I wonder how this guy feels rn… he literally had the game.
I was about to resign but I remembered the goat Levy telling us to never resign. Thank you GothamChess!

For now I have no problems climbing to 2100, and it doesn't feel different from lichess

I was so happy my opponent blundered and that I didn’t resign. He probably thought he had blundered too… until I reviewed the game and realized I was the one who blundered lmao

Weirdest game i ever played...

So I accidentally didn't ss but lmao here's my story: I was just playing a quick game of rapid. And I get myself into a really bad position, and my opponent is trolling me by like trash talking in chat. This is the position on move 72. Black has 00:21 left, I have 2:42. I am rated slightly higher than them.

So black is just trolling by trash talking and proceeds to miss mate in 1 like 10 times. Well, not really missing it tbh, probably just trolling and trying to mate me when they have like 1 second left.

They asked me to resign, and I said no, and then on move 72, proceeded to stalemate me.

long story short: players can be egotistical and stupid at any level in chess. but i'm happy because I am so close to 2100 and if I had lost I would've been set back 😭

I’ve been on a climb recently and was wondering at what point studying material is necessary, I’m ~1400-1450 and haven’t tried anything too extensive. I analyse my games, win or lose and take small improvements away from it but apart from that I’ve been improving just off of experience. At what elo range does natural improvement “fall off”.

Also if any recommendations on good books/ courses and why that would be much appreciated !

i wanna cry.. i am crying

Especially the hearts and the highlighted hints. Don't fix shit that ain't broken

Let's just say he did not take his time before making this move.

How is it a draw when I won? And it’s not like it was going to be a draw if not for timeout, it was M2.

Feels so good

Why do they keep trying to change stuff that is already visually working. They decided to expand the time clock so there is a lot of negative space next to the timers. Its like the just stretched it out and I dont see a reason why it was necessary. Everything they just added was pretty awful in my opinion even the elo gain seems off.

I’ve heard a lot of criticisms and jokes whenever the cow opening is mentioned in chess conversations but this opening is actually amazing. I’ve been using since 700 and it’s gotten me over to over 1400 with no problem. Does anybody else play other cow opening I’m wondering if there are obstacles to using it or if someone else has also tried playing this opening?

Gotta trap your own king

im confused

Has anyone else stumbled across this? I was just interested if anyone knew anything about it, I could not find any info about it.

Days ago was 1931. I said Queen takes knight, he takes back with the queen, i go d1 (make a new queen) and of course my mind slipped he doesn’t have to take the new queen and can take my light square bishop first with check.

I lost like 4 games today up a minor piece and pawn / or just a minor piece.

And it’s my birthday… Just feel terrible after that one.