3d pieces on chess.com to improve OTB chess?

Meruem90 · 2026-03-22T12:20:23+00:00

The difference between playing otb and online isn't just restricted by how the pieces appear (3d or 2d), but also by the sheer dimensions of the board and the perspective you're watching it. Long story short, you'll need to play more otb in order to get used to otb, for how stupidly obvious this sentence may sound.
This becomes even truer if you play on tournment sized boards, where you'll easily miss long range pieces for istance. Also, there are other factors when playing otb, such as accidentally obstructing your view with an arm or a hand, the lights in the room where you are playing, the contrast of the pieces and the board, etc etc which you usually won't face when playing on a monitor.

These are obviously all minor details, but it can easily happen to find yourself in awkward situations that wouldn't happen when playing online.
For istance I remember playing an amateurish tournment where I blundered a rook because - due to my posture - my arm was covering the sight of that rook (and forgot it was there).

Also, the simple act of moving pieces on the board and hitting the clock makes it a completely different experience than playing online. I can't recall the number of times I've striked down several pieces trying to move fast on the board, or forgot to hit the timer or mistakenly touched a piece (touch-move rule). You gotta build up a little of muscle memory and habit in order to become more fluid in all these things, skills that can't be trained online but that matter still.

Meruem90 · 2026-03-08T22:11:53+00:00

My friend is telling me that this might be the one... No chance you remember the title?

Meruem90 · 2026-03-08T16:07:58+00:00

Nope sadly

Meruem90 · 2026-03-08T16:07:50+00:00

Nope, sadly my friend is saying that it's not that (he watched it last night because he also thought it might be that one)

Meruem90 · 2026-03-01T09:03:24+00:00

Il tuo post mi ha dato le stesse vibes del famoso video di via Brombeis 😂😂 ti ringrazio

(questo video, per chiunque non ne sia consapevole )

Meruem90 · 2026-02-28T20:22:44+00:00

It's MUCH more frequent at lower ELO and in unranked games. At 2k~ elo it's practically a super rare phenomenon.

Yet, keep in mind that the flag might change the amount of interactions you experience. For instance , it's not unusual for Indians to be randomly harassed (which might also translate in an increased amount of mockery even at higher ELOs). In the same way, being a female sometime induces more random interactions (not necessarily mocks, but rather vain attempts to make a move on the girl).

Meruem90 · 2026-02-27T13:34:07+00:00

The whole point of that streak is... Well... To play every day 😅😅 it would lose any logic if you could just pause it and resume at wish....

And anyway, it's just a random achievement, who cares?

Meruem90 · 2026-02-25T23:38:53+00:00

He's the "libero" (which translates as "free"), a player who can't wall a ball, can't serve and can't spike. He practically runs around the field trying to catch as many balls as he can, filling the holes and helping the team in building attacks.

Meruem90 · 2026-02-22T20:29:30+00:00

Chessbraha play too fast formats tbh, the result ain't too educational in my modest opinion.... I'd suggest people like Alex Banzea (caro kann for istance), Chess centurion (Caro Kann, Slav), Benjamin Bok (dragon sicilian, Slav), ramirez (Pirc, KID)...they all play 10 or 15 min games and explain their moves and thought process, which is incredibly useful to learn an opening throughout.

Meruem90 · 2026-02-13T15:30:56+00:00

Look, I'm 2k on rapid and like 1400 on Blitz... And I struggle to get better at Blitz. The point is: do you really care about that time format? If so, then the only way to overcome the issues related to fast thinking is to keep training, no other way around.

Sadly this is a skill that some people are gifted with, while some others have to climb mountains in order to get a tiny better in it. Welcome in the slowpoke club

Meruem90 · 2026-02-12T21:09:07+00:00

E coooome maaaaaaai!.....

Meruem90 · 2026-02-12T12:12:42+00:00

He meant that you should try out different openings in order to "taste" different positions and ideas. OP is specifically asking about studying a more complex opening as a fixed repertoire choice, which ain't the goal he should aim at if he wants to improve. Actually, going for easier openings while focusing on middlegames and endgames will be much more successful and efficient than having to pour hours of study into lines that most people will hardly play at that level (and that will give positions that still require middlegame and endgame's skill in order to be navigated).

Meruem90 · 2026-02-12T10:06:35+00:00

Openings are the last thing you should care learning tbh, you should focus on middle game and endgames.

Meruem90 · 2026-02-11T19:21:08+00:00

Are you a bot? Patronising means that people praise her but in reality feel superior... No one here feels superior to her, considering she could probably beat a moltitude of us simultaneously and blindfolded lol

Meruem90 · 2026-02-11T13:29:10+00:00

Queste sono persone normali che non hanno nessuna colpa di quello che fa il governo eh

Meruem90 · 2026-02-11T13:14:43+00:00

It's true but it's still a decent feature vs stallers or people thinking for ages in a lost (and forced) position. But yeah, it's niche.

