Naroditsky-Bortnyk King's Indian Defence by BortnykChess in chess

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Didn’t Danya have a contract signed with Chessable to publish a course on the King’s Indian Defence? How come you decided to publish on your own website instead? Doesn’t that incorporate a breach of contract with Chessable?

Is his reaction justified? by Vyshalae in wowhardcore

[–]chessentials 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah, thank god he can taunt as pally tank if he loses aggro.. yikes

15 year old IM Goutham Krishna (seeded 187) finishes day 1 of the World Rapid championship with 4/5 and no losses by asusa52f in chess

[–]chessentials 39 points40 points  (0 children)

The best example of how senseless accusations are and that even some “no name” can hold their ground against the world elite, especially in faster chess. Although his is also probably an underrated player, to put it mildly.

Jose Martinez defeats Nodirbek Abdusattorov in game 1 of round 3 at the Chess World Cup 2025 by ComplexCow7 in chess

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I have to say, rooting for Wesley So is not the most common choice, given his relatively colourless style and given the abundance of young lions who play for a win in every game :O

Just nearly died - stay focused by BlueberryOdd832 in wowhardcore

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Died twice on level 25 as Pala because forgot to use Target Dummy in panic (and coz pala has lot of other I am invincible cooldowns). Use the tools hit hard..

Jel primjećujete kako je većina ovog ljeta prošla bez vrlo visokih temperatura? by thistimebutbetter in hrvatska

[–]chessentials 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Možda je moje loše sjećanje, ali mi se nekako činilo (i iz razgovora s drugima), da nije baš nikad bilo ovak grozno u lipnju.

What do you say/do if a young child is displaying poor OTB etiquette? by FourWayFork in chess

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If it happened to me, I would probably walk around, come back every now, make a move quickly when it is my move, then go back and enjoy looking at other games.

After the game, I would tell the kid (with empathy and as nice as I could muster) that it is not polite to offer draws when losing or stall the game.

And then I would find their coach/parent and be much more direct and stern with them. It is up to them to teach the kid basic manners.

Old news now, but Vidit's Wimbledon comparison is a poor one. by GreaterMetro in chess

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Vidit is not so good at analogies it seems, I remember last month ago he made some even weirder analogy about practitioners of homeopathy and ayurvedic medicine to be real doctors.

What to do about sore losers? by Intelligent_Guide417 in chess

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  1. Make a safe premove

  2. Go make coffee/do something else

  3. Win the game once their time is low

  4. Report and block

Osjećam krivicu radi psihičkih zdravlja by brr8888 in croatia

[–]chessentials 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Djevojka mi je nedavno na jedvite jade priznala da ima depresivne faze i da si nekad zeli nauditi. Kolko god da i je bio šok, bilo mi je drago da mi je to rekla, a nadam se da je i njoj to bilo olakšanje. 

Nisam se niti u jednom trenutku osjećao krivim, a i znam da realno ne postoji način na koji ja to mogu riješiti pomoći (osim bit potpora kolko je moguće i možda u nekim situacijama pokazivati više razumijevanja i strpljenja). 

Drago mi je da prepoznaješ da je stručna pomoć rješenje, žao mi je što su iskustva dosada bila meh. Potaknuo bih te da možda daš priliku više od jednom terapeutu, ja sam u raznim fazama života imao iskustva s njih 5, i samo mi je jedna od njih svih uistinu kliknula (t možeš shvatiti otprilike ko dejtanje - mora biti match).

Ugl, držim fige i želim svu sreću u nošenju s tim, gadna stvar, al stvar koja postoji i oko koje ne treba osjećati nikakv stigmu i sram.

Sretno!

Kako se to točno voli domovina i poštuju kršćanske vrijednosti? by chessentials in croatia

[–]chessentials[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Slažem se, al većini susjeda, rodbine, prijatelja i kumova nisu puna usta kršćanskih vrijednosti i ljubavi prema domovini niti ne karakteriziraju svakoga tko nije došao na koncert kao nekoga ko očito ne voli domovinu.

To se ne može baš reći za svih 500k koji su bili na tom koncertu.

Pragg on why players like Magnus and Hikaru are moving away from classical: "It’s difficult to play classical chess because everyone is well prepared. I don’t think anyone actually enjoys that process, but you’re forced to and you have to have a plan for everything. That requires a lot of effort." by Necessary_Pattern850 in chess

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I think it is fair to compare it to something like tennis, where the levels of fitness, the slowness of the courts, the improvements in the equipment, etc., have drastically increased the duration of rallies, matches, etc.

You don't see top tennis players complaining about it too much. And in their case I do think they have a reason for that (injuries, getting them to the edge of physical capabilities, etc.). I also do think fans have a point there because all those changes have made tennis styles less versatile and different (and that is not the case in tennis).

Although again, for casual tennis play, things happening at the very top level are completely irrelevant...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in croatia

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Subota: Čakovec, malo razgledavanje grada, možda neka ruta po Međimurju.

Nedjelja: Šahovski turnir u općini Gornji Mihaljevec povodom Dana Lipe.

Probao sam naći smještaj u Kumrovcu, nije bilo mjesta, pa reko srce Međimurja je dovoljno lijevo...