What is worse than losing. Losing to a really good 300 due to your own mistake
It was in rapid to let you know ;-;
theoof11
Apr 6, 2022
Today we're going to be looking at the wing gambit! It's one of the main gambits that people play against c5. So again I took grandmaster Eugene's recommendation and turned it into a post. I'll probably look at the Albin next since I see that it's a fairly common response to the Queen's Gambit. Enjoy!
SilverBlade77
Apr 5, 2022
Consider the end position. White or black? I'll tell my thoughts on the position later.
sndeww
Apr 5, 2022
This thing is just a forced mate in 545.
At least forced for a computer what is able to calculate this deep....
I dont know what more i should say about it... I just thought that its kinda interesting that something like that exist
You can just drink some tea and watch how white slowly wins by those exactly calculated moves what looks totally random...
Chests909
Apr 5, 2022
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Cobra2721
Apr 5, 2022
And this was my best win as well > :>
This was in a chess.com rapid tourament so I am very happy within myself.
theoof11
Apr 5, 2022
Just came on and saw almost everyone was demoted. What happened? tldr please i dont wanna read 1000 pages of notes
Thisguy120
Apr 5, 2022
There has been many times when my opponent has had 2 pawns and a king versus my lonely king, yet they accidentally stalemate me! I’m here to show you the simple and effective way of deliver checkmate when you have the two extra pawns, enjoy!
Practice this simple puzzle, and even if you have 15 seconds you’ll be able to deliver checkmate!
Tutorial on how to do it, step by step
In this position you need to get your king closer to the pawns, and force the black king to slowly go back, until you hit the back rank. When the king is on a8 and your pawns are on the sixth rank, b7+ and a7+, sacrificing the pawn, allow you to promote to a queen with ease and finish the game
Enjoy your day, and never stalemate again in this position!
ninjaswat
Apr 4, 2022
Hey guys, it's been a very long time since my last post in this series. And that's due to multiple factors. The first factor is that there's no more easy-to-refute openings that are clearly bad like the Englund Gambit. So I'll have to put more work into each and every one of these. I find Chess.com's every gambit refuted series a huge blessing though. And Grandmaster Eugene explains things really nicely. I recommend you check it out if you want more detailed explanations. The second one is that school has kind of reached peak the time of year where it's most important to study and do all of that jazz. Since it's spring break, I want to get a fair amount of these posts done for you all to just make things up. I hope you will continue to enjoy these posts as much as I enjoy making them. Enjoy!
ninjaswat
Apr 4, 2022
In the following position (Unzicker - Lundin, Amsterdam 1954), white played:
1.a7!!
Which looks drawing. After all, white can't bring his king to support the pawn anymore. If he ever touches the pawn with his king, black will check him and then move his rook back to the a file.
Of course, black's king and pawns are in zugswang - he cannot move his pawns or his king without losing the game. But what can white do?
snow
Apr 4, 2022
Yesterday, I played at an otb tournament at NTCA. I got 2/4, and wanted to share my games here:
Round 1: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/pgn/4dTi1Gg94a
Round 2: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/pgn/57dUHRs214
(MeHangingAllMyPieces.exe)
Round 3: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/pgn/2SURRS1qLS
Round 4: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/pgn/Zh2koGWDL
snow
Apr 4, 2022
I recently got to 2200 rapid. I would show that game, but it's not very interesting. So I'll show the second to last game.
JanZinniaDominoes
Apr 4, 2022
I was messing around with my own board at home. I knew I needed a better response vs 2.Nf3 in the Nimzowitsch defense. So I remembered Wisnewski's recommendation, but I don't have his book. So I had to figure things out myself!
DISCLAIMER: NOT ENGINE CHECKED
As I looked at this again, however, I realized that white has a more dangerous option: e6! sacrificing a pawn.
So obviously, black needs an earlier improvement. I knew that the line couldn't have been refuted that easily, because otherwise the book wouldn't sell if any expert rated player could mess around on his board for twenty minutes and find a refutation. Thus, I came up with the mundane:
sndeww
Apr 4, 2022
did you know that in this position (white to move) white can force a win? previously, the position was thought to be drawn. But German grandmaster Steckner proved it was winning for white in 2003 (Recent!) !!
while in this position (black to move, Dautov)
he can force a draw?
With white to move, he wins with 1. Kd4! With complications that you won't see even in the najdorf and dragon combined. 1...Rxf2 2.Kc4!! (2.Kc5 draws, but I don't know why!)
While with black to move, he draws with 1...Ra4!! 2.Kd3 g5!!
And in the end, black reaches this position (white to move):
If you shifted the rook and black king one file to the right, white would be winning! But black draws because his king is close enough by one tempo.
I have to study this stuff a bit more.
OranegJuice
Apr 4, 2022
