| General Chess Discussion - What's wrong with 1. e4 e5 ? @pawnmulch you can find a lot of AI versus AI games on Youtube by searching the names of AIs. You can also look up the notable games from Top Chess Engine Championship leagues. Sorry to disappoint you… | |
| General Chess Discussion - i have finally reached 1800 + rating in rapid @nishant747 depends on the openings you've learned, some chess channels have pretty good opening videos (Saint Louis Chessclub) but some are pretty questionable (thechesswebsite). Important thing is c… | |
| General Chess Discussion - i have finally reached 1800 + rating in rapid Congrats on your improvement. Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual is a humongous book that's not to be bothered with below 2400 rating or maybe even higher. Maybe only read the first chapter (King and Pawns) t… | |
| General Chess Discussion - What's wrong with 1. e4 e5 ? So this is the game OP talks about: https://adjva4.dpdns.org/48bsYoTn There's usually like a 0.2 error in Stockfish's evaluation. I've tried analyzing exactly the same games and it usually gives different … | |
| General Chess Discussion - Why is this a mistake? @Thaxiss the point of Be7 is to shield your King and be able to play moves like Nxe5 and d5 if White makes a mistake. If you see d5 and believe it's good, you should play it. Even if you lose you will… | |
| General Chess Discussion - Why is this a mistake? @tpr what horizon? Beginning with 6...d5 Stockfish solidifies the advantage after few moves. Not that you need Stockfish to find the refutation. c3, Bc2 is a common greedy mistake by White to skip Bb3… | |
| General Chess Discussion - Why is this a mistake? Your first odd move is 4...Be7, this move doesn't accomplish anything right now and it gives White to option to go for an early c3 d4 since you are not applying pressure on e4 with Nf6. I suppose you … | |
| General Chess Discussion - What is the highest centipawn loss you can have? I've run an experiment and got 1900 on both sides. Maybe someone else can go higher by continuing until 300 move rule? https://adjva4.dpdns.org/6r3vbzHU/black | |
| General Chess Discussion - fair play Some people just leave the game instead of resigning in a lost position so feel free to claim victory in these cases. I believe this countdown is a lot shorter if your opponent is a bad position, so y… | |
| General Chess Discussion - Questioning relative value of piecs Queen is significantly stronger than two Bishops. That being said, it's quite annoying to play with a Queen against two Bishops. In this situation, it's usually a good idea to exchange one rook for on… | |
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