#chess-club

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rich sierra
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smh waste of time

stable burrow
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Dude chill

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Sorry I was playing with my sister and it was blitz

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So I was in a hurry and said the wrong moves

stable burrow
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You did great man

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Bro you should check up the solution

pale musk
stable burrow
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I meant to remind you that I have posted the solution

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I didn't mean to offend you

cold zealot
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I’m back

cold zealot
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The best player of all time even margnus would have a challenge playing

remote thistle
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Hi

remote thistle
twilit plinth
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♟️

bronze turtle
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♟️

ruby granite
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Hii

rich sierra
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yo, if anybody actually cares about the world cup

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wesley and nepo are out in round 2

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probably the biggest uspet we've seen so early on

flat mist
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Gukesh got thru tho

subtle elk
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Pragg is in the chopping block

high yacht
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can we practice some endgames?

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@rich sierra @daring geyser

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daring geyser
twilit plinth
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♟️

high yacht
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i cant understand endgame problems

daring geyser
trim flower
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Chess tournament on the weekend

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I'll keep score for top 3 lmao

rich sierra
rich sierra
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but anish, gukesh, rapport, arjun are all through

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man i wanna see rapport play in the candidates

high yacht
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thanks for the mention

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i joined the club

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most players around 1500 so it will be a greate chance for me to participate in

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i cant join it said registration not available

trim flower
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The date and time of the tournament is stated 😁

high yacht
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alr

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9am and 9pm for me

rich sierra
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some more wc updates

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pragg makes it through after intense tiebreaks

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nihal is out

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hans is out

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ivanchuk is out unfortunately although he did come for commentary

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michael adams is in round 3 which is crazy

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wojtaszek is in

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sam sevian is also in

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so theres not been much drama today

south tide
little grove
rich sierra
sturdy prawn
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I want to see

trim flower
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i hosted it to see how the reception is

trim flower
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so thats my target

minor silo
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How to start learning chess in the proper way guyz flork_hmm

rich sierra
twilit plinth
little grove
little grove
twilit plinth
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♟️

trim flower
south tide
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but i recommend learn endgame and solve puzzles to improve

minor silo
little grove
# minor silo What is puzzles?

Puzzles are chess.com things where you need to find the best move. However, there's only like 3 per day unless you pay a lot, so just play chess and pay attention to your mistakes. You'll get better.

strong scarab
proper quiver
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Hi

south tide
south tide
high yacht
south tide
ashen idol
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yo anyone up for a match

high yacht
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the 1.1 fit for me

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8pm tonight

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this is my first time tho

south tide
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6pm

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uhh

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lemme check the timing

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this one

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for me

high yacht
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yeah

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click on the title name

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i dont think is it correct

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bc it have countdown in the app

trim flower
high yacht
high yacht
trim flower
trim flower
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What do you think would be a fitting reward though

high yacht
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well custom title

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i thought there was already few hundred tournaments since the server been made

high yacht
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and medal role

trim flower
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Would be nice if the club would be more active ehe

high yacht
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yeah

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hopefully

trim flower
high yacht
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we will against world wide or just our club

trim flower
high yacht
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maybe in the future

trim flower
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Yeah maybe

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This is the first so we start slow

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Then we'll see what to do from there

south tide
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Who is the highest rated player in the server?

south tide
high yacht
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almost 2000

south tide
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damn

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im higher

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so

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ig me

south tide
high yacht
south tide
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@trim flower is the touranement rated?

twilit plinth
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♟️

high yacht
high yacht
twilit plinth
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I just play for fun

trim flower
trim flower
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Pairings are points based

high yacht
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♟️

high yacht
trim flower
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Oh yeah I think there were a few titled players why why

twilit plinth
twilit plinth
south tide
high yacht
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alright

trim flower
trim flower
south tide
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oh ok

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lets c if the person joins

trim flower
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I think he's inactive facepalmlaugh

south tide
trim flower
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But there are probably more players like him

trim flower
south tide
trim flower
south tide
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ye

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gl

trim flower
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Glhf

south tide
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anyone wanna play a game

high yacht
south tide
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sure

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or lichess

high yacht
south tide
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alr i will send link

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time control?

high yacht
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5

south tide
high yacht
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it gone

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@south tide

south tide
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wdym

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gone

high yacht
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im not getting in the match

south tide
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try this

south tide
high yacht
south tide
high yacht
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lucky you

south tide
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lucky me

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is crazy

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i didn't try at all

high yacht
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all the problems caused by one horse lol

south tide
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i was watching yt and playing

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i thought 800 would blunder piece or smth

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but not bad

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for 800

high yacht
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see, my endgame pretty suck

south tide
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i underestimated u

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but u actually

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played good

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i was like lets play f3 prob get the knight

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that knight turned out to be pain in the ass

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i forgot i can't play re1

high yacht
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yeah i see a lot of chances for me but i couldn't recognize the pattern......

high yacht
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i want to prepare for my chess tournament at school next year

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most of the opponents will be 1500 max but yeah....

