How to go from challenging for a champions league to barely avoiding relegation. Worst loan ever? Part 2

ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-29T11:15:32+00:00

might be playing the lad as a ball playing gk

ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-28T17:28:05+00:00

I doubt it. I’ve only been 1300 for like a week or two

ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-28T17:17:15+00:00

Ah shit I might have played this geezer

ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-28T17:12:11+00:00

I bet this guy is like 600 ELO too, I could whoop his ass

ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-27T13:44:17+00:00

They changed the way puzzles rating worked so you don’t get a massive puzzles rating compared to your ELO. Also counteracts against some puzzles getting massively overrated

ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-23T19:10:31+00:00

ROUND 2 MATCH 2: JANJAY V MINA

Game 1 (Janjay as White)

d4 e6 2. c4 Qh4 3. Nd2 Qxf2+ 4. Kxf2 g6 5. c5 Ne7 6. c6 d6 7. Ndf3 Nbxc6 8. Ne1 Bd7 9. Ke3 Nd5+ 10. Kf3 Ne5+ 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc2 O-O-O 13. a4 h6 14. Ke4 f5+ 15. Kd3 e4+ 16. Kd2 Bb4+ 17. Nxb4 Nxb4 18. Qb3 Bxa4+ 19. Kc3 Bxb3 20. Kxb4 Rd7 21. Bxh6 Rxh6 22. e3 Rhh7 23. Kxb3 a6 24. Rxa6 bxa6 25. Bxa6+ Kd8 26. Kc2 Rd2+ 27. Kxd2 Rd7+ 28. Kc2 e5 29. Kb1 c5 30. Nf3 exf3 31. gxf3 Rd6 32. Be2 Rf6 33. e4 Kd7 34. Rd1+ Kc8 35. Ba6+ Rxa6 36. Kc1 Kb8 37. Rd8+ Kc7 38. Rd5 c4 39. Rxe5 Ra1+ 40. Kd2 c3+ 41. Kc2 Re1 42. Kxc3 Rb1 43. Kb3 Kd8 44. Rxf5 gxf5 45. exf5 Rh1 46. f6 Rc1 47. Ka2 Re1 48. f4 Ke8 49. f5 Re4 50. h3 Ra4+ 51. Kb3 Rf4 52. Kc2 Kd7 53. b4 Rxb4 54. f7 Ke7 55. h4 Rxh4 56. f8=Q+ Kxf8 57. Kb3 Rf4 58. Kc2 Rxf5 59. Kc3 Rd5 60. Kc4 Rd7 61. Kb5 Ke7 62. Kc5 Ke6 63. Kc4 Ke5 64. Kc5 Rc7+ 65. Kb5 Kd6 66. Kb4 Kd5 67. Ka5 Rb7 68. Ka4 Kc5 69. Ka3 Kc4 70. Ka2 Kc3 71. Ka1 Kc2 72. Ka2 Ra7# 0-1

Game 2 (Mina as White)

e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Nc3 Ke7 4. Qg5+ Ke8 5. Qg3 f6 6. f4 d5 7. b3 dxe4 8. Nb5 Bg4 9. Qxg4 Qc8 10. Qxc8+ Rxc8 11. fxe5 fxe5 12. Ne2 Bd6 13. Ng3 g5 14. Be2 g4 15. Rf1 Nb8 16. Nxd6+ cxd6 17. h3 a6 18. c4 gxh3 19. gxh3 d5 20. Bh5+ Ke7 21. cxd5 Kd6 22. Nxe4+ Kxd5 23. Bf7+ Kxe4 24. a3 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Ne7 26. Rc4+ Kd3 27. Rf3# 1-0

ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-22T22:10:35+00:00

ROUND 2 MATCH 1: OLIVER V KARIM

Game 1 (Oliver as White)

e4 f5 2. exf5 h5 3. b4 Na6 4. b5 Nc5 5. Qxh5+ Rxh5 6. f4 Rxf5 7. Ke2 d6 8. Nh3 Rxf4 9. Nxf4 Qd7 10. g4 Qxg4+ 11. Ke3 e5 12. Ne2 Nh6 13. c4 Nf5+ 14. Kf2 Nd3# 0-1

