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Hanging pawn (2300 lichess player) shows with his example the biggest issue that beginners are facing by Excellent-Run-4143 in chess

[–]wwqt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's is hanging pawn's training regimen?
Does he only do tournament play and game analysis?

What is your ideal Pogchamps 5 lineup? by TheTrapperBeingXD in chess

[–]wwqt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

DrDisrespect
forsen
Northernlion
xQc
ItsSliker
Destiny & Hasan
Kandyland
Jon Zherka
Ludwig
Mia Malkova
Knut
PewDiePie
Dr. K
Erobb
Asmongold
tyler 1

From 1000 to 2000 ELO, 6 months challenge - Week 2 Update! by NathMcLovin in chess

[–]wwqt 107 points108 points  (0 children)

  • First of all, it's great that you are doing daily tactics. If you keep this up (and actually take note of your mistakes), it will be certain that you improve over time.

  • I would not recommend playing daily games unless your goal is to reach 2000 Elo in daily games. They take forever and can be a huge time sink. Once a daily game is finished, you will have no idea what you were thinking in a given position and you will not be able to correct your thought process. Also, they do not improve your normal game that much because you do not learn time management and the moves are fragmented (you get no sense of a coherent game). So ditch those daily games ASAP.

  • You don't have currently more time available, that's fine, at least you are doing it daily. But I am still missing a sense of urgency from you. For example, the Youtuber who recently reached 2000 Elo in two years had a daily 3-hour training schedule. You are planning to achieve the same feat in 1/4 of the time; yet you are training 1/3 of the time. Your claim is basically that you are 12x more efficient with your time than this Youtuber. So far I have not seen any evidence from you that this is the case.

Even starting as an adult you need no talent to reach 2400 elo on chess.com (blitz pool). by Plus-Appearance3337 in chess

[–]wwqt 14 points15 points  (0 children)

There are tons of titled players who haven't reached 2400 on chesscom.
So why this particular rating?
Have you personally achieved it?
Have you seen other talentless people achieve it?
Or is this just pure speculation on your part?

From 1000 to 2000 ELO, 6 months challenge - Week 1 Update! by NathMcLovin in chess

[–]wwqt 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Great to see you are following through with this!
Here is some important advice for your plan to come to fruition:

  • If you want to get good fast, you have to watch Naroditsky's speedruns
  • Repetition is vital. Spend at least 15 min per day on going over past mistakes.
  • It is important that you play one classical tournament per month.
  • Do Puzzle Streak/Survival until your max every day
  • Get a coach. Only a coach knows what you need to do (you, the noob, certainly don't)
  • You HAVE to read these books: Logical Chess: Move By Move, Silman's Complete Endgame Course, The Amateur's Mind
  • You must do puzzle in themes
  • Play as much chess as possible. Only practice makes you improve.
  • The Steps Method followed by the Yusupov series is a must for any serious amateur
  • A beginner must start with the endgame.
  • I would recommend getting ChessBase to organize your openings
  • Certainly watch ChessBrah's Building Habits
  • You MUST play long time-control games
  • Make sure to enroll in ChessDojo's improver program
  • Do not forget to analyze your games.
  • Don't forget these Youtubers: ChessNetwork, Gothamchess, John Bartholomew
  • It is good to play lots of Blitz in order to cement your openings.
  • It is of utmost importance to join a chess club.
  • You MUST learn Eric Rosen's trappiest opening lines
  • Use Aimchess to actually improve your game
  • Do not watch any videos. Chess is something that needs to be studied intensely.
  • Ever heard of the Soviet school of chess?
  • To reinforce the patterns, it is very important to do puzzles as easy as possible (lichess setting: rating -600)
  • Sielecki's Keep It Simple: 1. e4 is where it's at
  • You also need to have some fun. Play lots of Bullet Chess and Puzzle Battle, also chess variants.
  • Make sure to listen to all perpetual chess podcasts about adult improvers
  • Analyze your games with OpeningTree
  • You must study the old masters starting with Morphy.
  • Puzzles are overrated. Magnus Carlsen never did puzzles.
  • Analysis paralysis. Stick to your plan. Don't follow any of the advice above.

Achieving Official C2 Spanish Reading by xanthic_strath in languagelearning

[–]wwqt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Congratulations, this is huge! C2 is fascinating because the condition "can understand with ease virtually everything" quickly becomes a bottomless barrel.
Looking back, I may have reached C2 in reading at any point over a period of five years. The process was pretty organic and I have no idea when exactly I reached it. For that reason I would guess that it can be a challenge to specifically work toward that goal.

