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Break

Break

BronzeGerbil
| Mar 3, 2021
| 90
| 0

I'm taking a break. School and life are getting in the way of chess. I'll still maybe do some daily games, but won't be very active for now beyond that. Thanks for reading.

Small Announcement

Small Announcement

BronzeGerbil
| Jan 9, 2021
| 108
| 0

Just wanted to quickly say something here. I'm disabling club invites on my profile, so if you want to invite me to a club in the future, message me or ask me here I guess and I'll consider it.

Me VS Holly

Me VS Holly

BronzeGerbil
| Dec 19, 2020
| 102
| 1

The jump in difficulty from Dash to Holly is very large, as I wasn't successful first try like all the other bots. Here's attempt 1: Then attempt 2: Then attempt 3: Then attempt 4: ...and there we go! Thanks for reading!

Me VS Dash

Me VS Dash

BronzeGerbil
| Dec 18, 2020
| 135
| 0

So there are some new Christmas bots, so I decided to try them out. The first 3 are relatively predictable and not really worth mentioning for me personally. Anyways, here's my game against Dash:

Crazy Comeback Game

Crazy Comeback Game

BronzeGerbil
| Nov 24, 2020
| 45
| 0

My opponent got me with an opening trap at the beginning, but I was able to make a comeback. Here is the game: All those annotations were made by chess.com's analysis engine.

Me VS Beth Harmon(15)

Me VS Beth Harmon(15)

BronzeGerbil
| Nov 23, 2020
| 134
| 0

Ok, they really need to up the difficulty on Beth Harmon. Also I screwed up this first game so hard: At least that didn't happen again: Please make Beth Harmon more difficult. It says that Beth Harmon(15) has a rating of 1880. I'm 1333 USCF an...

Bishop and Knight Checkmate

Bishop and Knight Checkmate

BronzeGerbil
| Nov 5, 2020
| 249
| 4

So yesterday, I was playing a blitz game against @iKevvvv, and he mentioned the bishop and knight mate. I told him that it was really difficult and would most likely and in stalemate, and he agreed. So, I decided to learn the bishop and knight mat...

Giuoco Piano Main Line Counter

Giuoco Piano Main Line Counter

BronzeGerbil
| Nov 4, 2020
| 165
| 0

For some reason, a lot of people I meet struggle to defend against the Giuoco Piano main line's powerful center, so I feel the need to make this lol. (I recommend flipping the board to see Black's perspective, since that's the side that always def...

Quick Update and a Queen's Gambit Accepted Trap

Quick Update and a Queen's Gambit Accepted Trap

BronzeGerbil
| Oct 30, 2020
| 71
| 2

I took a really long break from this website in from mid-2019 to early 2020, so I'll try to be a lot more active now. I've also started learning how to use this blog thingy. Here is just a common Queen's Gambit Accepted trap for you to enjoy:

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