What's your chess routine, /fit/?

>>39918553
First horse to d4, afterwards take the pawn and you win

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>twf too smart to play children's game

>>39918553
Nvm im retarded, first horse next to tower and at h3

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>>39918553
Flip board. Rape opponent.

lichess.org/6U7eIHnm
fight me

I pawn out my queen to bish up roids
then go to the gym of a knight to keep my gains in check

>>39918553
I've won the chess tournament at my university last year m8
>still no gf

>>39918737
How high is your rating?

>>39918683
Wow, you guys are just awful.

>>39918737
>posts on the chon
>won chess tournament
>no gf
Had to warm up the old grey matter for this one

>>39918553
Horse take pawn, protects my took from queen and also puts him in check.

>>39918660
>>39918674
>>39918781
These answers are all wrong.

>>39918796
I'm the answer just above you, can you tell me why?
Want to learn from my errors

>>39918814
The easiest way for black to refute your analysis is simply to take the rook, let his queen be taken by the knight, and look at the pieces that are left. There is only one way for white to draw here.

The next poster is Magnus carlsen

https://en.lichess.org/xcHEuq1z

Knight to d2, queen takes rook, knight to e4, king and knight swap moves ad infinitum...draw

>>39918943
Correct, you win the grand prize.

https://lichess.org/7JMVIHnP

>>39918660
>horse

Warmup:
Win against shitty players x 5
Workout:
Play against people better than me x F

>>39918995
fight me anon

>>39918943
>>39918949
wouldn't black take your knight with his king before taking the rook with his queen?

>>39919251
1. Nd2+ Qxf1 2. Ne4+ Kf7 3. Nd6+ Kf6 4. Ne4+ Kf5 5. Nd6+ Kg5 6. Ne4+ Kf5

Black must take the rook, and after Ne4, black can't escape the checks.

>>39918831
Thx my dude, didn't even see that, need more sleep

>>39918553
Warmup:
tip my fedora

Workout:
beat kasparov before breakfast

Cooldown:
sheathe my katana

Castle King side
Develop my pawns
Plan for the end
Deny the holocaust

>>39918553
I play the 5 free tactics puzzles on chess.com every day and solve their daily puzzle.

They rank me around 1280. Its too high.

>>39920287
tactic on chess.com are usually 300-500 above your playing rating

>>39920287
>being below 2000 on tactics

>>39920327
thats funny because i have a 1550 ish uscf chess rating and i'm a 1200 on those stupid fucking tactics.

I've found many where the solution has multiple answers and it only takes one, such as there being three free spaces on a diagonal to give a pin/skewer and it only taking one of the spaces

>>39920553
hm...
maybe you are more of positional player than tactical
I have 1370 blitz rating on chess.com and have 1720 tactic rating (dont have real world rating coz too autistic to tourney)

>>39918674
>>39918660
Wrong

>>39920577
>too autistic to tourney

It's fucking CHESS. 90% of the people there is autismo

>>39920577
>>39920553
I literally just went and found one where you can give an unblock-able check before taking a hung knight and force the king to hang a rook, and it wouldn't take that sequence over taking the hung knight immediately. Hopefully lichess tactics are better

2x 15|10 games
5x tactics

daily

e4 best by test

>>39918553
I play Grand strategy games / war games instead. Much better brain exercise. Chess is just memorization. No strategy or tactics.

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>>39918660
>horse

>>39921939
https://en.chessbase.com/post/1-e4-or-1-d4-which-is-the-better-move

>>39918553
first move is d2 then theres a ton of variations but you have a forced draw

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>>39921947

>>39918553
How on earth would such a position arise

>>39918704
Aka the Queen's Gainbit.

>>39918553
Sicilian to e4, QGD to d4.

>>39918553
>What's your chess routine, /fit/?

Memorize hundreds of openings and variants and repeat the same sequences of actions accordingly and wonder why I feel hollow when people compliment me for it.

Truly the King's game.

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>>39918553
>tfw too jacked to play chess

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>>39918553
pawns out for carlsen

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>>39925115
Huh.

>>39918553
Hey Eric, stream more brah...getting boring without the streams.....get robin too...

Chessbrah

>>39918553
https://youtu.be/HdHWAuQRG7E

Real men play King's gambit. Queen's isn't even gambit

Overwatch has better graphics.

