Nice lol
i won 100 bucks, first tournament at an IHOP
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Dec 30, 2022
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#23
Kowarenai wrote:
first time i played inside a IHOP, currently 1896 and gonna be over 1900 just don't know how much but i ended with 3.5/4 in this event. i was a bit lucky in 3 games not cause i was losing but cause i felt more nervous in my positions and wasn't super confident but i did well. the highlight game is my draw against IM Yunier leyva during the 3rd round where i was really happy
one last christmas gift i say!
What kind of 4 round tournament awards 100 bucks? Just curious...
Dec 30, 2022
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#24
TheUltraTrap wrote:
Kowarenai wrote:
first time i played inside a IHOP, currently 1896 and gonna be over 1900 just don't know how much but i ended with 3.5/4 in this event. i was a bit lucky in 3 games not cause i was losing but cause i felt more nervous in my positions and wasn't super confident but i did well. the highlight game is my draw against IM Yunier leyva during the 3rd round where i was really happy
one last christmas gift i say!
What kind of 4 round tournament awards 100 bucks? Just curious...
It's common lol
Children need to stop getting lessons from people who don't understand that playing the London is counterproductive to improvement. Young players will learn way more by playing open attacking chess not positional boring games.
B1ZMARK wrote:
BoxJellyfishChess wrote:
what kind of kid plays the london lol
at the us masters i saw this like really little kid who played the london it was the most unreal thing ive seen
that was akeras probably
Fayez58 wrote:
Kowarenai wrote:
mrfreezyiceboy wrote:
why does the kid you were playing against in the pic look so sad lol
CAUSE HE IS AKERAS OVERLINGAS #1 FLORIDIAN KID EVER GO SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL I AM 2000 AND I MAKE MY OWN TOURNEYS AT AN IHOP TO FARM, YESSS GO DO IT NOW IN THE NAME OF AKERAS OVERLINGAS FEAR MY LONDON I SAY FEAR IT FOREVERRRRR!
anyways joke
he is rated 2089 or 2079 i believe and he always likes to play mind tricks kinda by looking at me and either making me feel nervous or confused basically. kinda like how Nico Chasin does it at nationals but he won 2nd place in Maryland during classical and got 3rd for the blitz event. he always plays the london and yeah its just very annoying glad i got to beat it with black finally
why is an IM rated 2089 or 2079?
no the 2000 was my first round opponent, he is the little boy named akeras however the IM was this guy who was 2400 (right)
Dec 30, 2022
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#28
brianchesscake wrote:
Children need to stop getting lessons from people who don't understand that playing the London is counterproductive to improvement. Young players will learn way more by playing open attacking chess not positional boring games.
Me vs my coach telling the other players what to play be like (they're like 1400 max)
Dec 30, 2022
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#29
brianchesscake wrote:
Children need to stop getting lessons from people who don't understand that playing the London is counterproductive to improvement. Young players will learn way more by playing open attacking chess not positional boring games.
no
brianchesscake wrote:
Children need to stop getting lessons from people who don't understand that playing the London is counterproductive to improvement. Young players will learn way more by playing open attacking chess not positional boring games.
I disagree
yeah also no besides if carlsen plays positional boring games as well then why not us?
Dec 30, 2022
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#33
Kowarenai wrote:
yeah also no besides if carlsen plays positional boring games as well then why not us?
I agree, I think it's fine to play them, I love to play "boring" positional games and learning the london is fine what I don't like is kids only knowing the london because it's the same every time and then not getting better at the game. Most of the time they dont even understand the move order issues etc...
Dec 30, 2022
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#34
IM BoxJellyfishChess wrote:
what kind of kid plays the london lol
my colleagues because they don't want to learn new stuff
Dec 30, 2022
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#35
TheUltraTrap wrote:
Kowarenai wrote:
yeah also no besides if carlsen plays positional boring games as well then why not us?
I agree, I think it's fine to play them, I love to play "boring" positional games and learning the london is fine what I don't like is kids only knowing the london because it's the same every time and then not getting better at the game. Most of the time they dont even understand the move order issues etc...
you're underselling white's options in the London. If you look at Jobava's experimentations in the last decade or so, you'll find that white actually has a lot of different ideas in the London.
Probably the most popular option among kids (played by Jason Liang, Nico Chasin, Vincent Tsay, and many of my other peers back when none of us were masters) is the Veresov, which involves d4-Bf4-Nc3, a line that is actually pretty aggressive
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#36
Kowarenai wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:
BoxJellyfishChess wrote:
what kind of kid plays the london lol
at the us masters i saw this like really little kid who played the london it was the most unreal thing ive seen
that was akeras probably
wait was the kid u played at the us masters??
Dec 30, 2022
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#37
BoxJellyfishChess wrote:
TheUltraTrap wrote:
Kowarenai wrote:
yeah also no besides if carlsen plays positional boring games as well then why not us?
I agree, I think it's fine to play them, I love to play "boring" positional games and learning the london is fine what I don't like is kids only knowing the london because it's the same every time and then not getting better at the game. Most of the time they dont even understand the move order issues etc...
you're underselling white's options in the London. If you look at Jobava's experimentations in the last decade or so, you'll find that white actually has a lot of different ideas in the London.
Probably the most popular option among kids (played by Jason Liang, Nico Chasin, Vincent Tsay, and many of my other peers back when none of us were masters) is the Veresov, which involves d4-Bf4-Nc3, a line that is actually pretty aggressive
I'm fine with if you're willing to investigate those lines, just not if you play the london in the way these guys do - always the same system, d4 Bf4 Nf3 e3 Nd2 c3 Bd3 Ne5 Qf3 etc
Dec 30, 2022
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#38
fair enough, but that's not really a problem unique to the london, many openings can be strategically very linear if you don't explore options
Dec 30, 2022
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#39
BoxJellyfishChess wrote:
fair enough, but that's not really a problem unique to the london, many openings can be strategically very linear if you don't explore options
yes, but are we talking about other openings here?
Dec 30, 2022
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#40
TheUltraTrap wrote:
BoxJellyfishChess wrote:
fair enough, but that's not really a problem unique to the london, many openings can be strategically very linear if you don't explore options
yes, but are we talking about other openings here?
no but you are making it sound like the london is the problem when the problem is that kids are lazy
what kind of kid plays the london lol
at the us masters i saw this like really little kid who played the london it was the most unreal thing ive seen