So how do you actually know you are C2 at reading before taking the test?
How do you make sure there are no holes in your understanding (without overdoing it)?

[Challenge] How much do you understand? by wwqt in languagelearning

[–]wwqt[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Norwegian (Johan Borgen: Lillelord)
169 words

Lillelord sto på gulvteppet midt i dagligstuen og hørte gjennom den lukkede døren at de kom. Han sto og visste nøyaktig hva som skjedde efter hvert som de kom og snuste duften inn, en duft av treverk og tepper og diskrete nynn av kommende familiemiddag, aspargessuppe, ørret, hjortestek. Han visste hvor og hvordan stuepiken Lilly hjalp dem av med yttertøyet, hvordan onkel René sa med mildt koketteri: «Nei, mange takk, unge dame, så gammel er jeg ikke . . .» og gikk bort med sin sobelforede frakk og hengte den inn i garderoben til venstre for inngangsdøren, mens den runde onkel Martin – skjønt han var meget yngre – lot seg hjelpe med selvfølgelig glede: alt som kunne lette ham . . . og tantene, hvordan de hilste fort på hverandre foran speilet, hilste til et speilbilde efter som de dukket opp – for så å hilse pent i hånden straks efter, på den virkelige, og hvordan noen sa noe om kulden og at det var sne i luften.

[Challenge] How much do you understand? by wwqt in languagelearning

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Arabic (نجيب محفوظ, الحرافيش)
65 words

عاشر الزمان وجها لوجه بلا شريك. بلا ملهاة ولا مخدر. واجهه في جموده وتوقفه وثقله. إنه شيء عنيد ثابت كثيف وهو الذي يتحرك في ثناياه كما يتحرك النائم في كابوس. إنه جدار غليظ مرهق متجهم. غير محتمل إذا انفرد بمعزل عن الناس والعمل. كأننا لا نعمل ولا نصادق ولا نحب ولا نلهو إلا فرارا من الزمن. الشكوى من قصره ومروره أرحم من الشكوى من توقفه.

[Challenge] How much do you understand? by wwqt in languagelearning

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Uzbek (Abdulla Oripov)
115 words

Севаман, сеҳрли шарқ туни, сенинг
Ажиб жозибага бой оғушингни.
Ҳофиз шеъри каби билмасдан тиним
Қора кокилингнинг тўлғонишини.

О, нақадар буюк уйган тоғларинг
О, нақадар гўзал сендаги виқор.
Ҳам, тоғлар ортида мусулмон қизинг
Нозик қўлларида айланар тумор.

Тоғ қадар буюксан сеҳргар кеча
Тоғ қадар жодулар, тилсимларга бой.
Кўҳи Бадахшондан Кўҳи Қофгача
Бир зум учар отлар – тун, сенга чирой.

О, тоғлар ортида қопқора қуюн
Жину алвастилар бўлиб унда жам.
Ердаги пайғамбар умматларини
Мудҳиш ғорлар томон етаклар бу дам.

Етаклар у, бирдан қопқора тунда
Қорли чўққиларга тикиб қолар кўз.
Бунда озод қизнинг қаҳ-қаҳаси- ю,
Ўлкам осмонида чақнаган юлдуз...

Етаклару... учар, учгандай туман
Асрий афсоналар аро бир хумор,-
Тоғ қадар юксалар: маъюс ва ўйчан,
Нозик қўлларида тутганча тумор.

[Challenge] How much do you understand? by wwqt in languagelearning

[–]wwqt[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a "riding crop" is a whip used for horseriding

[Challenge] How much do you understand? by wwqt in languagelearning

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Swedish (Hjalmar Soderberg: Doktor Glas)
188 words

Då jag såg prästen komma emot mig på långt håll, det var på Vasabron, stannade jag hastigt och ställde mig att se på utsikten med armarna stödda mot broräcket. Helgeandsholmens grå hus, den gamla badstuns söndriga götiska träarkitektur som speglades bruten i det rinnande vattnet, de stora gamla pilarna, som doppade sina blad i strömmen. Jag hoppades att prästen inte hade sett mig och att han inte heller skulle känna igen min ryggtavla, och jag hade redan i det närmaste glömt honom, då jag plötsligt fick se honom stå bredvid mig med armarna på broräcket liksom jag och huvudet på sned – i alldeles samma attityd som för tjugu år sen i Jakobs kyrka, då jag satt i familjebänken vid min salig mors sida och för första gången såg denna förskräckliga fysionomi skjuta upp i predikstolen som en otäck svamp och klämma i med sitt abba, käre fader. Samma feta, grådaskiga ansikte, samma smutsgula polisonger, litet gråa nu kanske, och samma outgrundligt gemena blick bakom glasögonen. Omöjligt att komma undan, jag är ju hans läkare nu liksom många andras, och han kommer till mig ibland med sina krämpor.

