Twenty-three Greats and Two Brilliants in Twenty-Seven Moves. Was playing the Murphy Bot, which is great for learning the variations of the Vienna game. Analyzing the Main Line variation I stumbled across the Wurzburger Variation, where near...
Today, an opponent played an opening of the Caro-Kann I had not scene. After a few moves, I saw in the moves window, the opening was called ... Caro-Kann: Alien Gambit. I have heard YouTubers mention this opening, but I never paid attention. &nb...
Come one come all... the circus is in town. The circus bots are here!!! Ringmaster will be a difficult crazy bot with a 2999 rating. I expected my first game would be 16 moves to mate as I was black. At move 30, it ...
Since December, I climbed up rapidly to an ELO my RL chess friends said I belong, however, internal issues were blocking me. Once corrected, I thought clearer, but came to a thought, if I'm going to go above 2000, then I'm going need to lear...
Playing the Vienna game, I've come across this hard to spot checkmate as the board seems all jumbled in a middle game battle. Can you find a move that might lead to checkmate in 3 moves? Offer the queen... In an analysis I ran a...
I have played the three gambits of the Vienna (Max Lange, Omaha, and Falkbeer) and main line for a few years. Before getting hooked playing high level bots, I had an almost 70% win rate. As I hit the 2000 level in Rapid and play...
One of my religious students sent me a sermon on a checkmate painting, where the sermon emphasized, ".The devil thought it was checkmate..but the king had one move left!" Last Sunday, the student asked if I could do a lesson on this painting...
New Eve's Magnus Bot - 20 days, 100s of games, 3 draws before a win!!! Goalie from winter sports: Tried beating with Englund Gambit, I changed modes with assistance and swas into 100 moves and thin we drew or I stalemated. After watc...
Against the Scandinavian, this bot played well over its 2000 rating; however, it did tend to make the same sequence of moves. And upon learning and memorizing the move sequences, I found the Tamale gambit, actually, it's the Tomalley Gambit,...
This week I started playing black against some bots to learn more of openings I face and counter. Ahmed, who I had beaten with white, threw me off when starting with f4, Bird's opening. After losing a few games, I thought to play...
A few years ago, a co-work and avid chess player told me I could play at an 1800 level if I calmed down. Up until the end of 2024, I had been stuck in a 1200 to 1400 range for year. I'd struggled all my life with anxiety, and played blitz ch...
The New Years Magnus bot always made the same move sequences, so once memorizing around 30 moves, and twenty days of getting demolished, I tied 3 games and miraculously won a game. Enter the new bots and the Goalie for the winter games. &...
With each e4, the Morphy bot mainly countered with e5, which allowed me to enter a Vienna Game. Very tough play, and played many variations of the Vienna game all day, teaching me new counter attacks and defenses. A few variation...
Only a few games played to a draw then a win against the 2561 bot. 89% accuracy played at a 2550 rating according to the game review. The games were surprising wheret I drew then won without having to play many, many games like spendin...
After spending 20 days of being pummeled, two days ago I had drew the Magnus Bot three times, and finally beat him with the Vienna Gambit. I tried the Sicilian Grand Prix Attack, got pummeled but was doing better than the Vienna. Game...
Twenty days of getting brutally demolished by the Magnus Bot, today three draws, and finally a win! https://www.chess.com/game/computer/561403045 My strongest opening is the Vienna where multiple moves and lines have been built into mus...
I have said previously that some game ratings and accuracy depend also on your opponent. The game I want to share, the highlights, rated me my highest ranking yet of playing at a 2300 level. I played my usual Max Lange, Vienna Gambit, ...
Recently purchased the platinum membership for Black Friday on chess.com, and used their analysis on nearly every game. Maybe the turkey or all the other foods over the holidays, but I have played a roller coaster of games, some being ranked...
A few months ago I was watching GothamChess reviewing his wife's game, and he laid down some basic strategies and theory. I jumped 200 points that week. I've moved up to 1700 in Rapid, and 1500 in blitz, but a measily 700 level in bull...
Mutiple Options for Mate How many did I find? 0 https://www.chess.com/game/145522766652 For years I've played mainly instinctively and fast. Peers have said, "You're easily 1800, and with patience you would be..." At thi...
https://www.chess.com/game/145461998294 In this game, both players scored <60% accuracy and with a game play rating of 850 and 900. How can two 1500 level players, play so poorly? The opening was the Soller Gambit, where I only kn...
Two days ago, the 1500 level of 5 min blitz was crossed. I'm approaching 1700 in 10 min rapid; however, 5 min blitz has been my favorite to play. When I created this account, I set the range to the lowest up I think +25 pts, and a low ...
Over many games I have tried to get a brilliant move, and in goofing around and sac'ing a my rook to take a bishop, I would obtain a brilliant in the game. In the Soller Gambit, I always get.a brilliant if I move my knight to sac the queen.&...
Past games, I played the Englund Gambit just to break up the monotony of the king and queen pawn opening moves. In one game I goofed around and played a bishop in the second move and saw in the ECO the opening was called the Soll...
Finally clawed my way back to 1400, where the style is more strategic and less chaotic. Things that annoy me in chess.... mindless checks without. a plan. Pulling the queen before developing, and the rain of pawns without developing.&n...