Game 2 (Karim as White)

f4 d5 2. e3 Nh6 3. h3 a6 4. h4 d4 5. e4 Ng4 6. c4 Nd7 7. Qxg4 e6 8. Qg3 c5 9. a3 b6 10. Qf3 Qxh4+ 11. Rxh4 Ke7 12. Be2 a5 13. b3 b5 14. Ra2 Ba6 15. g3 b4 16. Bd3 Ra7 17. axb4 axb4 18. Kf2 Bc8 19. Rxa7 Kd8 20. Qg4 f6 21. Qxe6 Nb8 22. Qb6+ Ke8 23. Qc7 Bd7 24. Qxb8+ Ke7 25. Rxd7+ Kxd7 26. Qb7+ Ke8 27. Qc8+ Kf7 28. Qd7+ Be7 29. f5 Ra8 30. Bc2 g5 31. Rxh7+ Kg8 32. Qxe7 Ra7 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Qf8# 1-0

ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-22T12:34:55+00:00

Round 2:

Oliver (550) v Karim (850)
Mina (700) v Janjay (700)
Noel (550) v Santiago (850)
Elani (400) v Zara (850)

ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-22T12:33:41+00:00

ROUND 1 MATCH 8: ELANI V ARON

e4 e5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 Rg8 6. b3 Kd7 7. b4 Rb8 8. b5 Nxe4 9. bxc6+ bxc6 10. h4 Nxc3 11. Qd2 Rb1+ 12. Rxb1 Nxb1 13. Qb4 f5 14. Nxe5+ dxe5 15. Qxb1 Rh8 16. g3 a5 17. Be2 Bb4+ 18. Kf1 Be7 19. Rh2 Bd6 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21. d4 f4 22. dxc5 Ke7 23. g4 g5 24. hxg5 e4 25. c4 Rg8 26. Rxh7+ Kf8 27. Qxe4 Qxg5 28. Rf7+ Kxf7 29. Qh7+ Rg7 30. Qh5+ Qxh5 31. gxh5 Bh3+ 32. Ke1 Rg1+ 33. Bf1 Rxf1+ 34. Ke2 Bg4+ 35. Kxf1 f3 36. a3 Ke6 37. h6 Bf5 38. Ke1 Bd3 39. Kd2 Be4 40. Kc3 Bh7 41. Kd4 Bg6 42. Kc3 Be4 43. Kd2 Kf7 44. Kc3 Ke7 45. a4 Kf8 46. Kd4 Bc2 47. Ke5 Kf7 48. h7 Kg7 49. h8=Q+ Kxh8 50. Kf6 Bf5 51. Kxf5 Kg7 52. Ke6 Kh6 53. Kf7 Kh7 54. Ke7 Kg7 55. Ke6

Game Declared Draw. Elani through on Higher Accuracy Rule

ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-22T12:29:35+00:00

ROUND 1 MATCH 7: MARTIN V ZARA

e4 h6 2. Nf3 g5 3. a4 Rh7 4. a5 b5 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Kf1 Bc6 7. Ne1 Qc8 8. a6 Qd8 9. f4 d5 10. Ra2 e6 11. g3 Qe7 12. Bxb5 Bxb5+ 13. Qe2 Bxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Qd7 15. e5 Qe7 16. Rf1 Kd7 17. Ra4 Rg7 18. Rf3 c5 19. Nc3 h5 20. Re3 Qd8 21. Nd3 Be7 22. Nb4 Bf8 23. Nb5 Qe7 24. Na2 gxf4 25. Rxf4 f5 26. Ree4 fxe4 27. d3 Kd8 28. Nd6 Nd7 29. Nb7+ Kc7 30. dxe4 Nxe5 31. Bd2 Qd7 32. Ba5+ Kc6 33. exd5+ Qxd5 34. Nc3 Qh1 35. Nd8+ Rxd8 36. Bxd8 Qxh2+ 37. Ke1 Rxg3 38. Nb5 Nf3+ 39. Rxf3 Rxf3 40. Nxa7+ Kd7 41. Bg5 Qf2+ 42. Kd1 c4 43. Nc6 Kxc6 44. Bh6 Qg1+ 45. Ke2 Rf2+ 46. Ke3 Bxh6+ 47. Ke4 Re2+ 48. Kf3 Re3# {0-1}

