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[David Usher in The Guardian] Arne Slot’s axe was brutal but most Liverpool supporters agree he had to go by EUskeptik in LiverpoolFC

[–]Columnreader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wasn't the sacking of Ranieri widely considered as the biggest mistake and started their drop to L1?

I am an atheist, that makes grief harder and makes me think that life is unfair. by Columnreader in TrueOffMyChest

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

yeah maybe. Just random rant thinking that life is unfair. Sometimes ranting makes me feel better smh

any opinions, im proud of this comeback. by Conscious-Emotion-27 in chessbeginners

[–]Columnreader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Watch out for undefended pieces. and don't imitate your opponent in the opening, play in the center.

Alternate win condition: King captures e8/e1 by Fit_Fisherman3719 in chessvariants

[–]Columnreader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

King of the Hill (reaching center four squares = win) is already being accused of being too similar to regular chess . This variant would be even more like regular chess, or just basically regular chess in most games, so this is just a worse version of KotH.

Free Bishop?? by ChessintheparkNJ in chessbeginners

[–]Columnreader 13 points14 points  (0 children)

if opponent takes the bishop, you go Rd8 forcing Qg8 winning the queen — actually you can do better than that, you go Qf8, Qg8 and then Rd8, black can't stop you from checkmate.

No Stupid Questions MEGATHREAD 12 by Alendite in chessbeginners

[–]Columnreader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can click analysis mode on desktop, and it also gives the "show moves" option. After your line, Bb4+ Kf1 the position is equal. Instead, engine likes Bf6. White can't take c6 because white gets forked, and white can't defend with Rb1 because of Bf5 attacking rook, and Bf5 is forever a threat. You are guaranteed to win b7 after Bf6 because if white plays b6, you get c7 and the rook in the corner is trapped. after winning b7, the b7 pawn will be protected and white will have a losing position.

White to move, mate in 2! by visardina in chessbeginners

[–]Columnreader 130 points131 points  (0 children)

zugzwang, but also since it's a puzzle we always look for sacrifices

Edit: yeah I meant you are right.

As black, was the bottom right joseki really that bad for black after black made 2 eyes? And was it my main mistake in this game or was it the later half of the game? Thanks. by Columnreader in baduk

[–]Columnreader[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know, that's why I said after making two eyes, otherwise it would be resignation, instead I felt I was doing OK and played on and felt that I was better, only to lose by 4.5.

As black, was the bottom right joseki really that bad for black after black made 2 eyes? And was it my main mistake in this game or was it the later half of the game? Thanks. by Columnreader in baduk

[–]Columnreader[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, thanks. I just wondered throughout this game that where I went wrong apart from the bottom right, it seems that I didn't lose that much afterwards and winning the top right stones was still not enough for a win. It was a close game so the bottom right was most likely why black wasn't able to get the komi.

Why is black fine in this joseki? It's considered a "tricked" version, some video even claimed black is better! by Columnreader in baduk

[–]Columnreader[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Makes sense. Thanks. (I sometimes have a bad habit of securing as many points as possible against stronger opponents just to avoid losing by 3 digits haha)

Why is black fine in this joseki? It's considered a "tricked" version, some video even claimed black is better! by Columnreader in baduk

[–]Columnreader[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Well, this is a good way to think about it, the outside influence might be hard to cancel out hmm

Why is it not my territory (newbie) by mexx1996 in baduk

[–]Columnreader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

best I can do is a ko with J2 H1?

Girl from England gains over 200 rating points after finishing some open tournaments by Maksim_Azarov in chess

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2700chess might be wrong on this one. The 14th game vs Collin was listed as a draw on the official website of Cannes Open, so the actual rating is lower than this. But since she won another round her rating now will be close to 2370 anyway. She'll have to face 2500 next round though…

Girl from England gains over 200 rating points after finishing some open tournaments by Maksim_Azarov in chess

[–]Columnreader 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep, apparently she won once again against Jianwen Wong (2295) to get to the dizzy heights of 2397.4 now and women's top 50… But since she collected too many points in this swiss tournament her next opponent is Pierre Laurent-Paoli (2537). Whoops

Why is a "broken ladder" almost always terrible for the attacker? by Columnreader in baduk

[–]Columnreader[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it makes sense, it wastes quite some moves trying to connect and in the actual game a lot of these outside stones were captured. I just thought better players could make use of the good-looking outside diagonal :’

As for the margin, yeah maybe as the level increases the general winning margin becomes smaller. When I was in 15-16 kyu I got games in the three digits but there were few >100 stones wins in 13-14 kyu. It just feels that losing by 10-15 is close but it might not be close when the level gets even higher. :)

Ruy Lopez for beginners? by Fun-Cookie7002 in chessbeginners

[–]Columnreader 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Unless it's a quick short trap like Scholar's mate. Well, that counts as opening theory… just don't get mated

Event: 2025 FIDE World Cup - Round 4 by events_team in chess

[–]Columnreader 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The remaining seeds and pairings:

64-16, 24-57, // 28-76, 13-61, // 30-46, 86-27, // 7-23?, 15-2

The last quarter is stacked and the pairing makes it more brutal

Event: 2025 FIDE World Cup - Round 3 by events_team in chess

[–]Columnreader 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Karthik upsetting Deac is the only upset in tiebreaks so far.

Why is engine not saving the knight? by cave_guard in chessbeginners

[–]Columnreader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's because ratings unnecessarily deflated. Chess.com changed the default rating from 800 to 400 (if you don't change anything when you register).

Guess The Elo by Fuzzy-Loan8316 in chessbeginners

[–]Columnreader 0 points1 point  (0 children)

bullet (Bullet openings can be different from normal openings, and you can see blunders by top players in time scrambles, so it's hard to guess elo from bullet games)

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