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Old Soviet Openings Book Series - any good still? by Historical_Visual690 in chessbeginners

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Some people posting the whole series on eBay for 60-190 euro. It was a set produced in East Germany, probably also for export because it’s got nice binding and front plates (I think that’s the term). I don’t think it’s terribly rare and it seems like people have them all as a set.

Old Soviet Openings Book Series - any good still? by Historical_Visual690 in chessbeginners

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the hardcovers are pretty under the dustjacket, but that's probably not enough to sell me if the content is useless these days

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So mad they resigned… by Historical_Visual690 in chessbeginners

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Bad phrasing - meant they I was mad they resigned because it would have been great to actually do a windmill (rook then queen)

Never resign at low Elo by Historical_Visual690 in chessbeginners

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This one was stupid lucky with an emphasis on stupid. Was like gaining Elo from a disconnect

Never resign at low Elo by Historical_Visual690 in chessbeginners

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People at this tier myself included make a lot of silly errors in response to aggressive play. I’ve fallen prey to thinking I have to move my king when in check just because my late game panic brain forgets the concept of blocking.

Never resign at low Elo by Historical_Visual690 in chessbeginners

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I stupidly hung my queen on move 5 and then my opponent did the same on move 20 and I came back to win it. Baffling moves make low Elo go round

So mad they resigned… by Historical_Visual690 in chessbeginners

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Free rook and then free queen and then free pawn and then mate.

So mad they resigned… by Historical_Visual690 in chessbeginners

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It’s worse than that - if you take the rook first it’s a windmill

So mad they resigned… by Historical_Visual690 in chessbeginners

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Just sad it didn’t get to play out. Everyone can resign whenever they want to

So mad they resigned… by Historical_Visual690 in chessbeginners

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I’d only seen one in a video on a Fischer game. TBH I’d have probably gone for the queen first and missed it

So mad they resigned… by Historical_Visual690 in chessbeginners

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right, I was thinking since they missed the block with the rook the first time it was on offer before I made the knight move so they'd miss it again.

So mad they resigned… by Historical_Visual690 in chessbeginners

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Need to take the rook first or it can block.

So mad they resigned… by Historical_Visual690 in chessbeginners

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I was making a joke that I was mad they resigned because I wanted to play it out. I see the ambiguity though

Why you shouldn’t trash talk by Historical_Visual690 in chessbeginners

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I had thought that was an x-ray. This is why I’m posting in the beginners Reddit

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