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Hey I've been getting into chess, let's talk about chess here!

I'd love to play anyone of any skill level

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I'd be down to play, my skill doesn't really go past knowing how the pieces move though

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What are your thoughts on the Bongcloud opening?

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That's a little too advanced for me but apparently its popular now?

As black I tend to play defensive openers that mirror

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Tag. Chess is cool.
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yay chess

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greengravy294 posted...

Hey I've been getting into chess, let's talk about chess here!

I'd love to play anyone of any skill level

You use chess.com?

I'm probably like a 500 ELO player but I've been trying to get better, so consider this a tag!

I need to learn more openers since I really only know scotch and how to defend vs scotch ?_?

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I used to be somewhat into Chess. It's actually the only reason I have a Facebook account to crush one of my friends repeatedly at it. Well that and Scrabble I guess.

I know some opening theory that I proceed to ignore because of course I would. It's fun though I'd like to play some again.

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I went to some chess tournaments as a kid, but I haven't played for a decade or so. Now I'm playing real games of skill, like mahjong and Magic the Gathering (this is a joke).

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greengravy294 posted...

That's a little too advanced for me but apparently its popular now?

Its not actually popular. Its a meme opening.

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sounds like we need our own chess tournament

chess is the GOAT

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transcience posted...

sounds like we need our own chess tournament

chess is the GOAT

tbh I would CHEAT and just set a komodo as my chess side and copy your moves

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Haven't really gotten too much into OTB/in-person tournaments. I was started to attempt to this year but then COVID-19 has forced me to put that on hold for the time being. In any case I play online a lot though lichess, which I've found is a good free site to use.

redrocket posted...

Its not actually popular. Its a meme opening.

Well...I don't know about right now but there was a period of time where it was absolutely a fad for chess streamers to play the opening while messing around. I guess it's open to interpretation whether or not that makes it a "popular opening" because obviously it's disastrously bad and was never being used in serious games, but yeah.
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i'm around 1600-1700 rated and have been playing a lot recently.

the new chess meme that i've been seeing some streamers play (when they play against their viewers) is the "jerome gambit". here's a funny video on it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3AsRny3bpk

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I've been watching Jonathon Schrantz play what is apparently called the Nakhmanson Gambit which is apparently almost a real opening. (Meaning dubious at the top level but offers white chances at lower levels and is very deadly if black does not play accurately.) For reference, Stockfish evaluates the starting position as only -1.2 at depth 34 after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Nc3?!, despite sacrificing a pawn and minor piece.

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

Jonathon Schrantz is one of my favorite chess streamers (though I only watch on Youtube). He's not quite the strongest, but I do find that he's very good at effectively communicating the key aspects of positions when he's talking about them, which is good for learning. Also sometimes he puts out less instructive but more entertaining content like this. He's also perhaps more well-known for appearing quite frequently in the Saint Louis Chess Club Youtube videos which I think are very good.
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im so bad at chess

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I don't know why people love Anthem so much, but it is a power ballad...bleh. I prefer Merano, especially for that Rodgers & Hammerstein reference lol.


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Oh this is not about the musical...

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....theres a chess musical?

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Yeah, the music's written by ABBA's Benny Andersson and Bjrn Ulvaeus. The lyrics by Ulvaeus and Tim Rice (who also wrote the lyrics for Aladdin and The Lion King).

The story involves a politically driven, Cold Warera chess tournament between two grandmasters, one American and the other Soviet Russian, and their fight over a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other.

I haven't watched/listened to it to completion though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avTNh6BcJ78


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Raka_Putra posted...

Oh this is not about the musical...

Did you not read any posts or what

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Chess is a game that takes a very long time to get good at I think--something like years depending on where exactly your metric for "good" is. You can speed things up with targeted improvement efforts/coaching, but it's still difficult.
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all i do is lose on chess.com

games too hard at 900 elo

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its been a fun 2 days, but im moving onto greener pastures, you may continue to shitpost about musicals or something

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Rest at ease, gravy.

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Aecioo posted...

Did you not read any posts or what

Raka_Putra posted...

Rest at ease, gravy.

So no

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Jerome's gambit was incredible

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This topic reminded me that the world chess championship is this year, then i realized it was in Russia and that it probably won't be this year because of covid :(

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hockeydude15 posted...

This topic reminded me that the world chess championship is this year, then i realized it was in Russia and that it probably won't be this year because of covid :(

the candidates tournament was in April, also in Russia, and made it halfway through before it was cancelled due to COVID. It's somewhat controversial though, because the current leader of the tournament (MVL) only got to participate because Teimour Radjabov dropped out due to concerns about the coronavirus. And in retrospect, he was completely right. So it's still unclear whether they would allow him to participate whenever the tournament resumes, since he's "missed" the first half of it.

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changmas posted...

So it's still unclear whether they would allow him to participate whenever the tournament resumes, since he's "missed" the first half of it.

They are giving him an entry into the 2022 candidates tournament since bringing him in now kinda wouldn't work. But yea the rest of the tournament is on hold until "the end of the pandemic" which is......yeaaaaaa

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I am really digging chess right now

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i started plying again on lichess because of this

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im playing again

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i've been doing 1 day correspondence chess on lichess if anyone wants to play me. Username is ColeGreen

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Colegreen_c12 posted...

i've been doing 1 day correspondence chess on lichess if anyone wants to play me. Username is ColeGreen

id play you sometime but i'd need to make an account, also you'd probably beat me bad, im really bad

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What do you play on? I think I have a chess.com account as well.

And i'm decent, not amazing. 1500-1600 player if i had to guess? I can give some advice too

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I am on chess.com, my elo is like 700 lol

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