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do lots of lichess puzzles?

south tide
south tide
high yacht
south tide
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ye still even from 1100 to 2000

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i mean just work on puzzles

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and endgame

high yacht
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that's the problem idk endgame

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maybe puzzle will hep

wide cargo
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Hi guys I am new, anyone want to play some chess with me?

high yacht
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i keep losing 😭

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What's wrong with me

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"just a match before bed"

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-1000 elo

twilit plinth
wide cargo
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@high yacht Wanna play?

high yacht
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5 min

wide cargo
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I play lichess

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ill show you my lichess account though

high yacht
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invite me

wide cargo
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whats your user?

high yacht
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bro.....

wide cargo
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Yeah?

high yacht
high yacht
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take your time mate

wide cargo
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Oh okay

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My tuition starts now

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I have to go

high yacht
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alright

wide cargo
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Bye bro

high yacht
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au revoir

trim flower
# high yacht "just a match before bed"

It's now 6 am school is about to start and I have lost a total of 3000 elo between rapid blitz and bullet and have consumed 3 hours worth of Gotham chess videos

high yacht
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bruh

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nahhhhh

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you gonna smash the tournament

trim flower
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Tournament in one hour rahhhh

south tide
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Rahhhh

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fr

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no one joined

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:/

analog oyster
trim flower
high yacht
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9pm

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bruh im goin to sleep

trim flower
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its 9..

high yacht
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yep

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too late

trim flower
high yacht
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well only 2 players

trim flower
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hm this is awkward

high yacht
trim flower
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WHAT

high yacht
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come

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welp it gone

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bye

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goodnight

trim flower
south tide
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Well that was a good tournament

high yacht
copper fiber
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bro there’s only like 16 people in the club

rich sierra
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massive wc drama today guys

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gukesh is out, anish is out, noiderbek is out

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pragg and arjun advance, michael adams is out, peter leko advances, mammedyarov is out

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wojtaszek wins

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aronian knocked out salem

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everybody else is in the tiebreaks

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harikrishna advances

rich dawn
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crazy

sweet prawn
little grove
# sweet prawn gukesh being out is insane

Respectfully, is it though? I mean yes he's titled world champion but there are many better players than him. Also rating wise he isn't in the top 5 either he's I think #9?

sweet prawn
little grove
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💔

sweet prawn
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but he is also the world chamipn

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he lost to a 2600

little grove
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. . .

sweet prawn
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isnt that a bit shocking

little grove
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Yes

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It's horribly shocking

sweet prawn
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so

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yeah it is insane

little grove
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Ye you're right I didn't know he lost to someone that low

sweet prawn
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so is anish and nodierbeck

little grove
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Wait brb 1 min

sweet prawn
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and ian

sweet prawn
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it is more insane ian wont make it to the next candidates

little grove
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I feel like there's a lot of randoms or less well known ppl this time around

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And most of them are like kids or sm

sweet prawn
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well i just dont like the system for qualifying to the candidates

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and for the world championship in general

little grove
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Hikaru 💀💀

sweet prawn
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we should bring back the fide circuit

sweet prawn
little grove
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Js going on and defeating random under 2ks

sweet prawn
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yeah...

little grove
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It's more grind and less skill

sweet prawn
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no

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i meant the grand prix

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🤣 whoops

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we should bring back the fide grand prix

little grove
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I vaguely remember that but I forget the specifics of that

sweet prawn
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it was like

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5 tournaments

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with wildcards

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and stuff

little grove
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With other titleds?

sweet prawn
little grove
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!!!

