all

[tranquil quiver]

Morning

[sick condor]

https://lichess.org/blog/ZCBr7hYAAP86If6m/fide-womens-grand-prix-collapses-into-chaos-as-players-withdraw

I am so late to this but whatever

1 week ago

[shut zodiac]

💀

[sick condor]

https://youtu.be/SLtnx6qcaik

[spiral mango]

4.h3 💀

[sick condor]

Mouse Slip

Ding is only good in quick chess

Ian is better in classical

[silver elm]

DING FROM DEEEEEP

[sick condor]

Well that didn't last long

[lethal kernel]

anyone up for a quick game

i want to test my new white repeitoire

[sick condor]

I am sadly on holiday
Maybe when I'm back?

I haven't played in a while

[topaz tiger]

Hey all, anyone up for a game, I’m not great at chess but I do like to play

[topaz tiger]

Still waiting lol

[lethal kernel]

sorryy ive just not had free time

[topaz tiger]

It’s ok, no worries

[sick condor]

Don't say that to yourself, you're not bad at all

Also I'm up for a game

[topaz tiger]

Let me finish my dinner and I’ll be up for a game

[topaz tiger]

Right, I’m ready

[sick condor]

Great

https://lichess.org/geIW6NB8

[sick condor]

https://youtu.be/4O0dkOKBVnk

[mighty bison]

Draw? Draw

[sick condor]

Stockfish is exactly at 0

This is insane, I haven't seen anything like this

Ding has 15 minutes left

and Nepo has 41

[tiny moat]

shuld be drawn but

Who knos

dont see anyone choking this tho

[sick condor]

Yeah still looks like a draw

[sick condor]

Yeah, I doubt anyone would throw it

It's a draw

[lethal kernel]

you wanna play a game?

[sick condor]

Sure

Rapid, Blitz, Bullet?

[lethal kernel]

10 mins

[sick condor]

Without Increment?

https://lichess.org/M29P1CTl

[lethal kernel]

yep

[lethal kernel]

what happened to catling

[sick condor]

Yeah I had the same question

I don't think they got banned

maybe they just left

[lethal kernel]

:(

[sick condor]

Huh

[lethal kernel]

catling asked to be banned

damn

[sick condor]

No need to be banned to focus

but they would probably be back

[faint summit]

what time does the game start?

[sick condor]

Tiebreaks? already started

https://youtu.be/cSxNZix1Xwc

Tiebreak 1: Game 1 of 4

[mighty bison]

How is it another draw

[lethal kernel]

tiebreaks or baku that is the question

looks like both

[sick condor]

Currently they are playing the final game of tiebreak 1

if they draw again, they will play 2 games of blitz (5+3)

if they draw again, they will play two more blitz games with same time control

[sick condor]

I watched both
Muted the chess commentary tho

[lethal kernel]

same

ding with the brilliant move

theyre playing for a decisive result i feel like

but after bishop b4 should just be a draw

[sick condor]

you think they could reach tiebreak 4?

[lethal kernel]

that would be wild

its really hard to tell for blitz

[sick condor]

Yeah

with that time control, it goes nuts

[lethal kernel]

either way blitz will br an actual spectacle

[sick condor]

Ding is very strong in blitz

I think Ding will win

[lethal kernel]

but is he though

he hasnt played in ages

like in tournaments

[sick condor]

That's true

Last time Ding played was in Mar 2020

Ding has a higher rating by a little

[lethal kernel]

NO WAY

NO WAYYYYY

[sick condor]

WHAT

WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED

DING RISKED IT AND HE NOW MIGHT WIN IT

This is going to be spicy

It was getting better for Ian but that mistake

[tiny moat]

dingggggggggggg

come on

[sick condor]

The fish is seeing a mate sequence, it's over

[tiny moat]

YESSSSSSSSS

[sick condor]

I thought Ian would win this but damn, Ding was good

[vapid cradle]

ding chilling

[mighty bison]

Ding chilling

[sick condor]

Ding Chilling 🥶

[lethal kernel]

@herechess?

[sick condor]

Sure

Also you're lucky you didn't get timed out for a day

last time I tried doing @ here in a thread, I got timed out for a day

[lethal kernel]

i got timed out for a week LMAO

i just got untimed out

[sick condor]

Oh 💀

[lethal kernel]

by Stimo

[sick condor]

I talked to staff as well

[lethal kernel]

i didnt talk to Stimo though so he must have just checked or something

[sick condor]

Oh, that's great

[lethal kernel]

i thought it'd be fine cause its a thread but nvm

[lethal kernel]

you send link?

3+2?

[sick condor]

Same thing, I did it in the old chess thread

[sick condor]

Sure

https://lichess.org/MbzOaJDz

[sick condor]

https://lichess.org/h0RgrxcK @lethal kernel

Went down to +0.8 when you gave up those pawns @lethal kernel

but when I checked you with my pawn I threw my chance

thanks for playing against me, that was really fun

even though I lost every game

[lethal kernel]

np ❤️