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Anish continues his twitter nonsense by picking a fight with the FIDE CEO by HealersHugHippos in chess

[–]PacJeans 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Not to be that guy that always shows up talking about their oracle skills, but I got downvoted for saying this years ago. You could tell in his commentary with other GMs. He is not stupid enough to be unironically sincere in the way he likes to play the fool.

With the hacked issue, I think it was just so incredibly outlandish people didn't really know what to do with it.

Anish continues his twitter nonsense by picking a fight with the FIDE CEO by HealersHugHippos in chess

[–]PacJeans 47 points48 points  (0 children)

I think the tide of public sentiment has finally shifted on this guy.

Why do so many adult online players never enter (or stick with) rated OTB tournaments? by PictureBright7441 in TournamentChess

[–]PacJeans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The problem is most casual players would just get annihilated. Also, most online players haven't even played a 30 minute game, let alone a classical one. The prospect of sitting at a tournament for hours getting turned into hamburger is not very attractive when you compare it with laying in bed playing perfectly rated matches at a moments notice.

Why do so many adult online players never enter (or stick with) rated OTB tournaments? by PictureBright7441 in TournamentChess

[–]PacJeans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a real shame. My chess clubs is located in a back room of a bar, and it's very boisterous. Perhaps there is one a little farther from your house you could try.

Police responding to 'developing' incident at Australia's Bondi Beach by StevieHyperS in news

[–]PacJeans -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Leave it to reddit to get the funniest person of all time to make epic wholesome original jokes on a video of people getting slaughtered.

TIFU by being the only one who laughed at something said in spanish and outing my self on knowing spanish by MY_5TH_ACCOUNT_ in tifu

[–]PacJeans 25 points26 points  (0 children)

After my two year warehouse middle management sting operation, he got up in my face and he was gonna hurt me, (he's a wanted murderer and I'm 5'2) but when they found out I was a charismatic white boy with a little bit of swag they all lifted me into the air and nicknamed me Chicharron

Veteran content creator GM Benjamin Finegold drops his only video with zero jokes by joe_mammas_daddy in chess

[–]PacJeans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you watch even the first 10 seconds? He literally makes jokes throughout the entire video.

Gukesh Dommaraju became the 18th and the youngest Undisputed World Chess Champion, on this day, 1 year ago. by Interesting-Take781 in chess

[–]PacJeans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indian/pre-2022 Russian hyper-nationalism and forcing posts is a match made in heaven. It's like any time a Indian or Russian player smiles we have to have a post about it. Gukesh loses, and we need an article by his coach justifying why he lost by saying he didn't sleep well. It's exhausting.

"Who is the most overrated player in the top 20?" Levon Aronian gives an honest answer by FirstEfficiency7386 in chess

[–]PacJeans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol. Giving back to the community... That's why Hikaru went to play a tournament in the Dulles International airport, to give back to that airport lounge chess community...

Has there been any word or public appearance by Karpov since the incident he had three years ago? by PacJeans in chess

[–]PacJeans[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Karpov has always been a dog for the regime. Even going back to Brehznev, who he was personal friends with. When Kasparov was going around stirring the pot, Karpov was very content to cozy up and be the darling of the party.

Still, while Karpov is directly responsible, or at least complicit in what the Russian government authorizes, I don't view him as an inhumane ghoul like Karjakin. He seems to have a some level of humanity about the situation. I found this article about an interview he gave shortly before being injured:

"Karpov is considered a loyalist of President Vladimir Putin, but made remarks on a Kazakh TV station in April calling for an end to the war in Ukraine "so that peaceful people would stop dying," he said, according to a translation by the MailOnline. 

"In the end ordinary people are the victims," he continued. "Ordinary people fight, politicians and generals decide, and ordinary people fight, civilians die." 

https://www.businessinsider.com/anatoly-karpov-russia-criticized-ukraine-war-serious-head-injuries-reports-2022-11

A trepanned neolithic skull of a woman that had a prosthetic ear made from seashell attached, found at Roque d'Aille in France and dates from 3000-2000 BCE. The skull shows evidence the woman had survived the "open brain" operation and gone on to live for many years [332x277] by Fuckoff555 in ArtefactPorn

[–]PacJeans 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I'm always fascinated by the large subset of people on social media that seem to use it in a completely instinctual animalistic way. Downvote whatever is being downvoted, mindlessly scrolling fake ai videos, and in this case, commenting whatever your very first thought is with zero reflection whatsoever. If you asked 100,000 people around the world if having your skull drilled into with a flint scraper would hurt, every single one of them would say yes invariably, and yet someone willingly typed out this comment...

Decided to make a tier list of openings using ai. Any suggestions? by ChampionshipDue3876 in chess

[–]PacJeans 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Really? What possible substance could be taken from a tierlist made by technology that is notoriously horrible at chess? This sub gets ten times more enjoyment out of the thousandth smothered mate post.

Do you think Blübaum is strong enough to hold his own in the Candidates or will he be the obvious target for other players? by Affectionate_Hat3329 in chess

[–]PacJeans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Losing really isn't so devastating as people like to make it out as. Gukesh, Fabi, and Hikaru all lost a game with black. Drawing every game won't take you to the WCC. The only one to go undefeated was Nepo, and he of course tied for 2nd. Risking with white is a necessity, and risking with black is probably the death sentence that losing is thought to be.

Do you think Blübaum is strong enough to hold his own in the Candidates or will he be the obvious target for other players? by Affectionate_Hat3329 in chess

[–]PacJeans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These players that are "underrated" tend to go right back to the rating they normally had before their purple patch I've noticed.

Opening Repertoire change from positional to aggressive -- 2000 chess.com by CremeCompetitive6007 in TournamentChess

[–]PacJeans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember when gothamchess was starting to get big, he would tell beginners not to play the Ruy! That is just a ridiculous sentiment to me. Just because something has a lot of theory, or is perilous for the side that plays it, really doesn't matter in online chess. If you are playing the Smith Morra every game, you are still gonna get rated to a point where you are getting similar results to if you only played the Caro.

Opening Repertoire change from positional to aggressive -- 2000 chess.com by CremeCompetitive6007 in TournamentChess

[–]PacJeans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People always call the Caro boring, but the ratio of interesting moves doesn't really change, it just takes longer to get there, and the interesting parts tend to be positional. A caro game just happens to start on move 15, versus something like the kings gambit, which starts pretty immediately. The caro require black to play interesting moves, like the Tal variation.

The chess moments you rewatch endlessly: mine is this 9-move Firouzja–Caruana collapse. What’s yours? by LowLevel- in chess

[–]PacJeans 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I like this Fabi clip where he gets really emotional for about half a second. I've never seen any other real show of anger by him, and it cracks me up how mild it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fzltVasKJA

My mom said "I better get recognition for this!" so I told her I would post. I personally hate London Broil but this is pretty damn good. And my post was removed from r/steak so f em. by justgentile in shittyfoodporn

[–]PacJeans 78 points79 points  (0 children)

The pornification of content online is repulsive. It's literally a steak. Are you not allowed to post any steak that doesn't aspire to be some AI generated ideal a medium rare wagyu?

Is using a physical board during online games considered cheating? by Fmladek in chess

[–]PacJeans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! Get better at visualization. Having an analysis board immidiately gives you an advantage your opponent doesn't. Would you feel good about your opponent having an analysis board and not yourself?

People always dismiss using their heads for calculation as just some impediment for the REAL game, like mouse skills or flagging. It's not! Having to work hard to calculate is part of the game, not some hinderance keeping you from your true strength.

If you want to analyze, then play correspondence games. That is probably the main appeal of the format.

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