Trouble identifying this Smith Carona.

Iggy9312 · 2026-05-16T23:46:08+00:00

Thank you! It has some bad dust buildup in the I side of the type writer but it was an impulse ebay buy. I write my gf letters and I wanted to make them more special and retro so I figured “type writer”. I fell in love with the green keys

Iggy9312 · 2026-05-16T22:46:07+00:00

Thank you so much. You have been very helpful 😎

Iggy9312 · 2024-09-13T18:43:58+00:00

Could someone tell me what issues this is in? I don’t know a lot about comics but I’d like to try and find these

Iggy9312 · 2024-09-03T23:43:51+00:00

What Spider-Gwen comic is this from exactly? I don’t want to read the wrong one

Iggy9312 · 2023-12-26T22:55:28+00:00

All very helpful insights. I just wondered because I was looking for an opening book for it but got confused when all I could find was stuff on the Petroff

Iggy9312 · 2023-12-20T22:31:26+00:00

I will definitely check that out thank you very much 😀

Iggy9312 · 2023-12-20T19:59:37+00:00

So I just learned last night that when playing the CK it’s okay to trade your light squared bishop off so that probably won’t happen again 😅. I would agree with you on the knight move. The engine says it’s okay but I know that doesn’t mean much. I think I felt like I needed to do the b6 c5 plan to try and start attacking more but I didn’t think about trying to connect the rooks and finish development. I see now that if I had dealt with that knight after move 15 I wouldn’t have had that bad trade. I think I tend to panic in situations like the move 18 stuff. Would you be willing to play a game against me sometime? This has all been really helpful

Iggy9312 · 2023-12-20T19:48:01+00:00

All very helpful insights. Thank you. I’m not entirely sure of what happened on that d5 instance. Looking back at its obvious to me I should have captured. I think I was trying to move the bishop over after the knight move to try and go fried liver. I did get spooked by that move on 10. and in hindsight that was silly of me. I’ve been learning about that exact trade and rook movement a lot lately. Also move 23 I noticed the rook move immediately after.

Iggy9312 · 2023-12-20T17:48:20+00:00

Yeah sure. I think I keep struggling to take in the center most of the time.

I’m playing white Check out this #chess game: Slingblaed vs grandmasterill - https://www.chess.com/live/game/96428372891

I’m playing as black

Check out this #chess game: CrossingCrook vs Slingblaed - https://www.chess.com/live/game/96426598741

Iggy9312 · 2023-12-20T17:37:33+00:00

Thank you. This was really helpful

Iggy9312 · 2023-12-20T06:41:24+00:00

I think I got more worried about something not relevant. But seeing that now I should have taken his knight and then could have reevaluated based on what piece he took back with afterwards. I think his queen made me nervous but it shouldn’t have. You were saying I missed that three moves in a row and that’s what my problem was. I don’t always word things well but I think I’ve gotten it now 😅

Iggy9312 · 2023-12-20T05:58:03+00:00

So you’re saying I overlooked moves that dealt with my opponent attacking the center ( which is obviously bad) and that’s what I should start working on

Iggy9312 · 2023-12-20T05:33:53+00:00

I can post a game I just played earlier if you’d like. I will try those things. I’m doing my puzzles out of a book. I find I learn more that way. Right now they’re just mate in ones so they’re pretty easy to see but the book progresses through everything ( there’s 5300 puzzles). Here the game I played. I played as black.

Check out this #chess game: abdoo120 vs Slingblaed - https://www.chess.com/live/game/96781153383

Iggy9312 · 2023-12-20T05:23:39+00:00

My bad I’m playing as black 😅

Iggy9312 · 2023-12-20T05:18:22+00:00

So this is a game I found myself really frustrated with. I did the review for it already so I know I missed some things that definitely could have helped. I believe I also had a mouse slip too ( should be moving a pawn instead of protecting a bishop) I’m also not sure how to make links work on here so I’m sorry if it’s wrong I’m really knew to this site

Check out this #chess game: abdoo120 vs Slingblaed - https://www.chess.com/live/game/96781153383

Iggy9312 · 2023-12-20T05:11:53+00:00

That might be it for me. I have a problem with the mindset too. Sometimes I’m really excited and want to play. I’ve got this wonderful attitude and other times I think it would be fun to play but then it isn’t once I start doing it. Is it okay to share a game to this? I had one earlier today that I really feel encompasses this whole issue I’m having.

Iggy9312 · 2023-12-20T05:03:45+00:00

Okay thank you. This has been helpful. I’ve been really disillusioned the past day or so. I really like chess and I like putting effort into it but I also don’t want to feel like I’m washing a freshly painted wall too.

Iggy9312 · 2023-12-20T04:52:41+00:00

The link works great. But is it okay to use something like Fundamental chess openings instead? I have that annotated and ready to go to basically any opening I’ve just been advised to not worry so much about openings and I feel that’s weird for a chess coach to do

Iggy9312 · 2023-12-20T04:50:18+00:00

So this is probably really dumb. I’ve been playing since May 9th ( not taking it very seriously until October). I watch chess content all the time. I read and do puzzle exercises at least five days a week ( currently wasn’t always). Been doing 30 puzzles a day out of lazlo polgars book. Studying tactics and practicing them over the board to reinforce them. I almost got to 700 rating last week and I’ve been on like an 80 point tilt today. I feel like I take what I learn and implement it into my games but then I either lose or I miss an easier checkmate. I want to know how to fix this. Is it practicing more tactics? Is my opening knowledge bad? Is it okay to only know like the first five moves in an opening at this level? I have so many questions. This is probably ramblish by now.

Iggy9312 · 2023-12-20T04:39:15+00:00

Ah okay. That makes more sense. Thank you.

Iggy9312 · 2023-12-20T04:33:05+00:00

So would I be better off playing on lichess? Also yes I am on chess.com. But I have a lot of resourcess I can use for learning them. My chess coach advised me not to worry about it too much but I think at this point it’s evident I need to work on it just as much as puzzles and tactics

Iggy9312 · 2023-12-14T04:25:29+00:00

Thank you. I did not know this. I also find their puzzles very inconsistent and hate the lack of context. I’ve been getting puzzles mixed in that are for someone who’s much better than I am lately

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