>>39918660

After your move, the black king would be forced to move to G5. Then your knight moves to E6 and takes the pawn, causing check, the black queen then moves to E6 and takes your knight, taking the black king out of check. The black rook could also do it.

That leaves white with a king and a rook, and black with pretty much all of their pieces. I am far too stupid to see much farther ahead, but I can't imagine white can force a draw from that.

Of course, that assumes the black queen doesn't just move to F1 and take the white rook after you move the knight on white's turn.

>>39919282

The knight would have to move from e4 to d6 to regain check. The black king then moves to g5. The knight then moves to e7 to regain check.

The king then moves to e6, threatens the knight, AND the knight can't regain check in one move.

Unless I am misunderstanding how you intend to move the knight

>>39918553
I coach it at the local middle school even though two of the kids there are probably better than me. But they're really good desu.

>>39918553
At the moment I'm studying English Lines (as black). Spent last week studying sicillian lines and French. I don't play as well as black.

Almost got my tactics rating on lichess to 1900 but always fuck up when I get close

>>39918553
fight me
https://lichess.org/DesUFkd0

>>39918553

When I was trying to get better my routine was exclusively calculation exercises and watching John Bartholomew standard game vids.

Currently at 1950 USCF. I'm hoping to get master at some point in my life, but I haven't played a serious game or solved a tactics problem in about 6 months. I find my interest in chess comes in spurts.

>>39928257

https://lichess.org/rZixFk5g

Let's go fit. I'm tired as fuck and suck at blitz; one of you might beat me.

>>39928257
>>39928264

Awh, my opponent just left during the opening.

Let's gooooo

https://lichess.org/OOkX8LId

>>39928149
whoever play me for two games what's your rating?

>>39922205
Qf1

let's see you draw this variation, boy

>>39928286

GG to last guy

new game

https://lichess.org/sgBfJytB

>>39928354

Damn, I actually played a perfect game according to the lichess analysis.

https://en.lichess.org/OOkX8LId/white#27

To my opponent: you made too many pawn moves, but you weren't doing anything too stupid, you missed a few pins though and moving the f pawn so early severely weakens your kingside, which I was able to exploit with the knight sac. Pretty happy with how I played that honestly.

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>>39918553
>white to move and draw
>draw
how about no

>>39928483
>depth 21
what are you running this on a potato

>>39928498
could you please rephrase it in an intelligible language?
>>39918831
>let his queen be taken by the knight
then black ain't "refuting" anything, that's white blundering

>>39918553
>tfw always open too aggresively and do not invest enough in my defense. This always causes me to get gucked over mid-game. I should focuse on agressive strategies where I still cover my shit.

>>39918553
What are the best ways to learn / get better at chess? I watched some videos on youtubez for the basics and some good openers, but i still really suck.

I downloaded chess free on my android and can't even beat the lowest AI ;_;

>>39928483
>Nd2+
>not taking the pawn Nh2+
it's not a big change, but how the fuck is it not a more optimal move than leaving the pawn there?
are you running your analysis on an hand-crank powered computer?

>>39929015
>how the fuck is it not more optimal
it's not, and I'll leave you guess why.
>hand-crank powered computer
Absolutely no, I get you can't understand how stockfish works.

>>39929015
Nxh2+ would actually be a blunder

>>39918553
what a coincidence just thought about today to pick up chess

can anyone recommend books or overall information on how to improve one's play? I played a bit in my youth ~1600-1700 elo range but dropped and never touched it again

Also I'm more interested in blitz <5/10 mins, any recommendation?

Thanks in advance

>>39918553
unbeatable urusov

>>39930297
>books
My System is the SS+GOMAD of chess.

>>39919131
I call it that, and I'm a 1958.
It's just funny to me every time.

>>39930351
which is your system?

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>>39930432

>>39930462
fuck i legit thought you had an own system lmao
thanks for the advice

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>>39918553
this shit works against new players 95% of the time

>>39928807
>>39930297
>end game puzzles
>tactics puzzles
literally spend 90% of your training on these.
pick a handful of openings and study them to a decent depth, you dont need a volume worth of openings in your head
>>39930621
similar to the fried liver attack, but bishop d6 (or na6)stops it, resulting in a double d pawn for black, and I dont know how bad that is considering the position.

