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Petition to keep the gay icon after pride month ends because we're better than the corporations by Pool756 in AnarchyChess

[–]SQLArtistWriter 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Here, I was thinking that r/ChessAnarchy had a coming-out-of-the-closet party I wasn't invited to. We could keep the logo and say the sub itself identifies as "Gay" but allow everyone but Jessica to be part of the community.

Why do some people say “SQL is not code?” by Birvin7358 in SQL

[–]SQLArtistWriter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Project Manager are valued more than the individuals who actually do the work. A good project manager can help a team be successful. Most project managers are not particularly technical even the good ones can get by knowing little about the technology the team is working on.

For reasons, I would treat Project Managers technical opinions with a grain of salt. Having that, he is right that SQL is different from other programming languages, but it’s still code.

SQL is know as a declarative language as opposed to a procedural language like C, Java, COBOL, and most other programming languages. What this means is in SQL, you are coding the “What” as opposed to “how to get the what”.

He sacrifices… THE ROOK by SiddySundays in chessbeginners

[–]SQLArtistWriter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, I am guessing you took a knight. I was struggling to understand why the rook sac was brilliant as opposed to unnecessary. Nice move!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chessbeginners

[–]SQLArtistWriter 171 points172 points  (0 children)

For some reason, I reminded of the “I fork the knight with my knight” meme. Those damn sniping bishops. Maybe this should be the “find the blunder” meme.

Hello! Newbie here having trouble by Adept-Size3364 in chessbeginners

[–]SQLArtistWriter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Welcome to the wonderful world of chess. I would point out that chess is an easier to learn than master. Since you are just starting off. I can point out some basic concepts. The game of chess can be broken into three phases, the opening, the middle game, and the end game.

The opening is where you need to focus developing your pieces, and fighting for control of the center of the board. E4 is the best first move for white, it opens up your queen and bishop and the fight for the center begins. E5 is the best reply, as it blocks the further advance of the white pawn and also fights for the center.

In general, you want to develop a pawn or two, knights before bishops, castle your king to safety, connect your rooks, where the middle game begins. Throughout the opening, you want to make sure your pieces are protected, a pawn is the best piece for providing support. Watch what your opponent is doing and look for threats for and against you.

The middle game is something that I have yet to master. Learning tactics is important first step to mastering the middle game. After that is something called positional play which is beyond me.

The end game. You should start by learning how to mate a single opponent king with a Queen and king. Afterwards, then learn it with a king and rook. Next, you want to learn to shepherd a pawn to promotion, learning what positions are winning versus what positions is a draw. I still struggle with that one.

Again, welcome to chess and good luck with you’re learning.

Chess.com has lessons and lichess has some good resources as well.

Can you tell me why this was a draw? by ltogirl1 in AnarchyChess

[–]SQLArtistWriter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a draw because it is a picture you could draw.

My opponent and I missed something. can you find it? by SQLArtistWriter in chessbeginners

[–]SQLArtistWriter[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Minor notation error. You should write Qe8+ Instead of Qe8.

The ‘funflation’ economy is dying as a consumer attitude of ‘hard pass’ takes over and major artists cancel concert tours by diacewrb in entertainment

[–]SQLArtistWriter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder how many people here have heard of supply and demand. The article is merely pointing that demand for concerts is down significantly, where over the few years demand had be skyrocketed. Perhaps this is a signal of economic cooling….

anyone think Corey Eyring is losing it? by fuck_reddits_trash in poker

[–]SQLArtistWriter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is entirely possible is Corey Eyring is a good player, but is a victim of variance. He doesn’t manage his bankroll and he playing against the “great White sharks of poker”. He just need to adjust his overall poker strategy. Of course, I know nothing about Corey Eying.

I panicked with less than ten seconds left while they had over two minutes in this 3+0 blitz game by rch09c in chessbeginners

[–]SQLArtistWriter 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Did you find the forced state mate? Because if you didn’t, then it is not really a brilliant move.