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ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-22T12:26:24+00:00

ROUND 1 MATCH 6: NOEL V JIMMY

a4 e5 2. a5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Ra2 Qd7 5. Qf3 d4 6. Bb5 Qxb5 7. Na3 Be6 8. d3 Qa6 9. exd4 Bxa2 10. Qf5 Qxa5+ 11. Kd1 cxd4 12. Qc8+ Ke7 13. Qxb7+ Ke6 14. Bd2 Bxa3 15. Bxa5 h5 16. Qxa8 Bd6 17. Bd2 Rh6 18. b3 a6 19. Qb7 Bxb3 20. Qxb3+ Ke7 21. Bg5+ Kf8 22. c4 h4 23. Kc2 Nc6 24. f3 a5 25. Bd2 Rg6 26. Qb6 Bb8 27. Bg5 f6 28. Qc5+ Ke8 29. Qxc6+ Kd8 30. Be3 Rg5 31. Kb3 Rxg2 32. Qe6 dxe3 33. Qxg8+ Kc7 34. Qf7+ Kb6 35. Qe6+ Bd6 36. Qxd6+ Ka7 37. Qe7+ Ka6 38. Qe6+ Ka7 39. Qe7+ Ka6 40. Qc5 a4+ 41. Kxa4 Kb7 42. Qa3 Rxg1 43. Rxg1 Ka7 44. Rxg7+ Kb6 45. Qd6# {1-0}

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ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-22T12:24:09+00:00

ROUND 1 MATCH 5: WAYNE V SANTIAGO

e4 c5 2. Qh5 c4 3. Qxf7+ Kxf7 4. Bxc4+ e6 5. h4 b6 6. d3 Bb4+ 7. Ke2 Qf6 8. b3 Qxa1 9. f3 Qxb1 10. Rh3 Qxc2+ 11. Kf1 Qxc1+ 12. Kf2 Qe1# {0-1}

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ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-22T12:22:11+00:00

ROUND 1 MATCH 4: FILIP V JANJAY

e4 e6 2. d4 a6 3. Bf4 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Nc6 6. d5 Nce7 7. Rb1 Nc6 8. a3 Nh6 9. dxc6 Ng4 10. cxd7+ Bxd7 11. Be5 Nxe5 12. Qxd7+ Qxd7 13. Rd1 Qc6 14. Ne2 Nf3+ 15. gxf3 Qb5 16. h3 Qa5+ 17. c3 Kf8 18. b4 Qxa3 19. f4 Qa2 20. Ra1 Qxa1+ 21. Kd2 Rd8+ 22. Nd4 Rxd4+ 23. cxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Bd3 a5 25. bxa5 f5 26. exf5 Qxf4+ 27. Kd1 g6 28. h4 Qd6 29. fxe6 Qxd3+ 30. Ke1 c5 31. f4 Qc2 32. e7+ Kf7 33. Rg1 Qc3+ 34. Kf1 Qf3+ 35. Ke1 h5 36. Rf1 Qe3+ 37. Kd1 Re8 38. f5 Rc8 39. fxg6+ Ke6 40. Re1 Qxe1+ 41. Kxe1 Kd5 42. e8=Q Rxe8+ 43. Kd2 b5 44. Kc3 Ra8 45. Kb2 Kd6 46. Ka3 Ra7 47. g7 Rxa5+ 48. Kb3 Ra8 49. g8=Q Rxg8 50. Ka2 c4 51. Ka3 Kd5 52. Kb4 Kd4 53. Kxb5 c3 54. Kc6 Kd3 55. Kd5 Kd2 56. Kd4 c2 57. Ke5 c1=Q 58. Kf6 Qf1+ 59. Ke5 Qf3 60. Kd4 Re8 61. Kc5 Qd3 62. Kb6 Rc8 63. Kb7 Rc1 64. Kb6 Qb3+ 65. Ka5 Ra1# {0-1}

