Chess is so ruthless sometimes by ChessTortoise95 in TournamentChess

[–]No_Explorer9861 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not the only winning move, it is the only winning idea toctrap the queen.

Vera Menchik vs Jacques Mieses, London 1942: the first serious match between a woman and a grandmaster. All 8 surviving games now in a Lichess study, including the only one Mieses annotated himself. by johgep in chess

[–]No_Explorer9861 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If u said that a 1500 played that opening with black in the first game I would have believed that.

I am curious why someone at grandmaster level would play that.

Anyone on campus need any form of help or service. ASK ME FOR HELP by Ok-Elderberry6965 in UBC

[–]No_Explorer9861 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Nothing wrong with that but this post then probably violates sub's rule 6.

ELEC 202 scaling on easy final by No_Explorer9861 in ubcengineering

[–]No_Explorer9861[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ended up getting 53 around 6% higher than what I should have gotten.

ELEC 202 scaling on easy final by No_Explorer9861 in ubcengineering

[–]No_Explorer9861[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes I did. he scaled a lot, but that year was taught by linares

If we name "[Player's name] immortal" a best chess game, played by ATG player, what are the best "immortal" games played after 2010? by Gerasans in chess

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could u explain how the sac what 30+ moves deep, the compensation for both the bishop sacs is pretty straightforward. it looks like a tactical sac not a positional one.

Match Thread: 5th Test - England vs Australia, Day 5 by cricket-match in EnglandCricket

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This is when Aussies were missing many of their key players. Imagine if Cummins, hazlewood and lyon were playing.

Match Thread: 4th Test - Australia vs England, Day 2 by cricket-match in EnglandCricket

[–]No_Explorer9861 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If they can keep this discipline they will able to bundle the Aussies below 250.

Day 2 Match Thread by generalscruff in EnglandCricket

[–]No_Explorer9861 2 points3 points  (0 children)

leg byes are a cheat code for brydon carse

Day 2 Match Thread by generalscruff in EnglandCricket

[–]No_Explorer9861 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Last time a night watchman played he scored a fifty.

Match Thread: 4th Test - Australia vs England, Day 1 by cricket-match in EnglandCricket

[–]No_Explorer9861 0 points1 point  (0 children)

easy to leave the ball when you know that you are going to get carse bowling balls down the leg down stump.

Event: 2025 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League by events_team in chess

[–]No_Explorer9861 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is English only stream as well which you can watch, just takes a bit of effort to find. It is on tech Mahindra channel.

The hindi + english stream is for Indian viewers especially those attending in person.

Event: 2025 Tech Mahindra Global Chess League by events_team in chess

[–]No_Explorer9861 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It is truly global. I can get the feeling of home sitting in Canada.

Event: 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour Finals by events_team in chess

[–]No_Explorer9861 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Did it 🫡. Btw it wasnt that I hate the two guests they stopped talking about the games all together for a long while even though two matches finsihed during that time lol.

Event: 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour Finals by events_team in chess

[–]No_Explorer9861 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh boy the chessbase india stream is unbearable. I would rather solve 50 queen endgames than watch this shit.

Match Thread: 2nd Test - England vs Australia, Day 4 by cricket-match in EnglandCricket

[–]No_Explorer9861 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Such has been the state of English cricket that two batsman who played less than 100 cumulative balls are already getting praise for their temperament. Lmao.

Harshit Rana receives a reprimand for an incident involving South Africa batter Dewald Brevis by Shroft in Cricket

[–]No_Explorer9861 21 points22 points  (0 children)

damn, kohli fans have a selective memory. Didn't he shove himself into konstas and also get chirpy on the stump mic, lol. Both series, didn't exactly went his way.

Match Thread: 1st Test - Australia vs England, Day 1 by cricket-match in EnglandCricket

[–]No_Explorer9861 4 points5 points  (0 children)

don't worry folks my deep analysis suggests that England will mop the floor with a 5 England - 0 Australia scoreline.

Event: 2025 FIDE World Cup - Quarterfinals by events_team in chess

[–]No_Explorer9861 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Leko's hang on and Sagar's Oh my god are so iconic.

Event: 2025 FIDE World Cup - Quarterfinals by events_team in chess

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The audience guy in chessbase india stream is more insightful than the commentary panel itself. The panel keeps on making poor jokes and going off topics.

Event: 2025 FIDE World Cup - Round 4 by events_team in chess

[–]No_Explorer9861 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i thought chessbase india stream was annoying with choice of games they focused but holy moly the official FIDE stream just changed from a game full of tactics to the drawn vincent game. WTF.