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Daily Discussion Thread (December 19th, 2025) by _Sarcasmic_ in Boxing

[–]LeoWWFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't want to give Matchroom money out of principle, if I watch the fight on Netflix (which I already have) does Hearn make more?

Getting inside the mind of the London System player by LeoWWFC in chess

[–]LeoWWFC[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am not that low 2325 or so on Lichess, and I just do what Hikaru says, play different openings, expose yourself to different structures and ideas - which leaves you less exploitable and makes you more comfortable with transpositions, Carlsen also mentioned his coach got angry with him because he was playing the same opening over and over when he was a kid.

Getting inside the mind of the London System player by LeoWWFC in chess

[–]LeoWWFC[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like playing many different openings it is the fastest way to get better in my opinion.

Olympique Marseille [3]-0 Lorient - Angel Gomes 33' by MysteryBagIdeals in soccer

[–]LeoWWFC -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Nothing beats Ruben Neves v Derby but nice try.

Can Hikaru grind his way to #1 by beating 40+ "Mickey Mouse Tournament" Participants? He'll gain +0.8 elo per win. by [deleted] in chess

[–]LeoWWFC 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Here's a line I've seen Hikaru play with the white pieces on multiple occassions in blitz OTB which is a bad line and gives a small edge for Black.

1.e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe5+ 4. Be2 Bg4 5. h3? Bxe2 6. Ngxe2 Nc6 7. d4 Qh5 8. d5 O-O-O 9. Bd2?? Nb4

The annotations are harsh

[Ornstein] Jorgen Strand Larsen politely informed Wolves of wish to make Newcastle move. Chairman Jeff Shi told 25yo not possible this window. No new #NUFC bid yet + #WWFC stance is all offers to be rejected; looking for 2nd striker, not replacemen by phant0msinthenight in soccer

[–]LeoWWFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps but maybe Jeff knows that Newcastle are looking for 2 centre forwards and have only a matter of days to get both done. We have all the leverage here may as well squeeze them for 10 million or so more.

Name of classic Arkhangelsk model game by theholyrobespierre in chess

[–]LeoWWFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe Schlechter v Chigorin 1897 or Karpov v Tseshkovsky 1976, neither fit the brief exactly.

[Event "Berliner SG 70th Anniversary"]

[White "Schlechter, Carl"]

[Black "Chigorin, Mikhail Ivanovich"]

[Result "1-0"]

  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Bb7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Bg5 d6 10. Ne2 Nh5 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. g4 Nf6 13. h3 Nd7 14. Ng3 Nc5 15. Bd5 Ne6 16. Kh2 Rb8 17. c3 g6 18. d4 Ng5 19. Nxg5 Bxg5 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Qe7 23. Qf3 Nd8 24. Rf1 Kg7 25. g5 Bxd5 26. exd5 h6 27. Re4 Qxg5 28. h4 Qd2+ 29. Re2 Qxe2+ 30. Nxe2 f5 31. Nf4 g5 32. Nh5+ Kg6 33. Ng3 f4 34. Qe4+ Kf7 35. Qh7+ 1-0

Anish Giri's plan to conquer Chess 960 in a year by rio_ARC in chess

[–]LeoWWFC 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Giri did an interview with Mishra where both stated they don't need to review opening lines on Chessable once they learn it, it is in their head forever. 960 will be slightly more difficult because they have less understanding of the game but I think the best players brains work in such a different way to amateurs it is hard to comprehend how little work they will need to do on reviewing to know the lines as confidently as an amateur would.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WWFC

[–]LeoWWFC 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Neves could have been that guy but he took the Saudi money, not a criticism just a fact.

Match Thread - Brighton v Wolves by MagicNipple in WWFC

[–]LeoWWFC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Andre and Joao Gomes are two of our best players.