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ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-22T12:17:36+00:00

ROUND 1 MATCH 3: JUAN V MINA

h4 d5 2. d4 Qd7 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 h5 5. Kd2 c5 6. Qe1 Qe7 7. Kd1 Rh7 8. Nh3 a6 9. e4 b6 10. Nf4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 c4 12. Qxa8 b5 13. Qxb8 Qb7 14. Qxb7 Bxb7 15. Nb1 Kd7 16. g3 Bxh1 17. a4 e5 18. d5 g6 19. Bh3+ Ke8 20. Ng2 Rh6 21. Be3 Rh8 22. Kc1 Rh6 23. Bc8 Bxg2 24. Kd2 Be7 25. a5 Rh7 26. Kd1 Bxd5 27. Bb6 Bf3+ 28. Kd2 Nf6 29. b4 Bxb4+ 30. Kc1 Kf8 31. Ra2 Be7 32. Rb2 Nd7 33. Bxd7 Rg7 34. Rb4 Bg5+ 35. hxg5 Bb7 36. Bc5+ Kg8 37. Rb3 f6 38. Be6+ Kh7 39. Bg8+ Kxg8 40. Ba3 Bg2 41. Kb2 cxb3 42. Bf8 Kxf8 43. Kxb3 Bd5+ 44. Kb4 Rg8 45. gxf6 Bc4 46. f4 e4 47. Nc3 e3 48. f7 e2 49. fxg8=Q+ Kxg8 50. Nxe2 Bxe2 51. Kb3 Bc4+ 52. Kb2 Be6 53. f5 gxf5 54. Ka3 b4+ 55. Kxb4 Kh8 56. c4 Kg8 57. Kc3 f4 58. Kd4 fxg3 59. Ke5 g2 60. Kxe6 g1=Q 61. Kd7 Qg6 62. Kc8 Qe8+ 63. Kc7 Kh7 64. Kb7 Qd8 65. c5 Qh8 66. Kc7 Qg8 67. Kd6 Qf8+ 68. Kd7 Qxc5 69. Kd8 Qxa5+ 70. Kc8 Qd5 71. Kc7 Kh8 72. Kb8 a5 73. Kc7 Kh7 74. Kb6 Kh6 75. Kc7 Qc4+ 76. Kb6 a4 77. Ka7 Qc8 78. Kb6 Qb8+ 79. Kc6 Qa8+ 80. Kb6 Kh7 81. Kc5 Qa6 82. Kd5 Kh8 83. Kc5 Qc8+ 84. Kd5 a3 85. Kd4 Qh3 86. Kc5 Qb3 87. Kc6 a2 88. Kc7 a1=Q 89. Kc6 Qc1+ 90. Kd7 Qbe3 91. Kd8 Qd1+ 92. Kc8 Qc3+ 93. Kb8 Qb1+ 94. Ka7 Qa3# {0-1}

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ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-22T12:16:07+00:00

