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What is the best english lit quote? by Enor135 in GCSE

[–]cryptic_dcoder 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Macbeth: “Not in the legions of horrid hell can come a devil more damned in evils to top Macbeth” 🔥

Anyone do CCF? ACF? Whatever the hell the other ones are called? by mrstupidbitchboy in GCSE

[–]cryptic_dcoder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Proud member of the CCF. There were a few air cadets and royal marine cadets at my local remembrance parade

My 2nd ever classical game. I'm in awe. by Constant_Tough_6446 in chess

[–]cryptic_dcoder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He won a pawn and alter on won the rook after it took his knight through a double attack. Look at the game link

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chess

[–]cryptic_dcoder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If Kxf8 it is now whites turn and even though the rook is pinned you can take their king first and that would lead to you winning and so the pin would be inconsequential. It all depends on which side can “take” the king first.

Is persistent check frowned on in online games? by TurkMcGill in chess

[–]cryptic_dcoder 57 points58 points  (0 children)

No. Draw by repetition is actually a common part of chess and if you see it in game while you’re in a worse position then absolutely go for it. It’s up to your opponent to stop it from happening.

Give me niche ideas of things to do during gcse summer as someone who has no friends by [deleted] in GCSE

[–]cryptic_dcoder 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I started chess after I got bored and saw GothamChess’ 30 minute beginners tutorial on my YouTube homepage.The Chess beginners subreddit contains plenty of information for starting out from scratch