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[zeetes]

Chess.com? Do y'all have a friend group on there or something?

zeetes_eats_wheaties

 

[zeetes]

It is indeed remarkable. Good job zeetes

lol i feel like i won the special olympics

 

[Zack Lee]

Chess.com? Do y'all have a friend group on there or something?

The Wiz is St Chris I believe. DMobile is LonghornSaint. JRazza is Bronson. DaveXA is whodatDave. I don’t know who the super chuck dude is but he kicks my arse routinely. Rouxble is a member here but he doesn’t post much and I don’t recall his SR handle. I’m zack70131. Hopefully someone can expand my list and correct me where I went astray.

 

[LonghornSaint]

Gimme some zeetes on wheaties

 

[superchuck500]

Hmmm

 

[DaveXA]

Hmmm

Exhibit A - Anal beads?

 

[superchuck500]

Exhibit A - Anal beads?

I think Hans is definitely a public figure for defamation purposes. A good analogy is professional athletes. If you're putting yourself on the public stage of the world chess championship circuit, you are a public figure for purposes related to that activity. That means that Hans has to prove that Magnus's statements were false, that he knew they were false, and he made them with actual malice to harm Hans.

No way. It's a junk suit. He's lucky Missouri doesn't have an Anti-SLAPP law that would apply here.

 

[Zack Lee]

I have been under the impression that my game hasn't progressed to the point that I should be studying textbook openings yet. However, I am finding that if an opponent rated 200 points lower knows the ins and outs of a particular opening, they can kick my arse. The Scotch opening just destroyed me and the guy was rated 800. If my game doesn't turn around soon, Im ordering some beads. Rubbing is racing.

 

[superchuck500]

I have been under the impression that my game hasn't progressed to the point that I should be studying textbook openings yet. However, I am finding that if an opponent rated 200 points lower knows the ins and outs of a particular opening, they can kick my arse. The Scotch opening just destroyed me and the guy was rated 800.

I started studying openings pretty soon - after I felt like I understood the basic tactics (forks, pins, etc). I think it’s important to have some structure to rely on in the openings.

Start with “systems” over theoretical openings, systems largely rely on the same moves (or same moves with variations in move order) so they’re easier to remember.

 

[SaintJ]

I started studying openings pretty soon - after I felt like I understood the basic tactics (forks, pins, etc). I think it’s important to have some structure to rely on in the openings.

Start with “systems” over theoretical openings, systems largely rely on the same moves (or same moves with variations in move order) so they’re easier to remember.

First, while it's not nearly as glamorous, spend at least as much time learning how to play endgames (rooks behind pawns, the opposition, outside passed pawns, your pawns on the same color as the opposing bishop) so that if you fall behind in a game, you can at least start steering it to an ending where you might have a chance to fight for a draw. Otherwise, you're a golfer who can't putt, or a team that kicks a lot of FGs in the red zone.

For openings, dont be afraid to play the same opening all the time -- nobody is going around studying your games.

As black, pick an e4 defense (a variation of the Sicilian is probably best) and a d4 defense (for me, King's Indian which also works against c4 and most of the junk openings for white), and just play them every time.

As white, d4 openings probably give you more time and get you into tactics more slowly than e4 openings. Also, most beginners learn on e4 games, so they won't be as familiar with the black side of d4.

Hope this helps.

 

[superchuck500]

As black, pick an e4 defense (a variation of the Sicilian is probably best) and a d4 defense (for me, King's Indian which also works against c4 and most of the junk openings for white), and just play them every time.

As white, d4 openings probably give you more time and get you into tactics more slowly than e4 openings. Also, most beginners learn on e4 games, so they won't be as familiar with the black side of d4.

This is great advice. Definitely play the same openings so that you get comfortable with them and their variations. Most experts agree that at club level and below, you're not losing because you play the wrong opening. The point is to get you into the middle game with a decent setup and most of the well-known openings are solid. The key is to learn them, so it's totally okay to just pick one for each side and study them, download pgn files, watch Youtubes, get a course if you want - but just focus on that one opening. It's likely to make you better to know one opening quite well, not worse. At least at the level where most of us are playing.

 

[Zack Lee]

I do play the same opening but it goes off the books after 3 or 4 moves.

That would actually be a useful AI in a chess game, if you could tell it to play a certain opening until you tell it to stop. Surely such a thing exists right?

 

[SaintJ]

I do play the same opening but it goes off the books after 3 or 4 moves.

That would actually be a useful AI in a chess game, if you could tell it to play a certain opening until you tell it to stop. Surely such a thing exists right?

If your opponent is getting out of the books in that few moves, their moves are going to be inferior, and you should be able to exploit them.

 

[Zack Lee]

If your opponent is getting out of the books in that few moves, their moves are going to be inferior, and you should be able to exploit them.

I was talking about my moves


I don’t know any openings. I do drills for endgame but I definitely have room to improve there too.

 

[zeetes]

I have been under the impression that my game hasn't progressed to the point that I should be studying textbook openings yet. However, I am finding that if an opponent rated 200 points lower knows the ins and outs of a particular opening, they can kick my arse. The Scotch opening just destroyed me and the guy was rated 800. If my game doesn't turn around soon, Im ordering some beads. Rubbing is racing.

you are kicking my arse.