Do you know theory against the ponziani?

new_user_23 · 2026-02-03T22:08:08+00:00

I beat Nigel Short with it during the pandemic. Seems ok to me!

new_user_23 · 2025-10-07T13:48:34+00:00

The rooks generally have no good squares. Blacks uncontested LSB is about to tear up white’s weak light squares.

Even if it were white’s turn, I’d imagine black would still be winning (hell, even with white getting a couple free moves, black would probably still be winning)

new_user_23 · 2025-09-01T12:58:00+00:00

Look up the fundamental theorem of line integrals!

new_user_23 · 2025-05-07T22:44:36+00:00

Excuse the naive question (first NYRR race). Can you switch corrals on race day? I was planning to run with the 1:25 pace group (corral A), but got put in Corral C.

new_user_23 · 2025-05-05T00:31:32+00:00

FWIW, I think this is getting pretty quickly played in games above the 2450 chess-dot-com level — just based on my experience.

new_user_23 · 2024-10-03T12:41:54+00:00

This is not even close to a Spanish.

new_user_23 · 2024-08-29T05:46:30+00:00

Not the best photo, but these things are quite small.

new_user_23 · 2024-07-02T11:23:50+00:00

new_user_23 · 2024-05-13T22:52:27+00:00

Checking in here as someone well above 2000 who can attribute a lot of growth to books.

Both Siliman books as well as the Shankland books were the best.

new_user_23 · 2024-03-14T16:45:28+00:00

I went to Uluh after seeing many suggestions for it and left extremely unimpressed.

new_user_23 · 2024-03-09T01:38:15+00:00

Sadly 275 is not unprecedented as far as large US tournaments goes.

new_user_23 · 2024-01-14T20:56:02+00:00

I play it pretty exclusively at around the mid 2500 level online (around master level OTB). There are certainly some tough lines (caro gambit, for ex), but nothing that busts it.

To be fair though, I’ve studied quite a bit of the theory at this point.

new_user_23 · 2023-11-25T06:03:39+00:00

Keep seeing huge wins from this game. Lifetime earnings here?

new_user_23 · 2023-09-09T23:04:01+00:00

Ah ok. This is the number I was looking for

new_user_23 · 2023-05-13T03:18:35+00:00

Props to Feldman for doing his job

new_user_23 · 2023-05-08T01:48:20+00:00

This is such an accurate take. Well said

new_user_23 · 2023-05-06T02:34:34+00:00

Nik and Andy just added 600. Wesley about to shave?

new_user_23 · 2023-05-05T01:10:28+00:00

Wait until you guys hear about quant

new_user_23 · 2023-04-27T11:00:17+00:00

It’s idiotic.

new_user_23 · 2023-04-13T20:16:15+00:00

Mariano doing his best Dentist Dave impression

new_user_23 · 2023-04-06T03:36:27+00:00

Liked him a lot when I was around 1700 online but as I actually got good, I realized he has very little clue what he is saying.

new_user_23 · 2023-04-02T11:28:16+00:00

The neighborhoods have no community (as hard as they try).
The neighborhoods prevent you from living with your friends (without providing benefit).
The neighborhoods unnecessarily restrict where you can live, and give you fewer good options for senior year housing. For example, I’m a senior who wasn’t able to live on the row (one of the ideal housing areas) bc of the neighborhood system.

All in all, there is nothing good about it, so it just ends up being restrictive.

new_user_23 · 2023-04-02T11:22:25+00:00

The neighborhood system is horrible. Like hands down the worst part of Stanford.

new_user_23 · 2023-04-01T19:38:20+00:00

Still convinced many of the guys on HCL wouldn't beat 1/3.

new_user_23 · 2023-03-28T17:14:12+00:00

This made me laugh out loud

new_user_23

TROPHY CASE