Who now will tell us that our speculative gambits in the opening can be easily refuted?
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Masters aren't really appreciated enough.
There were quite a lot of topics where masters were being contradicted (that's putting it lightly) by players with a rating of 1000, and then accused of "elitism" when they simply tried to tell anyone better a few months back. That's a massive faux-pas in other games that I play.
@optimissed Pfren coached players who became titled, even some GM's. I I wouldn't say they are weak. He is a certified FIDE trainer and an IM. He called out nonsense when he seen it and told the truth. And u?
Jan 30, 2021
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Yeah, he had a lot of interesting things to say. I remember him calling several player’s BS (subjective, I know). His opening comments were always appreciated.
Pfren last log in is 5 days ago. Seems he doesn't want to post on forums anymore. I'm a big big gambit fan (openings he absolutely hates) yet I always lurked at his comments because I found them hilarious, but also to be aware of the worst that can happen with my openings, in chess you can afford to be aggressive (he was always promoting the most dullest openings imaginable, queen gambits, things like that) but not delusional.
Let us be honest: he is a highly skilled correspondence/centaur player (see recent achievement), means his advice regarding openings has a lot of value. But fast live chess starting to look like quicker correspondence chess where barely 3 or 4 openings are still playable is not a very pleasant view ...
Feb 10, 2021
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Other than Pushwood, Pfren is the only unconventional titled player I have seen who is/was active on the forums and participated in its madness. I enjoyed his roasts and rude attacks to people over the most trivial errors and the narcissistic attitude. Interesting character. Ironically, for some reason, very likable and entertaining.
However, people have lives too. Unlike all the lifeless trolls, a person can take a break for a while. Maybe something serious is going on in his life that he needs to take care of. It doesn’t mean he abandoned the place.
Feb 10, 2021
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Vincidroid wrote:
Other than Pushwood, Pfren is the only unconventional titled player I have seen who is/was active on the forums and participated in its madness. I enjoyed his roasts and rude attacks to people over the most trivial errors and the narcissistic attitude. Interesting character. Ironically, for some reason, very likable and entertaining.
However, people have lives too. Unlike all the lifeless trolls, a person can take a break for a while. Maybe something serious is going on in his life that he needs to take care of. It doesn’t mean he abandoned the place.
Who is Pushwood?
It is a two way street. Games with "faults" between stronger players make for good threads.
That guys the only one i know that acts like he's on his period 24/7
IM pfren hasen't been online for the past 9 days. Same thing betfore Christmas, don't come online hardly anymore. Great lose for us. Pfren was a regular contributor in the opening forum, and called out nonsense from the likes such as aww rats(coach-bill, RIP I guess). Pfren knew the difference between good and bad moves, and knew colorado gambit was rubbish. I hope pfren will come back soon, I need a good coach