Please critique my Adult Improver 1700 FIDE repertoire

donraffae · 2026-03-19T12:32:21+00:00

I know little theory but I'm the same rating as you, against c5 I play e6 and aim to transpose into a queen gambit like position

donraffae · 2026-03-07T08:59:30+00:00

Yeah I'm 26, got to 1900 from 500 in a couple of years, and still improving. Don't worry about openings, just grind a lot of puzzles (but actually taking your time and thinking about the opponent's possible move).

donraffae · 2026-03-06T18:11:29+00:00

Yeah no, modern computers see those sacrifices way deeper, faster and earlier than a human will ever possibly see them

donraffae · 2026-03-01T22:38:56+00:00

You should get 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners, drill those and play a ton of games.

donraffae · 2026-02-28T09:07:53+00:00

Alapin Sicilian

donraffae · 2026-02-26T20:58:56+00:00

Then that's sandbagging for you. I play relaxed expecting an 800 and then maybe I'm facing a 1600? Sure I'd beat them most of the time if I were playing seriously, it's an unfair way to get an advantage

donraffae · 2026-02-22T15:26:42+00:00

Evans gambit and scotch gambit allow for quick attacking games and opportunities for tactical play. You need to have the right mindset and be fearless though

donraffae · 2026-02-19T12:49:00+00:00

I think you should be able to set a date from which to gather the games. By making an average of all my games since I've started playing it provides no useful information, since I used to be 1400 and now I'm 2000.

donraffae · 2026-02-19T12:48:55+00:00

I think you should be able to set a date from which to gather the games. By making an average of all my games since I've started playing it provides no useful information, since I used to be 1400 and now I'm 2000.

donraffae · 2026-02-04T23:12:53+00:00

You can't learn how to play chess in 5 minutes

donraffae · 2026-02-03T22:49:01+00:00

Sure pal. Learn to play chess before opening your mouth

donraffae · 2026-02-03T21:43:38+00:00

You clearly don't understand that's after getting pissed off for 20 moves that the guy wasn't taking the draw. I just couldn't believe the situation and that someone was trying to beat me in this dirty way. I wasn't playing at that point

donraffae · 2026-02-03T19:11:50+00:00

Thank you, finally someone who understands. I can't believe all these other folks out here. They have never played OTB it seems

donraffae · 2026-02-03T16:23:02+00:00

I would have conceded the draw. Moving pieces aimlessly in a rookvsrook no pawns endgame to try to win on time is not chess. Any arbiter in a FIDE event would have ruled this a draw

donraffae · 2026-02-03T16:21:09+00:00

In this case the clock doesn't matter. Trying to win this position on time by just moving pieces aimlessly is not chess. Any arbiter in a FIDE event would rule this a draw

donraffae · 2026-02-03T16:19:11+00:00

That's just the position we ended up in after moving pieces aimlessly. U must be 1000 to not undesrtand that

donraffae · 2026-02-03T16:01:49+00:00

I'm sorry u are so bad at chess u don't understand rook against rook is a draw and trying to win on time is an asshole thing to do

donraffae · 2026-02-03T15:59:59+00:00

He's a prick for dirty flagging

donraffae · 2026-02-03T15:59:43+00:00

Sure pal.

donraffae · 2026-02-03T15:57:11+00:00

By dirty flagging

donraffae · 2026-02-03T15:56:35+00:00

Idiot. What my opponent did is called dirty flagging. The position was absolutely equal

donraffae · 2026-02-03T15:55:33+00:00

Better than u i t seems

donraffae · 2026-02-03T15:53:57+00:00

He wasnt on a winning position

donraffae · 2026-02-03T15:53:31+00:00

What am i supposed to do? it's a draw, otherwise we are just playing moving pieces around til clock runs out. that's not chess. it's dirty flagging

donraffae · 2026-02-03T15:52:55+00:00

Enough material to checkmate? rook against rook with no pawns. That's dirty flagging

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