yes, I can handle bad reviews if there is one, and no I am not going to ban or kick or mute people from expressing their options about me XD (I might do an downvote though jk)
For me they are Capablanca It taught me you don't need to be some deep calculator or tactician, nor there is need for opening prep. A deep positional understanding and a strong intuition can also be dominating factor Fischer Despite initially struggling against players like Tal and Spassky, becoming a dominant player, a world champion and world no. 120 points higher than world no. 2 Tal To take risks and complicated fight, clarity is not the thing that matter, but navigation through the position and making fewer mistakes than opponents matters where mistakes by both sides in a position in inevitable. He also made me learn that positional and principled play as well as sound ideas can be combined with aggressive and potentially unsound ideas in a same game. And then most importantly, his passion for chess. One month before his death he was supposed to be hospital as doctors said any moment can be his last. He secretly escaped the hospital and went to play the blitz tournament. Petrosian and Korchnoi Their games are masterclass how to punish aggressive players and counter unsound attacks. While players like Tal scored poorly against Nezhmetdinov (3 wins and in 4th one Nezhmetdinov was better but lost the advantage and then blundered into a loss), while Nezhmetdinov didn't even had a single win against them Nezhmetdinov Doesn't matter you start chess late, you can still compete amongst top level. Also you can combine aggression with accuracy Who are your chess idols and why?
Recently, I had a mild fever for two days but today, on the third day I felt quite normal and well but I am still not performing well in chess. I am facing the following things •I make obvious blunders which I didn't made before all this, at this level •I was mostly used to see by intuition, many of them I need to consciously consider •When solving puzzles, I need to check the solution of more puzzles than before. •I am more likely to make lazy moves, and its more difficult to maintain focus and not play impulsive moves What can I do?
Meditation and chess may seem like unrelated activities, but they share some commonalities and potential benefits. Here are a few connections: Improved focus and concentration: Meditation can help develop focus, attention, and mental clarity, which are essential skills for playing chess effectively. - *Enhanced cognitive function*: Meditation has been shown to improve cognitive functions like memory, problem-solving, and decision-making, all of which are critical for chess. - *Reduced stress and anxiety*: Meditation can help manage stress and anxiety, which can be beneficial for chess players, especially during high-pressure tournaments. - *Increased self-awareness*: Meditation can increase self-awareness, allowing players to better understand their thought processes, emotions, and behaviors, which can lead to improved decision-making on the board. - *Better emotional regulation*: Meditation can help players manage their emotions, staying calm and composed under pressure, which is essential for making rational decisions during games. Some chess players have reported that meditation helps them: - Stay focused and present during games - Analyze positions more clearly and objectively - Manage time pressure and make better decisions under time constraints - Recover from losses and setbacks more effectively While the relationship between meditation and chess is still being explored, incorporating meditation into a training regimen may have benefits for chess players.
welp.. idk what to say about this one so the character is Shunsui and the sexualily is multisexual multisexual are people who experience sexual attraction to two or more sexes or genders well, in my eyes, there is a possibility of this and I do remember one line from Shunsui that kinda shows this XD "hello there handsome" he said that to Ukitake in the manga during the time that Rukia was getting saved so...yeah what do you guys think about this one and I might end this series right here because it has been too long of a series and there is no need to keep on using the cursed wheel to make my fate go to the hand of a certain Rukia simp XD
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BooksRMe Sep 3, 2025
------------------------------------ checkmate in 2 moves
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Mae_lateral Sep 2, 2025
About my questions here are some. And guys trust me these questions are for purely hypothetical purpose. 1. If we got the nuclear code, how can we then set off the nukes? Hypothetically 2. How can he hack USA systems? Hypothetically
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Masky_Chess Sep 2, 2025
Kramnik later publically appeciated appeciated Peter Leko, calling this game a brilliancy that will be remembered in history of chess. That's a very nice gesture by Kramnik, complimenting opponent's victory even when we lost. Its sad to see that today things with Kramnik are much different and I don't want them to be as they are right now
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Supergamer4799 Sep 1, 2025
I just checkmated with knight, bishop, and pawn. I honestly didn't know how I did it. I was just trying to do a check. New checkmate! pizza's 14 move checkmate
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AG_Rookless Sep 1, 2025
Italian or Guico Piano is sooo goated. I used to play Scotch but then lost a ton of games. What are ur thoughts??
