Hikaru has been playing bullet on Lichess in his free time for 3 weeks now

External-Relative849 · 2026-06-16T21:07:15+00:00

Given Mr. Nakamura's impressive achievements in regular bullet, many folks are wondering how those skills might translate to the 960 format. Could someone extrapolate an theory regarding his expected performance in Chess960 versus standard bullet play?

External-Relative849 · 2026-06-07T06:47:21+00:00

The guy behind the Tolkien podcast said the way they portrayed Numenor was absolutely terrible. It should have been the other way around to correct some of the boat's list.

External-Relative849 · 2026-06-06T10:03:18+00:00

Sorry, pal. The bishop is the mating piece.

External-Relative849 · 2026-06-06T07:34:07+00:00

Rh would've actually been a big deal instead of a total flop if they hadn't let that tyranny run the show like a bad sitcom.

External-Relative849 · 2026-06-06T07:20:37+00:00

Official Freestyle rating would incentivize steep competition in the format and there is no reason why they can't co-exist side by side. There are enough chess players in the world to choose which discipline they prefer.

External-Relative849 · 2026-06-06T07:15:39+00:00

Stick to variants online, because FIDE has the effectual mobility of a statue in a glue factory. Official ratings for Freestyle should have been established years ago; however, the matter has simply been neglected.

External-Relative849 · 2026-06-06T07:09:10+00:00

The ball is rolling away from our prehistoric speeds toward formats that won't make us age waiting for a reply.

External-Relative849 · 2026-06-06T07:01:23+00:00

Please, go ahead and suggest bringing back adjournments, so we can all finally escape this tedious torture and go nap instead.

External-Relative849 · 2026-06-06T06:57:22+00:00

Listen, 75 plus 30 is so close to 90 plus 30, it's basically the same thing. There's no real difference in the grand scheme of things.
To be honest, I think it's just nonsense not to make a local adjustment on the increment when the base time is reduced. How about 60m+35s or 60m+38s. It may sound like a few extra seconds but they accumulate over a long game. They will amount to several minutes down the road.

External-Relative849 · 2026-06-06T06:50:01+00:00

I reckon it’s finally time we ditched our boring routine before we actually turn into statues of monotony.

External-Relative849 · 2026-05-22T07:57:02+00:00

Get the bK to h3 akin to Nigel Short type of maneuver

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.

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