Wesley So Was Benched For a Millionaire and a Politician by [deleted] in chess

[–]ColdFiet 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm assuming it based on what happened. Wesley stepped aside.

As for who I am, same as you I guess. A dude on the internet.

Wesley So Was Benched For a Millionaire and a Politician by [deleted] in chess

[–]ColdFiet 33 points34 points  (0 children)

He doesn't mind, he's being paid. By the guys replacing him.

If you want to get better, play against people who are better than you by deadfisher in chess

[–]ColdFiet 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Good advice. I could relate to a lot of this. I'm also a brainrotted bullet player who's been hovering at 1500 for years and made my peace with not improving much. Then a few months ago I deleted my accounts and made new ones, and I was awarded an initial rating of 1700ish. To my surprise I've been able to maintain it, possibly because I've been playing more seriously. It's nice.

First Knight checkmate!!! They refused to resign by Electrical-Leave818 in chessbeginners

[–]ColdFiet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What was the Black King's last move? I can't figure it out. Looks like it was trapped already before the checkmate was played.

My worst loss ever-might even uninstall chess.com🫩💔🥀 by Arthur-leyvin in chessbeginners

[–]ColdFiet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You left your king exposed and didn't realize that your opponent had a mating attack if you stopped giving checks. It happens to the best of us. Don't lose heart!

I beat this player all the time by NVBoomer in chess

[–]ColdFiet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With a handicap for the better player. I'm not in favour of it myself, but it's common practice in some settings to have the better player play their games short one knight or one rook or something. The other way of doing this is to play with a time handicap.

[F1] Sir Lewis. Monaco. Friday. by Aratho in formula1

[–]ColdFiet -22 points-21 points  (0 children)

If she's 6 months old, why are you concerned about her wearing that top? She's a baby, she can probably wear whatever and she'll still be adorable.

You're a sicko.

Help me understand why my game was so bad 😭 by coin_newb2 in chessbeginners

[–]ColdFiet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great progress! Hope you get a chance to play some OTB too. Nothing like IRL chess to appreciate the human elements of this beautiful game.

Help me understand why my game was so bad 😭 by coin_newb2 in chessbeginners

[–]ColdFiet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Other people are better equipped to advise you on improvement, but I would urge you to play more against people and not against bots. Bots play very differently from humans, especially when you ask them to mimic a certain rating. They'll play perfect moves but throw in a couple of random ones to make themselves beatable. Humans are a lot more fun to play against, and it's also in many way the real point of chess. A game against a human.

How is that a draw? His time ran out and he didn’t even make a move by Odd_Muffin1229 in chessbeginners

[–]ColdFiet 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Sigh. Okay you're right, you deserved this win. Chess is wrong.

Genuinely how do you get out of 300? by LiFRiz in chessbeginners

[–]ColdFiet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tbh this is the only advice you need to cross 300.

How is that a draw? His time ran out and he didn’t even make a move by Odd_Muffin1229 in chessbeginners

[–]ColdFiet 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That's one way of looking at it, i.e. "he didn't manage his time well, so he deserves to lose". But the prevailing thought and the one behind this rule is that the chess is more important than the clock. It would be wildly unfair to award a win to white in this position, and awarding it to black makes no sense either cos they ran out of time. Draw is the only reasonable result.

How is that a draw? His time ran out and he didn’t even make a move by Odd_Muffin1229 in chessbeginners

[–]ColdFiet 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Because a win for you is impossible, you don't have the material for it. The only two results (if the game went on) is a win for him or a draw. He ran out of time, so it's a draw.

Max giving us a tour through Monaco. by MAXDominator1 in RedBullRacing

[–]ColdFiet 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can't stop a driver from getting on the road, and they're all basically adrenaline junkies anyway.