gotta be willing to lose, competition is interesting finding the right balance between caring enough about winning and not caring so much that you cant brush yrself off and try again --the sports psychologist
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 January 2021 15:52 (three years ago) link
one thing that imo can make losing at chess more fun is if youre down material and have no positional advantage, a lost game more or less, just do some super aggressive shit sacrifice a piece launch a pawn storm etc, sometimes youll get a cool win but mostly its just good practice for attacking seeing lines and so forth
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 January 2021 15:56 (three years ago) link
its funny with chess being matched to similarly skilled players no matter how much you improve youre still gonna lose half the time
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 January 2021 15:57 (three years ago) link
yeah it's all about being more **zen**, i've never played sports and all my other hobbies are non competitive so i wonder if i just haven't had enough practice at that. also the gamification (when playing through an app) doesn't help, each loss doesn't stand on its own but chips away at your precious rating.
just do some super aggressive shit sacrifice a piece launch a pawn storm etc
will try that if i ever go back.
― ledge, Monday, 4 January 2021 16:03 (three years ago) link
the thing about the rating tho is you can always get those points back, i feel like fwiw i only play at my best or near my best like 20% of the time, and its very streaky, so ill play pretty mediocre or bad 50-100 points below where id be playing good for like a month and then have a short run of good play, and sometimes those runs coincide with a general over all improvement, but often not, feel like you have to enjoy chess and be interested in it not just be totally consumed by the winning and losing otherwise its kinda not that fun
like watch this sick ass game, chess is cool, dubov os cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BgG4bUDHa4
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 January 2021 16:10 (three years ago) link
btw its kinda funny that after that somnolent carlsen caruana championship the entire chess world went from considering analyzing speed games being the dumbest thing in the world to it being actually good
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 January 2021 16:14 (three years ago) link
also seems like theres just more of it in top tournaments now which is cool as it allows someone with an attacking style like dubov to flourish rather than having to deal with an opponent making 10 perfect defending moves in a row in a classical game
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 January 2021 16:30 (three years ago) link
Real chess players know that just because you lost a queen doesn't mean you need to give up on a king 😤 pic.twitter.com/NPR7KB6LSr— desertscrub🌵 (@_weedman69_) January 4, 2021
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 January 2021 16:47 (three years ago) link
re: not fretting over every move
Slow chess and fast chess inform each other. Getting better at fast chess will improve your slow game, and getting better at slow chess will improve your fast game. Playing blitz games made me fret less, because it was easier for me to forgive a bad move knowing I was under time pressure. Also, knowing I can immediately queue up another game after a fuck up made me less invested in each individual game.
In all cases, I go back to the game analysis on lichess and use the "Learn From Your Mistakes" tool. Thinking of mistakes as learning opportunities, while cliche, has been useful.
― unashamed and trash (Unctious), Monday, 4 January 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
i try to play longer games sometimes but im so habituated to blitz that i end up just playing at blitz speed lol not great
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 January 2021 17:12 (three years ago) link
yeah I had that trouble for a bit too--restraint and slowing down is something to practice, though. slow chess is for practicing thinking about longer lines.
― unashamed and trash (Unctious), Monday, 4 January 2021 17:15 (three years ago) link
the opening explorer/tablebase tool is good for analysis too, particularly if youre having trouble with a particular opening position, cool to see what other people have done an learn that youre playing the 20th most popular move and it always loses lol
― lag∞n, Monday, 4 January 2021 17:25 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/rmVMUwO.jpg
― calstars, Sunday, 10 January 2021 21:48 (three years ago) link
#ENDGAMEDRAMAZ
Aghhhh
― calstars, Sunday, 10 January 2021 21:50 (three years ago) link
looks like white in 3 no
― lag∞n, Sunday, 10 January 2021 21:57 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ZafGJdX.jpgYup
― calstars, Sunday, 10 January 2021 23:48 (three years ago) link
people should keep track of their queens better!! some chess advice its the most important piece
― lag∞n, Friday, 15 January 2021 19:55 (three years ago) link
#midgamemadness
― calstars, Friday, 15 January 2021 21:32 (three years ago) link
Up a queen in the endgame and the Norwegian won’t capitulate
― calstars, Monday, 18 January 2021 13:49 (three years ago) link
I’m fairly certain that my current opponent online is running the game through a computer. He’s ranked 400 points lower than me but seems to be very cunning
― calstars, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 20:40 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/qKwKwTV.jpgComing 4 u
― calstars, Saturday, 6 February 2021 02:32 (three years ago) link
I'm liking black there.
