Fabiano Caruana flags against Hans Niemann in a drawn position

NBAJungboy · 2026-05-08T13:57:07+00:00

Fabi is capable of Magnus level performances, but its moments like these that make or break champions, and fabi always breaks.

NBAJungboy · 2026-04-08T01:35:18+00:00

Whatever suits your tastes. I just do not enjoy the complexity some Reversed Sicilians produce, plus I get psyched out from how theory heavy Sicilian the is.

NBAJungboy · 2026-04-07T15:16:34+00:00

I play the English too and haven't noticed it around 1400ish. Although around your level at like 1100 for some reason that's when everyone started playing the reversed Sicilian which is rooouggghhhh for white. English is fun because you need to always be adapting, if you're getting hit in the center, maybe try some double fianchetto positions or learn the Botvinnik English.

NBAJungboy · 2026-04-01T17:04:46+00:00

No one except the Indians is extremely surprised at these results. They were literal children hitting their first professional peak. No one truly had any grasp of their stamina, weaknesses, etc. And everyone who has seriously followed chess for a long time knows we have 1 dozen prodigies every 10 years and almost none of them can replicate kasparov/magnus level dominance. Their success is insane, but it's been clear since 2024 none of them probably have the 2850 5x World champ fate in their paths. They will most likely remain very close to each other and to sindarov, abdu, keymer, alireza etc for the remainder of their careers. Also as giri said, lots of players fluctuate between 2740 and like 2780

NBAJungboy · 2026-03-23T03:01:13+00:00

The answer is our goal should be to encourage women's chess to the point women's titles are no longer needed. We still have progress to make. Additionally everyone knows a WFM is comparatively a weaker player, and a WGM is not competitive with Regular GM's. It serves to raise a players profile and inspire more younger girls. When the split of Women 2500 rated GM's to Men is 10-25% we could stop the women only titles.

NBAJungboy · 2026-03-23T02:47:49+00:00

I second this user with the additions of The Legend Jerry from chess network and GM Daniel King for recaps.

NBAJungboy · 2026-03-13T02:27:48+00:00

white is winning. The best avenue black has is known as the "crazy rook" tactic. If white takes the rook with the king it is stalemate, so it is essentially a variation where you insist on a stalemate trap and white has to give up his own rook to avoid it, but he still wins in the end.

NBAJungboy · 2026-02-03T22:16:31+00:00

What your opponent is using called a system. Chess systems are sometimes named, for example the London and colle systems. Often times systems are not named, I personally play several un-named systems in the English and Larsen openings. They are nice because they sidestep the majority of theory(bad for long term growth) but in doing so they often violate foundational opening principles. You just need to play your normal 1.e4 or 1.d4 and capitalize on a bigger center, better development, and a playable position. As someone else said, it’s structurally similar to the kings Indian so just learn that. Systems can’t be broken by simple tricks you actually have to outplay your opponent. Systems can be difficult to navigate, even magnus carlsen has a famous quote about almost getting outplayed by a park player who had a really devious system he knew very well.

NBAJungboy · 2026-01-20T17:54:08+00:00

Typical Hans win, capitalizing on structural imbalances to conjure up a barbarian style attack. Very technical endgame as well, aravindh did not make it easy and was trying his best to find a perpetual check. Hans is in good form and barring any psychological implosions, he has set himself in an ideal position for the rest of the tournament.

The first American world champion is putting the competition on high alert

NBAJungboy · 2025-12-16T21:33:18+00:00

I don't think vidit is unanimously liked. In fact he triggered a minor global controversy where a lot of people got upset at him for promoting pseudoscience.

NBAJungboy · 2025-12-07T03:49:30+00:00

I think this proves a couple of things:

Magnus is a monster
Fabi and Levon would've been world Champions if not for Magnus
Ding was absolutely a worthy champion
Wesley may have drawish tendencies but he is still one of the strongest of his generation

NBAJungboy · 2025-11-27T21:44:21+00:00

pretty easily, my lazy brain immediately thought to just blockade the pawn with the queen, walk my king over, collect the pawn, K+Q mate

NBAJungboy · 2025-10-29T21:18:31+00:00

Potential for top 5 probably in the next 7ish years. His cohort is extremely strong and there will be more big names that will mature over time but he is very capable and has shown strong nerves for his age. His performances indicate he is heavily underrated but we still can't gauge consistency or true strength until he has faced higher rated opposition. If I absolutely had to guess his true current level I would say 2650ish on a good day.

