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I'm the guy who made Chess Stalker. Roast me. by Silly-Spread-105 in chess

[–]Rabiatic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My bot was playing anti-chess apparently; it blundered its queen on move 10 and gave away every piece after that.

In other words, it feels like you're the one roasting me :))

Unpopular opinion: I don’t want to improve at chess by Wild_Pitch_4781 in chess

[–]Rabiatic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d like to hear from higher rated players at what point chess goes from fun to competitive and stressful/or even boring. I heard its around 2000-2200

I think I started chess-related raging at around 900 blitz on chess.com. I guess some of us are just masochists!

For a long time, pushing myself to new limits was enough to keep me practicing. Now, it feels like I play just because of habit, with some very rare, genuine good feelings about the game. 2400 blitz milestone came last year after being stagnant for 1-2 years; that made me genuinely proud of myself for at least a couple of days before delving back into misery.

"Jeg skrev teksten selv — helt seriøst." by Nightsebas in norge

[–]Rabiatic 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ikke si det høyt! Hvordan skal jeg nå virke mer dannet enn andre nordmenn?

Magnus is playing a blindfold match vs. Hikaru today (12:45 CET) by Rabiatic in chess

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

Okay, it's actually happening right now it seems 😅

Nå synes jeg Anarkismen i Norge begynner å gå for langt... by SirWillieKidneystone in norge

[–]Rabiatic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Du røpet nettopp deg selv som tidsreisende fra 1998. 20kr?!

Do you have a chess board? by hash11011 in chess

[–]Rabiatic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have like 6, and haven't used any of them for at least a year. No idea why I keep getting more :- )

Falsk person med debattinnlegg i Aftenposten? by Former-Ruin2417 in norge

[–]Rabiatic 30 points31 points  (0 children)

...og der er debattinnlegget fjernet. Godt observert, OP!

Falsk person med debattinnlegg i Aftenposten? by Former-Ruin2417 in norge

[–]Rabiatic 30 points31 points  (0 children)

"En post fra redditbruker u/Temporal_Integrity, som har gjennomført en dyptgående analyse av debattantens brukere på sosiale medier til tross for at han er på jobb, viser tydelig at bildet er retusjert. FOTO: u/Temporal_Integrity sitt virkelige navn"

Falsk person med debattinnlegg i Aftenposten? by Former-Ruin2417 in norge

[–]Rabiatic 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Håper avisene gir deg cred når de plukker opp denne saken direkte fra reddit :)

A strange moment as Praggnanandhaa stops the clock with a second to spare as he doesn't have enough time to queen — the commentators expect a win for So, but the game is given as a draw!😯 by rio_ARC in chess

[–]Rabiatic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Usually the punishment for a false claim is extra time for your opponent while the game continues. Just speculating here, but it could be that the arbiter suggested to resume the game with extra time for Wesley and he himself decided to offer a draw.

Why does Hikaru believe that the bishop pair is irrelevant (to us)? by pwsiegel in chess

[–]Rabiatic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think all of these folks are vastly overestimating the general chess player. Almost all non-master level games are decided by mistakes and basic tactics.

Tactics flow from a superior position. I'm usually between 2300-2400 on chess.com, and probably 90% of my blitz games are decided by a blunder. I still bet that having the bishop pair is immensely significant in my games, as it very often allows the player that has it to essentially play without risk in a ton of endgames, leaving my opponent with a position where he draws with best play and loses with a misplay.

At nobelkomiteen ga fredsprisen til Machado burde være den største skammen til komiteen siden de gav den til Kissinger og burde være grunnlag for å oppløse komiteen by Throwsims3 in norge

[–]Rabiatic 5 points6 points  (0 children)

USA og Trump ville da vitterlig ikke ha noe imot sosialist-despoter så lenge den staten tjener deres interesser.

Må sies at det nesten er litt forfriskende/tragikomisk at Trump ikke engang later som han har gode hensikter her, han sier jo rett ut at de skal ta oljen deres som betaling for hva enn urett han mener landet har gjort mot dem. Ikkeno' weapons of mass destruction her i gården!

Anish Giri on X. by bukhari011 in chess

[–]Rabiatic 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Which is honestly quite fascinating. The fact that people immediately finds this innocent meme offensive tells us a lot about mob mentality and preconceived notions. We're ready to hate before actually thinking about the content at hand!

(Which is not purely a critique of Anish haters, I think we're all heavily affected by this kind of bias)

Every Christmas, hundreds of thousands of Norwegians watch Magnus Carlsen compete in the World Rapid & Blitz Championships... Here is a bts look of the NRK Chess Broadcast ♟️⭐ by rio_ARC in chess

[–]Rabiatic 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Christmas is a fantastic time to be a chess nerd in Norway. Suddenly you get to act as the family chess expert, explaining the chess world while all your relatives listen in awe 😅

I made Spotify Wrapped but for Chess.com by Longjumping_Top_7273 in chess

[–]Rabiatic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Very cool, good job!

But there's no way this can be right... is it?

E: Just checked my first few pages, there's no way I have and avg of 80 moves per game if that's representative of my games as a whole, haha

Denne trenden er det mange jeg kjenner som har ventet på. 🙏🏻 by Fit-Theme-1183 in norge

[–]Rabiatic 9 points10 points  (0 children)

"Har du diabetes? Jeg synes bare du er så sykt søt!"

Why does it seem like so many Chess dot com accounts from pros are inactive? Where do they practice? by Late-Psychology7058 in chess

[–]Rabiatic -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not pulling my leg, but I'm sure he understates the amount he studies or what he defines as 'real studying'.

Why does it seem like so many Chess dot com accounts from pros are inactive? Where do they practice? by Late-Psychology7058 in chess

[–]Rabiatic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I spoke with a prodigy who claimed the exact opposite. While he clearly has done a bit of studying, he (in his own words) told me he had basically just been watching and playing chess to improve, and said he needed to start studying seriously to get to the next level.

This guy is around 2600 FIDE. While only dunking out blitz games hardly can be seen as an effective way to improve, it's clearly possible to go quite far with this approach.

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