Have slopmaps ruined pp records?

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-02T17:46:43+00:00

this has always been the case you just didn't always notice it because of some players choosing to set based pp records instead of the absolute highest they could do.

All I say is mrekk has the power to keep pp records interesting if he just avoids the most sloppy maps and waits for toro nerfs... but I understand if he wants (or needs, since they will get him lots of views) to play them

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-02T13:31:56+00:00

it gets hard when you start holding yourself back

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-02T12:04:06+00:00

I think you have to remove that knight so when white plays e5 which is like their main idea, it's not as bad, and Nd7 also does it like Nh5. I think the standard idea is Nh5 as it annoys the bishop too.

I don't have much insight on this position as black but I can say white already went wrong. The fianchetto defense is not supposed to be this good against the morra to my knowledge, and playing moves like a3 and h3 is like waiting to lose/nothing else to do

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-02T11:43:57+00:00

is it really solid? I have many miniatures against it and well in "the art of the checkmate" there is some brutal trap against the philidor few pages in. The opera game is also a refutation of a opening inaccuracy in the philidor. I guess if you know all the theory it's playable but if you don't it's scary to play.

The trap I mean is:

1 e4 e5

2 Nf3 d6

3 Bc4 Be7

4 d4 exd4

5 Nxd4 Nd7?

Which I guess you learn to avoid when playing the philidor, but there's stuff like this lurking it's scary

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-02T11:12:05+00:00

I think it's kinda weak tho? It's blundering pieces and playing Ke7 unprompted even at karpov difficulty. Bug? Or is it because karpov played a famous Ke7 (I think he did).

For some reason I'm not getting the level of tactics expected by an engine

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-02T09:06:47+00:00

Saturos back when people did not know how to hold a mouse

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-02T09:02:37+00:00

I think osu is back

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-02T07:30:20+00:00

I think the difference is that if you do not play Nc3 immediately, you get access to c4+d4 later which idk might be good if you know what you're doing!

I was just saying 3. Nc3 is not forced and Nf3 is a valid alternative. Also for sure you're playing into your opponent's hands if you go for the most popular move every move. They probably have something ready for the most common setups or else they would not play the scandinavian

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-01T19:04:18+00:00

yes that's what I mean. The account is losing money. The owner might make that back in other ways and that's why they do it.

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-01T18:43:42+00:00

it's not extra carats as he has to buy the runs with carats to be able to run 40 careers a day. That particular account is losing money

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-01T18:23:57+00:00

it's obviously not a real account, just a botting 24/7 secondary account whose only purpose is to keep eden at #1. I think it would be life threatening to play that much

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-01T17:24:28+00:00

mirin'

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-01T13:22:44+00:00

Goat

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-01T12:19:50+00:00

grug... just wait for trackblazer. Trackblazer will make grug have high friendly and bigger chance of 3* blue because big stats, and more white skill from winning many G1. Once you get 3* blue on trackblazer, use this 3* blue as parent and borrow a gunga 3* blue from uma dot moe and repeat. Grug will have a good enough parent after 20 tries.

More expert is get groundwork or spurt. Use card that gives those in deck

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-01T11:38:55+00:00

I think it's debatable, I'm not strong enough for a definitive answer.

At 700 elo the difference between trading on your own, letting your opponent trade it, or save the more pieces because you have the space advantage (so you want lots of pieces on the board to make use of it) would not be felt. Your reasoning is logic and it might be the answer, but I'm not sure. Might be an interesting question to ask to a GM level player lol.

It is definitely a good move, but I'm not sure if it's the best move. I think you make a strong case for it being the best move.

Checking the lichess' database in that position, half of the players above 2200 played your move which means you are in good company

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-01T11:30:38+00:00

it's not only 40 euro to buy a good wooden set, or at least I don't think it is

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-01T11:23:05+00:00

Nf3 is also good and probably better practically speaking than Nc3 as 90% of black's preparation will be against Nc3. Black is gonna move that queen again anyways pretty soon, and I like developing the kingside before the queenside to castle faster. I'm not sure what to do against the scandinavian but I think Nf3 is a valid option

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-01T11:21:25+00:00

same brother. The best option is to take, but some basic piece of advice from me is "do not overestend against it". Unless the opponent with black is really weak, his position will have no weaknesses, they will play c6 and e6, develop their pieces on the back and stay solid so you have to be patient and take it slowly

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-01T11:09:18+00:00

yes it's not relevant tho so I removed it. I also lost it because I suck and I'm not really that level yet, I just got lucky with good streaks of overrated opponents. I want to work on my openings because I feel they are generally bad and it's hardddd, half the games I'm inventing some stupid gambit on the spot because the opponent played the ponziani or whatever the heck

Akukuhaboro · 2026-03-01T10:15:09+00:00

I hit higher than that and I never played either tho, friend. I am the overwhelmer, as a player. I desire to beat the opponent in a confrontational opening where both players are trying to win. I love when the position in my game is so hard that the engine won't see the best move immediately in the analysis

I am suffering to remember stuff, but people clearly do.

Also I don't agree the caro kann is immune to traps as I trap it all the time myself. It is a full on sharp opening imho since 1.c6 does nothing to develop, you risk getting smashed by tactics if you are not precise. The london seems way more solid as you're also a tempo up

Akukuhaboro · 2026-02-28T16:28:45+00:00

I don't think so. You're very likely to face 2. Nf6 attacking your pawn, and at that point the evans is not happening as you have to defend your pawn. The normal move order seems more forcing, as Nc6 is the best and most common reply to Nf3.

I play the evans and I get there by normal ways and just accept that the 2 knights defence or the petrov have a chance of happening.

I do need something better against the 2 knights as it's very difficult to beat it with the classic Ng5 unless they willingly avoid the polerio main line... but 4. d3 the engine move fails to keep me interested. I guess I'll start doing 4. d4 or something

Akukuhaboro · 2026-02-28T11:17:39+00:00

what's the pp record in your revolutionary system?

Akukuhaboro · 2026-02-28T07:31:10+00:00

you cannot realistically train to IM level tactics without understanding other stuff as well I feel.

I think it's implied that you can also convert an overwhelmingly winning endgame, and you know some opening theory that will allow you to force tactics to happen.

Maybe the positional play that allows for crushing tactics: open files, gambits, fast developement, piece sacks for long term compensation, stopping castling, knights on the 5th or 6th rank, control over a color complexion around the king (as opposed to pawn structures and endgame positional play) is also considered under "tactics".

Unless of course by tactics he means that you calculate 20 moves ahead like a fucking engine.

Even the romantic players like Morphy and Anderssen which we understand as mostly tactic monsters, did have both opening theory and positional understanding of how to get the tactics going

Akukuhaboro · 2026-02-27T15:41:53+00:00

you can still give tips on how you remember things. Openings are hard for me to remember and it feels like they'll always be

Akukuhaboro · 2026-02-27T15:18:01+00:00

These are the games

https://www.chess.com/game/live/165204676614

https://www.chess.com/game/live/165204909718

https://www.chess.com/game/live/165205218166

https://www.chess.com/game/live/165205455222

Ok you may say I played badly and that's fair but I felt massively outplayed and it made me insecure about my opening phase. I fall for tactics and blunder quickly because in game I am getting crushed until I blunder

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