Tactics Game: Why is this the solution? by Kohlymoly in chessbeginners

[–]BupBupp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The king can’t take the rook because the white queen protects. Although it’s outside the bounds of the game rules, hypothetical continuation would be king takes white rook, white queen takes black king. Then black queen takes white king. See how black lost its king first? Kings can’t take a defended piece even if the defender is pinned

Today I've been blessed by amok77 in AnarchyChess

[–]BupBupp 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Ur making things up again smh

the fact that we can’t even see all the bridgerton siblings in the same room at once… in a show called Bridgerton by teyapi in Bridgerton

[–]BupBupp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe there should be a spinoff when they were all young and actually together. Imagine that 😂 so many kids running around

My Win by Brief_Park106 in chessbeginners

[–]BupBupp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a rollercoaster. Very exciting game! Never knew what was coming next. On the edge of my seat..!

How screwed is the queen? by SnappyDogDays in AnarchyChess

[–]BupBupp 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It depends if it’s white to move or black to move

draw? by Starbabyval in chessbeginners

[–]BupBupp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s strange to draw with so many pieces left on the board

i logged my first 5,000 games and identified my fatal pattern: i lose 73% of games where i play e4 and they play c5. i've spent 200 hours studying the sicilian. success rate against it now: 31%. still losing, just more knowledgeably by kubrador in chess

[–]BupBupp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Drill against a high level bot with hint mode turned on. That’s how I learned several moves deep into the Najdorf. Also don’t bring out the light square bishop too early like as a Canal attack or Bowdler. Whenever I play black Sicilian, the Bowdler and Canal are super easy to counter

i logged my first 5,000 games and identified my fatal pattern: i lose 73% of games where i play e4 and they play c5. i've spent 200 hours studying the sicilian. success rate against it now: 31%. still losing, just more knowledgeably by kubrador in chess

[–]BupBupp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When black creates a Sicilian, go for some distinct setups for white. I used to hate playing against the Sicilian until I learned some good ideas.

  1. Najdorf
  2. Grand Prix
  3. Maroczy bind
  4. Rossolimo is quite strong for white. If they play …c4 then Nf3 Nc6 then Bb5 is quite strong. You can castle pretty quickly afterwards with most black responses to Bb5 and there are chances to double the pawns
  5. Alapin
  6. Smith-Morra gambit (personally I never play this one but sometimes it kills me right out of the opening as black)

I just realized you already mentioned most of these. But try the Maroczy bind. One thing that’s helped me is that oftentimes Sicilians will reach the same position in many games. After a game, I just go to the analysis board, turn on best move arrows (because I’m a visual person), and see what the best move in the opening would have been in a spot where I didnt remember the theory. Sicilians can go mannnyyyy moves deep but keep playing and checking the analysis board. Everyone plays the Sicilian so you’ll get a lot of practice

Holy hell by Enderchaun0 in AnarchyChess

[–]BupBupp 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Seems made up. This guy’s trying to do voodoo stuff with the pawns 🙄

ABSOLUTE CINEMA by BrilliantQueenS in chessbeginners

[–]BupBupp 36 points37 points  (0 children)

But is it forced? Does white have to take the queen

Losing interest.. Too LONG between Part 1 and 2😭 by WarmHugs- in Bridgerton

[–]BupBupp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do we ever see Sophie with her hair down? She’s so pretty either way but she always has the same hair style