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OP here, another problem for you.

White to move and draw.

I've composed these myself, by the way.

>>39930723
im not good at this but once thing that jumped out immediately is that if white checks with the rook and black takes it's stalemate, but black doesnt have to take and I cant bother calculating

>>39930700
Double d-pawn isn't awful. You get control over e5 and the open c-file.

>>39930621
Nc6 is a terrible move and even beginner players know that.

>>39918553
1. f3 ... 2. Kf2 1-0. Srs, played this in a few blitz tournaments, managed to confuse some wins out of higher rated opponents because they wtfd and messed up. Got a schooled a few times as well tho so I don't do that shit anymore.

>>39930932
exactly, wanted to say that, it controls 2 very important squares and brings the rook to life but on the other hand the pawn is just hanging there and you'd need to delegate a piece to its defense

>>39930999
As long as you just play normal developing moves and fight for the centre, the pawn will more often than not be a resource that is in no need of constant protection. Put all your minor pieces in active positions, and your major pieces on the c-file.

>>39930901
exactly, draw by perpetual check.

>>39931081
right, I'm retarded
>>39931038
you're right, but a pawn like that could be a liability in end game

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lets
get
this
shit
started

https://lichess.org/bDGgMAbU

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>>39918553
>tfw to swoll to be intelligent

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>>39931151
>He doesn't work out his brain in the library

>>39931128
Lol at this game

>>39931219
Never play f6. Terrible.

>>39926235
carlsen is dyel as fuck

>>39931128
lel, the oldest trick in the book

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and so....

It begins.

https://lichess.org/nLJ25g01

>>39931513
https://lichess.org/vgxWEvsL

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https://lichess.org/Nq5gcHze

I used to be really good at this back in highschool

>>39931534
lets try again

>>39931454
Why would you resign in a rook endgame only one pawn down? Clearly black is better, but white had good drawing chances.

>tfw to dumb to chess

30 mins to 3 hours of puzzles a day. 1-2 hours opening theory study. 1-2 hours of playing. occasional deeper study of GM games. my hobbies include chess powerlifting and MMA and powerlifting really hurts your chess ability because you get too tired to play effectively.

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>mfw opponent is toddler tier and then SUDDENLY starts making great moves
you know what u doing nigga

>>39931712

>Y-you too

rematch me I'll try not to be stupid in the opening
https://lichess.org/T39ZUl26

Anyone for a game?
https://lichess.org/yMqPrKF6

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https://lichess.org/pjIM3egJ

do it.

>>39931849
maybe later, dinner time

keep the thread up folks, this is fun

>>39931876
yes now hurry up and make the first move loser

>>39931882
gg family

>>39931876
ggwp

https://lichess.org/4X8rntmw

come on negroes
https://lichess.org/boYvAmh4

come on then

https://lichess.org/m9dEmPRh

>>39932656
gg

>>39932803
gg

anyone else?
https://lichess.org/lV6cCJFI

chess up

https://lichess.org/3lsQbxyI

CHALLENGE ME, GODSAVETHEQUEE

https://lichess.org/MAigN0mE

https://lichess.org/nOU672Oo

>>39918669
> too

you fucked up

https://en.lichess.org/Qn2AjFqV

>>39935240
I think you played reasonably well. Didn't see any very obvious mistakes in your play.

>>39935026
you're*

>>39935412
Well I dropped that pawn, and traded down when I was already down a bunch of material, and was just on a downwards spiral for the whole end game. Thanks for the game man, can you download a .pgn from lichess?

>>39935445
https://en.lichess.org/game/export/Qn2AjFqV.pgn

/fit/ Chess Generals will now be a regular thing

https://lichess.org/KS41YTyQ

>>39935518
Brain gains general

who's up for a game then
https://lichess.org/dnWXY01y

>>39922606
He's right. That's why it appeals to autismos.

>>39918553

Nd2+ Qxf1
Ne4+ Kf5/f7
Nd2+ Kf6/g5
Ne4+ Kf5/f7

continue until draw. Queen must take rook or else it's
... Kg5
Ne4 checkmate

>>39935605
LOL!

https://lichess.org/jMfhaDmI

>>39934134
How the hell was black rated 1400?

>>39922606
Chess has the same effects on the brain like any strategy game that requires practice and thinking.