― cajunsunday, Saturday, 6 February 2021 09:40 (three years ago) link
tfw an aggressive queen meets an untimely demise
― calstars, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 23:25 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/mNLuEGh.jpgThis mate snuck up on me. I was too focused on offense.
― calstars, Monday, 15 February 2021 22:10 (three years ago) link
Emotional moves
― calstars, Saturday, 27 February 2021 04:07 (three years ago) link
Crazy end to pogchamps!
🏆 POGCHAMPS3 - RESULTS 🏆🇫🇷 Sardoche (@Sardoche_Lol) wins the chess tournament PogChamps3📺https://t.co/rq4EIso45Q#Pogchamps #Chess pic.twitter.com/19guBkpvIJ— Eirik Holdal #Trackmania (@EirikHoldal) February 28, 2021
― cajunsunday, Monday, 1 March 2021 00:18 (three years ago) link
https://kotaku.com/chess-champion-plays-bongcloud-move-which-is-very-fu-1846490914
bongcloud mode
― calstars, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 12:50 (three years ago) link
Saw the video popping up on chess24's twitter, Hakamura's reaction is priceless
― willem, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 14:02 (three years ago) link
cute
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 14:15 (three years ago) link
there it is lads
https://i.imgur.com/43mZg1q.png
― lag∞n, Thursday, 3 June 2021 18:14 (three years ago) link
baller
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Thursday, 3 June 2021 18:25 (three years ago) link
thanks, feels good
― lag∞n, Thursday, 3 June 2021 18:26 (three years ago) link
congrats to this lil guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fjvZqerL4g
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 22:15 (two years ago) link
I like how nobody cares about the actual World Championship as much as about Firouzja
― imago, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 23:22 (two years ago) link
firouzja is cooler
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 24 November 2021 19:08 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/yNI0mIX.pngFuckin’ street fight
― calstars, Saturday, 8 January 2022 00:46 (two years ago) link
My first thought was that white is absolutely fucked but looking at it some more they might just be able to hang in there
― paolo, Saturday, 8 January 2022 11:11 (two years ago) link
Your initial assumption proved correct
― calstars, Saturday, 8 January 2022 21:36 (two years ago) link
After I resigned my opponent had the chutzpah to mention that I “need to improve my game”I was like no shit 😊
― calstars, Saturday, 8 January 2022 21:37 (two years ago) link
Non standard openings mess me up
― calstars, Saturday, 8 January 2022 21:48 (two years ago) link
What are peoples ratings on chess.com here? I hover at a straight 1000 right now if anyone wants to game me
― hrep (H.P), Sunday, 9 January 2022 01:40 (two years ago) link
recommend lichess its better imo
― lag∞n, Monday, 10 January 2022 15:23 (two years ago) link
when i started playing there four years ago these number were typically three thousand and nine thousand, not sure how much of the growth is due to a chess craze and how much is just the site getting more popular
https://i.imgur.com/DspwKyp.png
― lag∞n, Monday, 10 January 2022 15:28 (two years ago) link
i like it so much i give them money even tho it is free
― lag∞n, Monday, 10 January 2022 15:30 (two years ago) link
i do play every day so it seems worth it
i did a good checkmate https://lichess.org/RQitVOHK
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 16:42 (two years ago) link
My rating is down to the 800s, shameful. Rusty and impatient af
― calstars, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 17:06 (two years ago) link
That was a nice checkmate
― hrep (H.P), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 22:23 (two years ago) link
tyvm
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 23:12 (two years ago) link