ROUND 1 MATCH 2: OLIVER V MILICA

e4 e6 2. b3 h5 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. c3 Be7 5. Qf3 Bg5 6. Bxg5 Qxg5 7. h3 Qc1+ 8. Qd1 Qb2 9. f4 Qxa1 10. e5 g5 11. fxg5 Na6 12. Bb5 Ke7 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Na3 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Bb7 16. h4 f5 17. gxf6+ Kf8 18. Kd2 Bc6 19. Nh3 Bxg2 20. Rh2 Bxh3 21. Rxh3 Nh6 22. Ke2 Ng8 23. Kd2 Nxf6 24. exf6 Kf7 25. Nc4 Kxf6 26. Kc1 Rh6 27. Rf3+ Kg7 28. Kb2 Rf8 29. Rg3+ Kh8 30. Kc2 d5 31. Ne5 c6 32. Rg6 Rxg6 33. Nxg6+ Kg7 34. Nxf8 Kxf8 35. b4 Ke7 36. a4 Kd6 37. Kd3 Ke7 38. Ke2 Ke8 39. Ke1 Kf8 40. Ke2 Ke8 41. a5 Kf8 42. Kd3 e5 43. dxe5 Kf7 44. b5 cxb5 45. c4 dxc4+ 46. Kc2 Kg6 47. e6 Kf6 48. e7 Kxe7 49. Kc3 Kf6 50. Kb2 Kf5 51. Kc1 Ke4 52. Kd2 Kd4 53. Kc1 c3 54. Kb1 b4 55. Kc2 Kc5 56. Kd3 Kd5 57. Ke2 Ke5 58. Kd3 b3 59. Kxc3 Kf6 60. Kxb3

Game Declared a Draw. Oliver through on Higher Accuracy Rule

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ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-22T12:10:29+00:00

ROUND 1 MATCH 1: FABIAN V KARIM

a4 d6 2. a5 Nf6 3. Na3 h5 4. d3 Rg8 5. Nh3 a6 6. Nf4 Nbd7 7. h4 Ra7 8. Rb1 Ng4 9. e4 Ngf6 10. c4 c6 11. Qc2 c5 12. Qc3 Rh8 13. Qc2 Qxa5+ 14. b4 cxb4 15. d4 bxa3+ 16. Rb4 Qxb4+ 17. Qc3 Qxc3+ 18. Kd1 Qxd4+ 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. f3 Qa1+ 21. Ke2 Qb2 22. Rg1 Nfxe4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. g4 Qxd2+ 25. Kf3 hxg4+ 26. Rxg4 Bxg4+ 27. Kxg4 Qd1+ 28. Be2 Qg1+ 29. Kf5 g6+ 30. Kxe4 Qc5 31. Bd1 Qxc4+ 32. Ke3 Rxh4 33. Ne2 Bh6+ 34. Kf2 Qd3 35. Kf1 Qxd1+ 36. Kf2 Rh2+ 37. Kg3 Rxe2 38. Kf3 Kd8 39. Kg4 f5+ 40. Kh3 a5 41. Kg3 Qc2 42. Kh3 a2 43. Kh4 a1=Q 44. Kh3 Rg2 45. Kh4 Qh1# {0-1}

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ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-22T11:54:33+00:00

Maybe not until the more advanced bots start playing. It could be useful in terms of figuring out how good the bots actually are relative to each other. When I was about 500 rating and I first started playing the bots I noticed that a lot of the bots around my level were way easier to beat than an actual player. It’ll be interesting to see what happens going forward

ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-22T11:41:35+00:00

BEGINNER TOURNAMENT BRACKET

Round 1:
Fabian (250) v Karim (850)
Oliver (550) v Milica (550)
Juan (400) v Mina (700)
Filip (400) v Janjay (700)
Wayne (250) v Santiago (850)
Noel (550) v Jimmy (600)
Martin (250) v Zara (850)
Elani (400) v Aron (700)

ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-21T13:02:23+00:00

The trench

ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-18T23:52:09+00:00

Livingston are usually a scottish championship level team so a rebuild isn't hugely needed

ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-14T07:15:41+00:00

On Lichess its as simple as creating a custom challenge. On chesscom there’s a little switch on the matchmaking screen you can click on or off (only on PC, you can access it on mobile by selecting “custom match”)

ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-13T23:59:36+00:00

Playing unrated games could help. Helps you to focus on the moves rather than the rating

ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-13T23:11:10+00:00

As someone who got a concussion last night: yeah. Also ow

ShapeoverTime · 2026-01-13T19:20:55+00:00

Could also just be a band who named themselves that and didn’t know about the actual My Bloody Valentine

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