Its a game. Not magic.

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https://lichess.org/Yb5HaC5T

>>39936798
>https://lichess.org/Yb5HaC5T

What the hell was the loser thinking? Super Pawn storm dumbassaery

I can guarantee that when his pawn was taken en passant he was like WAT?!

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>>39936978
I really only use en passant to make me look like a real smarty guy who knows chess.

I honestly don't think I've ever had a real scenario where it was the correct move.

anyone want to play me? I don't have an account or anything

>>39937054
https://en.lichess.org/LxQRLlzr

https://en.lichess.org/qvRLNwCE9R0I

https://en.lichess.org/AaJQSdNAq3vv
I'm rated 900 on chess.com

>>39937256
https://lichess.org/E2u45OCO
whoops now there's the private link

just started getting into chess, watching john bartholemew and up to about 1250 on chess.org

https://lichess.org/xpkCKZAE

>>39937281
I recommend chessbrah or chessnetwork.
Highly rated players, entertaining somewhat.
Bartholemew is good too tho.

https://en.lichess.org/uVhlgag8CIM5

>>39918553
At least 10 minutes of tactics a day, play a couple games every day and also whatch some instructional videos every now and again.

>>39938278
Also if anyone makes a game I'll play him. I can't make one becaise I'm from my phone.

>>39921125
Lichess tactics are horrible. They generate them from the end of actual random blitz games; it's retarded because the moves people make under the pressure of a time constraint means they don't always make the best tactical plays. This means a lot of the time you'll get the "puzzle" wrong right off the bat because the original player didn't see the optimal position, or went with a move that had risks which paid off only because of an opponent's eventual blunder. It nullifies the point of playing through tactic puzzles.

Oh yeah, the programmer is a literal cuck too. I still use Lichess tho kek

>>39918553
I tried practicing chess again after downloading a free version on my phone and steam but I get to frustrated easily to practice it and become good. I have the same problem with strategy games on pc too, where ill find myself save scumming or rage quitting.

How do I control myself so I dont always quit and try to instead learn from my mistakes?

>>39938463
It's a 10 minute game if you're playing blitz. Everyone should have the discipline to follow through.

>>39938463
Get in touch with a better player who can tutor you.

>>39938463
>How do I control myself so I dont always quit and try to instead learn from my mistakes?

Chess can be a frustrating and humbling experience. My coach tells me "losing or making bad moves just means you have more to learn about chess still." Truer words could not be said and making the effort to improve is very rewarding.

>>39938546
>he has a chess coach

Wait, I thought this was /fit/.

>>39938393

Very true. The worst is when their are 2 solutions to a position, choose the "wrong one" minus 20 thousand points for you REEEEEE.

>>39938557
>their
>there
>they're

You probably think that there's more than one solution to this problem as well.

>>39938587

So what? I'm about to go to sleep after a long day.

>>39938496
I usually play regular chess, maybe ill give it a try.

>>39938509
>>39938546
Maybe ill find someone to teach me then.

>>39938557
I don't think a chess tactic will ever have 2 solutions. There might be 2 solutions where you have the exact same material advantage, but one of those will alway leave you in a slightly better position, so that one's the correct answer.
>>39938587
Kek

>>39938592
That shouldn't make you lose the ability to speak your native language correctly.

>>39938670

Speaking or writing shit stain? Go die in a fire.

>>39938649
>I don't think a chess tactic will ever have 2 solutions. There might be 2 solutions where you have the exact same material advantage, but one of those will alway leave you in a slightly better position, so that one's the correct answer.

Do enough of their puzzles and you will find out what I mean.

>>39938683
So mad, so mad.

>>39937418
>chessbrah

>>39938698
Id kick your ass

>>39938692
I've done quite a bit, sometimes they're annoying but if you spend a minute or two analysing it after you'll relaise why their solution was better than yours.

>>39921949
Who keeps drawing these

>>39938828
/r9k/ probably. Just like all the other Pepe/Wojack MS Paint memes.

>>39918553
This mental gains meme is embarrassing. Can't wait for you all to lose interest.

>>39935026
he used the correct too
> Burger education

Can /fit/ beat me at chess?

Round 2

https://lichess.org/LXikXRHx

come on then ayyyyyy

https://en.lichess.org/ZVjHljAW