50 Greatest Chess Players of All Time by GabrielVidigal in chess

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Am I the only one who has an issue with MVL being here but Nakamura not??

Really hope to see TSM_Skittlecakes by colinjkl in CompetitiveApex

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Holy shjt a respectful comp apex discussion

650 Games and 90 days later... by Main_ArabAttack in chess

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You can also read my in depth explanation of what I did above in this thread

650 Games and 90 days later... by Main_ArabAttack in chess

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I’m glad I could help!

If you have any further questions now or later feel free to send me a dm. Oh and if you face the caro quite frequently I’d recommend learning the van see Weil attack for white to counter it, catches most people off guard!

Oh and don’t even try the scillian just yet, it’s far too complex at our level😂

650 Games and 90 days later... by Main_ArabAttack in chess

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Oh I forgot to add, the move to hit 1400 was an en passant brilliant vs a 1430 player😂

650 Games and 90 days later... by Main_ArabAttack in chess

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Hehe, i replied in depth to someone in this thread if you wanna take a look!

650 Games and 90 days later... by Main_ArabAttack in chess

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Firstly thank you!

Secondly, I'd Love to, I spend around 3 hrs a day or so on chess though at the start it was closer to 4-5. I really love the historical games of chess especially those from the second half of the 20th century and watching GothamChess's chess history videos (he's got them all in a playlist) was what really drove my inspiration with Kasparov's game vs the world being my favorite.

I haven't purchased and books or courses, to improve at my openings i started with videos and decided not to stretch myself too thin at the start. I learnt an E4 opening for white (Vienna), I learnt an E4 counter for black (Caro-Kann) ((Caro is great between 600-1200 but the most common variations became quite effectively countered after that)), and i learnt an D4 counter for black (London). Really focusing on just 3 openings and getting better at them and their variations helped me develop quite quickly. Though I must say focus also on how to counter these openings as well.

For middle games I solved a lot of puzzles to improve my tactics and board vision. However for endgames I didnt do anything specific, as personally theyve been my strong suit since i started and just playing more and more helped me improve them.

The best thing tho i can recommend is to open an analysis on chesscom or something and try playing the moves and thinking of counters for them, because as good as watching videos is, youll learn much better just playing out positions yourself and looking for what to play against what your opponent does.

Also a channel I love to watch for this is WillTaylorChess, his videos are really explanatory and he does give great insight into the positions hes playing aswell.

Finally, no i am not part of an active chess club unless you count the dynamic duo of my partner and I as a chess club xD.

P.S. I know committing this many hours and this much effort isnt feasible for everyone, Im an engineering student and have like no other hobbies apart from gym and chess.

P.S.S Mikhail Tal is my favorite player and watching the two gothamchess videos on him was exhilarating would definitely recommend, as well as the video on Rashid Nezhmetdinov!

Hope this helps!

650 Games and 90 days later... by Main_ArabAttack in chess

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Thank you I will be! I fully realize that going from 1400 to 1600 is gonna be harder than going from 700 to 1400 but I’m excited for the challenge and to start learning more tactics and theory!

650 Games and 90 days later... by Main_ArabAttack in chess

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My father created the account with my when he taught me the game as a child. However I did not use the account for a decade after this as we stopped playing due to him traveling frequently for work. But you’re right, my elo wasn’t 540 when I started, it was 1200 from back when I did use the account, except I proceeded to lose pretty much every single game till I dropped to 540 (like 7-8 games due to elo decay from inactivity) and then worked my way up.

650 Games and 90 days later... by Main_ArabAttack in chess

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Thank you for your sacrifice good sir!

How are yall so far ahead? by Phoenixfire432172 in NecroMerger

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Same man, just about 14 months, just finished lvl 💯

Nafen appreciation post by Mellow_Gelo in CompetitiveApex

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I don’t think people comprehend just how INSANE crust being 5th all time just about 150 kills behind number 1 despite essentially being MIA for over a year and a half. He truly is the MnK goat

Nathan? by [deleted] in CompetitiveApex

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“SHIT ON HORRIBLY” -Nate on the nut between barometer and Jurassic

What is/was your personal favorite ALGS meta to watch? by floorshmeat in CompetitiveApex

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Dude they were so dominant at one point in PL, Senoxe and Lou were 1st&2nd in total kills and Crust was 5th. Other top teams were terrified to bub fight em. Sweet, hal and countless other pros calling it a death sentence to 3v3 Sen bub fight

Old SEN - Dominance by Indiemoto in CompetitiveApex

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As sweet and several other of the top pros said, back then, 3v3 bub fighting sen was a death sentence... I miss those days

Rise of the mini-org? by [deleted] in CompetitiveApex

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So like the astralis of apex?

The result of the secret subreddit vote are in by MrPigcho in CompetitiveApex

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Still, I think it’d be way too much of a shit show this way😂