| General Chess Discussion - AI assistants and Chess cheating#16 There will always be a million players who play bc they love playing and won't cheat. If not a professional player then forget climbing ratings playing randoms that may cheat. Find 3 to 7 local people… | drSabrotna |
| General Chess Discussion - How to get more rating if I already reached my peak rating#6 Haven't been there but I'd say just get better at your opening sidelines. Know them deeper. Constantly train those tough middle game positions. Be an endgame God. Keep working on calculation. If over … | drSabrotna |
| General Chess Discussion - resigning early#2 Below 1200 (actual 1200 not lichess given 1500) anything can happen. Get great at endgames. Sometimes people blunder their advantage before endgame. Don't resign until you know you're 2 or 3 moves fro… | drSabrotna |
| General Chess Discussion - Should I learn the Sicilian?#11 @TheSquare said in #10: Yeah at 1800 going further u don't want Alekhine as a top 2 but it's a great surprise weapon. > """"I'll have a look at that, thanks. Btw what are the main plans and how do I d… | drSabrotna |
| General Chess Discussion - Should I learn the Sicilian?#9 Over nxt year get really good at Cozio Defense in Lopez. Get really good at Alekhine defense. 98% of players under 2000 have put limited time learning to play against them. Or learn Nimzowitsch instea… | drSabrotna |
| General Chess Discussion - Candidates Chess Tournament 2024#8 With the young group and a few other young players coming up it will be a blood bath in 4 years. I want to see who is brave. Who goes for the win not 4 draws in a row. | drSabrotna |
| General Chess Discussion - Strogest opening#4 The ones u prepare for the best.. That said starting with black: d4:: QGD, Slav/Semi-Slav, Nimzo/QID, Grunfeld, then maybe KID, Benko, Benoni, and Dutch. Budapest and Albin are OK as surprise backup o… | drSabrotna |
| General Chess Discussion - Why do we make unprincipled moves in Chess?#13 We are curious creatures. Some swim with sharks when logic says "dont." Some hike active volcanoes. Take pictures of bears. Date redheads....... :/ | drSabrotna |
| General Chess Discussion - Is Chess a sport?#39 Yes. Sport of the mind. | drSabrotna |
| General Chess Discussion - Changing openings for extremely long term improvement.#16 White:: slowly add Catalan and English with g3 even starting 1.g3 on some occasions. Then add Nimzo-Larsen. Black: start with Kalashnikov or Accelerated dragon then eventually learn Schevendorf lines … | drSabrotna |
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