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Dang that does sound good

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I should prolly get back to some hw but

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Wanna play a chess match

sweet prawn
sweet prawn
little grove
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Alr

sweet prawn
little grove
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What was the circuit

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Wait lemme actuallt do some chem I've been procrastinating long enough

twilit plinth
rich sierra
rich sierra
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2600s are basically on the cusp of 2700s, its just that they're disregarded because they don't get more opportunity

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remember when some kazakh grandmaster rated 2500 beat everybody, including magnus?

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oh and the fact that last world cup, nijat abasov made the candidates being 2500

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like show some respect to 2500s and 2600s

sleek jewel
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My rating sucks...

twilit plinth
high yacht
sleek jewel
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Uhm

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For which?

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Like which mode?

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Blitz?

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Rapid?

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I suck...

rich sierra
twilit plinth
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Gotcha

rich sierra
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ill give you a comparison. ive been playing for abt 6 years and i wouldnt reach 2600 in another 5 or 6 if i dedicated my life to chess

twilit plinth
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Holy

rich sierra
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omg

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alright after 15+10

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yu yangyi is in, karthik is in, vidit vs sam is absolutely insane rn, they're going to 10+10

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rapport is in

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sarana is also in

trim flower
rigid ridge
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Guys lets play!

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Add me yall and maybe dm me and lets play

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Oh yeah and is it true that Gukesh got eliminated?

finite temple
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yeah

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idk how tho

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suprised

rich sierra
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vidit is out, after real tough tiebreaks

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dubov wins

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shankland wins

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mvl won i think

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idk the rest

restive mountain
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Anish is out
Arjun drew
Pragg wins

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Rapport also wins

rich sierra
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well arjun and pragg got their results yesterday

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rapport won today

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and yeah anish was on commentary today

sweet prawn
sweet prawn
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since 2700s all play round robins

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their ratings are really high

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but if they played against 2600s more and played more opens they wouldnt be such high rated

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but still gukesh losing to a 2600 is still kinda insane

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what is more shocking is that Ian won't make it to the next candidates

rich sierra
rich sierra
analog quest
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guys

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is 1686 blitz, 1582 classical and 1413 rapid (fide) good for a 13 yr old?

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like if i wanna make chess my spike

rich sierra
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oh its definitely good, but it depends on how many tournaments youve played

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cuz why is rapid so much lower than blitz

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but yeah 1582 classical is very impressive, id say just keep focusing on that maybe 30+30

twilit plinth
finite temple
high yacht
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how to improve my elo more?
im still making minor mistakes even when winning, endgame r pretty bad.
should i focus on blitz (1200) or rapid(gonna start over at 700)

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@rich sierra why skull_cry

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mate advice brought me from 800 to 1200

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i think im ready for the next lesson.....or not

trim flower
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Always rapid imo

rich sierra
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play 10+0

high yacht
normal pulsar
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Hello, anyone up for a quick match?

high yacht
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me

high yacht
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getting 800 in rapid is even harder

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What's the key differences

rich sierra
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in blitz people make sooo many more blunders

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if you really wanna up your game, you have to focus on the quality

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think more, take more time to find the best move, and thats how you get better

bronze turtle
normal pulsar
high yacht
high yacht
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gn all chess players flork_hmm

analog quest
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im finding it so hard to push my rating online

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i js cant concentrate in online games

green bough
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anyone wanna play a game

analog quest
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sure

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@green bough

normal pulsar
trim flower
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blitz leans more towards instinct where blunders are common

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so rapid to learn blitz for leisure mostly

zenith monolith
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I play chess little little yet well who can i improve

fallen talon
finite temple
# analog quest i js cant concentrate in online games

yeah i used to do that as well

imo i would play blitz online but rapid tournaments fide

cuz u wanna learn as much as possible in a day and i think blitz gives u that oppurtunity, its also that rapid is just not as popular online. I think playin 5+3 is goated

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i have barely ever played rapid

finite temple
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ull be fine

bronze turtle
high yacht
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this

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is my elo

high yacht
dreamy hamlet
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anyone wanna play a game

trim flower
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looking for game

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anyone online?

twilit plinth
bronze turtle
high yacht
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im Vietnam too

bronze turtle
high yacht
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yeh

green bough
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anyone wanna lay a match

worldly yoke
# high yacht

bro you do NOT need 4 queens to checkmate 😭🙏

merry sluice
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Hey guys I have a school level chess tournament tmrw, can anyone give some good advice or help pls?

worldly yoke
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what time control is it

twilit plinth
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♟️

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What’s the best opening in your guys opinion

vagrant dawn
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idk i like either the sicilian or evans gambit

twilit plinth
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Gotcha

charred pelican
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learn the queens gambit

