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Fiveofswords
Purely practical play. I played this guy before plenty of times, and he is always obsessed with trying to open up my king and crush me. The funny thing about that, however, is that I think my tactical ability is a little stronger than his....therefore rather than trying to protect my king, I give him everything he wants...
zxb995511
I think there is a limit to "compensation" activity alone cannot win a game. If your compensation for material deficit cannot in the long run secure you a material advantage or a positional one or mate itself then it's simply a blunder. As Roman Dzinchichasvili put it here- black has the pawn AND the compensation (so to speak).
mikex22
lmao, I know tons of people who are obsessed with the same exact things. I think it's the most hilarious thing in the world. It's like their goal is to just call check and look flashy as many times as possible during the game
which is better, kings gambit or polish opening??
by Ubik42 a few minutes ago
I began to loathe Chess 960 ...
by N2UHC a few minutes ago
You can't makle this stuff up folks
5/23/2013 - The Long Road Home
by JoeJefersonCA a few minutes ago
Is it weird in tournaments to walk out of your chair and watch other games?
by paulgottlieb 120 seconds ago
Concerned about trolling, again
by 335394862 5 minutes ago
Is it possible that there are psychic chess masters
by Ubik42 6 minutes ago
We need more amateurs to post their annotated games.
by PortlandPatzer 11 minutes ago
HELP, Game Abandoned!
by vmategrano 17 minutes ago
Post your best miniatures here
by Brasigringo 18 minutes ago