It takes me a year of constant playing to get up to speed where I feel anywhere near confident.
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Goddammit.
First of all, I really do have a lot to do tomorrow, and now I have to fit in listening to Dakich.
Also, I'm always bored.
@T.M.P. you're in charge of the graphics.
2. ... Nc6
I actually have been wanting to work on it for a while. Just been busy, and no one to play with. I played a few games with Mama Goat, but while it helps her brain to work on strategy, she's absolutely no challenge for me.Never too late to improve
Center is the most important part of the board. f2 and f7 are the two weakest squares in the starting position. If castling kingside h2 and h7 become weakest as far as attacking the king.
Don't bring out the queen early.
I think you are talking about Bishop to c4 and Qh5 to mate on f7. That's called the scholars mate.
This is the best free way to improve
http://chesstempo.com/chess-tactics.html
And then just play online on chess.com or frankly any site.
Cool. My former roommates and I used to just leave a board out and make moves whenever. I have no plans of finishing this tonight or even this week, but if you get bored, make a move.
No, nobody falls for the scholar' mate...well maybe my wife. Queen shouldn't come out early, but G4 is an important square in the mid game. Bishop to c4 is what I meant to say, not f4. Ultimately focus on f7, blacks weakest square..all the while developing Knights.
Btw, e4 e5 f4 ... 2. d5 and you will be scratching your noggin for awhile.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Gambit,_Falkbeer_Countergambit
And a game that started 4 hours ago has only completed two rounds, 4 moves or whatever the correct lingo is. Boring for those of us following along silently....
They are on move 3 now lol. Black to play. For an online postal game this is hyper speed.
As long as we are both online, we ought to be able to get through the first few moves tonight before things slow down. The next 2 moves or so have already been written.
You expected something other than boring from spectator chess?
Somebody needs to go "Bad Troy" with a wild drive toward the queen.
1. e5 c5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 d6
4. c3 Nf6
5.
I'm done for now, it's my move. I may make it later if I can.
That's a good analogy.
You've got several options here, and I know what my next move is for all of them (the advantage to not being in charge of graphics is I've already planned for your next move). But after that, I'm flying by the seat of my pants, too. So this could get ugly fast. Putting this on display could disabuse our fellow posters of the notion that we're the smart ones.1. e5 c5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 d6
4. c3 Nf6
5.
I'm done for now, it's my move. I may make it later if I can.
I know and this is where playing a RL gets nasty for me. the next three moves are crucial. So, yea I pussied out a bit. lol.
When I made this original post, I guessed that if I opened with kings pawn most would go Sicilian D. Pure guess, but I was correct. General asshole nature of the board and all. (no offense to DN intended) fwiw - I hate playing against a defensive minded player that plays it well. I always tried this opening against it .. it speeds them up a bit.
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1. e5 c5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 d6
4. c3 Nf6
5. Qc2
Qc2 first inaccuracy. Qe2 better.
Also I doubt 95% of OTFers even know what the Sicilian is.
Aha. Interesting. I think you have made a small blunder, but I doubt I'm good enough to take advantage. However, you have increased my confidence just enough to try a slightly more aggressive move than I was planning.1. e5 c5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 d6
4. c3 Nf6
5. Qc2
5. ... Bg4
I made the mistake on the previous turn. I didn't need that move yet.
Yea, I thought that over a few times.
I love the fact that we have at least one spectator.
And I doubt 95% of OTFers know what a rook is.
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I'm a nationally ranked tournament player so please forgive me for finding this game a bit humorous.
Especially the board pictures after each turn.
Nationally ranked where? Transylvania?I'm a nationally ranked tournament player so please forgive me for finding this game a bit humorous.
No, but seriously, we're both going to embarrass ourselves here shortly, I'm sure, but no need for you to jump the gun. TMP made a mistake with 5.Qc2, and I'm already regretting my move (it looks more aggressive, but I think 5...Bd7 might have actually set me up for earlier offense), but this game isn't a clusterf*** quite yet.
Those are for the spectators, I'm sure. TMP and I could easily just have boards next to our desks.Especially the board pictures after each turn.
U.S.
I haven't played a tournament in about 6 months, but last I checked I was around #200. My rating is almost 2400. In general I don't enjoy playing that much anymore because 1. The enjoyment I get from wins isn't equivalent to the dread of losses. 2. It's way too much work now and way too computer oriented. I don't feel like having to prepare for 4 hours just to get a playable position. There is very little opening creativity now. You get the same structures in every game. The only creativity now is who can find a novelty with their computer engine and surprise their opponent on the board.
I'm a big fan of chess960, which unfortunately isn't very popular.
Actually you both are playing better than I expected.
Obviously, I only have one move. I thought you were going to do this two moves ago.1. e5 c5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 d6
4. c3 Nf6
5. Qc2 Bg4
6. BxC6+
6. ... bxc6
