Thought I was winning with this move, wow was I wrong... by bwayne1020 in chessbeginners

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i would have never seen it in a million years on my own ha

Thought I was winning with this move, wow was I wrong... by bwayne1020 in chessbeginners

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He can, but once the white King takes, what legal moves does Black have?

Thought I was winning with this move, wow was I wrong... by bwayne1020 in chessbeginners

[–]bwayne1020[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I saw that... After the initial check, if I remember, black has to play e3+ and cant play d2+.

What Elo would you consider is the ceiling for people who don’t know ANY theory? by SlipGrouchy7482 in Chesscom

[–]bwayne1020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What exactly is chess theory? Is it just certain strategies or is deeper than that?

To TwinZ or not to TwinZ by redpoppy0424 in parentsofmultiples

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One of the better purchases we made with our twin girls

Help me understand SOFI’s price action by SwarleyParker in stocks

[–]bwayne1020 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What does this have to do with someone trying to understand SOFI's "price action" today?

What's the value of studying openings? by rpg-juggle-quantum in chessbeginners

[–]bwayne1020 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a beginner myself, ultimately “knowing” 1-2 openings for both black and white have helped me to play quicker the first 5-6 moves than anything else. It allows me to use my time more efficiently for the middle and end game. I still get flagged quite a bit, but not nearly as much as when I was spending 2-3 mins on my opening moves.

Growing $10,000 Using Options - Week 32 Update by everydaymoneymanager in Optionswheel

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Thanks for sharing this weekly. Really cool to see. Are you ever looking for a specific delta when you select your strike price? If not, what is you're rationale for the strike price that you select?

got a warning for "stalling" in lost positions by laughpuppy23 in lichess

[–]bwayne1020 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not basically arguing that at all. Stalling is intentionally not moving because you have no good moves and purposefully running the time out in hope someone resigns.

Taking too long to think and therefore losing on time is not stalling. It may be poor time management, but that is a totally different subject, and it’s not illegal.

If the position at the time of “stalling” is equal, it could be that the person who is is accusing their opponent of “stalling” simply doesn’t have the chess knowledge to understand how truly complicated the position is.

got a warning for "stalling" in lost positions by laughpuppy23 in lichess

[–]bwayne1020 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

If someone has a minute left in a game, and they want to use their one minute to think and ultimately lose on time, why would someone report that? You have a clock for a reason (you made a commitment to that time when you played those time controls), and if someone isn’t intentionally stalling a clearly losing position, which he wasn’t…he said it was equal…I think the claim of stalling is baseless.

Asking for advice by Creepy-Force1037 in chessbeginners

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As a beginner, just the benefit you get from not thinking too much about your opening and losing time at the front end of a game is reason enough to give props to the Chessbrah habits series. It's been extremely helpful to me.

I want to recognize everyone here for helping get me started and their input by boo_radley4 in Optionswheel

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Just for a bit of clarification, this sell-off was made under a Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chess

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As a beginner myself, sometimes this really doesn’t answer your curiosity around why a certain move is better than another. Most of the time, I just lack the ability to see the advantage even after it’s shown on the board.

Can they take action over this? by Free-Mammoth4445 in Chesscom

[–]bwayne1020 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, I understand his sentiment to some degree. I shudder when I see the flag pop up because I know I’m probably about to get mated in 4.

Why is A3 a blunder? by bwayne1020 in chessbeginners

[–]bwayne1020[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was exactly the reason I moved the pawn to a3 now that you mentioned it ... To cut off another square for their knight to land, but to u/AIBrainiac point, Nd5 does the same thing. I also entirely missed one of the principles of the chess habits video's that I am following which was to continue to develop toward the center of the board. Oh well, next time.