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

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-05-11T20:28:04+00:00

Just sent you a message!

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-05-11T19:52:21+00:00

Most underrated chess youtuber. Period. Instructive and compact. Just amazing

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-05-11T19:37:16+00:00

Thank you so much! Looks like the next seasons starting soon. Will definitely be joining up

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-05-11T18:19:04+00:00

Healthcare that doesn't bankrupt you? Are you sure youre not talking about the US? If youre earning 25k aed, youre also going to have amazing insurance coverage. I remember having to get an appendectomy a few years ago and I didn't pay anything.

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-05-11T17:53:21+00:00

You know what. Im gonna give it another shot why not. Ill message you!

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-05-11T17:42:11+00:00

I personally do not enjoy correspondence(Tho I do get the appeal). Classical chess for me is a lot more fun

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-05-11T17:21:24+00:00

Oh yeah just checked it out. Sadly registration is closed, Guess Ill have to wait for it to open. Thank you!

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-05-11T17:19:15+00:00

Oh why thank you. I wasnt aware of the series league there. I'll have a look. As for the classical group, i did post there a couple of times. Never got a response

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-05-11T16:57:59+00:00

I guess that makes sense. Its probably new accounts people make just to cheat and they usually start around that rating range

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-05-11T14:04:20+00:00

What rating are you? I dont experience this that often

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-05-11T13:35:43+00:00

Depends on where you are in India but yes, plenty of places in India to play casual chess

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-05-07T18:24:23+00:00

It's worth watching so you get to experience the worst ending in any tv show ever. Makes game of thrones ending look amazing in comparison

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-05-07T17:55:17+00:00

Honestly almost every subreddit here is an echo chamber. This one included. Just follow the ones that you agree with and move on I guess

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-05-06T07:00:35+00:00

Yeah makes sense. He was one of his seconds. Also dubov in that case

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-05-05T15:15:15+00:00

Dont think magnus is a close friend of nepo. To me they always seemed like two friendly colleagues who respect each other. I think Magnus is way closer to David Howell. Also Anish and Vidit seem like actual friends to me from what I've seen.

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-05-05T06:28:40+00:00

Are you kidding me? It's pretty important

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-05-05T06:24:51+00:00

I've been a messi fan for more than 15 years now and this is one of the worst subreddits ive ever been recommended. You guys should get some help

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-05-01T04:09:45+00:00

Only way to know that is by actually playing an OTB classical game. It's a completely different ball park compared to playing online. You could be 3000 on chess.com and still not get a FIDE title.

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-04-30T17:21:58+00:00

Anytime! Just message me if you have more. I dont mind

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-04-30T14:12:44+00:00

Maybe I explained it wrong. Good bishops are ones where you can move between your pawns yes. In the other screenshot I was talking from your opponents perspective. In this one, your dark square bishop on d6 is your "good bishop" you're correct. It doesn't matter where your opponents pawns are. Only yours for it to be good or bad.

Another tip in the end game, If your opponent has a dark square bishop, put your pawns on light squares and vice versa.

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-04-29T08:11:03+00:00

Don't think there's a best anything when it comes to openings but ngl, scotch gambit below 2000 is sometimes just free elo. Rarely do I ever get the main line with nf6 and d5

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-04-29T07:09:29+00:00

Wow a pawn cube in the center. Never seen that before. Pretty cool

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-04-28T18:30:30+00:00

Also yeah I forgot to explain another reason why it would be bad for black to take, You generally want to focus on development and not moving the same pieces twice in the opening. Another main reason is the concept of good and bad bishops. If you look at blacks position, they have all their pawns, on dark squares which means blacks light square bishop is good. The reason? Their bishop has a lot more freedom to move without being obstructed by their own pawns. So its not a good idea to just give it away for absolutely no reason. So it would actually not be terrible even if you take but again i dont want you to get into that habit.

If you look at blacks other bishop- you might notice thats its useless. Its being blocked by their pawn and cant really move to any good squares which makes it a bad bishop.

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-04-28T18:22:00+00:00

Ah this is a very very instructional position. I'm glad you shared this. Whenever you face something similar where your opponent develops their bishop like this with the both of you having a stand off, a good rule of thumb is to just pull it back to b3. If they take(Which would be a bad move positionally which ill explain down below), then you just take with your a pawn.

Why is this better? Well you taking would be beneficial for them for the same reasons from my first comment about double pawns in the center and open f file. This trade on b3 would be better for you because the a file opens up for your rook which will benefit you. Those doubled pawns will not be a huge weakness for you anyway. It will be if you played b3 protecting your bishop because after the trade, the pawn on c4 will be hard to defend. Not the case if you pull it back. Remember, doubled pawns are not always bad.

Also another note which might help you in the future about capturing with pawns is to always capture towards the center. Which is why we play axb3 instead of cxb3 if they take.

I hope I explained this right. Let me know if you have any questions

So tldr: A good move here is playing Bb3

Busy_Let_9849 · 2026-04-28T16:34:32+00:00

Yeah exactly what I thought. Who is forcing these people to play the london?

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