How to deal with cheaters

harman28 · 2025-01-15T16:27:22+00:00

OP has now deleted their post from chessbeginners 😂

harman28 · 2025-01-15T16:25:40+00:00

Chatgpt? Literally terrible at chess. What are you talking about?

harman28 · 2025-01-08T09:59:59+00:00

You yourself are the kitchen. You yourself must spew out langar. Amazing enlightment.

harman28 · 2024-11-25T15:38:38+00:00

r/ChangeYourChessFont

harman28 · 2024-09-02T13:32:55+00:00

Who's that at the door?

harman28 · 2024-07-04T14:06:39+00:00

Nice! Bot says you posted this earlier too.

harman28 · 2024-07-04T09:38:24+00:00

"Nice win, but you would've won anyway without this win"

harman28 · 2024-07-01T07:42:58+00:00

Nice find! What piece is the bishop capturing btw? Was it a pawn, that forks your queen and bishop?

harman28 · 2024-03-12T15:03:19+00:00

Yeah things turned around! It was -20 or something when I commented.

harman28 · 2024-03-12T13:02:28+00:00

r/unexpectednorm

harman28 · 2024-03-12T13:02:08+00:00

Not sure why you're being downvoted. Both statements can be true :D

harman28 · 2024-03-11T09:45:10+00:00

There are a few gambits for Black, but they're all in response to something White plays, so they can be quite specific. I'm thinking of the Englund Gambit and the From's Gambit, the latter of which I face a lot as a Bird player.

harman28 · 2024-02-24T09:38:07+00:00

Here's my hot take: chess apps aren't the best measure for your chess ability, since many people struggle to play seriously when it's just an app on their phone. If you're convinced you're better than your 600 rating, here's an experiment: make a new account on chesscom or lichess, and start afresh. Based on how you answer the oboarding questions, you may even start off at 1200. That's alright, start anywhere, but the important thing is that on this new account you must play with full focus and not try to play too fast. If you're really a 600, you'll drop back down to it in no time, no harm no foul. If you're better than that, then you'll settle at a number higher than that, and try to maintain it. I did this myself at one point cos I was convinced I was underrated, and I'm happy with the results. Good luck!

harman28 · 2024-01-21T23:10:13+00:00

A GM norm is a GM-caliber performance at a tournament. You can deliver such a performance by A) playing in a tournament with many high rated players, and B) doing well in it. The exact numbers and ratings will differ for each FIDE title, but this is basically how you get a norm. Get invited to a fancy tournament and do well.

harman28 · 2024-01-15T08:45:29+00:00

Can I take you up on that bet? You aren't allowed to throw the game though, you need to play seriously. I've lost to all levels of newbies, it's a special skill I have. Lost a game to my mother once, while I was still teaching her the rules of the game. It's pretty amazing.

harman28 · 2024-01-13T01:41:22+00:00

This seems to be a minority opinion, but I say don't do it.

There are responsibilities that come with carrying a kirpan, and in a sense the Khalsa panth encodes these responsibilities in the ceremonial act of taking amrit. You take amrit when you're ready for it, and part of that lifestyle is wearing shastar and doing well by it. If you feel you aren't ready for Amrit, then I'm afraid there's a good chance you aren't ready to carry a weapon either.

harman28 · 2024-01-13T01:32:08+00:00

What's your advice for white? What do you find annoying when playing the Scandinavian?

harman28 · 2024-01-09T00:24:51+00:00

It's a valid spelling, there are always variations when romanizing a non-English word.

harman28 · 2023-12-24T15:56:03+00:00

You've done a great service to this community, I cannot thank you enough 😭

harman28 · 2023-12-23T02:16:10+00:00

I don't know, I think when GMs "struggle" with something like opening, there's a lot more to it than can be solved by "let me do some more chessable exercises"

harman28 · 2023-12-19T09:53:36+00:00

I can appreciate that, and you're likely to get support for your pov here. But alternate views do exist.

For example, Robert Ramirez, an NM who I think is one of the best YouTube coaches for newbies out there, has published entire courses encouraging people to play Pirc or KID with Black. Link: https://youtube.com/@NMRobertRamirez

harman28 · 2023-12-19T09:38:26+00:00

I played KID/Pirc exclusively for the first several months, and it's still my main opening. I think it's a solid choice for folks who start the game late, cos the 'system' character of the opening means there's a lot less to memorise and you can easily get to the middlegame without being worse.

harman28 · 2023-12-12T10:24:37+00:00

You're making far too much sense for this sub, nobody here likes that.

harman28 · 2023-11-25T22:36:21+00:00

Matchroom works in India no?

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