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main game idea

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and variants

twilit plinth
high pelican
twilit plinth
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Got it

worldly yoke
worldly yoke
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it’s called a gambit for a reason

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personally for me I’m not as good in positional situations which is basically the entirety of queens gambit

manic obsidian
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man who is this man

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lilac jacinth
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stop bragging

manic obsidian
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im not bragging

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i got unfriended by him bc he got to much friends

worldly yoke
trim flower
manic obsidian
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Nope

high yacht
trim flower
high yacht
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after Magnus

trim flower
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Yeah great potential fr

high yacht
trim flower
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I think he likes pineapples

high yacht
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bruh

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POV

summer geyser
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I think he doesn't like Kramniks

trim flower
summer geyser
delicate cedar
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play E4 op move

twilit plinth
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♟️

trim flower
long crow
ivory chasm
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what...

late dawn
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is it really though

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there are like a couple qga variations where you dont win the pawn back

ivory chasm
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literally the queens gambit

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bro is onto nothing

late dawn
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if your excuse for not liking qg is that its a gambit thats really not a good reason to not like it

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you barely ever actually play a pawn down

late dawn
ivory chasm
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onto nothing

late dawn
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what qga varations do you play where you are actually down a pawn?

ivory chasm
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gambit can be a positional one

late dawn
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yes but you would be down a pawn for a positional reason

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not just playing a positional opening

late dawn
worldly yoke
ivory chasm
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lmao

late dawn
unborn minnow
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Rate these chess openings (black & white):

Ruy López
Queen’s Gambit
Italian Game
Sicilian Defense
Caro–Kann Defense

south tide
summer geyser
bronze turtle
lone ridge
trim flower
high yacht
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i alway play Ruy Lopez for white

trim flower
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It's just like memorizing 100 different lines for a 0.5 advantage and a draw

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I hate theory in general

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Queens gambit is so flexible

grim jolt
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I play Queens Gambit and Caro so like

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After a month i finally rehit my peak of 1300

twilit plinth
magic hemlock
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the king gets destroyed]\

twilit plinth
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Indeed

chrome sleet
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by a pawn

high yacht
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hit hard

south tide
vagrant sigil
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e4

frozen dawn
vagrant sigil
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c4 qf4 qf7++ premove

frozen dawn
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balright

vagrant sigil
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lol

trim flower
twilit plinth
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Is that your favorite opening?

lusty summit
high yacht
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1000 rapid and 1200 blitz is solid or not

twilit plinth
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♟️

normal pulsar
high yacht
rose laurel
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My ELO :less than 100

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Play with me

rose laurel
river totem
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Hi guysssss

gentle pumice
twilit plinth
pseudo inlet
pseudo inlet
high yacht
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just to see my checkmate

twilit plinth
rigid ridge
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Aint no way Pragg and Keymer got eliminated 💀

silk swift
cinder rivet
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im 1750-1800 in strength and i feel ive hit a plateau, how do i improve?
anyone got any tips

cinder rivet
twilit plinth
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♟️

twilit plinth
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I'm shocked

rigid ridge
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Bro what saddens me is that they are actually insanely Strong Gm's but so as it proves that we are all humans

twilit plinth
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True true

naive isle
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what's the opinion on E4 first move opening?

worldly yoke
twilit plinth
rich sierra
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hm a late wc update

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ro16

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pragg is out

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parham is out, wei yi beat him in tiebreaks

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arjun is in, pentala is in

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insane tiebreaks yesterday, sam sevian knocked out lorenzo

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levon is in top notch form rn, he's basically guaranteed a candidates spot with this form

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sam shankland beat rapport in the tiebreaks 😔

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as for pragg hes making the candidates by the circuit anyways

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oh also vincent keymer who was the first seed is out

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esipenko beat him

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and fredrick svane is in

twilit plinth
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♟️

high yacht
rich sierra
# high yacht what is this chess tournament called

the circuit is not actually a tournament, its a point system based on all the tournaments a player has performed in and how well he has performed. like for example if you place well in big tournaments, you will get more points. end of the year, the highest points gets a candidates spot

high yacht
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ok

rich sierra
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yeah so pragg is like 45 points higher than 2nd place, which is close to double

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so hes guaranteed a candidates spot

