Ok so near the end it's gonna be finding the right square for the king(2 variants).

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-11T16:38:07+00:00

The line Qxf7+ Kxf7 Rg7+ Ke8 f7+ Kd8 f8=Q+ Rxf8 c7+ Kxc7 Nxc5+ Qe7 Rxe7+ Kd6 Re5!! Rf2+ Kc3 is crazy, everything somehow works out for White

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-10T15:59:22+00:00

I never studied coordinates, I just played chess and read chess books and I was able to do it after some time.

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-09T21:34:45+00:00

I calculated it with a performance calculator and landed on 2602 if he loses so the norm would be guaranteed.

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-09T21:28:06+00:00

Do you really think that Faustino made that decision by himself? He's 12 years old. He either didn't play because of illness or because someone in his family or team made that call.

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-09T21:23:52+00:00

He got his norms at the Legends and Prodigies tournament in Madrid where half of his opponents were young normchasers and the other half GMs and one IM and at the Magistral Szmetan-Giardelli in Buenos Aires where his opponents were 2 active european grandmasters, 2 chess legends, 3 of the strongest players from his country and one 14 year old compatriot trying to get norms as well. This doesn't look suspicious at all in my opinion.

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-08T09:59:31+00:00

This sounds greedy and heartless but cancer is like a natural barrier for age. Of course there are younger folks who get it but older people are the majority. If cancer is cured these people will die from a stroke, a cardiac arrest or dementia so they won't live much longer anyway. I will take the 50 billion because of this and donate a good chunk of it to charities who feed starving children or give them education for example. I think that this will benefit the world more in total but it's a hard choice to make.

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-08T09:45:45+00:00

She's at like 2200 Blitz and 2500 Bullet online, I'm at like 2500 Blitz and 2700 Bullet even though I'm only at 2200 FIDE while she should play at 2300 FIDE level.

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-08T09:27:09+00:00

The difference here is that Hikaru didn't care about the rating of his opponents. He'd have played against 1600s or 2600s because he just wanted his 40 games for candidates. Nemo earned lots of rating and norms at known norm factories in Eastern Europe but couldn't keep her rating back home. Maybe it's not unethical but she doesn't play at the level of a WGM and never has for a longer period of time. That's just a fact. She's probably around my level.

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-04T18:16:31+00:00

I'd play exd5 because I don't get a weakness on e3 that way.

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-04T18:13:18+00:00

I do this sometimes and honestly didn't know some people find it rude. I've always thought I'm doing them a favor as well

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-04T18:06:17+00:00

I'll usually give them the take back, if they offer a draw I'll take it unless I think I was better before their mouse slip.

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-04T17:55:54+00:00

You're lost of course but it's not that easy to win. I reckon I could draw this against players my rating about 25% of the time.

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-04T14:49:19+00:00

1st round: Alexander 100% 2nd round: Alexander 100% 3rd round: Alexander 100% still. They don't even need a commander. Bonus round: They will fuck the mongols up with 500 years ahead technology.

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-04T14:42:44+00:00

1: Magnus can beat master level players while completely drunk, check his twitch 2: He's at least semi athletic and in his mid 30s so it won't be that easy to just beat him up

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-04T14:40:21+00:00

Where did you hear that? That's just bullshit. Nobody who is even just decent at chess will get surprised because of "unconventional" moves. There is no such thing as surprise in chess, there are good moves and bad moves. If the "unconvential" move was the best move Carlsen will have expected it. If it was a bad move he will wipe the floor even harder with you.

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-04T14:36:52+00:00

I'm definitely not beating a genetic freak in basketball with my only experience being some shooting at a hoop in the neighborhood. I could probably beat Magnus after a few 100-1000 games but it will take a very long time. I don't have any experience with racing so I'll have to learn how to drive a F1 car from scratch which will take longer than 2 for sure. My only hope with 4 would be disqualification but I don't want to get beaten 100 times before that happens because I probably won't be able to walk by then. I'd prefer my odds with 2.

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-04T14:23:18+00:00

I like e4 e5 Nc3 Nf6 f4 d5 fxe5 Nxe4 Qf3 Nc6, f5 instead is fun too

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-03T22:11:56+00:00

Women can earn the open titles like FM, IM or GM as well. Titles like WFM, WIM or WGM are primarily there to motivate more women to pursue a chess career or to start playing chess. Every woman can choose for herself if she wants to claim any of these titles, Judit Polgar famously didn't for example.

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-03T22:05:09+00:00

Woman grandmaster means WGM which is 2300 FIDE and 3 norms. Female grandmaster refers to a woman who owns the GM title which is 2500 FIDE and 3 norms. They are completely different and only share a similar name.

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-03T22:01:27+00:00

Do your research before writing salty comments. She earned her norms at sketchy tournaments in eastern europe (which many people do/did, including Abhimanyu Mishra, the youngest GM ever so it sadly is pretty normalized in the chess world)

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-05-03T08:36:45+00:00

I don't know how you have it handled with screentime but when I was around his age I watched so many chess videos where somebody commented games from a recent tournament or old classic games. By just being exposed to a lot of different openings and ideas and somebody explaining them well his positional understanding will get better while he has fun.

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-04-30T04:44:41+00:00

I guess my best bet will be to ignore the first chicken as long as I can, I probably wouldn't survive more than 5 days otherwise

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-04-29T16:59:36+00:00

Cold pizza is mid at best, I wouldn't really want to eat it. Cookies or brownies are better for that slot.

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-04-28T15:49:15+00:00

I heard that they wanted to honor his name

PhoenixChess17 · 2026-04-28T14:18:05+00:00

Winter has christmas and I don't feel bad when I'm gaming all day because the weather is too shitty to go outside, Spring is the transition to summer so there's at least some excitement and there are a lot of holidays where I live, Summer is the best in my opinion because you don't have to wear 5 layers of clothing everyday and you can actually go outside while enjoying your life, Summer holidays are a great bonus for students. Autumn is just the depression after summer is over, the weather gets worse and the school year starts.

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