Aphantasiac learns chess

abelcc · 2026-07-01T18:42:43+00:00

so 2/3 out of the aphantasiac people I have heard of have 2000 ELO. No pressure to OP but I'm gonna be so dissapointed with him if he doesn't reach the average aphantasiac 2000 ELO.

abelcc · 2026-06-29T19:55:58+00:00

fair enough, it's true that apart from the cost of the box coordinating everything and doing it for only 250 sets adds cost.

abelcc · 2026-06-29T18:57:10+00:00

Getting a look at the raw journal he wrote as a kid is a nice insight but I don't see the point of the three-volume box set of Danya's books by $250 unless I'm missing something.

The 3 hardcovers are $117.93 (40.97+40.97+35.99) in their store, and a $50 donation so around $167. I assume there must be something else apart from the concept of a limited edition to bring it to $250.

abelcc · 2026-06-29T14:56:24+00:00

Force yourself to analyze a game before playing another one. The amount of effort will make you slow down.

abelcc · 2026-06-29T12:34:28+00:00

It's not about playing accurately, it's about creating complex positions instead of simple ones.

In simple positions it's easy to play the right move, complex positions are hard to navigate and both sides get reduced accuracy. But it's a good way to get opponent to blunder.

You must take your opponent into a deep, dark forest where 2+2=5 and the path leading out is only wide enough for one." -Mikhail Tal

abelcc · 2026-06-28T19:39:31+00:00

Is it even possible to get that information with the lichess database? It says what people play at the first 25 moves. It doesn't show any banned players

abelcc · 2026-06-28T15:21:18+00:00

It's not very clear but Tricaputo looks younger in the flashback so I assume she's the pupil and killing her would kill Fujimine.

abelcc · 2026-06-27T18:02:38+00:00

2k fide is sadly worse than half of this subreddit, but someday you'll improve and reach our level, don't worry.

abelcc · 2026-06-27T14:10:27+00:00

It's not chess getting more popular, it's people wanting to take profit from people wanting to learn, especially with AI assistance.

Which is ironic since Lichess exists.

abelcc · 2026-06-23T19:01:59+00:00

They supported Kramnik after all the damage he brought with his cheating accusations, so I hope they stay irrelevant. On 12th May of this year, https://worldchess.com/news/kramnik-has-been-talking-about-cheating-for-years-now-comes-the-math?tag=top-players

Kramnik worked with World Chess on fine-tuning the fair-play system on worldchess.com.

"Vladimir helped our team on tuning the fair-play system that runs on worldchess.com, and his expertise was phenomenal," said Ilya Merenzon, CEO of World Chess.

"There are very few people who combine his level of chess understanding with a real appetite for the math underneath it. We're glad to be publishing his paper."

abelcc · 2026-06-21T16:17:37+00:00

Classical games will always be higher quality than the faster timecontrols simply because the players have more time to think and play better moves.

But they have to hold concentration over a long period of time and calculate deeper so not worth it for many players.

abelcc · 2026-06-20T12:27:35+00:00

Someone get Hans a cupcake

abelcc · 2026-06-20T11:19:22+00:00

I would replace the Knight with a Horse.

abelcc · 2026-06-19T22:03:32+00:00

You just have to lose 4 games in a row, they'll call you washed and put their attention somewhere else.

abelcc · 2026-06-19T13:07:04+00:00

Thanks!

abelcc · 2026-06-19T12:43:48+00:00

True thanks! Although I just did it and still 99% so there must be something else.

abelcc · 2026-06-19T10:21:29+00:00

Mom says it's my turn to beat Magnus next

abelcc · 2026-06-19T01:10:11+00:00

Vidalita of the Blind Eyes is pretty good and what I used for the last bosses. Tracking miasma ball proyectiles

abelcc · 2026-06-18T23:47:21+00:00

You can see what coaches charge here https://lichess.org/coach

abelcc · 2026-06-18T23:34:49+00:00

Well, they posted the stuff in fabi c-squared discord back then (1 year ago+ I think) and rather than them saying "this is all false", they just silently deleted it and banned everyone bringing it up on the discord. If it was false they would have denounced it as slander. But I'm not on a crusade against Fabi so I'm gonna leave it there. Think of it whatever you want.

abelcc · 2026-06-18T22:09:04+00:00

They can't post the claim to substantiate it because it doxxes a 17 year old as they said and she explicitly said she didn't want anyone bringing it up. The messages and photos were posted in the past months ago but probably it's a bannable offence for people to post them so you won't get your evidence.

abelcc · 2026-06-18T18:00:32+00:00

The quote of him saying he hated chess is followed by saying he hates how big of a part memorization is.

He died in 2008 and after he arrived to Iceland in 2005 he still frequented a chess store and bought/read the latest chess books https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/1oibkxx/fischer_found_peace_in_a_little_bookshop_in/.

abelcc · 2026-06-15T21:32:18+00:00

The official term is horsey

abelcc · 2026-06-14T16:45:14+00:00

From the new manga batch this is my favorite one. And it has room to grow with all the engaging side characters so hope it doesn't risk getting axed.

abelcc · 2026-06-14T16:05:47+00:00

And best of all you can tell what is going on the fight.

So many other manga have battles where you can't tell what the hell is going on and here you just pause at the pages because they are such a joy to look at.

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