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hikaru is as well, unless magnus decides to play or kasparov comes out of retirement

tall plank
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Hello

clever otter
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Bong cloud best opening

rich sierra
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yo such an exciting result at the wc today

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8 draws

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arjun, sindarov and dubov all had chances but they werent able to convert

tall plank
tall plank
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I personally play the vianna

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I find it better

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for attack and defence

pseudo inlet
orchid lagoon
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what da best opening :)

normal pulsar
high yacht
analog oyster
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Prioritise your weakness. Do chesscom drills (learn) and learn a strong opening which is rare

analog oyster
tall plank
tall plank
orchid lagoon
tall plank
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This is the simplest way to do the Vienna. From here, you can play pawn to d3, then develop the bishop and the queen, then play Nf3 and castle.

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e4 - e5
Nc3 - Nf6
Bc4

rich dawn
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Hehehe

unborn minnow
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?

rich dawn
timid spire
rain dust
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Hi

timid spire
rain dust
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Nothing

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You

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You?

timid spire
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doing fine

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skipped a tournament today to recharge

rain dust
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Ok

timid spire
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go another one on tuesday

rain dust
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Ok

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What's your rating

timid spire
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where

rain dust
timid spire
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1750

rain dust
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Lichess

timid spire
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i dont play there

rain dust
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Do you have a fide rating

timid spire
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just do the puzzles

timid spire
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what are your ratings?

rain dust
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Ok cool

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I'm a noob

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400

timid spire
rain dust
timid spire
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you can work your way up

timid spire
rain dust
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Yeah but I lose once and then win

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And then lose again

timid spire
rain dust
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Yep so where are you from

timid spire
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poland

rain dust
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Oh ok

timid spire
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you'd probably want to do puzzles at 400

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just basics

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to not hang pieces and learn some basic tactical motifs

rain dust
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Anyway bye gotta go

timid spire
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and i am sure you'll get to a thousand if you're consistent enough with not too mch work

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cya

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good luck

thorn widget
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Hello peeps

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My rating has been dying

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😭

rich sierra
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yoooo arjun beat levon

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so arjun is through to the quarters, levon smh i wanted him to stay a bit more

worldly yoke
rich sierra
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alright more updates, yakubboev is also in after beat sargissian

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and sindarov knocks out fredrick

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so 3 results today, everybody else is in the tiebreaks

river totem
timid spire
subtle elk
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Him and hari are the only Indians left

rich sierra
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maybe dubov or shankland

subtle elk
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Yeah

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But there still could be an upset like Pragg and guki

sweet prawn
rich sierra
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so he'll definitely have to change his tactics

sweet prawn
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throwback to the 2022 candidates when magnus started roasting everyone

twilit plinth
pliant hull
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Yall see the Magnus baby name drop

summer geyser
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The what

worldly yoke
small pagoda
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e4
e5
Ve2
auto wins

pine viper
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aaaa

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oooooo

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aaaa

mighty spear
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guys

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who wanna play some games with me?

grim jolt
rich sierra
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andddd dubov is knocked out 2-0 in the tiebreaks

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so shankland advances

rich sierra
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grebnev is out, esipenko advances

grim jolt
rich sierra
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and harikrishna is also out

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jose martinez is absolutely on fire this event

rich sierra
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And donchenko wins

terse crag
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woah I didn’t know there was a whole chess club

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this is cool

rich sierra
terse crag
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XD

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funny

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wuts ur favorite chess player?

rich sierra
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i mean its so tough to pick one

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but ill pick fischer

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wbu

terse crag
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prop polgar

rich sierra
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honestly, W

terse crag
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yeah

rich sierra
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i was half expecting it to be magnus, im glad its someone different

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especially someone as underrated as judit

terse crag
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ik right?

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magnus is truly brilliant but a very basic answer

rich sierra
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istg

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everybody whos like 15 and under thinks magnus

terse crag
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im under 15….

rich sierra
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well most of them atleast

terse crag
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noice

rich sierra
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i think magnus is 3rd tho all time

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1st at endgames but thats about it

terse crag
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maybe

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back then is when chess was truly fun

rich sierra
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before engines 😔

terse crag
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they didn’t have engines

rich sierra
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but even like the 2000s era, gelfand and adams and ivanchuk was spectacular

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after that its just plain positional games all the time

terse crag
rich sierra
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its definitely worth watching

terse crag
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i will keep in mind of that

rich sierra
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its the era where sicilian, kings indian, grunfeld, benko, all these openings were peaking

