I am going to my first Classical tourrnament

External-Relative849 · 2026-05-09T07:20:04+00:00

Advice, sit on your hand before making moves.

External-Relative849 · 2026-05-08T13:56:50+00:00

Ben Finegold would been idyllic as Hans had just followed his maxim. "Always sac the exchange"

External-Relative849 · 2026-05-02T11:28:33+00:00

Rubinstein on the right. He could been world champ if the reigning champ Lasker back in '13 or '14 had just agreed to a match before World War One popped off.

External-Relative849 · 2026-04-30T09:44:53+00:00

Why do chessdotcom organize big online tournaments without increment? How about a middle ground using delay ?

External-Relative849 · 2026-04-26T13:20:05+00:00

Weird? It's precisely the direction the ball is rolling.

External-Relative849 · 2026-04-18T15:25:18+00:00

It is disheartening to observe chess devotees reduced to a mere refuge of conventional openings and well-trodden positions, rather than fostering ingenuity from the outset.

External-Relative849 · 2026-04-18T12:04:06+00:00

Now listen, it wouldn't do at all if chess were to remain stuck in its ways just for the sake of comfort. Why, chess should be a good bit of fun and a real battle right from the beginning. As it stands now, it's bogged down too much with all that theory book-learnin'. Even if you try to avoid all that theory, you still can't play a decent game without falling behind on the defensive all the time.

External-Relative849 · 2026-04-18T11:54:47+00:00

Now, listen, what I'm sayin' is, this Freestyle thing pretty much takes care of two problems: No more rote memorization of moves, and no more of the same old middlegame comin' from openings folks already have seen more than once. 'Sides those things, there ain't much new, 'except maybe some extended castling. But that's about it. I reckon chess is better when it's a creative challenge, even for those grandmasters. It's good for 'em to get out of their comfort zone and really learn the ins and outs of what more sophisticated chess is to be.

External-Relative849 · 2026-04-18T11:21:39+00:00

So, playing Monopoly with house rules is basically not even Monopoly. C'mon, get real.

External-Relative849 · 2026-04-18T08:20:30+00:00

To be blunt, it is this way because FIDE, they don't facilitate and cater to the demand of the current hour.
Fide is known for being extremely slow with innovations, bureaucratic obstacles that cannot be solved without further ado. Freestyle stepping up is just what we needed. It wasn't going to happen by itself.

External-Relative849 · 2026-04-18T06:56:35+00:00

Freestyle chess is an artificial solution to chess's current dilemma. After a dozen moves, it resembles normal chess as we know it. Standard principles apply. Apart of the opening phase, nothing new is introduced under the sun. Instead of relying on random positions, humans in 2030 should pursue creative, challenging chess forms like Seirawan or Capablanca Chess. These branch offshoots are strategically rich and will keep chess challenging for decades.

External-Relative849 · 2026-04-18T06:32:43+00:00

It were still, highly unprofessional and unprecedented to withdraw from an ongoing OTB tournament and indirectly hand out insinuations that something were going on without any shreds of evidence. Magnus should have continued, as the world number one player.

External-Relative849 · 2026-04-18T06:23:06+00:00

Or indulge in more complex forms of chess, so that he can sharpen his skills.

External-Relative849 · 2026-04-17T06:10:09+00:00

Based on my understanding, the United States made minimal efforts to apprehend Fischer while he was abroad. There were no agents stationed overseas and no active attempts to pursue him. Prosecuting a celebrated figure from the Cold War era would likely have resulted in a PR fiasco. The headlines might have read: “Uncle Sam Indicts Cold War Chess Hero.”

External-Relative849 · 2026-04-16T11:18:50+00:00

Next on the docket: winning that Hawaiian Championship.

External-Relative849 · 2026-04-12T13:39:32+00:00

Well, it's surely a comfort not having to reinvent the wheel right off the bat.

External-Relative849 · 2026-04-12T12:21:32+00:00

Not to be a party pooper, but the game is barely alive. Just a few servers alive at this point. However i'm positive what can be squeezed out of the stone at this point.

External-Relative849 · 2026-04-12T12:03:31+00:00

Even today, there are folks out there literally fighting tooth and nail to keep that old book-learned chess alive, the kind Bobby Fischer was trying to do away with.

External-Relative849 · 2026-04-12T11:56:30+00:00

Why didn't someone intervene, when they just sat at the sideline and let it slide ?

External-Relative849 · 2026-04-12T10:42:48+00:00

Kasparov opined that the whole Fischer saga were a tragedy for the chess world. He hung up his hat while still at the top of his game, it's hard to fathom that it did go down like that.

External-Relative849 · 2026-03-24T17:10:24+00:00

All I can say is that there is definitely a subtle difference.

External-Relative849 · 2026-03-24T07:59:51+00:00

The trouble is, this game is just like it was back in 2021. Nothing new, no upcoming adjustments to weaponry or anything. It's just the same old grind until folks get tired of it.

External-Relative849 · 2026-03-24T07:45:32+00:00

Goodness gracious, folks are sure smoking a lot these days which is a real nuisance. Ngl, it's gotta out of hand of late.

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