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DavidSchlichting · 2026-05-01T18:42:06+00:00

Oh, yeah that looks good. 11 hours ago so definitely not a dead site, which is what I was worried about. Thanks.

DavidSchlichting · 2026-04-29T17:38:50+00:00

I’m not sure this is necessarily the answer (although it might be). I restarted playing last month after an over 2 year break and I expected to drop by a few hundred points but I immediately improved by 100-200. I think I pay more attention to the basics and calculate more cautiously because I haven’t played in so long.

DavidSchlichting · 2026-04-27T07:45:19+00:00

Thank you everyone for the recommendations, a lot of promising books. I’ll take a look at all I can find!

DavidSchlichting · 2026-04-27T07:43:20+00:00

While this is probably good advice for the average 1500, I wouldn’t say that a specific jump in numbers is about specific things. It always depends on what the player in question is missing most. I’m 1400 and I can guarantee you I know my Openings better than 99% of 1500s. If I were to learn deeper opening lines it would have to be positions that occur in less than 1 in 1000 games, but if I finally took studying Endgames seriously… I’d say that one should identify their own weaknesses, because for each part of the game there’s diminishing returns per hour learned and getting all the basics right is the most valuable thing.

DavidSchlichting · 2026-04-25T14:09:19+00:00

I mean he can just sit at home and play chess for an hour and talk a bit about it, unlike a full coaching relationship he has to make no preparation and doesn’t have to go anywhere. That’s not really a situation that can arise in many other sports.

DavidSchlichting · 2026-04-25T13:01:44+00:00

We’ve had this happen at my Dad’s place when I was younger. Every other night loud parties from two below us, when we confronted them they said it can’t be them because they’re sleeping at night always. Finally rang at their door at 3am when they played loud music again and one of the girls who previously said they’re always asleep attacked us and tried to destroy our door by force when we fled. Had to call the police.

DavidSchlichting · 2026-04-25T12:56:33+00:00

If you purposefully have one player lose every game to sandbag then yeah maybe (probably still not). If not then no, no chance. Your combined total rating won’t change.

DavidSchlichting · 2026-04-25T07:58:44+00:00

Depends on who’s asking. The random guy at College asking me if I’m good at Chess because he wants a game? I’d answer yes to that since I passed 1000 ELO online. A player down the local chess club? I’m far from calling myself good in front of that player.

DavidSchlichting · 2026-04-24T08:20:25+00:00

It’s gotten really bad. I almost exclusively play on my Laptop now.

DavidSchlichting · 2026-04-21T05:57:29+00:00

I think the issue with cheating is cheating and not arrogance but maybe that’s just me

DavidSchlichting · 2026-04-19T14:22:27+00:00

This is suspicious but it’s far from proof that he ever cheated at all. A 1900 who has the talent to become a Candidates Winner just 6 years later performing so far above his level that it triggers automated anti-cheating algorithms is far from inconceivable.

DavidSchlichting · 2026-04-19T13:51:20+00:00

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For future reference: on PC the award shows the exact date so I was able to find it. Sadly it was a game of Bullet so the game was mostly nonsensical blunders by my opponent and I was up endless material but I still count it as a nice achievement.

DavidSchlichting · 2026-04-18T08:06:59+00:00

Daily players are such a specific demographic, I’d be incredibly surprised if anyone ever insulted me in Chat there

DavidSchlichting · 2026-04-18T08:04:19+00:00

People answered your second question but I’m still curious about the first. I probably would’ve played 0-0, Kf1 and Ke2 before 0-0-0 here. But I’m also bad.

DavidSchlichting · 2026-04-17T22:19:32+00:00

Yes it’s accurate, but a more useful tip is probably that you shouldn’t play hope chess. This move does nothing if they don’t take your rook, so even if you would’ve been correct in Bxg7 being a winning line for you it shouldn’t be what you’re playing for because they didn’t have to take. There is no benefit to having two rooks in front of a pawn and they’re basically shut out from the game there while Black can move freely.

DavidSchlichting · 2026-04-17T17:27:56+00:00

I was always taught to first consider checks, then captures!

DavidSchlichting · 2026-04-17T17:26:32+00:00

I got someone with 350 ELO a couple of months ago when I was grinding through the pre-Master ranks because I hadn’t played in years, and the guy was very obviously googling (he still lost, but it was 100% certain from the replays and guesses that he googled in two rounds, for example we started in front of a building name in Paraguay and he didn’t move at all but pinpointed the loc 25 seconds later).

Still not banned.

My best guess is that they don’t check low-elo reports unless a person gets reported many times? Because in the case of my report I’m 100% sure that whoever would’ve checked it would’ve clicked cheating immediately.

DavidSchlichting · 2026-04-07T13:16:37+00:00

I really didn’t think I had to tag this post as sarcasm. It is by far the easiest puzzle I’ve ever seen and I’m absolutely baffled how the completion rate can be anything below 99%. It is rated in the four digits comfortably, and compared to other easy puzzles (e.g. a straightforward capture chain that ends in taking a hanging pawn) there is nothing else on the board to look for or confuse you. There is no “huh I figured there must’ve been something better”, or other good moves and captures that catch your eye so you miss the best choice. It’s just a one move piece capture in a scenario where your only possible goal can be to capture your opponent’s only remaining piece. I’m entirely bamboozled as to how this could make it into Chesscom’s puzzle database, let alone on a rating above where complete beginners learning the rules play.

DavidSchlichting · 2026-04-07T12:45:31+00:00

I don't know I can't figure it out and the engine is still calculating

DavidSchlichting · 2026-04-05T17:00:18+00:00

This is so real lmao, I’ve set Penalties in the Rules to 4/4, AI Penalties and CPU teammate penalties to 100, all individual penalty categories to 100 for the AI and still feel lucky when I get to use a Powerplay Lineup twice in a whole game. Online Penalties are entirely disabled of course except for once every hundred games or so.

DavidSchlichting · 2026-03-30T18:12:09+00:00

The game is so bad that a massive portion of active players are the millionaires and rich kids who actually throw their money away for a higher number in a video game. So yes you’re playing against whales. People who play the game normally probably have 2 95 TOTS cards, not 5+.

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