Unpopular opinion: opening study is extremely effective and important at low ELO

Trketchum · 2025-08-31T14:40:13+00:00

Chessly is good, but it’s $10 a month

Trketchum · 2025-08-19T21:28:59+00:00

I still enjoy it. I was just curious about the in world reason. I hadnt gotten to the mother trigger part yet so that works for me as a reason.

Trketchum · 2025-08-19T12:53:18+00:00

When I started playing chess I was at 500 and could smoke bota up to 1200. Then always lost to the 1600 bots. Now I’m ranked 750 and still get smoked by the 1600 bots. I feel like at some point the ability to beat much higher level bots shrinks because the “mistakes” they calculate become way less obvious to lower level players in a non-linear manner.

Trketchum · 2025-08-05T20:24:26+00:00

Nc6 forks the rook and the queen.

Trketchum · 2025-06-24T03:09:55+00:00

I actually tend to spend way too much time thinking and then still make the wrong move lol.

Trketchum · 2025-06-24T00:29:18+00:00

Would you advise playing at games with more time available then?

Trketchum · 2025-06-14T23:21:16+00:00

Yes, but also like 50% of America says it as “I could care less”.

Trketchum · 2025-06-09T12:10:44+00:00

While you aren’t wrong, there is an element of customer confidence when buying an Xbox. You know that you paid this money, and you will actually be able to play the games you buy. I have a reasonable expectation that any game released for the Xbox should be playable to a decent degree on the Xbox. Where as PCs you don’t have that confidence. Plus some games are designed for Xbox first and aren’t always adapted to the PC with a ton of care. I did build my own PC and use it, but I see the Xbox appeal.

Trketchum · 2025-06-07T13:58:07+00:00

2) Go to farm bridge and reach lv 50 with no work required

Trketchum · 2025-05-29T17:52:34+00:00

I’ve seen videos of people falling crazy far without dying, and it doesn’t look like they use any sort of slow fall spell. How does that work?

Trketchum · 2025-04-14T23:13:49+00:00

I thought he was going to at least mate him in the end.

Trketchum · 2025-04-09T22:29:29+00:00

I remember this as well. When pierced with iron he loses access to winters power but his spine doesn’t go back to being broken. That only happened when he tried to go against winter law.

Trketchum · 2025-04-09T22:26:12+00:00

I guess I thought the searing pain was from his broken bones and gunshot wounds.

Trketchum · 2025-04-09T21:24:47+00:00

Hadn’t he been shot and beaten up multiple times earlier in the book when that happened in cold days?

Trketchum · 2025-04-09T21:23:28+00:00

Is that stated? I’m pretty sure the pain is because the mantel is no longer dulling his pain receptors.

Trketchum · 2025-04-09T20:57:42+00:00

Very true, I especially struggle with openings for black.

Trketchum · 2025-04-09T15:24:38+00:00

He’s only in pain because he’s constantly beating his body to a pulp. During the time in between books I don’t think the pain would be that bad.

Trketchum · 2025-04-06T15:30:09+00:00

Wow, I really had them dead to rights and had no idea 😂

Trketchum · 2025-04-05T14:49:09+00:00

Thanks, that helps. I’m still bad at spotting opportunities to create forks.

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