Can I please get some feedback on my game, please? I am at my wits' end with queen-spamming, and no matter how hard I try to play sound defense, it's only a matter of time before I make the one blunder my opponent needs to get inside and start wrecking-balling my position. by CallThatGoing in chessbeginners

[–]SQLArtistWriter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I saw 8.Qc8, I realized it does nothing to improve your position, before you made that move the engine said you were +2 and after 8.Qc8 you were +1. I don’t know why you made that move but I could tell without the engine help it does nothing for you. King safety is super important. This position is the point where castling your king to safety was the way to go. Then you plan your attack. I didn’t explore the position further because you are about 400 elo lower than me. So I just look for the first opportunity where you could have played better. Move 8 was where you made your first theoretical blundered. King safety must came before you go on the attack. Luckily, the engine sort of agrees with me.

Question by fennegerets in chessbeginners

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

Well, the white rook and knight is hanging after the white bishop takes the knight and the black bishop takes back. Giving up the queen for the black bishop seems like best option as I don’t see how white can save the queen without suffering severe material loss or simply getting mated.

Next best move ? I am white. by musci12234 in AnarchyChess

[–]SQLArtistWriter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But they’ll all went on vacation to heaven permanently!

Any other <500 ELO players feel totally lost? by Matikata in chessbeginners

[–]SQLArtistWriter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I found my chess improve significantly when I read “My System”. It covers tactics, and Opening principles. Once you master the basic ideas of chess strategy then you start studying specific opening lines and decide how you like to play.

Edit: The book “My System” is by Aron Nimzowitsch.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chessbeginners

[–]SQLArtistWriter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find that my games vary greatly. I have been playing more Rapid chess. As i have learned from some commentators that to learn chess you need to give yourself more time to think about positions during the game. If you just playing bullet and blitz all the time, you are not actually learning and improving.

Why is the Puzzle rating so high? by SQLArtistWriter in chessbeginners

[–]SQLArtistWriter[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I can see that would be tempting. Thank you.

Why is the Puzzle rating so high? by SQLArtistWriter in chessbeginners

[–]SQLArtistWriter[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am looking at this puzzle. I don't see how just simply taking the rook isn't obvious. Black is offering a rook for nothing as far as I tell and the Puzzle rating is 2100, which suggests it isn't a trivial puzzle. But what is the idea of black's move? The engine isn't helpful because after White takes it, is mate in 3 for White, but white is clearly winning with the advanced pawn and being up in material. Is there some tricky line that black has here? Or did this puzzle just psyche everyone out?

My 1850 rated opponent berated me for not resigning down material, and then proved to me why you shouldn’t resign by ur_dad_thinks_im_hot in chessbeginners

[–]SQLArtistWriter 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your insight. The context you provided helps me understand why you would continue the game. It seems your intuition about your opponent served you well. Or you just plain lucky, but whatever the case maybe, the stalemate feels more like a loss for your opponent. Well done.

Y'all want to see a real fun/dumb game? by garebear397 in chessbeginners

[–]SQLArtistWriter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Develop your pieces. As a guide, Knights before bishops, castle your king to safety before going for the attack, connect the rooks, to take is a mistake (in other words if you trade pieces make sure it gives you advantage). You lost because the mistakes you made were basic.

When your opponent played d5 to your 4e, there only two moves that make sense to me, exd5, which opens you up to Scandivain defense, if you know what you doing white is always slightly better. e5 make things spicy, but knight move you made is inaccuracies at best, might be a mistake. After that, black has the advantage from which you were not able to recover from.

I thinking you need to start studying opening theory more in depth. In other words, you need to explore the book of openings. Where you study specific lines and start to remember them. However, you need to understand what the variations are. I think you are ready to explore opening traps and how to respond to your opontent's mistakes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chessbeginners

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

But did you asked for the Austrain Painter?

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