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Originally Posted By CougarP01⏩
I am literally just clicking buttons



What would you say is the most efficient way to improve? (This goes to anyone above a 1000 rating...please chime in)
Tactics and opening principles
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Originally Posted By kusok⏩
Yeap. Blitz and bullet are hilarious. Currently I’m At 2200, off 100 points from my 2300 peak, and I lost to a beginner trap yesterday to a 2300 player who mated me in under 10 moves, I missed mate in 1 also, right at the start... Then I caught a 2300 player in another beginner trap and he gave up two pawns and resigned in about 10 seconds from the start etc. Sometimes you want to kill yourself for the moves you play LOL

Like I’d be wining like +10 or more, then play a move that allows mate in 1 and my opponent misses it... etc. just WTF...
That's like FM rating right? holy fk
post 1627461093 01-04-2021, 12:53 PM
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Any books or youtube channels/vids that you guys would recommend?
Originally Posted By Muzzlrpress⏩
Took forever for my blitz to catch up to my rapid. There's still a big gap between my best blitz and best rapid though. Don't see it changing.
Rapid still feels too fast for me lol, no chance in hell i'm doing blitz until i've got at least 3 months of rapid + puzzles under my belt.
post 1627461333 01-04-2021, 12:56 PM
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In.

You guys should also try the Japanese game called Go. Have had it on my phone for years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game)
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Originally Posted By RakiaPower⏩
That's like FM rating right? holy fk
Generally, but not always, internet ratings are a bit inflated, by about 100-200 points or so, so if I’m 2300 at my best online I’d be 2100-2200 in real life, but there are plenty of FMs in 2100s online (thou they must be 2300 in person in order to receive the title), it all depends on wether they are good at blitz, their connection, their mouse and computer quality (keep in mind that sometimes you MUST make about 10 moves in 2 seconds, or you lose on time), and of course wether they are in good form or not.

Sometimes when I beat an FM or someone like that I think they are retired and haven’t played chess in years, their moves are so bad that there is no way they are an actual FM. Maybe they got it when they were 18 years old, and now they are 72 Years old and LDAR
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Originally Posted By meremortal⏩
Any books or youtube channels/vids that you guys would recommend?



Rapid still feels too fast for me lol, no chance in hell i'm doing blitz until i've got at least 3 months of rapid + puzzles under my belt.
I reccomend this site. It's the 10 day chess challenge. The cideos are meant to be watched once a day, but if you want, you can go through more. Used it when I was around 1000 rapid.

https://chessfox.com/
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post 1627463273 01-04-2021, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted By Muzzlrpress⏩
I reccomend this site. It's the 10 day chess challenge. The cideos are meant to be watched once a day, but if you want, you can go through more. Used it when I was around 1000 rapid.

https://chessfox.com/
Awesome, thanks brah.

btw, got my first 2 wins after we played! feelsgoodman, heart was pounding because i was down to 11 seconds on one of them. Speed's always been an issue for me academically.
post 1627463573 01-04-2021, 01:20 PM
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Originally Posted By Motiviert⏩
Sup brahs

So cliff notes

Love chess. Didn't have internet for a while in high school, but had a chitty laptop. Played the pre installed chess game on there alot.

Have no idea about strategy, tactics, ect. But if y'all don't mind I'm gonna hang out itt and read, learn, and may ask questions.
lol u tryna get fooked brah?

Gonna stretch dat angus hole all day boyo.

Not srs. Lots of noobs (myself included) ITT.

Early odds are on a muzzlrpress runaway victory based on incoming ELOs.
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@Misc Chess Club

Chess club created, please join here:https://www.chess.com/club/drewdarden-fangirls-united

As I understand, this is the easiest way to mass invite a specific subset of players to a tournament. This is my first time doing this though, so I may be wrong-- bear with me brahs. Tourney enrollment is still open for another 36.5 hours from the time of this posts publication, I'm still watching this thread and adding all those who post their usernames, but having a central hub in the form of a club will probably be the easiest way to keep this chit organized.

Stay frosty brahs. Tourney incoming.

