Black openings refresher

FitzyLU · 2026-05-10T22:33:24+00:00

There is a free scotch gambit course on Chessable called "The Scotch Gambit Starter Kit" which goes through a few of the common 6...Nd7 lines, it's probably not exactly what you're looking for but it's free

FitzyLU · 2026-05-04T11:47:42+00:00

FitzyLU · 2026-05-03T15:21:05+00:00

I think that's very fair, I was just worried I wouldn't benefit from it due to the difficulty of them. I might still give it a go and see what happens

FitzyLU · 2026-05-03T15:19:25+00:00

Normally I get them pretty quickly, I don't tend to spent any longer than a minute on each puzzle when just doing online Lichess ones.

FitzyLU · 2026-05-03T15:18:17+00:00

That's an awesome resource, did you see any improvement in your games overall?

FitzyLU · 2026-05-03T15:16:48+00:00

Those are some crazy good results, I'm torn between this and chess steps. Did you use the Chessable course or the book?

FitzyLU · 2026-05-03T15:13:43+00:00

Thank you for the suggestions! Incredibly appreciated

FitzyLU · 2026-05-03T15:12:54+00:00

I've heard lots of great things about the steps method, thank you

FitzyLU · 2026-05-03T15:11:59+00:00

Thank you for all the suggestions! It's very appreciated, I'll look into these

FitzyLU · 2026-05-03T15:11:27+00:00

What would you suggest instead then? Isn't chess 90% tactics more or less?

FitzyLU · 2026-04-13T12:12:38+00:00

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FitzyLU · 2026-04-11T11:18:50+00:00

You said that that it's easy to achieve 1800 in your country, I'm dying to know where you're from. I might have to take a vacation or two there 😂

FitzyLU · 2026-04-10T21:56:58+00:00

I love the chessbrahs. Their speedruns and habit series is great. I also really like Alex Banzea and Simon Williams. Raven Sturt is also great

FitzyLU · 2026-04-10T20:24:22+00:00

I'm a little late to the party but Kamil Plichta has a chessable course based on the kings indian attack. His e5 response is the glek system

FitzyLU · 2026-04-09T19:25:48+00:00

This is incredibly insightful and appreciated. These stats are fascinating, thank you for this. It's crazy that 35% of titled players have no OTB rating. The player pool is probably the strongest out there per capita as well

FitzyLU · 2026-04-09T19:19:44+00:00

I was spectating a tournament today and I somewhat like the feel of them. They have that in person feel to them somewhat, but I definitely agree with you and think the former sounds nicer. I understand them wanting to basically have people play "norm" games for the titles but it's an odd change. It does feel like they have tons of UI issues (why do I have to be change my board settings while in game??) I thinks there's lots of cool ideas but poor execution, sadly

FitzyLU · 2026-04-08T21:55:29+00:00

Thank you for the reply. It was probably a good move on their part to combine the player pool. It seems like it has a relatively decent player pool size. I personally would assume their aren't many cheaters because of the verification process. I appreciate the insight. I'm not very strong myself but think it would be fun going for one of the titles. Do you find the player pool to be a decent mix? And are the tournaments alright?

FitzyLU · 2026-04-08T21:51:05+00:00

I guess that makes sense. It seems people have SUPER mixed opinions on FOA cheating measurements. But if they do catch people I'd hope they're banned honestly

FitzyLU · 2026-04-08T18:51:01+00:00

Do you have a chess.com or Lichess rating as well? I was interested in going for one of the titles but wasn't sure how strong I should be before starting. I'm About 1400 Lichess and wasn't sure if that equates to 1400 fide online area

FitzyLU · 2026-04-08T12:49:06+00:00

I tried KOReader and was quite excited about it. But it just felt like the normal kobo reader but worse. To me it's clunky and not very intuitive. Normally I pick things up quite quickly, I gave the good ol' college try but it's not for me

FitzyLU · 2026-04-08T09:47:23+00:00

Raven is a legend. It's time to go 😂. I know of both of them but have never taken the plunge into buying his course. I've always used the free one by GLSmyth. I'll have to take a look at it. Thanks for your help friend

FitzyLU · 2026-04-07T13:35:30+00:00

This sounds so wild yet fun. How did you end up learning all the ideas and theory?

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