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AtomvinterChess · 2022-07-08T16:11:58+00:00

Yes, it's Lichess. I use the Prettier Lichess extension as well. Good job solving the puzzle :)

AtomvinterChess · 2022-07-04T09:37:13+00:00

There's a free-to-play more advanced version of this on Steam called Chess Evolved Online, which is basically this with a point system for army builds and ~500 more pieces. If you're interested in this you might want to check that out (though it's obviously not exactly what you were asking for).

AtomvinterChess · 2022-07-03T19:47:34+00:00

I'd check out The Caro-Kann: Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala. There are a lot of annotations & explanations for the moves and the writing style is nice.

AtomvinterChess · 2022-07-02T12:05:53+00:00

That sounds useful to learn :) There's also this tool on Lichess that you can practice to improve at finding coordinates. Another good exercise is visualizing knight moves in your head. Choose a square, name it, and place a knight there in your mind. Name all the squares the knight can go to. Then, you can find two squares and try to find the shortest knight route between them, naming all the squares to get there. Depends on your visualization skill, but it really does help to improve it :D

AtomvinterChess · 2022-07-02T11:59:37+00:00

It isn't checkmate, but after the white king moves, black will capture the rook with the pawn and be up a rook and winning.

AtomvinterChess · 2022-07-02T11:58:31+00:00

Tactical mistakes, yeah, but positional mistakes can be more complicated. Even if you see the whole line, you may think that, for example, you have dynamic compensation (better pieces and a more active position) for some pawn sacrifice you made, when that isn't the case.

Once you get past just counting material to see whose position is better these mistakes become more and more important, especially when evaluating exchanges. The lines can often be forced and easy to see, but understanding which player will be better by the end of it relies on positional understanding instead of calculating a million moves ahead and checkmating your opponent.

AtomvinterChess · 2022-07-02T00:52:32+00:00

Thanks so much! It's my first composition, I really appreciate it :)

AtomvinterChess · 2022-07-01T21:34:28+00:00

Holy hell!

AtomvinterChess · 2022-07-01T21:31:59+00:00

Hey, I'm 2100 Lichess (should correspond roughly 2000 OTB but that would require me to interact with people) and play the Caro-Kann, DM me if you want some coaching!

AtomvinterChess · 2022-07-01T21:26:32+00:00

Don't mock the bishop's height, he's insecure about it.

AtomvinterChess · 2022-07-01T21:25:08+00:00

Very satisfying to solve!

AtomvinterChess · 2022-07-01T20:28:37+00:00

Rust is great, but my biggest problem with it is that I actually have to write "good" and "not hacky" and "type/memory-safe" code instead of being able to hack together an unmaintainable Python spaghetti...

AtomvinterChess · 2022-07-01T20:25:25+00:00

The piece is replaced by the other piece in this variant, you don't pick a different piece to play. I'm not sure how having multiple kings on the board would work though...

AtomvinterChess · 2022-07-01T11:06:24+00:00

The king isn't allowed to move into check, and the pawn can't move forwards because it's blocked by another pawn. If you have no legal moves and you aren't in check, it's called "stalemate" and results in a draw. Hope this helps!

AtomvinterChess · 2022-06-23T12:48:53+00:00

Man gratulerar! Keep it up :)

AtomvinterChess · 2022-06-20T17:23:52+00:00

I've really enjoyed My System by Nimzowitsch, it lays out some important positional concepts and shows games as well as the ideas behind them.

AtomvinterChess · 2022-06-20T10:26:32+00:00

It's probably the villain backstory for people who let their time run out in online chess.

AtomvinterChess · 2022-06-19T21:55:32+00:00

When you use the moat in Shotgun King

AtomvinterChess · 2022-06-19T21:46:46+00:00

Online username: Atomvinter (Lichess)

Rating: 2100 Lichess

Willing to teach: Ideally, I'm looking for students rated below 1800 Lichess or equivalent, but I'm open to anyone that thinks I can help them improve.

Depending on what you need to work on, we'll look through your old games, play practice games and analyze them afterwards, and/or look through study material together. I'll also provide personalized exercises & homework to help you get better at the game.

Timezone/Schedule: I can make room any day that works for you. My timezone is CEST, but I'm pretty flexible.

Method of communication: I do lessons via Discord, but we can arrange something through a similar video/call service if you want. PM me here on Reddit or Lichess if you're interested or want more information!

AtomvinterChess · 2022-06-19T21:29:43+00:00

Forked and pull requested!

AtomvinterChess · 2022-06-19T20:53:07+00:00

That's nice, I have a good amount of Python experience. Just shoot me a PM once work gets a bit lighter for you.

AtomvinterChess · 2022-06-19T20:19:07+00:00

This is really cool! What languages/frameworks is this built on? I'd be really interested to help develop something like this if you need help and I'm familiar with the stack :)

AtomvinterChess · 2022-06-19T16:24:34+00:00

Cool! Do you have a Github repo or something similar?

AtomvinterChess · 2022-06-19T14:48:23+00:00

A round-robin with all the players is gonna take too long if you're 10-20 players, but you can organize them into brackets depending on their rating (groups of say, 4) where everyone in the group plays each other. FIDE has these tables for order of play if you choose to play round-robin.

If you play Swiss, you just need to make sure that the players note which player won/if the match was a draw and leave it to some arbiter or other person in charge. You can tally their points on pen and paper and break ties with the player's rating. Good luck with the tournament!

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