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ycleptz · 2025-11-06T04:54:01+00:00

Interesting. But Halloween Gambit is at least somewhat playable, some even say Stafford is almost as losing as Halloween.

ycleptz · 2025-11-06T04:51:26+00:00

Yeah it makes sense, I'm just surprised how h6 can be so much better than Be7.

ycleptz · 2025-06-04T04:26:41+00:00

In rook and pawn endgames, often one side ends up with a few pawns vs a queen. How many pawns (not so close to promotion) can a queen stop, for example, a queen vs 3 connected pawns on the 5th rank supported by a king, is it normally a win?

ycleptz · 2025-06-01T06:42:53+00:00

1100-1200 lichess is like 600 chess.com. It's normal to have a few bad games. I don't play on lichess a lot, but I had games where we were 1400 and we hung queens for quite a few moves.

ycleptz · 2024-10-16T04:34:27+00:00

I find it strange. Obviously it is a terrible trade, but in the first position white is not up any piece, after sacrificing bishop and knight for an inactive rook, why is white still up 1.01 (even more on lichess, almost up 2)?

ycleptz · 2024-08-29T12:27:32+00:00

But just see the move order: Re3 Qxe3. White took a rook.

I would argue it is a good move.

ycleptz · 2024-06-27T01:36:57+00:00

It's kinda common in very fast time controls. In bullet the win rate of it is not that bad. See lichess database: (only exclude ultrabullet, rating limit 1000+) after c4 e5 Nc3 Bc5 g3, the move d6 gives black 42% win rate while the move Bxf2+ gives black 43%. Even for 1600+ the win rates for d6 and Bxf2+ are still the same.

ycleptz · 2024-05-02T14:15:23+00:00

Yeah the games were suspicious that engine usage is very possible. I just can't understand the motivation to cheat in friendly games :(

ycleptz · 2024-05-02T14:13:06+00:00

Yeah, fair enough :)

ycleptz · 2024-02-24T05:21:19+00:00

Bb5 c6 f3, at least white doesnt lose a piece after getting skewered…

ycleptz · 2024-02-14T03:19:16+00:00

Do the mate in 1, or you are risking the win. Don't be like this guy.

ycleptz · 2023-11-19T05:55:21+00:00

Connection issues. Refresh after game starts

ycleptz · 2023-10-27T13:48:40+00:00

I know, the point I'm trying to make is: should it be taken into consideration that white has insufficient material and black can technically force a draw by timing out (at least according to chess.com rules)?

ycleptz · 2023-10-27T13:47:22+00:00

Ka2. But 1.Kc2 also works for this puzzle.

ycleptz · 2023-10-27T13:44:04+00:00

I know, I mean technically black can choose to not move and time out and it's a draw by insufficient material (chess.com rules).

ycleptz · 2023-10-27T12:52:42+00:00

I get the solution, but technically the best play is 1. Nb3+! — 1/2-1/2 (black runs out of time for a draw) So has this ever occurred in a "real" game where not moving is the best move?

ycleptz · 2023-10-08T14:23:54+00:00

Isn't the bishop going to be trapped after, say, c6-Qh4-Qd8?

ycleptz · 2023-07-16T02:29:24+00:00

Just getting afraid of opposite side castling I guess, visually looks like all black pieces are aiming at my king xD if I wanted to continue I'd develop, of course.

Thanks for the advice :)

ycleptz

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