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JoseMiguel1000 Aug 31, 2025
day sevenI am so done with the wheel XD Well, I am not really sure about this, but I hate him so much, and that goes with the whole Bount arc; it is a waste of time to watchSo the character is Mabashi, and the sexuality is DemisexualDemisexual means a person who experiences sexual feelings and attraction only after developing a close emotional relationshipSo yeah, what do you guys think about this, and next up shortly is day eight
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RecKLessbomber13 Aug 31, 2025
Alr so this is a new type of event I thought up myself xD. Everyone will try their best to write good song lyrics, and then other people use upvotes to rate who's song is best. There are no limitations to the topic, although please keep it PG-13. Btw beat or other instrumental parts are not needed, we are not professionals after all xD. Have fun! (I will probably be participating btw so if anyone wants to see my songs, follow this forum).  
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HeisukeKogami Aug 30, 2025
Mine is prob School of Good and Evil. Thoughts???
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JoseMiguel1000 Aug 30, 2025
Imagine you have some 2800 player. Its a month for your world championship match against another 2800. You are extremely prepared. Then something crazy happens, you when travelling happens in an accident. You wake up to realize to its been a month. The day after tomorrow is your first game of world championship. The doctors told you that your brain is badly damaged in the accident and should avoid mentally pressurizing work for a month and few weeks, otherwise you despite if not things like coma, still may feel headaches, mental weakness and emotional instability, and fever to weakness, together with the fact with due to the damage, your brain will start to degrade, but you manage to get normal again but may have to give up things like chess, other stress related-work for rest of the life as you simply won't be good at them.  You've loved chess since your childhood and dreamt of being a world-champion, and you know that if you don't do it now, you after few months have to give up chess, you still after one-day's recovery is feeling that you can compete for it, but going also means putting your health at risk. Will you •Put your health at risk and do your best to be a world champion •Take the best care of your health and give up all the dreams of chess
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JoseMiguel1000 Aug 30, 2025
For what I think is that Yugoslav attack of dragon sicilian is most overrated, so much that people say the Yugoslav refutes/busted the dragon Sicilian but that is pure exaggeration, in my opinion What the opening/variation you feel is most overrated?
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JoseMiguel1000 Aug 30, 2025
(I actually was too busy to release this early XD) I am so lost with this one Xd so the character is Aaroniero Arruruerie and the sexuality is Asexual Asexual is the lack of sexual attraction to others basically I really hate Aaronniero but it makes sense to me at least  what do you guys think about this (also I am making another one for day seven, that will be out soon)
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Da_goodDoc Aug 30, 2025
For me living in India( and more specifically north India), some people with no common sense, let alone the civic sense, litter and urinate in public. And then people here are so tunnel visioned for academics and government jobs that they if possible, would marry academics. A thousand skills outside of it are considered uselessby people. Then for them being able to be alive is all life is for them( I believe apart from stable career which is definitely important, a person must be quite good and little bit commited to a sport, or something creative), not just wake up, eat, job, eat, sleep, repeat which somehow is considered ideal and fine here. Then the judiciary is very weak,that undertrails who are innocent suffer and while some actually guilty people never face any consequences. The worst thing about is that you cannot deny amwhat I said without being biased. Something definitely must be in where you live? I told mine tell yours
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ShunsuiClaw Aug 30, 2025
Well i decided to go ahead and make a forum topic out of this xD for me, when I get deeply depressed usually i rap it out and feel a lot better, but sometimes the lyrics fade away together with depression, so why not record them so you both get rid of depression and preserve your lyrical masterpieces xD. Share yours here, no rules whatsoever (do remember to censor all and any profanity or 18+ content tho). 
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ShunsuiClaw Aug 29, 2025
RIDDLE Three mothers ring my cradle,yet none can hold my stride.My kin wear borrowed grins,their laughter fossilized. We fly without a feather,on wires, teeth, and gas;the ground is law to others—to us, a broken glass. A father locked a secretin marrow, key, and bite;a scream can stitch an armyto one ancestral spine. Across a desert made of threadsthe footsteps all align;a slave who baked the world its breadstill kneads it, lost in time. Beyond the salted borderI tasted freedom’s lie;called devil by my jailers,I learned which side was sky. I am both cage and key,the tide and those who drown.Name me—story, land, and war—and watch the walls come down. Who am I?
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ShunsuiClaw Aug 29, 2025

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