Chess

asking someone for help

But Queens Gambit did it first

lfgss chess club trip to the pub when we can.

fuck yeah

Yeah, and 'analysis' is really no different from doing pills and staring at the ceiling for a while.

Yes!

ah was a bit confused by the resignation @cookiemonster only takes one blunder to get back in things. looking forward to the next round

Well, I didn't last long in tournament 3. Well played @AWu-Tang, good luck with the later rounds.

Thanks. I felt lucky rather than anything in those games. If you fancy some revenge, how about another 3 day game?

Sure

Challenge sent

I'm gutted by the big error around my queen move in that game. But the analysis feels particularly harsh.

In games where I have low accuracy, it's usually because I've ignored an exchange in favour of keeping apiece or position.

Yeah, I agree that the engine has been harsh on you there. I think that to get high accuracy you need to make a lot of Best Moves.

You missing the fork on your Queen was obviously a fuck up. Not sure how it would have played out without that, although I was ahead.

Let's have another game in a few days.

Yeah.
That game felt like i was chasing it from a very early point, which probably led to the fuck up as I tried to be cleverer than I am. The analysis, obviously correctly, had you on top all the way through.

All of the games we have played seem to have been decided by one major move.

Well, I purposely played the same opening as our first game but played it a lot slower and with a more defensive tempo.

If you look at the opening book, I dont think you should pull your Queen back to e8 after I play Nc6. You lose tempo and development, which probably hurt in the middle game and made you feel like you were chasing.

The main line is to move across Qa5, I think. Qd6 or Qe6+ (or Qe6+) also look good.

That's very helpful thank you, Qe6+ is interesting. I think I'll have to try that.

Getting regularly fucked over by Isabel at the moment. Was winning at a decent rate Vs everyone below her but now if I make one move that isn't 'excellent' or 'best move' I get eviscerated. Even tried going back to the sub optimal move and spamming the hint button so I'm always doing best move and still always end up destroyed.

She's rated at 1600 ELO right?

Good luck with that!

Yep, she fucks up a lot of my regular openings so gonna keep playing just to develop that part of my game and drop down a couple of levels if I actually want to try and win

Wally is my master. I don't remember Isabel too much, but I know all about Wally. The dude sucks

@jb000 awful game for me. Slowly getting worse with each move almost from the get go. Your Knight is causing havoc.

This probably won't make you feel better but you could have taken it with your rook a few moves ago. I thought I had thrown the game. Not great chess all round really

Yes I've not given it 100%

from jah tim

I invited a chess champion friend of mine for dinner last night and made the mistake of using a checked tablecloth
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It took over 5 mins to pass the salt

well played @JonoMarshall , felt like i was on the backfoot the whole game until you lost your knight.

Crucial mistake when I could've taken your knight, but essentially lost my own. Well played.