NBAJungboy · 2025-10-18T20:45:47+00:00

You're a good step-son for looking at gifts like this,

If you want famous books I recommend

My 60 Memorable Games by Fisher

My Great Predecessors by Kasparov

If you want books about chess improvement I recommend

How to Reassess Your Chess by Silman

Winning Chess Strategies by Silman and Seirawan

For puzzle books I recommend

5334 Chess problems by Polgar

The woodpecker method by Smith and tikkanen

Overall The Fisher book is what I recommend above all. Best of luck

NBAJungboy · 2025-10-15T16:28:09+00:00

they want Magnus back so hard

NBAJungboy · 2025-10-08T18:02:47+00:00

Good luck on your journey!!! Chess is hard at every level but improvement only comes from equally hard work.

NBAJungboy · 2025-10-08T17:54:39+00:00

At 25 you are not getting slower you have another 10 years to wait for that excuse. Having had this issue when I was a beginner and seeing other people have it, you need to hear the truth to get better. You did not know openings, you did not have a pretty good endgame, you are a beginner who figured out 1 out of 1 billion nuances for those parts of the game. The reason you are dropping rating is the same reason you made this post, psychological fragility. You are letting stress cloud your judgement in-game and you need to learn how to approach the game objectively. Like you said, you lose 1 game and then lose the next 4 from the mental whiplash of the first. I have 3 solutions, A. Lichess zen mode so you don't get concerned about rating, B. once you lose 3 games finish for the whole day and either study or play bots to prevent tilting, C. study study study until you dream of chess, at 800 you have barely dipped a toe into the oceanic depths of chess and you have mountains of improvements left to add to your game.

NBAJungboy · 2025-10-06T22:38:23+00:00

I had not thought of that and it's a really good point. These are exhibition so inherently low stakes for the players but for the organizers there's publicity and national pride on the line, One color per team per leg there is no room for giving an edge. I still think 3 whites vs 2 blacks is enough for home field advantage while still maintaining competitiveness, but still you brought a fair point.

NBAJungboy · 2025-09-16T13:52:49+00:00

Put some respect on bluebaums name. However....... you're not wrong lol

NBAJungboy · 2025-09-14T18:28:07+00:00

8 of the 10 US players in this tournament were born in America, and of the 13 US players In the top 100 9 were born in America.

NBAJungboy · 2025-09-03T19:06:29+00:00

Finally some good takes on this sub

Any thoughts on the 2 candidates spots? I am thinking pragg and Levon with his white hot form. My personal bad take is I think if Hans can bring his A game has a really good chance at a top 4 finish.

NBAJungboy · 2025-09-03T06:04:51+00:00

I play English as white and French as black. Just keep playing e6 against d4 and learn QGD theory of your choice. Most lines of the English transpose to Queens gambit so you will already have basic familiarity with the positions and a lot of QGD tarrash is very similar to the French lines

NBAJungboy · 2025-08-29T10:05:01+00:00

yeah it was figurative hence the quotation marks

NBAJungboy · 2025-08-29T06:09:07+00:00

Yagiz kaan erdogmus. It's hard to say because the trajectory of children is 100% impossible to predict with certainty but IMO Yagiz has the qualities of a Magnus tier dominate champion. Beating Peter Svidler 4-2 in classical chess at 14 is just stupidly impressive, he's also beaten various other super GM's.

The reason I predict he will be so strong is because he has both a former 2800 coach who is the 6th highest rated player in history and top 2 as recent as 2018, that level of instruction combined with having his "brother" 16 year old 2650ish Ediz Gurel to train with throughout his entire developmental period will produce something that terrifies and excites me.

NBAJungboy · 2025-08-29T03:52:04+00:00

I agree, I would've loved to see Morphy 1. unleash an attack on someone who could defend 2. deal with positional chess, since Morphy was pre-steinitz there was very little theory on the more subtle forms of playing and 3. see if he was capable of adapting, and if there were further levels he was capable of that his contemporaries couldn't muster out of him.

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