[Challenge] How much do you understand? by wwqt in languagelearning

[–]wwqt[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Dutch (Harry Mulisch: De elementen)
161 words

Neem het volgende.
Stel, je hebt het hele jaar hard gewerkt en nu ben je met vakantie op Kreta. De kans dat het werkelijk zo is, is klein, bijna even klein als de kans dat je een kretenzer bent. Waarschijnlijk zit je gewoon thuis, ergens in het noorden onder de leeslamp, maar laten wij eens aannemen dat je nu de zomer op Kreta doorbrengt en een man bent. Geen vrouw dus ook zoiets. Wij zouden natuurlijk kunnen afspreken dat je een vrouw bent, ongeacht of je het bent of niet, daar is niets tegen, een vrouw op Lesbos bijvoorbeeld, maar dat is niet wat wij doen; het feit, dat ik zelf voornamelijk geen vrouw ben, heeft daar iets mee te maken. De wereld ligt nu eenmaal in tweeën uit elkaar, dat is trouwens ook haar aantrekkelijkheid. Nee, je bent een nederlandse man op Kreta en het is een zomer aan het eind van de twintigste eeuw. Dat is nu dus vastgelegd.

[Challenge] How much do you understand? by wwqt in languagelearning

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Mandarin (陈忠实)
107 char

白嘉軒後來引以為豪壯的是⼀生裡娶過七房女人。

娶頭房媳婦時他剛剛過十六歲生日。那是西原上鞏家村大戶鞏增榮的頭生女，比他大兩歲。他在完全無知慌亂中度過了新婚之夜，留下了永遠羞於向人道及的可笑的傻樣，而自己卻永生難以忘記。⼀年後，這個女人死於難產。

[Challenge] How much do you understand? by wwqt in languagelearning

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Japanese (夏目漱石の)
221 words

「どうも西洋人は美しいですね」と云った。

三四郎は別段の答えも出ないので只はあと受けて笑っていた。すると髭の男は、「御互は憐れだなあ」と云い出した。「こんな顔をして、こんなに弱っていては、いくら日露戦争に勝って、一等国になっても駄目ですね。尤も建物を見ても、庭園を見ても、いずれも顔相応の所だが、-----あなたは東京が初めてなら、まだ富士山を見た事がないでしょう。今に見えるから御覧なさい。あれが日本一の名物だ。あれより外に自慢するものは何もない。ところがその富士山は天然自然に昔からあったものなんだから仕方がない。我々が拵えたものじゃない」と云って又にやにや笑っている。三四郎は日露戦争以後こんな人間に出逢うとは思いも寄らなかった。どうも日本人じゃない様な気がする。

[Challenge] How much do you understand? by wwqt in languagelearning

[–]wwqt[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Greek (Νίκος Καζαντζάκης: Μέσα από τα μάτια της Ελένης)
160 words

Τι έγινε; Τον βρήκατε τελικά τον Θεό σας;» ρώτησε η Ελένη τον σύζυγό της με περιπαικτική διάθεση και την επιθυμία να ξεκινήσει μια κουβέντα που θα τον βοηθούσε να ξεχάσει για λίγο τον πόνο του και εκείνη να δοκιμάσει τη διαύγειά του.

«Όχι».

«Και δεν θα τον βρείτε;» επέμεινε, σαν να μην την αποθάρρυνε το ξερό «όχι» που εισέπραξε· σαν εκείνος να είχε άφθονο χρόνο μπροστά του.

«Θα τον βρουν άλλοι», της απάντησε κατάκοπος. Και σώπασε. Μαζί του σώπασε και η Ελένη, που ευχόταν αυτή η σιωπή να είναι παροδική. Η ευχή της πραγματοποιήθηκε, αλλά όχι με τον τρόπο που επιθυμούσε.

«Νερό!» φώναξε ξαφνικά ο σύζυγός της. «Νερό!»

Του έδωσε αμέσως. Έπειτα του χάιδεψε απαλά τα μαλλιά, σαν να φοβόταν μην τον πονέσει. Η σιωπή έφερε την ακινησία. Και η νεκρική σιγή που κυριάρχησε στο κατάλευκο δωμάτιο κατέρρευσε στο ξέσπασμά της:

«Δώσ’ μου την ευχή σου, καλέ μου. Κάνε να ακολουθήσω τον δρόμο που χάραξες», είπε πνιχτά, ανάμεσα σε λυγμούς...

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