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I won vs a 1500, not pretty, and I blundered a bit, don't blame me lol (but blame me). Here is the game:

if you ask i will make you a puzzle if i can help

I just beat a almost 1600 in 22 moves with the Lemming here is the game: I tried my variation that I created a few days ago, and it led to a Benoni-type position, in the end we had many chances, but in the end it was a 5 minute game

Sorry for weird title I think I'm going to take a break for like a week, you can just look at my games today and you'll probably ask yourself "wtf is he doing?" Positional Blunders Missing easy to spot tactics Getting move ordered into things I don't know Regular Blunders Not knowing how to deal with the exchange variation of anything Getting bored when the only thing the opponent's play is c6 + e6 and wanting to resign immediately etc I don't feel like losing more than 60 rating points in an hour so I'm gonna stop, I'll be inactive for a few days except to play my daily games (maybe) Is this the correct way to approach a bad streak?

Previous game, my knight sac did not work because I forget black’s queen was protecting the square: But the very next game I had a juicy rook sac so it made up for it: thankfully my opponent blundered the Traxler otherwise I’d be tilting rn

Not a bad game, already analyzed with 42.8 accuracy. Not a bad game worth 72 moves. I know I missed things by the way, I had a different plan then the computer, but I still made some fairly bad mistakes by myself. Check it out:

I just found out the King’s Indian Defense is this; which was surprising to me, because the normal variation of the lemming defense is; so does this mean the lemming actually follows rules of chess?

I saw you play this nononono here These lines are why the Vienna Gambit isn't really played at the Top level, black gets a very comfortable position. The whole premise is that white tries to build this strong center by baiting nxc3 and then bxc3

How do I get in the zone? I lost my focus in my last couple games and played terribly, blundered a bit, and I need a way or two to get in the zone. Help/Opinions?

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What advice would you give somebody at the 1000-1200 level? Somebody who knows the basics and is improving, but looking to continue making good progress and quick improvement. At this level, what are some of the most important things to know that these players may not know?

He's number 2! https://www.chess.com/leaderboard/live/rapid?country=TG

I am confused yet remain angry at myself for being stuck at a wimpy milestone of 400 (no offense). But I feel like I should be 700-800 range with my intellectual ability. Stupid blunders hold me back, and I check if its safe, but I forget that one piece thats there, and I flunk. It is apart of the stupid beginner level being a blunder maker. Blundering your queen like a strawberry smoothie (haha get it?). I should play better and I know it.

Very short game, had my opponent resigned. I didn't play into the Scandinavian. Hate to be egotistical but I liked my move order from queen check to grab the free bishop. (plus they couldn't castle). Check it out:

This is a game I just won against the London, and there's a few lessons to be learned from it. What are the lessons? Don't pre-move, don't tunnel vision, and be very careful when there's a weird pawn under your house. Thank you for listening. (Annotating my games feels weird, but it's probably good in the long-run.)

F in the chat He said "see" on like 10. qb6+ i think (not shaming i just thought it was kinda funny) (The "no thanks" looks meaner than it actually was sorry)

Only for beginners (sub-1000), & don't use engine How does white promote the pawn? you don't need to give lines, just what's the plan for white?

Please check this forum first of all: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/contribute-to-togo-opening-theory Now we will take a deep dive into the mysterious Togo-Fiji Opening. First of all its name comes from the mass amount of people which have Togo flags in this club, and the Fiji part comes from my flag, origin of this Togo-Fiji Opening, stems from this thread by Viznik: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/togo-openings-challenge We also had a lot of determination by parkerkorb who wrote this forum: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/togo-opening-w-complete-variations Now I will present to you the meaning of this opening, the whole reason it was created. You are aiming for an aggressive structure with pawns on c4 and e4 like the Whale variation, except you also want to quickly eliminate the black pawns that enter the center, so only you have central control. In fact the Togo-Fiji Opening itself starts off with this exact plan: The main variation by far, is exd4, in total though there are 5 variations, exd4, Nxe4, Bb4+, Be7, and d6. As of now exd4 has much more theory than the rest of the four. And now I will introduce to you my idea after the main move, I call it the Cricket Gambit. That is my idea in the Main Line. I also have another brilliant idea sacrificing four whole pawns, for huge activity and a huge lead in development: You sacrifice four whole pawns!!!! That is unheard of before. Now everyone please comment on the first forum I gave the link to, you will be able to contribute to theory, and I will also write about others' ideas. Thank you for reading!

Hello everybody! I've decided to learn the Ruy Lopez, I'm sick of the same old king's pawn opening. So I'd like to discuss the Ruy Lopez. I wanna master this opening! I'm going to just give all the main ideas that I've learned so far and then you guys can take over and talk talk talk everything Ruy Lopez! So you've got the beginning of the Ruy Lopez (or as I'm going to call it further, the RL): Then black has two main moves, a6 being the most common. Sometimes the bishop moves to a4. If the bishop takes the knight that turns it to the RL exchange variation. At this point white has a nice bunch of pawns on the kingside which is better than black's group of queenside pawns. This means that white has the better pawn structure and may even have a passed pawn, resulting in an endgame advantage. Even after the bishop/knight exchange, white can't take the e5 pawn with the knight because of: However, bishop to a4 is a more common move than bishop takes knight: This can result in the closed RL. Next white can just play h3 and black chooses what to do next. By now white's main plan is to push the d-pawn. Then white's b1 knight can move to g3 (d2, f1, g3) But black also has plans. He can move either knight to let the c/f pawns move, or he can try to establish a center with the d-pawn. Since it's black's turn, though, black chooses how to continue. One of the most common things to do is Nb8, starting the Breyer Variation of the Closed RL. The idea is to later move the knight to d7, a better square. This also allows the c-pawn to move, along with defending the d5 pawn. The Breyer Variation's start looks like this: Another thing is the Chingorin Variation, which starts with 9...Na5. The point of this is to push the bishop, and after it retreats to c2, black can push the c-pawn. After white's move black can play Nc6. So yeah! I'm really sorry for such a long forum post, I didn't realize that it would be this long! So if you have anything to say about the Ruy Lopez, please share it! Maybe once I learn enough, I can even make a blog post about it. Thanks!