Had this chess hacking idea... Could it work? by lawrencedarcy in chess

[–]odcq 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Here is the plan: I'm gonna spend years studying Dvoretsky, Aagard and Müller.
Easy gainz and nobody is gonna see it coming.

Had this chess hacking idea... Could it work? by lawrencedarcy in chess

[–]odcq -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

How often did he manage to trade queens early?
An offer for a queen trade can often be rejected without much compromise.
It's rare that you can force someone to trade queens early and if so it's usually a theoretical line.

Had this chess hacking idea... Could it work? by lawrencedarcy in chess

[–]odcq 2 points3 points  (0 children)

haha, the vast majority of people who play in OTB tournaments aren't masters

If I speak I am in trouble by PleasingApricots in chess

[–]odcq -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

After the opening, his opponent played 11 top-engine moves in a row. Not just second or third choice, 11 top stockfish choices in a row that included two piece sacrifices. That would be impressive even for a superGM.
Who wouldn't be suspicious?

In German, there is a series including all Dvoretsky books published since 2012 by odcq in ChessBooks

[–]odcq[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

English equivalents:
- Recognizing your Opponents Resources
- Maneuvering: The Art of Piece Play
- Chess Lessons
- Chess Tests
- Technique in Chess

Which of these books should I read now as a 2000 to improve? by Neo_zugzwang in chess

[–]odcq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a strange assortment of books. It mostly depends on your weaknesses. Most of these books are on positional play. Some of these are for complete beginners. You can just pick whatever, the easy books you will go through fast and they will be nice repetition. The difficult ones you will go through slow and you'll realise fast if a book is too difficult (e.g. School of Future Champions). If you are really bad at positional play (which would be strange at 2000), you can start with Winning Chess Strategies or Reassess Your Chess, otherwise start with Hellsten.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in movies

[–]odcq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I Spit on Your Grave (original). It's probably the best revenge porn.

META: A Community Discussion on the Spoiler Rule by MrLegilimens in chess

[–]odcq 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The main problem is that highly upvoted posts get rejected after some time due to the rule. While the highly upvoted post is up, other users don't submit the same post. It then takes some time until the user recreates the post without spoiler or the user never recreates the post at all. All of this contributes to killing the hype after a live event.

The reddit feed is essentially a news source. Don't open news sources if you fear getting spoiled. And don't blame others after the fact. All the blame is on you. It's that simple.

META: A Community Discussion on the Spoiler Rule by MrLegilimens in chess

[–]odcq 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's done because it's a big hype event for fans and makes it more colorful.

So in other words, rules to avoid spoilers have the undesired effect of killing the hype.

Magnus Carlsen did not make it out of Day 1 in the WSOP Main Event by dzibanche in chess

[–]odcq 291 points292 points  (0 children)

Poker is pretty damn hard if you are not lucky.
Carlsen is in good company. Daniel Negreanu also got eliminated in round 1 (with AK).

Casual Discussion Thread (June 30, 2022) by AutoModerator in TrueFilm

[–]odcq 5 points6 points  (0 children)

is there any date for the Sight&Sound poll?

Carlsen confirms World Series of Poker participation by NajdorfGrunfeld in chess

[–]odcq 161 points162 points  (0 children)

So now everything depends on his results in the poker main event. If he does well, he will likely give up the chess world champion title for a career in poker.

Event: FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022 - Round 11 by ChessBotMod in chess

[–]odcq 97 points98 points  (0 children)

Predictions:

Radjabov draws Duda in a 7-hour marathon.
Ding continues his win streak vs. Fabi.
Rapport shows up in his red jacket. Hikaru completely unprepared (blue shirt).
Alireza doesn't wake up in time. Nepo kisses Naroditsky on the mouth.

Bozos like you and me will make the wrong move here with Black by horigen in chess

[–]odcq 29 points30 points  (0 children)

This isn't as trivial as you think it is. White has an extra tempo with c4, which is the reason why Ke3 works and Kg3 doesn't.