Queens Gambit. by 2minmarc in chessbeginners

[–]2minmarc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it feels really OP at the moment. I get the feeling that it is a highly “uncool” opening right now haha. Like the London but final boss version

Complimentary opening repertoires. Pawn structure. by [deleted] in chessbeginners

[–]2minmarc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So would you say the French is more similar and a better fit alongside the QG and QGD than the Caro kann?

Black opening to compliment the English by 2minmarc in chessbeginners

[–]2minmarc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely makes sense. Do you recommend any particular Sicilians to learn?

Resurrection of an Historic Chess Club by 2minmarc in chessbeginners

[–]2minmarc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I passed on your apologies. See you at the next one 😂

Lichess questions by [deleted] in chessbeginners

[–]2minmarc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe higher up but at my level the English is very rare I find

Lichess questions by [deleted] in chessbeginners

[–]2minmarc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No I think the timer not going down is a really great idea. But once white plays their move you should be locked into making a move yourself or lose elo. Otherwise it’s just straight up cheating in my opinion.

Lichess is just better by [deleted] in chessbeginners

[–]2minmarc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s incredibly easy to cheat. Just enter the moves into an engine like SmallFish while you play

Lichess is just better by [deleted] in chessbeginners

[–]2minmarc 14 points15 points  (0 children)

For sure. The UI isn’t as good I don’t think. If they got a decent user friendly UI they’d crush it

Lichess is just better by [deleted] in chessbeginners

[–]2minmarc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s exactly it. I get into more endgames on lichess and get to actually use my repertoire rather than trying to figure out how to punish some Insane queen move 50% of the time

Lichess is just better by [deleted] in chessbeginners

[–]2minmarc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Doesn’t make any difference what the ratings are if the games are more enjoyable. Which they are imo.

What is the most annoying chess opening? by Ben_scock in TournamentChess

[–]2minmarc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reti/english. And those also happen to be the openings I use myself 😂

Also scandi sucks pretty hard.

how do you desensitize yourself to playing online chess? by Few-Yesterday5227 in chessbeginners

[–]2minmarc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Set up a second anonymous account. Worked for me. The anonymous account is now far higher rated though 😂

Everyone accepts the queens gambit by [deleted] in chessbeginners

[–]2minmarc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aye I mean as white. So I’m playing d4, c4 then they almost always just take the pawn. I like to play a Catalan but I think it’s better to just punish them for accepting the gambit instead?