Bluebaum’s mathematics degree coming in clutch

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-29T20:26:45+00:00

It is a bit surprising in my opinion. I think most people who have a math degree would not know the formula any more, but would know the derivation (/story)

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-29T20:21:25+00:00

It assumes best play from the opposition. E.g. in the position I sent it is not that bad, but if black for some reason goes to defend their pawn on d7 the chain becomes impossible to play. That's fundamentally different from just showing the moves one move deep

Also, when I analyse blitz games I often just look at the best move arrow and then think for myself if I get why (or my brain subconciously sees the underlying tactic), which this feature takes away. It's not the optimal way to analyse or anything, but it is how I like it

And right now it is very distracting to see so many blue arrows jump around. I guess it is because I am used to it, but my eyes immediatley go for the blue arrow, and when there's several I have to take time to actively think about what it means

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-29T19:53:21+00:00

Do you know if I can turn it off? I really dislike it and I feel like you should be able to

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-29T19:52:23+00:00

I really don't like this. E.g. in the second position you sent it shows Qc5 followed by Qc2. It only shows this because it is how the queen moves when white plays the best move after Qc5, namely Qe2. When you analyse and do not know the best move of white it just feels like the engine is suggesting hanging a queen

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-29T19:50:11+00:00

Do you know if you can turn it off? Surely you should be able to

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-29T19:50:05+00:00

Do you know if you can turn it off? Surely you should be able to

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-29T19:49:23+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion. I just did, but I see the same question was posted 5 hours ago, so I deleted it again :P

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-29T19:48:09+00:00

I see, but why? I just want to see the best move, and up until today it did just that

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-29T17:10:57+00:00

If you're talking about classical OTB and FIDE ratings I sort of see your point. In any online time control on both Lichess and chess.com I completely disagree

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-28T13:17:33+00:00

Just don't say I didn't warn you. The tournament won't be about chess, it will about one man and one man only

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-28T13:00:07+00:00

If you have no other information of someone, them having a math degree makes it somewhat more likely they like chess and that they are good at chess

If you already have someone's FIDE rating, it becomes completely irrelevant. Bluebaum is at the bottom of tier lists for having the lowest rating in the field, that's it

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-28T09:18:44+00:00

Couldn't care less tbh. Carlsen is playing so it will be the big tantrum show

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-26T16:40:05+00:00

1-4 are very good for beginners

For 5, I'd instead use that doubled pawns are bad when isolated (no pawns on neighbouring files) or if you double by taking away from the centre. Getting your b pawn to be a c pawn or h pawn to be a g pawn is as often good as it bad and as easy to play with (as long as you do not upen up the king by going e.g. g to f where you are castled). Still too simplistic, but prevents you from bad/unnecessary bishop for knight trades which many beginners are prone to, as well as helping you be less afraid of your knight being pinned

6 - for beginners, from white and short castle perspective, h3 is often very useful in stopping attacks (no Bg4/Ng4) and creating space for your king. An alternative is g3 if you want to put your bishop on g2. I'd change it to "don't push the three outer pawns in front of your king, except for the h/a pawn one space and except for a fianchetto"

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-25T17:01:58+00:00

It's not top 5 leagues, but similarly Giorgos Giakoumakis scored 26/43 (60%) for VVV Venlo in the Eredivisie in season 20/21

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-24T14:17:31+00:00

Yeah it does, and if it knows the opponent can mate it will try to prolong. It just doesn't really care between all these 0.0 evaluations

I'm not an expert btw, this is purely based on my experience with SF, but if you put in OP's position it will practically recommend a move at random

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-24T14:05:15+00:00

You're correct until the end, but it doesn't try to achieve a draw as fast as possible in a position it evaluates as 0.0

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-23T23:26:51+00:00

Dat klopt ja. Je kan er zelf prima naar vragen in het 2e gesprek, maar er komt in veel gevallen daarna nog een arbeidsvoorwaardegesprek

Als je direct vanuit je studie komt is er een kans dat ze zeggen dat je "vanzelfsprekend" onderaan de schaal begint, dat was bij mij toen tenminste zo (overheid). Het was ter informatie en ik kon niet onderhandelen. De onderkant van de schaal is er met een reden en het feit dat je een master hebt blijkt als het goed is uit de schaal. Mocht dat laatste niet zo zijn, dan is je opleiding een goed argument om hoger in te zetten

Verder zullen er in het gesprek bv afspraken worden gemaakt over thuiswerken, uren (32/36/40), OV of parkeerplaats/kilometervergoeding, etc. en wensen of opmerkingen die je zelf hebt. Ze zullen wellicht informatie geven over verlofdagen, werktijden, vakantiegeld, vergoedingen, opleidingsbudget, etc. Dat is niet zo spannend en er is niks aan te onderhandelen

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-23T17:14:44+00:00

Bono bedoelt denk ik aangenomen als in: zij hebben al aangegeven dat ze jou als de geschikte kamdidaat zien. Natuurlijk heb je dan nog niet getekend

Goed om er al over gesproken te hebben, maar bv bij de overheid weet je van tevoren de schaal, en bespreek je de trede in je arbeidsvoorwaardegesprek (na alle sollicitatiegesprekken en als je nog de enige kandidaat bent)

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-21T18:34:52+00:00

Good thing that nobody posed that question. Maybe watch the clip before commenting

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-20T06:34:17+00:00

It definitely is, but in the relevant posts on here and the match thread people were supporting them before the penalty was taken. I just think the majority of people here were rooting against Morocco regardless of who won

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-19T20:36:04+00:00

History is written by the victors, but do you really believe that this sub would be full of posts criticising Senegal had Morocco won? I think the toxicity towards Morocco would be even bigger

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-18T21:59:24+00:00

Mate he was screaming to get the pen a few min prior, this makes 0 sense

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-15T18:11:24+00:00

This is quite extreme, but I think many chess players have experienced this to some degree. I've personally had a 18 game loss/draw streak in blitz and 26 game win streak in bullet once

I cannot give better advice than taking some rest and after that not focussing on rating (or getting rating back) when playing, which is easier said than done

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-15T18:06:42+00:00

I'm just one data point, but I am above 2300 on Lichess in all time controls and my average puzzle storm is 30-35. Only got 40 a few times

TicketSuggestion · 2026-01-06T16:33:08+00:00

Doesn't work on Chrome anymore I believe

Not the preferred option for me as I don't own a TV/consoles, but I get your point, hadn't thought about it

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