DasBurner wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:
DasBurner wrote:
oh wow
what
the 3.5 hour game and the fact that someone played 1. b4 together
3.5 is short compared to my other rounds
and i played b4
My least favorite person on chess.com
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Nov 27, 2021
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#23
report him!
(and if you don't trust the police, you can always call fat-man, that's 1-555-FAT)
B1ZMARK wrote:
this guy
Poor opening move? What does he know about chess smh
Nov 27, 2021
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#26
Nimzo-IndianaJones wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:
this guy
Poor opening move? What does he know about chess smh
a square person (poor coaching skills^2 + poor manners^2) = "it's a poor opening move"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem
Nov 27, 2021
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#28
Optimissed wrote:
It's a poor opening move SQUARED
true. I've corrected the equation. and to think I was once good at ODE. math Sucks!
Nov 27, 2021
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#29
Optimissed wrote:
His use of English is also pants, because it should be "rather than playing a strong move" or "rather than to play a strong move". You can't usually discern a person's character by their failings in English but you can in this case.
Illiterate as well.. how did he become coach in the first place? bribe and extortion?! geez..
Monopoly Man Goes to Jail
Solmyr1234 wrote:
Optimissed wrote:
His use of English is also pants, because it should be "rather than playing a strong move" or "rather than to play a strong move". You can't usually discern a person's character by their failings in English but you can in this case.
Illiterate as well.. what's next? bribe and extortion?! geez..
dang poor monopoly man
Fuchuina wrote:
Solmyr1234 wrote:
Optimissed wrote:
His use of English is also pants, because it should be "rather than playing a strong move" or "rather than to play a strong move". You can't usually discern a person's character by their failings in English but you can in this case.
Illiterate as well.. what's next? bribe and extortion?! geez..
dang poor monopoly man
Ikr
The true best opening is the castle superstructure, taking 9 moves (18 turns) in total.
b4 is a terrible move though
Nov 27, 2021
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#35
I like 1.b4, what does this “coach” even know about chess. He probably has never even played a game yet offers people advice. What a fool smh
Nov 27, 2021
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#36
Optimissed wrote:
Do you find that no-one really knows how to play 1. b4? I mean, when the game goes 1. b4 ... e5 2. Nb2 ... f6 no-one really knows how to handle it. I must have played the black side of that maybe 40 times, and no-one playing white has understood how to play it. It's got so I wouldn't remember what to do if they played e4 and f4.
I was reading "Play 1.b4" by Yury whatshisname (oh yeah it was Yury Lapshun) and apparently it's:
Nov 28, 2021
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#37
bro what is the chess.com coach even thinking smh. bobby fischer once said "b4 is best by test"
if b4 is good enough for someone like fischer, then it's obviously good enough for us
Nov 28, 2021
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#39
if its good enough for ivanchuk to play it agaisnt li chao twice and win both games, its good enough for you noobs.
Nov 28, 2021
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#40
darkunorthodox88 wrote:
if its good enough for ivanchuk to play it agaisnt li chao twice and win both games, its good enough for you noobs.
it was good enough for international master yury lapshun to write an entire book on it
I read the book cover to cover in a few hours without a board (because I was lazy and i borrowed it at a cafe)
and then I played it against an 1800 in a 90+30 SD 30+30 tc which lasted four hours and won
The chess.com coach looks a lot (suspiciously?) like Jonathan Schrantz, from YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fwc0j8P_DKs
Even has the same glasses ...
he is an IMPOSTER!