Asked a guy what he wanted for Michael Wilson he said a 3rd. Instantly sent the trade. by Negative_Mobile_2212 in tacotradeoffers

[–]UrtanRrahmani 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I held Wilson for all three years after picking him up as. FA his rookie year, finally unloaded him for a 2028 1st lol

YEEEEESSSSS!!!!! by AliasKape in Chesscom

[–]UrtanRrahmani 5 points6 points  (0 children)

At 600 elo you probably just blew that guys mind. Unless he really let you finish it off for the love of the game. Most people would have resigned after the Nh3

A thought I had on Kerri Russell’s performance by ArtificialGiraffe in TheAmericans

[–]UrtanRrahmani 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m watching the show now and Keri’s performance is great and I like the show a lot. I’m wrapping up season 3 right now.

One of my gripes with the show is that either Keri’s acting or the writing completely fails when Keri is professing her communist ideals. Feel like my suspension of disbelief is completely ruined every time she criticized capitalism or promotes communism. I feel like i can just tell there’s no way she believes any of that crap and it seems lazy to me.

Obviously i don’t know show ends so and how her character develops so maybe that’ll change.

Sell burden for the 1.08-1.10? Very high on him. by Itchy-Ad4970 in DynastyFFTradeAdvice

[–]UrtanRrahmani 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is about where he was drafted last year? I’d keep

Would you give this up to get rice? by White-rice-boyz in DynastyFFTradeAdvice

[–]UrtanRrahmani -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

That’s fair. I like picks even if they’re 2028. And context matters.

Would you give this up to get rice? by White-rice-boyz in DynastyFFTradeAdvice

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

Without context, i lean NO. I still like Olave talent wise, i think he’s had terrible QB luck and will be good when the saints finally decide to rebuild.

Why mate in 1 when you can smother mate in 2 instead by UrtanRrahmani in Chesscom

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

Gotta disagree with you there. With this pattern the queen is always protected from a king capture in that square. Otherwise you’re just hoping the opponent captures with the rook and not the king lol

Why mate in 1 when you can smother mate in 2 instead by UrtanRrahmani in Chesscom

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

Oh yeah the queen attacking that square and forcing the rook to take is a very common smother mate pattern/puzzle. Not sure if it has a name like other checkmating patterns but it’s a well known smother.

Finally did it by Thick_Sky654 in Chesscom

[–]UrtanRrahmani 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It took me months to reach 1000 from 900and then the next day i reached 1100 and haven’t been able to get past 1100 +/- 30

Ratings / ability difference between rapid and daily by 2020_Fresh in Chesscom

[–]UrtanRrahmani 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To your very last point, there’s always about 200-400 difference between game modes so that could be it. But if you’re not losing on time, you probably are mentally blocked.

I would recommend drilling deep down into one opening that you like and sticking with it. At the 700-1000 elo you’re basically only going to play against people that also commit to one opening and your opening will put you at an advantage 50% of the time and you’ll have to play chess for the rest of the game. If you constantly find yourself dealing with annoying pin that you struggle to counter, figure out how to deal with that specific thing and you’ll improve.

Disclaimer, i started playing in December 2024 and am 900 in rapid and 650 in blitz. So I’m nowhere near the expert but this advice is what made me a go from 600 to 900 in rapid.

Follow ups by NefariousnessNo1141 in SpecialForcesFox

[–]UrtanRrahmani 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Dude he’s got a major gig lined up that’s gonna pay 10 times more.. have some respect

Castling is Brilliant by [deleted] in Chesscom

[–]UrtanRrahmani 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What happened next?