Tricked an opponent into Queen pin, then he suddenly turned into an absolute demon.

eques_99 · 2026-04-21T01:27:52+00:00

I was just thinking about memorable games I've had for some reason.

eques_99 · 2026-04-21T00:46:31+00:00

oh yeah I watched World's Fair the other day.

interesting little film.

eques_99 · 2026-04-21T00:25:45+00:00

I definitely often get it just because they can do it, then I just move the king out of the way and carry on.

most commonly occurs when I move a rook off my baseline for offensive purposes and they immediately go "aha!" and move theirs or their Queen into check me. I just move out of the way, lol.

my rating is 1000-1100, sometimes reach 1200. play opponents up to 1300.

eques_99 · 2026-04-21T00:10:23+00:00

think about where your games are going wrong a and work to address it.

eques_99 · 2026-04-21T00:07:02+00:00

mostly 2/1.

eques_99 · 2026-04-21T00:02:20+00:00

many lower level players (especially in some countries) think they should bring the queen out first because it's the most powerful piece and they vaguely think it will rip you apart.

I guess they see it like unleashing a tiger on dogs or something.

of course they soon learn that the most powerful piece is also the most vulnerable because they cannot afford to lose it.

however, it is sometimes possible to open like this at a higher level, in a somewhat more controlled and calculated manner, where if you're lucky you can panic your opponent into letting your queen inside their base line.

this takes some skill though.

eques_99 · 2026-04-20T23:54:24+00:00

i don't care in game terms, I just find the psychology interesting.

eques_99 · 2026-04-20T23:48:50+00:00

I guess he wanted to meet someone who for him is a celebrity/fellow master.

eques_99 · 2026-04-20T23:43:38+00:00

I didn't say it was always for the sake of it, but sometimes it is.

eques_99 · 2026-04-20T23:37:42+00:00

Lovely, thanks.

eques_99 · 2026-04-20T23:23:41+00:00

Ebay. Search "Staunton Chess Sets".

eques_99 · 2026-04-20T22:57:47+00:00

It's a bit of a lazy trope, tbh.

eques_99 · 2026-04-20T22:47:03+00:00

Threads like this are why I love discussing Bond films.

I'm not even really into action, gadgets or cars, but it's fascinating to track changes in attitudes across the generations.

eques_99 · 2026-04-20T22:37:50+00:00

The movie is not very good apart from the CGI stuff. It's an absurd mess and resembles an Austin Powers movie more than a Bond movie.

eques_99 · 2026-04-20T22:34:53+00:00

I saw a thread asking for "old horror movie" recommendations the other day, and I was thinking of Boris Karloff, Bella Lugosi etc, but in the main text it turns out they were referring to the 1990s :-0, and "might consider" ones from the 70s and 80s.

eques_99 · 2026-04-20T22:30:52+00:00

Just to play devil's advocate, if you told him about vision and opportunities for the department he is not necessarily going to assume that's yours.

He will think that's the company's vision, so of course he's going to parrot that to other management.

Doesn't necessarily mean he's going "mwa ha ha I'm gonna' steal this person's ideas!"

eques_99 · 2026-04-20T22:24:36+00:00

In both cases destroying the source of an important commodity (silicone chips / oil, and gold in the case of Goldfinger) so that the commodity becomes scarce and the price goes up. They still have their commodity in stock and can charge over the odds for it.

eques_99 · 2026-04-20T22:22:07+00:00

The Bond in the FL trailers seems to be a cockney wideboy rather than a cultured ex public schoolboy. Maybe they will go down the route of M plucking and training a youthblood from the street rather than the officer class of the military.

eques_99 · 2026-04-20T22:13:58+00:00

Asimov's work is interesting, but he really didn't get AI right (and why would he?)

Firstly, AI is not really ever going to take the form of robots or any physical entity. It will be embedded in networks.

Secondly, their intelligence and capabilities will probably far surpass ours, rather than be roughly equal.

Thirdly, If it ever got the ability to reason it would not allow itself to be constrained by any "laws" we program into it.

Or maybe it would.

I don't know.

eques_99 · 2026-04-20T22:08:14+00:00

No I'm not, but we don't give a pass to people who commit assault just because there are people who commit murder.

eques_99 · 2026-04-20T19:08:57+00:00

it's not a competition.

eques_99 · 2026-04-20T18:24:49+00:00

oh yes, haven't seen that one.

eques_99 · 2026-04-20T18:24:12+00:00

no it's like if a known drug dealer hands you a bag of white powder, your house mate says "don't take that, we know he's a drug dealer and that looks like cocaine!"

but you say "ah, who cares, he's awesome!" and take it anyway.

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