@kusok, lol @ people trying to cheat on a misc chess tourney. We're better than brah. (not srs already planning cheating strategy now)
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Originally Posted By meremortal⏩
Awesome, thanks brah.

btw, got my first 2 wins after we played! feelsgoodman, heart was pounding because i was down to 11 seconds on one of them. Speed's always been an issue for me academically.
What time control? 15/10 is my favorite for trying hard. 3/2 is for taking a chit.
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post 1627465043 01-04-2021, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted By meremortal⏩
Any books or youtube channels/vids that you guys would recommend?



Rapid still feels too fast for me lol, no chance in hell i'm doing blitz until i've got at least 3 months of rapid + puzzles under my belt.
Go check out agadmator on yt. He shows and analyzes some "bigger" and famous games. Idk how much you can learn from that as a beginner (I assume you are?), but you can pick up some great ideas for sure. Other than that just practice openings and try to understand them.


Which club do we join? If there's any
post 1627465533 01-04-2021, 01:39 PM
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Okay brahs we're going live.

Here is the invitation link for the tournament:https://www.chess.com/tournament/calling-out-chessbrah

Cliffs:
- 1 day per move
- Only members of the chess club (linked in #101) can join, so join there first.
- Not rated, this is the first time we've done this so let's just have this one be for fun. We can start punishing each other next time.
- Start date is Jan 8 @ 12pm PST, players are playing 1 game at a time (maybe I will try to change that if I can because that seems like it may take too long)

LET'S GET IT BUDDY BOYOS.
Originally Posted By RakiaPower⏩
Go check out agadmator on yt. He shows and analyzes some "bigger" and famous games. Idk how much you can learn from that as a beginner (I assume you are?), but you can pick up some great ideas for sure. Other than that just practice openings and try to understand them.


Which club do we join? If there's any
Love agadmator. He makes me understand how to watch chess and how to appreciate the "beauty" of the game. Dude has a bright future ahead of him in the professional chess world (either as a player or organizer).

^^See cliffs brah.
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Originally Posted By TomWanks⏩
Okay brahs we're going live.

Here is the invitation link for the tournament:https://www.chess.com/tournament/calling-out-chessbrah

Cliffs:
- 1 day per move
- Only members of the chess club (linked in #101) can join, so join there first.
- Not rated, this is the first time we've done this so let's just have this one be for fun. We can start punishing each other next time.
- Start date is Jan 8 @ 12pm PST, players are playing 1 game at a time (maybe I will try to change that if I can because that seems like it may take too long)

LET'S GET IT BUDDY BOYOS.
How does it work for games? Do we get attributed opponents or we choose who we play against?
post 1627467023 01-04-2021, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted By Muzzlrpress⏩
What time control? 15/10 is my favorite for trying hard. 3/2 is for taking a chit.
10 minutes. Lmao, i'd hate to be your opponent in blitz knowing that you just beat me while taking a sh*t.
Originally Posted By RakiaPower⏩
Go check out agadmator on yt. He shows and analyzes some "bigger" and famous games. Idk how much you can learn from that as a beginner (I assume you are?), but you can pick up some great ideas for sure. Other than that just practice openings and try to understand them.
"Captures, captures, captures... it was at this moment that he resigned"... i've been enjoying watching him analyze super gm games. Though, it's more inspiring than it is instructive for my level (only been playing 3 weeks).
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Originally Posted By ramimotemem⏩
How does it work for games? Do we get attributed opponents or we choose who we play against?
The system is going to assign all matchups I believe. If I remember correctly, Daily Tournaments (the one we're doing) means that we go round robin, everyone plays everyone, and then the second round basically just sorts top to bottom to determine places.

These tourneys typically take about a week or two on 48 hours per move, but we're doing half that so I suspect we'll have this sorted in 7-10 days.

Tourney is private to Misc Chess Club members so no rando 2000cels are going join the chat and bottom us out unless they post on the misc.
post 1627468513 01-04-2021, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted By TomWanks⏩
The system is going to assign all matchups I believe. If I remember correctly, Daily Tournaments (the one we're doing) means that we go round robin, everyone plays everyone, and then the second round basically just sorts top to bottom to determine places.

