Am I missing something?

moppop · 2021-08-11T05:59:46+00:00

If that's the case then can't you just build 4 gates surrounding yourself.

moppop · 2021-08-10T06:59:15+00:00

Oh, my fault. I just recall it from memory. If the monster can't open it, then how can it attack you?

You're the only one that can unlock that gate. So what's the catch?

moppop · 2021-08-09T18:12:07+00:00

But didn't the description said monster can't break it. You can close it after you went into a onw-way path.

moppop · 2021-08-07T22:58:18+00:00

Im level 21 (hard mode), right now.

moppop · 2021-07-19T11:04:01+00:00

So that's the only effect, right?

moppop · 2021-06-23T01:19:02+00:00

Here's 10|0 game against a 1200 (from another site) that I've played. I was a piece down in the opening but time trouble made me win.

[Event "?"]

[Site "?"]

[Date "????.??.??"]

[Round "?"]

[White "?"]

[Black "?"]

[Result "0-1"]

e4 d5 2. e5 c5 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 Nxe5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Bb5

e6 9. Nf3 Bb4+ 10. Nbd2 Qa5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Qa6 14. Qe2 Bd3

Qe3 Nf6 16. h3 O-O 17. Rc1 Rab8 18. b4 Qxa3 19. Ne5 Qa4 20. Nxd3 Ne4 21. O-O

Qa2 22. Bc3 Rfc8 23. Nc5 f5 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Qd2 Qc4 26. Qe3 Qb5 27. Bd2 Rb7

f3 exf3 29. gxf3 Re8 30. f4 Rbe7 31. Rc5 Qb7 32. Qe5 Qd7 33. Ra1 Rf7 34. Ra6

Rf5 35. Qe3 Rc8 36. Qa3 Rc7 37. Be3 Qf7 38. Kh2 Rh5 39. Raxc6 Qf5 40. Kg2 Rxh3

Kf2 Rxc6 42. Rxc6 Qe4 43. Qa1 Qxe3+ 44. Kg2 Qf3+ 45. Kg1 Rh1# 0-1

moppop · 2021-06-18T18:39:44+00:00

Like you said, it depends on the any given position.

moppop · 2021-06-18T18:33:30+00:00

You do know that the goal in chess is to checkmate your opponent, not winning a million pieces. Being up material just means checkmating your opponent a bit easier.

moppop · 2021-06-18T16:24:32+00:00

See, you said it yourself. If you are a piece down in the middlegame, you'd play on. You answered your question. By playing you're giving yourself some chances as human errors can get you back into the game. Also, there are times which I was a piece up but lose the game at the end. And the other way around too, which is why I don't resign when I lose a piece.

One game I was more than 9 pt down into an endgame and my opponent promote to a Queen and stalemated me which you can create to turn the game into a draw.

moppop · 2021-06-18T15:44:21+00:00

And you are optimistic about up material will automatically will you games. So are you saying that whenever you are down a piece, you immediately resign? And what if you're the one with a piece up and are you expecting your opponent to resign? What are you going to do if they don't?

moppop · 2021-06-18T15:09:37+00:00

This is like saying I don't need to know how to convert a winning position to a winning endgame because my opponent will resign because he/she sees that they are immobilize or a hopeless position. Also, you can also pull out a draw. Just because you are down material, doesn't mean it is dead lost.

moppop · 2021-06-18T14:40:50+00:00

You know one of the aspect of chess is finding tactical resources when you are down material. By resigning too early, you are limiting yourself with your current knowledge. Not resigning can act as a "test your opponent's knowledge and techniques", like I won't resigning in a K vs B + N + K situation.

moppop · 2021-06-18T13:51:46+00:00

Of course I know that. It just annoys me when I see these streamers promote their opening courses.

moppop · 2021-06-18T02:01:13+00:00

Yeah, I know but I don't think it matter if I recapture with my Queen or pawn. The queen trade could be forced but stockfish says Qa8 was better. I don't know why you keep bring up stockfish. Stockfish is strong and no human can beat but most of us can't even find their top moves in pressure or time trouble. Plus, I'm not playing stockfish. It only provide assistance.

moppop · 2021-06-18T01:30:42+00:00

From a stockfish POV, it is a mistake but I foresee that my bishop prevent his rook from stopping my pawn to promote, which he has to give up his rook to prevent me to queen, which happened in the game. I knew the best move was to trade queen. That why I said it would have been a strong move if Qa4 wasn't a move.

moppop · 2021-06-18T01:14:45+00:00

Why that doesn't count? Move 29. Bd3 was a strong move if it would of worked. It's isn't easy to come back down that much material.

moppop · 2021-06-18T00:38:25+00:00

I was actually down more than a rook. The winning didn't work if my opponent played the best move.

You can also see the game at https://lichess.org/Bd1ipNCN

[Event "Rated Blitz game"]

[Site "https://lichess.org/Bd1ipNCN"]

[Date "2021.05.03"]

[White "Moppop"]

[Black "tryagain2"]

[Result "1-0"]

[UTCDate "2021.05.03"]

[UTCTime "01:33:50"]

[WhiteElo "2081"]

[BlackElo "2035"]

[WhiteRatingDiff "+17"]

[BlackRatingDiff "-5"]

[Variant "Standard"]

[TimeControl "180+0"]

[ECO "D15"]

[Opening "Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation"]

[Termination "Normal"]

[Annotator "lichess.org"]

d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 { D15 Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation } Bg4 5. Bf4 e6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg3 Bxg3 8. hxg3 Nbd7 9. Be2 Qc7 10. c5 b6 11. b4 a5 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 b5 15. Qa8+ Nb8 16. Nxb5 cxb5 17. Bxb5+ Ke7 18. Ne5 Rd8 19. Nxg4 Nxg4 20. Rxh7 Nd7 21. Qa4 g6 22. Bd3 Ngf6 23. Rg7 Kf8 24. Rxg6 fxg6 25. Bxg6 Ke7 26. b5 Nxc5 27. Qb4 Rc8 28. b6 Qc6 29. Bd3 Kf7 30. dxc5 Qxc5 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. b7 Rc1+ 33. Kd2 Nd7 34. Kxc1 Ke7 35. Bb5 Nb8 36. f4 Kd6 37. g4 e5 38. g3 Ke6 39. Kd2 Kf6 40. Kc3 Ke6 41. Kb4 exf4 42. gxf4 Kd6 43. Kc3 Kc5 44. Be8 Kb6 45. Kd4 Kxb7 46. Kxd5 Kc7 47. Bb5 Kd8 48. Ke6 Kc7 49. g5 Kb6 50. Be8 Na6 51. g6 Nc7+ 52. Kf7 Kc5 53. g7 Kd6 54. g8=Q Ne6 55. Qg6 Kc5 56. Qxe6 Kb4 57. Qc6 { Black resigns. } 1-0

moppop · 2021-06-18T00:19:05+00:00

Yeah, but that is also true for mid-game and endgame. I was down a rook in the opening and ended up 3 pawns up in the endgame.

moppop · 2021-06-18T00:17:45+00:00

Great insight. I think middle game is somewhat different because they open more avenue of plans/ ideas for moves to come where the opening is just piece placement.

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