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and now its just italian, spanish and queens gambit

terse crag
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sicilian is crazy

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it’s has got to be one of the most complex opening for me

rich sierra
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oh 10000%

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i love playing against the sicilian tho

terse crag
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the fact that people main it at the top level without engines is crazy

terse crag
rich sierra
terse crag
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that’s true

rich sierra
terse crag
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yea

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wait how long have you been playing chess?

rich sierra
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about 5 years or so

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just around covid

terse crag
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i played after covid

rich sierra
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what openings do you play

terse crag
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caro

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kings indian

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starting to learn the beloni

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for white

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i fr forgot the name

rich sierra
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beloni? ive never heard abt it

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bennoni is one for black

terse crag
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yea

rich sierra
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idk

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but just one thing

terse crag
rich sierra
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how do you think sicilian is complex and then play the kings indian

terse crag
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that’s why im learning the beloni

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im hqving a pretty hard time playing it in tournaments these days

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well not tournaments my coach😭

rich sierra
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damn you play professionally?

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like in rated tournaments and all

terse crag
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yea

rich sierra
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whats ur rating

terse crag
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rn it’s 1300

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but yesterday i did REALLY well in a state tournament

rich sierra
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its minimum of 1400 for fide

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atleast after they changed it

terse crag
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no not on fida

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im still a kid man

rich sierra
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oh i asked for rated tournaments so

rich sierra
terse crag
rich sierra
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the world champion is younger than I am 😭

terse crag
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oh geez

rich sierra
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i mean im still 19 tho

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but yeah

terse crag
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only one year 👍

rich sierra
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nah

terse crag
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or a half

rich sierra
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i feel old already

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i dont need to hit 20

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not for another 3 4 years

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i wish i could pause my age

terse crag
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everyone wishes to do that

rich sierra
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no but like

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for me its cuz i still feel like im 16 rn

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2020-23 ish has just been a blur

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i cant even remember anything significant that happened in 2021

terse crag
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covid messed me up fr too

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during covid my grades slipped SO badly

rich sierra
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ifkr

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i was a topper, i became a below average student after covid

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my entire future was ruined 😔

terse crag
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i was young but i def was ahead of my time

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not saying im gifted but I took a lot of outside classes

rich sierra
rich sierra
terse crag
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brb

brisk loom
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damn

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can't believe i play this much antichess variant

granite briar
nocturne agate
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thoughts on the london?

trim flower
woven crow
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its not THAT bad

rich sierra
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literally 99% of people who play it cannot think for the first 10 moves

hearty forum
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Anybody want to play?

iron gazelle
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just why does this exist

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why

autumn ice
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we got any bullet players here?

autumn ice
latent pine
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Wsp yall

terse crag
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good morning human beans

latent olive
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tips on reaching 2000+ Elo in Lichess or Chess.com?

latent olive
shadow blaze
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Yo

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Anyone want to play 10min?

young elbow
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guys i just started chess can anyone help me how should i start

rich sierra
#

round 6.1

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arjun drew in record time, sindarov drew, shankland and esipenko drew

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the only result was that donchenko lost to yakubboev

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so now donchenko is in a must win or else he's out

neat egret
summer geyser
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And other sites

nocturne agate
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Thoughts on the French

jolly fox
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What French.

tight apex
autumn ice
trim flower
fading python
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anyone wanna play chess?

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with me:)

autumn ice
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yeah

fading python
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username?

autumn ice
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Miiamikiid

fading python
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okay

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giv me a few sec

autumn ice
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aight

fading python
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accept pls

autumn ice
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resend

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bullet?

fading python
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cant

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i suck at bullet

autumn ice
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aight then

fading python
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ggs

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i stop play

autumn ice
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ggs

rich sierra
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Alright today’s round, everybody drew

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Donchenko is still playing even tho it’s most likely a draw, and if he draws then he’s out

unborn minnow
rich sierra
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yep donchenko is out, so yakubboev is in the semis

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everyone else is in the tiebreaks tomorrow

crisp bridge
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yall should i start chess

grim jolt
rich sierra
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so hes most likely gonna win

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cuz hes undefeated in the tiebreaks

grim jolt
rich sierra
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hm i was hoping arjun would win today