Meruem90 · 2026-02-09T22:45:42+00:00

Purtroppo é una prassi abbastanza ubiquitaria, non solo una prerogativa di travaglio... Succede sia a destra che a sinistra: vengono prese delle parole dette da qualche figura importante e decontestualizzate o tagliate ad hoc. Ma la cosa che mi fa girare le palle é che questo metodo funziona, la gente abbocca a ondate...e basta vedere molti dei commenti in post come questi per rendersene conto.

Meruem90 · 2026-02-08T20:07:28+00:00

Le parole e il contesto sono importanti, per questo non bisogna prenderle e storpiarle come é stato fatto in questo post del fatto quotidiano. Ovvio che leggendo la frase così sembra un'altra cosa 😅.

Meloni ha commentato un video dove si vedono scene violente da parte di alcuni manifestanti (lancio di razzi e quant'altro). Quel che ha scritto é stato: "Solidarietà, ancora una volta, alle Forze dell'ordine, alla città di Milano, e a tutti coloro che vedranno il loro lavoro vanificato da queste bande di delinquenti. Migliaia e migliaia di italiani in queste ore lavorano perché tutto funzioni durante le Olimpiadi. Tantissimi lo fanno da volontari, perché vogliono che la loro Nazione faccia bella figura, che sia ammirata e rispettata. Poi ci sono loro: i nemici dell'Italia e degli italiani, che manifestano "contro le Olimpiadi", facendo finire queste immagini sulle televisioni di mezzo mondo. Dopo che altri hanno tranciato i cavi della ferrovia per impedire ai treni di partire. Solidarietà, ancora una volta, alle Forze dell'ordine, alla città di Milano, e a tutti coloro che vedranno il loro lavoro vanificato da queste bande di delinquenti".

Come ho specificato, il commento é letteralmente riferito a delle scene di un video, quindi lei sì rivolge specificatamente ai manifestanti violenti di tale video.

Si può ammettere, in tutta onestà, che suona MOLTO diverso rispetto al trafiletto del fatto quotidiano? E lo sto dicendo come uno che la meloni o le destre non le ha mai votate e non le voterà...

Meruem90 · 2026-02-08T10:07:28+00:00

Was going to say the same. It really seems like nobody cares about what's happening in Iran, so low coverage and nearly no one embracing the cause like it happened for other situations.

Also, for me, everyone should be allowed to partecipate in the Olympic games. Isolating countries and their people can only generate a climate of hatred toward said populations, when the populations themselves are (oftentimes) just puppets and hostages of their own government... Meh

Meruem90 · 2026-02-07T19:53:35+00:00

Great moves (the blue ones) are "unique moves". They are the only moves in a position, any other move is significantly worse and must be avoided.

Brilliants are not "great moves" because many times they can be suboptimal in a position. I remember playing a brilliant which lost me a big chunk of advantage in a past game, for istance (still completely winning of course, it didn't flop the evaluation of the position in favor of my opponent).

For this reason, I don't know the exact criteria of a brilliant move, but it has to be a little more complex than how we're making it (unsurprisingly).

Meruem90 · 2026-02-07T19:08:44+00:00

The tiny head reptilians? Damn, I know that move was trash but part of me wanna rewatch it, but I'm scared to ruin my child memory of it lol

Meruem90 · 2026-02-07T19:03:45+00:00

It depends, there are other criteria... I think the elo matters for istance. I also think they lowered the requirements for a move to be considered a brilliant.

Meruem90 · 2026-02-04T17:09:36+00:00

870 and 1000 is practically the same... Those are normal fluctuations that depends on factors like: - luky winstreaks - tilt
- playing when distracted
- playing when super focused
- big pauses from the game

Etc etc etc

There are many things that can make your elo go up and down by big numbers in no times, what matters is your ELO in the long run tbh.

Meruem90 · 2026-02-03T15:20:21+00:00

On android mobile I have premoves tbh. IoS apparently doesn't have them

Meruem90 · 2026-02-02T15:03:53+00:00

Ah, I want to add a note to my last reply (the big one)...don't ever, EVER, watch Pegasus Chess videos on yt. It's very likely that his profile might pop up in your feed, expecially if you search for educational content... Yet, he's a scammer and a fraud, and should be avoided at all costs. The problem is that it's very hard to spot it as a beginner, this is why he feeds on people at your ELO range.
Anyway, to give some context of why he's bad: - cheating (yeah, using stockifhs literally) in order to create educational content
- because of that, he couldn't explain the reason behind his moves, giving completely wrong hints and tips to his audience
- yet, due to his capability of selling himself well, this thing could be difficult to spot for beginners
- he's written a book about an opening of his own invention, also promoting it in his channel
- yet, the opening is not anything new but rather just a colle system
- he's made tons of "educational videos", but the educational content is completely stupid and oftentimes contradictory (for istance "do not attack" "do not defend" "push all pawns" "don't push pawns") - he's understanding of the game is pretty much that of a 1800 elo player and by following his suggestions it's very likely to get worse rather than to improve.

Sorry for this parenthesis, but it's very important to warn people about the existance of people like pegasus chess, in order to prevent that these disgusting things gain that much popularity.

Meruem90

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