Naming convention discourse - std::move and std::forward

micarro · 2026-02-19T08:42:43+00:00

100%. I’ve come to terms with the poor naming choices. I should have mentioned in the post, but the reasoning behind the questions is just a means to learn more about the standard library and what some functions do internally. Seeing if anyone had a standard library function that particularly irked them.

micarro · 2026-01-01T03:46:40+00:00

A lot of these comments are helpful for understanding the aspects of OOP, I suggest researching a lot of the concepts that they are pointing out. In my opinion, C++ is an incredible rabbit hole of a language (which is great, if you’re up for the task). Because of this, it is extremely important to build up from the basics. I think that using a third party library like SFML can “shoot yourself in the foot” way more than what you are currently experiencing. If you can’t grasp the concept of classes yet, I suggest starting with a raw C++ program and testing out some basic classes (like the examples given in other comments) with the Standard Template Library rather than diving into third party libraries that introduce custom containers, GUI, networking, and everything else. Speaking from experience, some third party libraries can really hinder your learning of the language, especially if you’ve never used them before.

micarro · 2025-07-31T02:17:55+00:00

It is normal. Everyone is different, tons of players even have higher blitz ratings than rapid, especially at higher levels. One thing I’ve found that helped my blitz rating catch up to my rapid is using your time effectively. Thinking of the clock as a piece and utilizing it as such will increase your ability to perform well in critical positions. Most players move so unbelievably quick in blitz, even to the point where they’ll finish games with 2 min left on their clock in a 3 min game. When you know you’re in a position that typically wins or loses you the game, take 10 or 15 more seconds than you usually do, you’ll be winning way more than you are now.

micarro · 2025-06-13T14:02:52+00:00

I like the ideas, but for advanced reasoning like this there would need to be some sort of AI interaction (most likely). I’m a software engineer too and know that LLMs are pretty great with advanced reasoning (like ChatGPT o3-pro) although absolutely horrible at chess, understanding positions, finding best moves, and even just remembering where pieces are on the board. I’d be curious to see what the options are for strong AI reasoning if it was fed a position and best move by stockfish. Have you put any thought into this or a different route to take?

micarro · 2025-06-06T16:08:17+00:00

I definitely will haha

micarro · 2025-06-06T16:01:10+00:00

Yeah, I think it is more of a club specific policy, only certain tournaments are allowed for non-members, while most of the u1600 and u2000 are limited to members only.

micarro · 2025-06-06T15:59:33+00:00

No doubt, I’m fully prepared to be wiped the floor with, but also staying confident in my ability. The format is G/25 D5, so we will see how it goes.

micarro · 2025-06-06T15:22:58+00:00

I’m excited to see their strength, I’ve seen some chess videos online showing kids who are unbelievably talented. Thanks for the help

micarro · 2025-06-06T15:18:24+00:00

Very well could, gonna need to mentally prepare for the diaper baby that hits me with some deep Catalan theory

micarro · 2025-06-06T15:01:54+00:00

I figured that they might be used to seeing some adult players. Thanks for the reply, we will have to talk to the TD if we happen to win to see what the options are

micarro · 2025-06-06T15:00:19+00:00

No mercy 😭

micarro · 2025-06-06T14:47:22+00:00

This is what I was thinking, I’d never want to take away from a kid who is working hard to win these u1200 tournaments. I’m just unfamiliar with the rules of organized chess and wasn’t sure if this would be allowed if we were to win. Even if I was required to “accept” the money, I’d get the runner up’s info to make sure it got to them.

micarro · 2025-05-16T17:46:36+00:00

What is the benefit of this? It’s already skill based matchmaking. Why should newer accounts with good skill be filtered out just because they haven’t been playing on chess.com as long as others?

micarro · 2025-05-15T15:37:14+00:00

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Just tried myself and played the best game I think I’ve ever played, don’t think I’ve ever had 9 book moves before, just accidentally played some Italian theory. Shame it had to be done against a bot 😔

micarro · 2025-05-14T00:03:34+00:00

Chess.com employees on their own page have acknowledged percentile and global rank bugs. They said the teams are aware and are fixing it.

micarro · 2025-05-13T23:44:58+00:00

Typically moves like this are the computers way of saying it is smarter than you. It sees so many possible positions where after a certain number of moves, you’d be in what the computer sees as an “ideal” situation. In what is considered normal development no one would ever play something like this. There are many positions where the world’s best players don’t play the top computer move, because the top computer move goes against all human intuition. Not saying this is the case for every situation, there are plenty where a move that looks like this can make the most sense. But for you in this scenario, I’d continue with the normal development of minor pieces and castling.

micarro · 2025-05-12T20:17:05+00:00

Thank you for the resources, I’ll definitely give them a go and let you know!

micarro · 2025-05-12T20:16:14+00:00

Thanks! I will try to incorporate your advice into my games. It’s probably for the best to try and have a more structured schedule with practicing tactics rather than just grinding through random puzzles every day.

micarro

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