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or sam

grim jolt
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I like Arjun

autumn ice
rich sierra
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i feel like the top 3 is gonna be arjun, jose and sam

grim jolt
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Idrc about sam but i also didn't really hear of him before this tournament

rich sierra
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he beat vidit in the tiebreaks

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hes like us no 3

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after hikaru and fabi

grim jolt
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i knew a lot of players but sam i had never heard of

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just as donchenko

rich sierra
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honestly, im more excited for tata steel

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cuz ivanchuk is playing

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in the challengers

grim jolt
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netherlands representsss

rich sierra
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i was also kinda sad to see michael adams go

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i mean lorenzo had one hell of a run

grim jolt
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i am really not sure who to root for between levon and erigaisi

grim jolt
rich sierra
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i would love to see levon again in the candidates

grim jolt
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oh yeah and liem

rich sierra
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and wesley

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so many upsets

grim jolt
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i wasnt certain who to root for between nodirbek and jose

rich sierra
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well half the world is rooting for jose now

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i mean hes on fire

grim jolt
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i have been since the kramnik stuff

worldly yoke
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i just know he cheated but idrk much

fading python
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who got the highest elo here

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i'm 600

worldly yoke
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not me

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I’m 700

fading python
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wow

worldly yoke
keen turtle
worldly yoke
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false

summer geyser
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Reading it in school 🙂

keen turtle
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have u played with him

worldly yoke
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I have

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perchance

summer geyser
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💀

cloud geode
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rapid

worldly yoke
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Congrats dude

grim jolt
trim flower
trim flower
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But if it's just rapid games I think our record is 7-0 lmaoo 😂😂😂

grim jolt
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Ive decided to take a break of chess cus holy fuck

keen turtle
trim flower
keen turtle
trim flower
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Ou I'm getting back into chess

keen turtle
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i don’t rly have the time for rapid anymore

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and bullet is tilting af

trim flower
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My last hs tournament will be in May

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I gotta lock in

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For chess and hs finals

keen turtle
grim jolt
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I was doing very well last week, climbed +100 rating, went equal into a rapid Endgame with a 2200 and beat 2 1600s

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But the last 5 days i just cant focus at all and then i get pissed off

keen turtle
trim flower
keen turtle
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i don’t think I’ve ever beat u pirato have i?

trim flower
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Pls join chess club advisors

keen turtle
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we have played like two games or smt iirc

grim jolt
trim flower
grim jolt
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But for the past few days i just cant focus at the board and losing to 1100 with the urge to smash my head in

trim flower
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More passion more energy

trim flower
grim jolt
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The gap is too big between me focussing and me not focussing

keen turtle
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i hate playing that and yet i play it at times, even i question why

grim jolt
#

Exactly why i am taking a short break

trim flower
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I love bullet

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I got to 2050 in bullet on lichess

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So fun

grim jolt
#

Ive never liked bullet tbh

trim flower
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Premoving

grim jolt
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I like sitting and thinking about a move or Blitz as a middle ground

trim flower
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I'm trying to get back into rapid

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Because rapid is for actual serious chess improvement

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But idk where to start

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Because jumping into 2000 lobbies sounds intimidating

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I've been grinding puzzles though

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Hm

autumn ice
rich sierra
rich sierra
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round 1 of 15+10, sam shankland loses with the white pieces against esipenko

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jose continues to win

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and arjun vs wei yi draws in an insane endgame

rich sierra
#

and arjun is out

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sindarov and shankland came back to win the 2nd round

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so they're going to 10+10

trim flower
rich sierra
trim flower
sharp jackal
rich sierra
terse crag
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It was fun and not fun

rich sierra
#

damn who

rich sierra
#

well sam shankland is out

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so the first semi final is esipenko vs wei yi

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and the run ends for jose martinez

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as sindarov comes back in the 10+10 to win

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so the 2nd semi final is yakubboev vs sindarov, uzbek on uzbek action

trim flower
fleet summit
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anyone want to play?

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e4

rich sierra
hearty forum
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Anybody up for game?

autumn ice
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sure

hearty forum
autumn ice
#

😭 yeah bruh, mb

amber pelican
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Hi

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Im new here

lilac portal
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Hi

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I am also new

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@amber pelican hello

amber pelican
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Hey @lilac portal

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You play chess?

lilac portal
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Yea

lilac portal
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Now I am washed

amber pelican
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Wow

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Im new to chess

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Beginner, so 623 now

lilac portal
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It's okay

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It's just a game

amber pelican
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True

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So where are you based