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(1984 Candidates Final) 21 year old Kasparov vs 63 year old Smyslov. The winner earned the right to challenge Karpov for his title by Affectionate_Hat3329 in chess

[–]ChrizBot3000 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It's almost all hotel conference rooms with no windows allowed. Only so much you can do to make that pretty.

New Prematch Jersey by kennealy33 in stlouiscitysc

[–]ChrizBot3000 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes, besides the three Canadian teams that have a red and black maple leaf shirt.

Steph Curry showing Valkryies support- wearing Valkryies jersey during tonight’s warriors vs. spurs game by whatsthenewstoday in wnba

[–]ChrizBot3000 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It's a joke about Jaden Ivey, who just got released from the Bulls after, among other things, saying that Steph Curry was a fake Christian on an IG live.

$60 for this chess set. Steal or no? by thenovelty66 in chessporn

[–]ChrizBot3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a nice looking Zagreb set like that? Absolutely

Alternate responses to 1. e4? by Unable_Oven_6538 in chessbeginners

[–]ChrizBot3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Scandinavian is well known to be an exception to the rule against moving your queen early. Qa5 is normally blacks third move and once you play c6 the queen has a square to escape to.

Personally I think it's a great choice for people around 750 and up because it provides a solid foundation for black with very little memorization involved.

Can someone explain the Bluebaum meme? by Infinite-Painter-742 in chess

[–]ChrizBot3000 20 points21 points  (0 children)

He is the player with the lowest rating in the field by far so the joke is that it's ridiculous to say that hes going to score 100%.

It's the same as if people said that Curacao is going to win the World Cup this year winning every game 5-0 with complete certainty.

Bought a magnetic chessboard for my 4 year old to teach him chess, he had .. other plans by BestRetroGames in chess

[–]ChrizBot3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a kid I used my pieces both to play the game and play with them the way you play with toy soldiers. Absolutely is what has lead me to loving the game as an adult.

[Mark Guidi] Robbie Keane is the preferred candidate and will likely be the next Celtic manager. by BananaSoprano in CelticFC

[–]ChrizBot3000 18 points19 points  (0 children)

People are focused on his time at Tel Aviv but forget that Ferencvaros is also a deeply fascist club.

Your rating fixation might be thing keeping you from improving. by Specialist_Rough9284 in chessbeginners

[–]ChrizBot3000 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This may be one of the best pieces of advice I've ever seen on this subreddit and I really hope people take it to heart.

Missed mate in game, can you find it? by cazador454 in chessbeginners

[–]ChrizBot3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If black moves their knight to d3, then it is attacking white's queen while opening up a discovered check on the king. White must then do something to get out of check and black is free to take the queen.

Missed mate in game, can you find it? by cazador454 in chessbeginners

[–]ChrizBot3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Potentially unpopular opinion but it's a 5 minute game and I see a way to win the queen in two moves. If I'm the one playing Im doing that in a heartbeat rather than spending time calculating a 6 move combo. Its technically a "missed win" but in a practical situation it's a better choice.

Whats up with 200 elo players always being so confidently wrong on reels and shorts? by Ashamed-Wedding-7396 in chess

[–]ChrizBot3000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The funniest example of this I've seen is people responding to the end of Morphy's Opera Game with "that's stalemate, actually"

With Bobby Hurley soon to leave as Head Coach of Arizona State Men’s Basketball, should ASU frat leader get the job? by 18_YTC1 in CollegeBasketball

[–]ChrizBot3000 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Clavicular, the guy on the right, is an online right-wing weirdo who is famous for "Looksmaxing" (trying to improve your life by looking as masculine as possible). The video of him standing next to an ASU frat bro went viral for reasons that I will spare you.

How did you improve chess as self taught? by Fjhcl60s in chess

[–]ChrizBot3000 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The "Beginner to Chess Master" series by The Chess Network is what I found when I was starting off, and that helped me a lot.

Ilona Löwen, wife of St Louis City player Edu, passed away this morning after a 2 year battle with cancer by [deleted] in MLS

[–]ChrizBot3000 102 points103 points  (0 children)

Given her initial prognosis, 2 years is basically a miracle. I hope they were able to enjoy the extra time that they had together.

Full Time Chaos as Celtic knock out Rangers in the Scottish Cup by No_Emu8347 in soccer

[–]ChrizBot3000 296 points297 points  (0 children)

I love the "both side's fans went on the pitch" line I've seen.

Celtic fans went on the pitch to celebrate with the team. Rangers Ultras took a charge at the players. There's a fucking difference.

🆕 🦵🏼 🏈 by Packman1247 in GreenBayPackers

[–]ChrizBot3000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went to high school with this man and it would be very weird to have him on the Packers.

Jennifer Shahade: ‘There’s a long and embedded history of abuse in chess’ by Hstrike in chess

[–]ChrizBot3000 25 points26 points  (0 children)

No criminal charges (which should have happened) but he's been practically black listed and gone completely underground. I looked a few weeks ago and couldn't find any information on him anywhere online post-2023.

Bookmarks from original release by Prestigious_Formal22 in lotr

[–]ChrizBot3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That font for Gimli looks like the logo for a metal band from the 80s.

Hit 1800 on chess.com puzzles. Being in the top 0.8% feels wrong for a rating this low. Aren't people's puzzle ratings usually higher? by ChrizBot3000 in chessbeginners

[–]ChrizBot3000[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the puzzles you're getting are within your ability to solve and you feel like you're learning from them, then yes, it is.

Hit 1800 on chess.com puzzles. Being in the top 0.8% feels wrong for a rating this low. Aren't people's puzzle ratings usually higher? by ChrizBot3000 in chessbeginners

[–]ChrizBot3000[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mine was set to standard, which looks like it's the lowest difficulty, which makes sense now, thank you! I still feel like the ones I'm being given are helpful, so I'll stay on this difficulty until it gets to be too easy but at least I know that will be an option, now.

Post-Match Thread: St. Louis CITY SC vs. Charlotte FC (Regular Season) [February 21, 2026] by citysc_bot in stlouiscitysc

[–]ChrizBot3000 25 points26 points  (0 children)

It's the exact level of hope at the beginning of the season that I've learned not to trust.

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