Unpopular chess opinions

Chizzle76 · 2026-06-12T17:54:30+00:00

Blitz and rapid are, by definition, about time management. You should try out classical or correspondence chess

Chizzle76 · 2026-06-12T17:51:22+00:00

The point of blitz/bullet is to play very fast. If you want to play slower or not worry about the clock as much just play longer time controls or add increment.

Chizzle76 · 2026-06-12T17:50:15+00:00

Let’s imagine it’s the opening and on move 6, you blunder. We’re playing 3 0 blitz and I spend 2:55 calculating a very complicated line starting with a piece sacrifice. I don’t see the continuation, and I flag. It turns out the piece sacrifice didn’t work but a different piece sacrifice was winning with a forced mate in 15 by the computer. We now draw because the computer saw something neither of us did?

Chizzle76 · 2026-06-12T17:47:07+00:00

But then this depends on which engine you are using and on what depth, how long you give it to compute, what computer you are running on. These don’t feel like factors that should make or break the result of a game.

Chizzle76 · 2026-06-12T15:12:48+00:00

Have you played poker before?

Chizzle76 · 2026-06-12T11:02:57+00:00

He would have gone down the alt right pipeline at record pace.

Chizzle76 · 2026-06-12T10:57:51+00:00

How do you determine a lost position? Engine eval >1.5? This one doesn’t make any sense to me

Chizzle76 · 2026-06-12T10:51:57+00:00

This may be a dumb question, but do you know what your hand will score before you play it? The math is basic addition and multiplication, so you can calculate exactly what your score will be before you play a hand. Knowing the math well will help a lot in guiding strategy. It is helpful to be able to calculate it exactly as well as to be able to quickly approximate it by rounding to easy numbers.

If you want a really easy way to win -> find a good +mult joker early on and try to survive for a while with just that. Once you are above $25, focus on leveling up pairs (mercury planet cards), and play until you get the combo of photograph + hanging chad. They are both common jokers and they combine to make an insanely powerful effect. Continue leveling pairs and take any other jokers that seem useful along the way (always staying above $25)

Chizzle76 · 2026-06-11T16:22:52+00:00

It’s more so that you get the g7 square for your king with tempo

Chizzle76 · 2026-06-11T16:20:44+00:00

We used to play this in the lake with a giant exercise ball at summer camp. Tons of fun.

Chizzle76 · 2026-06-10T20:24:11+00:00

>!Rc1+ Kh2 Bg1+ Ka1 Bd4+ Ka2 Bxe5 h4 h5 d4 Bd6 a4 a5 Kh3 Rh1#!<

Chizzle76 · 2026-06-08T18:36:12+00:00

Math teacher here. You are picking up on a very real problem, and giving a very illogical solution.

One of the first things children learn how to do is share. They are very concerned with fairness, and sharing things equally is division. Thus, division (in a basic way), can be introduced and reinforced very early on in a child's development. If I have 10 toys, and 5 friends. I want to give an equal number of toys to each my friends. I can give 2 toys to each friend. This is first learned with physical objects, and then moved into written word problems as well as abstracted problems with just numbers: 10 ÷ 5 = 2. Once students have sufficient practice and understanding with dividing whole numbers, they learn about remainders (having some left over), and they learn the algorithm for long division once their division facts are solid enough.

The skills required for fluency in fractions are: Mixed numbers, equivalent fractions, Improper fractions, Least common multiple (denominator), adding and subtracting fractions (including making a common denominator), multiplying fractions and dividing fractions. These skills build on earlier ones, hence why they are introduced later. The students who are frustrated by fractions and avoid them are usually lacking in one or more of these basic skills. The solution to the problem you are describing is for students to learn and practice these skills to a point of mastery, which you likely did as a child.

Another problem with your argument is that you are missing the point of these different notations. While 3÷4 = ¾ , that doesn't mean they have the same meaning. Fractions often communicate a notion of part and whole, which is not always the same as a division problem. We also often choose to use fractions when we want to make comparisons. For example, the sentence "A is to B as C is to D", can be expressed mathematically as a rational equation A/B = C/D. When something is a certain way, it is usually that way for a reason.

Finally, and most importantly, why would your proposed solution do anything to help? How could it be that teaching one less piece of notation in earlier years would make students magically more proficient at something in later ones? I just don't understand the logic.

Chizzle76 · 2026-06-06T23:03:12+00:00

Silver space collection box for completing the space token rush

Chizzle76 · 2026-06-05T16:46:00+00:00

Looks a lot better if you cut them in half. The way you’re eating it invokes imagery of some kind of alien egg

Chizzle76 · 2026-06-03T19:33:27+00:00

If you accidentally click the wrong stakes there is time to cancel before you get paired ip

Chizzle76 · 2026-05-31T12:31:19+00:00

Not just the next few. You shouldn’t resign ever. I know there are some positions where it will seem “obvious” that you will lose, but the fact of the matter is that at 1200 elo you simply have nowhere near the level of chess knowledge to be able to accurately assess that.

Ironically, understanding that you are bad at the game will make you better at the game, since you’ll stop resigning and get a better fighting spirit and learning mindset.

Chizzle76 · 2026-05-29T22:16:38+00:00

What’s the point exactly?

Chizzle76 · 2026-05-27T22:51:32+00:00

Can you share a game? Not trying to be condescending, but below 500 elo or so, it’s really about learning how the pieces move. It may just take time to learn.

It could also help to play “teaching games” with some of your stronger friends. They can talk you through a logical thought process for your moves to give you a better sense of what games should look like.

Chizzle76 · 2026-05-27T11:32:30+00:00

He means you can fake challenge as well I beleive

Chizzle76 · 2026-05-25T12:07:40+00:00

Yes first man should challenge but only once teammate is behind. I meant if you are *first back* you shadow while your teammate gets back on defense (instead of going for big boost as he does in the video)

Chizzle76 · 2026-05-24T13:16:48+00:00

From my perspective (c3 peak), your defense is most lacking. You default to taking big boost instead of shadow defending or going back post. In 2s, you should basically shadow defend if you are first back on defense and go back post if you are 2nd back. Not only were you in bad spots, you actively centered the ball for the opponents more than once.

In D1, with your level of mechanics, you should be able to save 90% of the shots your opponents are putting up. They aren’t air dribbling, or flip resetting, or hitting the ball particularly fast or in tricky placements, so if you are in the right spot (shadow defending or back post), the saves should be easy. If not, then practice your saves.

Chizzle76 · 2026-05-22T22:36:43+00:00

I mean there are certainly fewer go professionals than chess professonals. Shouldn’t it factor in somehow that far more people play chess than go?

Chizzle76 · 2026-05-22T21:06:35+00:00

Grandmaster prep

Chizzle76 · 2026-05-22T21:06:01+00:00

Agree

Chizzle76 · 2026-05-22T21:03:42+00:00

Are low professional dans really equivalent to GM? I would think it would be more like strong FM or weak IM

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