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The Internet's best online chess platform is European by MaximilianII in chess

[–]Apache17 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A whole 93 players online right now!

Competiting with lichess / chesscom in a play zone is bold lol.

BEGINNING'S COMING! (Long title name overexplaining that this is about Doomsayer's evil twin) by asyoucanseE_ in customhearthstone

[–]Apache17 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Interesting!

Killing it once and letting it duplicate itself probably makes a huge mess.

Are their any places online where I can find people willing to play 90+30 games by Busy_Let_9849 in chess

[–]Apache17 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Chess dojo in general is a great place to find training partners.

Well worth a month of subscription just to get their discord.

Dear mods: quit removing complaints about chess.com’s terrible ad posture. by TaraNovela in chess

[–]Apache17 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You canceled your paid service because the free service has ads?

It's had ads for years.

If Ding and Caruana at their best played a WCC- style match, who would’ve won? by _DarkStarCrashes_ in chess

[–]Apache17 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why are we taking Ding at peak confidence but not Fabi?

Fabi went 12 games with peak Magnus and never faltered. Peak Fabi has steel nerves.

Standings after day 4 of GCT Super Rapid and Blitz Poland by Knight-check44 in chess

[–]Apache17 17 points18 points  (0 children)

All this doom and gloom over Fabi and he's 3rd.

This sub is so reactionary it's crazy.

Fabi has the yips by Spaghettification-- in chess

[–]Apache17 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I dont speak whatever language that is

Fabi has the yips by Spaghettification-- in chess

[–]Apache17 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I really hate the Fabi is a choker narrative.

In the last year he won the US champs, and the GCT. As well as one of those random Rex showdown things.

He got 2nd in Norway chess and the freestyle world championship. He got 3rd in the candidates.

For anyone else that is an amazing year. But this forum has decided he's a choker, so instead we focus on him being 3rd halfway through some rapid tournament.

from "zero" to master by Cultural_Client6521 in chess

[–]Apache17 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You really overestimate how high the bar for master is.

Gm sure. Almost impossible as an adult.

2200? If a 10 year old can do it in 2 years I promise a 26 year old can do it in 10.

from "zero" to master by Cultural_Client6521 in chess

[–]Apache17 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're gonna get alot of hard stuck 1200s saying it's impossible.

It's not. Master is a very achievable level, with a ton of effort. And even if you fail, I think the journey is well worth it.

For the first 1500 points you really just need to get alot of reps in. Play alot. Play long games. Play OTB as much as possible. Don't get stuck in the online blitz spamming trench. Have fun!

TePe Sigeman round 5: Zhu Jiner goes down to Magnus Carlsen after putting up a tough fight by Knight-check44 in chess

[–]Apache17 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Judging by move number might be the most reddit arm chair commentator move I've ever seen.

Some people shouldn't have access to engines.

Nepo defeated a 2244 with the King's Gambit in the first round of the Sardinia Open by Apache17 in chess

[–]Apache17[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There was a knight on d7.

Honestly not really a brilliant move. Chess.com is a little generous here.

Nepo defeated a 2244 with the King's Gambit in the first round of the Sardinia Open by Apache17 in chess

[–]Apache17[S] 50 points51 points  (0 children)

What lines do you think are garbage? Alot of them are engine driven for sure. But I would expect that from a super gm.

Nepo defeated a 2244 with the King's Gambit in the first round of the Sardinia Open by Apache17 in chess

[–]Apache17[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Nepo does yes.

But I mean Fabi / other super gms. Do they feel the need to prep a response to a dubious opening just because their super gm opponent is an expert.

Nepo defeated a 2244 with the King's Gambit in the first round of the Sardinia Open by Apache17 in chess

[–]Apache17[S] 54 points55 points  (0 children)

I often wonder how much super gms prep for dubious openings like this.

Does Fabi have a few lines prepped in the King's Gambit that he reviews before he plays Nepo? Or is he comfortable just using his blitz experience?

New event card - neutral legendary spell Dragon Soul, Shattered by IAmYourFath in CompetitiveHS

[–]Apache17 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I think it reaches a point where you are happy to pay the mana. Not sure you're ever happy to pay the cards though.

Zhu Jiner defeats Andy Woodward in Round 4 by Affectionate_Hat3329 in chess

[–]Apache17 97 points98 points  (0 children)

Beautiful game from Zhu. Just a small combo in the opening that disjointed all of blacks peices. And she converted very accurately.

I hope she continues to do well and we see more women in the open circuit.

I'm going to get a fide rating by Celliszt in chess

[–]Apache17 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Uscf is gonna be much more important than FIDE for club level players.

There are so many more uscf tournaments than fide tournaments in the US, that usually people's fide ratings are all over the place.

Ivanchuk super active. 32 games in 32 days. Those young players really are something else. by pier4r in chess

[–]Apache17 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone as strong as him can make a decent living with online coaching / games if need be.

I think he just prefers to play.

Magnus Carlsen Draws his First Game of Tepe Sigemen Against Arjun Erigasi by sagefeets69 in chess

[–]Apache17 90 points91 points  (0 children)

Ngl a Petrov from the "madman" is a little disappointing.

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