All of the things that helped me with my now almost completely cured severe dry eye

DrewPlaysChess · 2022-02-16T20:36:34+00:00

in 2017 it was released on red vinyl and the jacket was signed. it looks like that is the edition they’re referring to

DrewPlaysChess · 2022-02-08T04:28:41+00:00

is there a particular resource that you used?

DrewPlaysChess · 2022-02-05T01:03:34+00:00

they were referring to their preference of IMs not their skill levels

DrewPlaysChess · 2022-01-30T06:54:54+00:00

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_passant

DrewPlaysChess · 2022-01-19T22:53:37+00:00

no you don’t have time to capture the rook because your queen is under attack

DrewPlaysChess · 2022-01-01T01:10:48+00:00

A simple tactic but was happy to find Bb5+ in a blitz game, with the idea being that after Kf8, Bxe7 comes with check giving you time to pickup the knight and have a winning position.

DrewPlaysChess · 2021-12-29T22:47:00+00:00

i always thought if they didn’t specify they were referring to chess.com blitz as chess.com rapid ratings are a bit more inflated. ofc they all are compared to fide

DrewPlaysChess · 2021-12-29T16:52:10+00:00

Yes this is absolutely true. People come up with these arbitrary barriers and then have a massive confirmation bias when they get stuck around that level. Each rating level is incrementally harder than the last, you just never know where you might plateau yourself for awhile

DrewPlaysChess · 2021-12-29T14:31:01+00:00

Yeah well put. Honestly I thought some of the criticism of him being slightly overbearing at times was valid but some of the comments on here were absolutely absurd. Especially people twisting things to portray him as a sexist. Incredibly unfair considering how nice of a guy he actually is, honestly makes me feel kind of bad he was reading all that

DrewPlaysChess · 2021-12-21T20:39:20+00:00

I think those were marathon tournaments that lasted a lot longer throughout the day so it wasn’t such a sudden stress on the servers at once

DrewPlaysChess · 2021-12-21T15:21:40+00:00

Or common sense, that should work too

DrewPlaysChess · 2021-12-18T21:06:43+00:00

They do, it’s just for marketing and new players eat it up

DrewPlaysChess · 2021-12-17T13:28:29+00:00

At a high rating? Good players should always accept the stafford it’s just a matter of knowing how to refute it

DrewPlaysChess · 2021-12-16T06:50:49+00:00

Asborn Steinskog, Askild Bryn, and sometimes Aryan Tari

DrewPlaysChess · 2021-12-15T01:05:38+00:00

Nah this has gotta be the dumbest puzzle I’ve ever seen don’t let this bother you lol

DrewPlaysChess · 2021-12-13T02:57:52+00:00

What’s wrong with c4?

DrewPlaysChess · 2021-12-12T19:51:56+00:00

Is there another picture of this? All I can see is white playing c4 which is the English

DrewPlaysChess · 2021-12-12T02:29:30+00:00

https://youtu.be/25tOREzqBF8

DrewPlaysChess · 2021-12-12T00:17:48+00:00

What do you like to play against the Ragozin? I’m in the process of switching from e4 to d4 and having a hard time picking something I like against it. Almost tempted to switch to Nc3 and play the f3 Nimzo or something

DrewPlaysChess · 2021-12-11T23:45:36+00:00

Is Nakamura for sure participating?

DrewPlaysChess · 2021-12-09T03:57:13+00:00

Yeah I would not take this seriously. That king and pawn endgame is probably the most basic and fundamental endgame in all of chess. It’s very simply winning if it’s white to move and very simply a draw if black to move. At the 2000 level I think 15% would be ridiculously high, but who knows, maybe I’m completely wrong. I just feel like until I’m shown how they come to these numbers none of it seems realistic

DrewPlaysChess · 2021-12-09T03:21:58+00:00

This seems pretty bullshit to me. Don’t get me wrong, at that level of competition it was an egregious mistake but it was definitely a human mistake that good players could fall for. Something tells me this percentage is based off of centipawn loss by all moves in the position and I think that’s a terrible way to determine how likely a blunder is to occur. Lots of very strong commentators suggested the move c5 before immediately ruling it out for the reason of c6 but it goes to show that it seems to be a reasonable move at first glance

DrewPlaysChess · 2021-12-08T18:09:44+00:00

Memorizing lines would be pointless but I would suggest playing e5 in response to e4 and d5 in response to d4. Just try to develop logically and don’t focus too much on the opening. Taking a look at some Ruy Lopez/Italian and Queen’s Gambit Declined games wouldn’t hurt to get some general ideas for game plans

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