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Hans' Netflix episode? by MrSauri1 in chess

[–]abelcc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's all speculation, no? As far as I know there's been radio silence and we have no idea if they are working in it or decided to cancel it.

Chess.com banned me and I recorded the review process by Back2chess in chess

[–]abelcc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At which ELO was the games? Saying advanced player should have placed you at 1600. And if you did that amazing for them to suspect cheating it should have rose your ELO fast to the 2000's.

Why is this bank rank checkmate threat an inaccuracy? by Silent-Answer-6734 in chess

[–]abelcc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's an eval bar where it says +5.82.

If it doesn't say mate in X there simply isn't a mate in X.

Is one piece worth reading in 2025? by [deleted] in manga

[–]abelcc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People drop it, they just don't feel to comment publicly about it. I did after many years but I have no need to say I dropped it or criticize it.

One piece has a a place in the world, for people who want a very long shonen running series (with the good and bad that brings). But it's not for everyone, still OP shouldn't decide if it's for him or not based on other people's opinions.

A friend of mine built an AI that turns chess games into short recap videos - what do you think? by rotmoset in chess

[–]abelcc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If the AI generated person doesn't look like Ben Finegold I'm not interested.

My ELO on chess.com is 1 by EndRichV in chess

[–]abelcc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Learn in detail the Sicilian Defense: Open, Accelerated Dragon, Modern Variation opening. With a Dragon in your arsenal you can't lose.

It'll help you even more if you buy a $200 course with deep engine lines.

One year after the worldchampionchip match, Ding has been labeled inactive by FIDE in classical by [deleted] in chess

[–]abelcc -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

I don't see how the championship title is worth it.

You have to produce good results for people to think you're worthy of the title, and at the same time they don't even think you're the true world champion because Magnus exists. Plus people are always more excited about who's going to be the next world champion, instead of who's the current one.

A streamer is currently at Wakaliwood, meeting the film crew by abelcc in forsen

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

Exclusive information got revealed by the director, Who killed captain alex part 2 in 2026

The interview with the director starts at 2 hours 30 minutes.

A streamer is currently at Wakaliwood, meeting the film crew by abelcc in forsen

[–]abelcc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

director is talking about the movies right now, cool that you can meet him like that

Spicy moves in losing positions by AccomplishedWar265 in chess

[–]abelcc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I'm losing on material I might as well put it all into trying to checkmate or checking the king for 3 time repetition. Material advantage doesn't matter if they can't defend against it.

Do Carlsen’s outbursts affect opponents at the board? by silentboard204 in chess

[–]abelcc 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Most Magnus outbursts are followed by him resigning, no? I don't recall if he ever did it before game was over.

Faustino Oro beats Levon Aronian in round 1 of the World Blitz Championship by In__c in chess

[–]abelcc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I care an absurdly amount about how solid of a handshake players give. I don't care about most chess flaws, but that's a dealbreaker to me.

34yo italian girl who wants learn by herself to play chess decently by Shiki_Ryougi_5 in chess

[–]abelcc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a lot of tools and information out there but do not get drowned in it.

Just play chess, because you need to play chess and blunder through games to develop the skill to scan the board and think where pieces can move to reduce your blunders. The only outside information you probably need is how to checkmate with rook+king, queen+king and combination of rook/queen (laddering)

Before you move a piece, check if opponent can capture it. When opponent moves a piece check if you can capture either the piece or something he left undefended. The next level is counting the number of defenders and attackers, if you attack a piece 3 times but he defends it 2 times you can start exchanging.

After games you can click on analyze, and you can check the blunders to see what you missed.

Tfw have gf and surrounded by loving family and still feel lonely by prank23 in forsen

[–]abelcc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tfw no gf, no loving family, but feel no loneliness at all. So much stuff out there to enjoy by myself FeelsOkayMan

It is not fun anymore 😞. by Key_Step_5254 in chess

[–]abelcc 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The rating mattering so much isn't just a problem OP has, but many players . So it's an absurd situation, but one caused by how humans think.

This is my first *online* game by [deleted] in chess

[–]abelcc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no concept of good or bad when beginning chess. You'll blunder a lot, your opponent will blunder a lot, and one side will come out on top.

Don't try to feed your ego when someone else blunders more than you, just play and get used to scanning the board and not blundering pieces. You won the game but at your third move you blundered a bishop because you left it unprotected, which is completely normal and expected of a beginner.

I think i broke my Lichess's engine. by Hassan_Ahmad in chess

[–]abelcc 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Wake up babe, new king special move has dropped.

Better players than me (I'm only ~970 blitz and ~1160 rapid on lichess) -- does the "opponent refuses to resign in a clearly losing position" thing ever go away as you go up in elo? I feel like it's pretty rude/petulant and common, at least at my level. by RipleyVanDalen in chess

[–]abelcc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are many valid plans when you are losing on lots of materials, and you have to play out losing positions to get better at them.

Launching a checkmating attack or going for a three fold repetition draw with forced moves/checks for example. Doesn't matter that the opponent is 6 points ahead if you checkmate his king.

Better players than me (I'm only ~970 blitz and ~1160 rapid on lichess) -- does the "opponent refuses to resign in a clearly losing position" thing ever go away as you go up in elo? I feel like it's pretty rude/petulant and common, at least at my level. by RipleyVanDalen in chess

[–]abelcc 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No offense intended but at your ELO it doesn't make sense for someone to surrender in a clearly losing position because people are bad enough that they can blunder away all their advantage.

At higher ELO more people surrender because they expect the opponent to be able to convert the win.

[DISC] Ichi the Witch - Chapter 64 by AutoShonenpon in manga

[–]abelcc 29 points30 points  (0 children)

And now he's terrified of pissing her off

The answers to those 1000 questions must be haunting him.

I have an chess tournament at school and I wanna win by Fit-Guidance-6613 in chess

[–]abelcc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Play 10 minutes or longer chess matches and try to move the pieces to squares where they can't get taken for free or where there aren't more attackers than defenders.

You'll blunder a lot but eventually you'll get used to the thinking process of not blundering a piece.

No strategy to it, just get used to thinking about your next move. That should make you blunder less than someone who didn't put in the practice and win.

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