These tourneys typically take about a week or two on 48 hours per move, but we're doing half that so I suspect we'll have this sorted in 7-10 days.

Tourney is private to Misc Chess Club members so no rando 2000cels are going join the chat and bottom us out unless they post on the misc.
Our only hope is if kusok is too bored for daily games lol.


That's ok though. I'm all for a long game with a FM.
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Originally Posted By TomWanks⏩
lol u tryna get fooked brah?

Gonna stretch dat angus hole all day boyo.

Not srs. Lots of noobs (myself included) ITT.

Early odds are on a muzzlrpress runaway victory based on incoming ELOs.
Lmao please be gentle on angus. Y'all are going to destroy me srs
I know who I am. And after all these years, there’s a victory in that.

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Originally Posted By Motiviert⏩
Lmao please be gentle on angus. Y'all are going to destroy me srs
Will make revenge all the sweeter.
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Originally Posted By RakiaPower⏩
Go check out agadmator on yt. He shows and analyzes some "bigger" and famous games. Idk how much you can learn from that as a beginner (I assume you are?), but you can pick up some great ideas for sure. Other than that just practice openings and try to understand them.


Which club do we join? If there's any
Agadmator is decent, but I HIGHLY recommend GM Daniel Naroditsky. Check out his "Speedrun to 3000" series. It is not so much a speedrun as it is instructive lessons at each rating. They're on going and I think he's at about 1700 right now.
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Originally Posted By 2am⏩
Agadmator is decent, but I HIGHLY recommend GM Daniel Naroditsky. Check out his "Speedrun to 3000" series. It is not so much a speedrun as it is instructive lessons at each rating. They're on going and I think he's at about 1700 right now.
Rating specific lessons? Yes please.
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Fuark yeah in on tourney. Excited brahs.

Agadmator is a channel I used to watch. He covers a lot of high level games and goes into the strats played.
https://www.youtube.com/user/AGADMATOR
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Originally Posted By 2am⏩
Agadmator is decent, but I HIGHLY recommend GM Daniel Naroditsky. Check out his "Speedrun to 3000" series. It is not so much a speedrun as it is instructive lessons at each rating. They're on going and I think he's at about 1700 right now.
Subbed. On spread, but great recommendation (was unaware before). Brah's already @ 1800 as of 17 hours ago.
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I've been watching GothamChess

Fun channel he has a going through the ranks series, and also a going through the ranks with e4 openings series.

Good stuff
Hi
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Originally Posted By CougarP01⏩
I've been watching GothamChess

Fun channel he has a going through the ranks series, and also a going through the ranks with e4 openings series.

Good stuff
This too^^^
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@2am since you're the OP, please consider posting links to the chess club and tourney #1 in the OP for brahs who don't want to read 4 pages.
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Originally Posted By TomWanks⏩
@Misc Chess Club

Chess club created, please join here:https://www.chess.com/club/drewdarden-fangirls-united

As I understand, this is the easiest way to mass invite a specific subset of players to a tournament. This is my first time doing this though, so I may be wrong-- bear with me brahs. Tourney enrollment is still open for another 36.5 hours from the time of this posts publication, I'm still watching this thread and adding all those who post their usernames, but having a central hub in the form of a club will probably be the easiest way to keep this chit organized.

Stay frosty brahs. Tourney incoming.

@kusok, lol @ people trying to cheat on a misc chess tourney. We're better than brah. (not srs already planning cheating strategy now)
In. Sent "moti from misc" in the pending approval message

@mzzlpress. Correct. Only way to get better is play! And study
I know who I am. And after all these years, there’s a victory in that.

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Originally Posted By TomWanks⏩
@2am since you're the OP, please consider posting links to the chess club and tourney #1 in the OP for brahs who don't want to read 4 pages.
Done and done. I'll post the usernames in there too when I can be arsed
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Originally Posted By 2am⏩
Lols, it's definitely exciting. Mirin rating, how long have you been playing?
I always knew how they move since in Russia there were no video games or any of that sheit at that time, so it’s kinda like soccer in Brazil, everyone played a bit.

Then on and off I would read a few books and play mostly online. But I have some friends and family who are a lot better than me at itCouple of pros. It’s a beautiful game.
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