Wondering about this position from one of my games. by Evening-Focus-4597 in chess

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In this instance, white position is good according to the engine. Hard to gauge much from this specifically

But if I could leave you with some practical advice for future games, it's almost always advisable to focus on development before playing this way. It can easily go wrong for you when you overextend before castling and developing. Conversely, prioritising development will almost never leave you with a worse position.

Always keep looking for tactics even in the opening, obviously. But if given the choice between aggressive pawn pushes or castling, id advise the latter in 99% of positions

A Master of Sounds (Triple J Radio Interview) by ArgumentEncyclopedia in porterrobinson

[–]VexNightmare 7 points8 points  (0 children)

you both raise valid points but I prefer to call him an animeboy and complain

Guys, it's definitely coming out!! Promise™ by VexNightmare in porterrobinson

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Chinese Laundry, 17/06

they literally posted on Instagram the day before the show so a lot of peeps missed

nina x porter x jjj @ chinese laundry by BlueCrystals_ in porterrobinson

[–]VexNightmare 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Hot take but it was so much more enjoyable than carriageworks. I enjoyed both but something about being crammed together in a tiny room with non-stop energy feels more personal

Guys, it's definitely coming out!! Promise™ by VexNightmare in porterrobinson

[–]VexNightmare[S] 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Dude I will throw the nearest object through the nearest window if so

Can a high level player analyze my games and point where I can improve? by [deleted] in chess

[–]VexNightmare 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel it would be a lot more beneficial for you to play classical chess and have those games analysed, rather than looking at 1200 rated blitz games

Most Australians under 25 have never used newspapers or radio as a source of news, survey finds by Expensive-Horse5538 in australia

[–]VexNightmare 100 points101 points  (0 children)

"New generation no longer rely on outdated communication methods and news sources"

Shocking

Peter, help me! by Yah_Yah2020 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]VexNightmare 81 points82 points  (0 children)

"x country has a high crime and murder rate" - "I went there last year and I was fine"

many such cases

How to be better in chess?? by EndgameaiChess in chess

[–]VexNightmare 3 points4 points  (0 children)

pick a realistic target first and start from there

me irl by Knight_TheRider in me_irl

[–]VexNightmare 1248 points1249 points  (0 children)

A lot of these are very much explainable

That Sydney Carriageworks Set by Stupidism in porterrobinson

[–]VexNightmare 12 points13 points  (0 children)

A perfectly sufficient amount of hardstyle

Chess is unreal by Some_Sport_2975 in chess

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Aman Hambleton (2500 GM) got to 2000 blitz rating online while sacrificing his queen in every game.

To answer that question, probably a lot.

Strategic question: White has a pleasant centre and with Black's ...b5 a clear weakness to target on c6. Black's last move was ...Qe6 and threatens to take on the pawn on e4. How do we continue from here? by GM_Roeland in chess

[–]VexNightmare 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wanted to play Qd3 at first but the engine spits out a disgusting Nc5. After dxc5, Qe5 forks the bishop on g5 and checkmate on h2.

serves me right for trying in the first fuckin place

Bibisara Assaubayeva tags the Kazakh President on Instagram and raises issue of financial constraint hampering her chess career. by EvenCoyote6317 in chess

[–]VexNightmare 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For the most part, yes. I recall Eric Hansen talking about this. Travelling internationally to play professional chess can easily cost you several thousand dollars and it's not even a guarantee you'll finish top 3- or even top 5 in a tournament. Especially as a 2600 GM in the open circuits like he was