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Yep 2 in one game. And I don't have a mouse so I will explan the game a bit. At the start there is not much to tell other then us to try to get good def for our kings while making each other weaker. The game went nowhere til I blunder my knight. He got the knight and was looking at his next move to be Qxb5 to threating mate but when Qd7 made this game in my favor. (No hate to this guy please) I was inside of his head at this point so I when hammering his pieces. After winning the bish, He when to go get the pawn out on my queenside which I block with my bish WHICH was a mistake but he didn't see to try to get my queen. So me having the upper hand use the 2nd rook to try to get his queen. And he thought about trading queens. For a 600 player like me my first thought is to get each other queens but my bish is protecting the rook while having one on the same square. Took some time and then it hit me. He has no way to save his rooks or queen (if my queen dies) so I did the Brilliant move Qxd8 which he did take my rook then I see it all. So I took his queen making his rook and last major piece winnable. Which makes him resign. It was a good game ngl maybe the best starting game I ever had.

Yeah I lost time but played very well. Got +6 and the computer showed that he had to sac his queen? Is it an unstoppable mate if it wasn't done or what. A bit stunned ngl

I have 4 blunders in this game :/ Don't do mistakes do blunders. That is how you improve in chess. JKJK don't do it lol

All checks are good even when you are running out of time or that check look worthless. Btw I wish I had a mouse. This game kinda harms me more than I wish about 3 mins games. Like how do people play so well and fast in 3 mins games.

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The botvinnik system was advocated by... you guessed it, Mr. Botvinnik. With this setup, white argues that his weak d4 square is balanced out by his pincer-like control over d5. It is not effective as a standalone system: It is best when black has committed at least one pawn to c5/e5. There are many ways to play against the botvinnik system, but if you're an online fast player, chances are you'll end up fianchettoing the bishop and playing Nf6. This is actually not very challenging for white, who usually isn't restricted from playing his favorite plans, and the plan for black appears "drawish". However, there is nothing more fun in the world than an attacker who wails in despair after realizing he doesn't have enough pieces to mount a mating attack. So recap: Ne8-Nc7-e6-d5, trade off pieces, play b5; if white plays h3-g4, play f5, stopping his pawn storm. Basically it.

my mom like why you not 1600 so how do i 1600?????

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Had my 2nd match today in my online chess league. Definitely a sloppier game, but gave me some good stuff to go over. Next week's game should be against the #1 seed, stay tuned!

I was playing on live yesterday and me and this one person keeps rematching. This was one of the games: Apparently we both thought nothing of it, just a blunder. And then, 5 games later: I thought he had learned his lesson by now. But 3 more games later: No more chess. Checkers is the game for you.

i literally thought i just blundered a pawn but apparently not???

Often, we’ll have members post in the notes asking for a game and most times it either isn’t noticed or notes just aren’t checked. To be honest, the majority of our members don’t check notes. So instead, this can be the thread you use to ask for or negotiate games with other B&M members, whether you’re looking for a casual match, or a classical game with a 2000. Anyone who follows this thread can see the game request and quickly reply. Hopefully this should make it easier to organize games. I’ll pin this too.

I play the Caro-Kann against 1.e4. As a low ELO, I'm trying to learn one opening really well. Today I played against white who opened with the Vienna & got thoroughly destroyed. I'm wondering what I could have done in the opening to prevent such a quick checkmate.

I have a USCF-rated tournament game in 12 minutes, can someone suggest basic/beginner lines?