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Hello, I am a beginner who managed to defeat 2000+ rated players. In order to win, I recommend you play the Grob opening. While some people may scoff at it, it was used by Claude Bloodgood, one of the greatest chess players of all time in terms of natural talent. The book you should buy and read is

My rating went up by 1000 points after reading this book in just a few weeks. This man has a truly exceptional talent.

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Bro after the first move in the grob, black is winning before he plays his move
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MoguMan wrote:
Bro after the first move in the grob, black is winning before he plays his move

That's what idiots like Stockfish think. The legendary Claude Bloodgood, who is almost 2800 USCF, would disagree with you.

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Blood good was a decent player, probably around 2100 strength. He built up that ridiculous rating while in prison. He organized tournaments, beat all his fellow inmates, and built up his rating without ever facing strong competition
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Laskersnephew wrote:
Blood good was a decent player, probably around 2100 strength. He built up that ridiculous rating while in prison. He organized tournaments, beat all his fellow inmates, and built up his rating without ever facing strong competition

no, there were some pretty good prisoners too. Bloodgood truly defied the odds.

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https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/one-of-magnus-carlsens-most-tragic-losses

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lunasantin wrote:

Hello, I am a beginner who managed to defeat 2000+ rated players. In order to win, I recommend you play the Grob opening. While some people may scoff at it, it was used by Claude Bloodgood, one of the greatest chess players of all time in terms of natural talent. The book you should buy and read is

My rating went up by 1000 points after reading this book in just a few weeks. This man has a truly exceptional talent.

 

I can beat you with that

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Just_an_average_player136 wrote:
lunasantin wrote:

Hello, I am a beginner who managed to defeat 2000+ rated players. In order to win, I recommend you play the Grob opening. While some people may scoff at it, it was used by Claude Bloodgood, one of the greatest chess players of all time in terms of natural talent. The book you should buy and read is

My rating went up by 1000 points after reading this book in just a few weeks. This man has a truly exceptional talent.

 

I can beat you with that

ok bet

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Just_an_average_player136 wrote:
lunasantin wrote:

Hello, I am a beginner who managed to defeat 2000+ rated players. In order to win, I recommend you play the Grob opening. While some people may scoff at it, it was used by Claude Bloodgood, one of the greatest chess players of all time in terms of natural talent. The book you should buy and read is

My rating went up by 1000 points after reading this book in just a few weeks. This man has a truly exceptional talent.

 

I can beat you with that

Update: I won 4-0.

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So now you agree that the Grob is the best opening? claude bloodgood is a genius, like an outlier among outliers.

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lunasantin wrote:
Just_an_average_player136 wrote:
lunasantin wrote:

Hello, I am a beginner who managed to defeat 2000+ rated players. In order to win, I recommend you play the Grob opening. While some people may scoff at it, it was used by Claude Bloodgood, one of the greatest chess players of all time in terms of natural talent. The book you should buy and read is

My rating went up by 1000 points after reading this book in just a few weeks. This man has a truly exceptional talent.

 

I can beat you with that

Update: I won 4-0.

I sold that

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lunasantin wrote:

So now you agree that the Grob is the best opening? claude bloodgood is a genius, like an outlier among outliers.

You can agree with yourself.

It's very bad manners to troll in the Beginners forum. I have no idea why the moderators allow it.

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magipi wrote:
lunasantin wrote:

So now you agree that the Grob is the best opening? claude bloodgood is a genius, like an outlier among outliers.

You can agree with yourself.

It's very bad manners to troll in the Beginners forum. I have no idea why the moderators allow it.

Because it's not trolling, the Grob opening has been known as one of the best openings for years, especially for beginners

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Honchkrowabcd wrote:
magipi wrote:
lunasantin wrote:

So now you agree that the Grob is the best opening? claude bloodgood is a genius, like an outlier among outliers.

You can agree with yourself.

It's very bad manners to troll in the Beginners forum. I have no idea why the moderators allow it.

Because it's not trolling, the Grob opening has been known as one of the best openings for years, especially for beginners

I agree. @magipi, are you trolling us? The Grob is probably a top 5 opening, and for beginners one of the best.

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lunasantin wrote:
Honchkrowabcd wrote:
magipi wrote:
lunasantin wrote:

So now you agree that the Grob is the best opening? claude bloodgood is a genius, like an outlier among outliers.

You can agree with yourself.

It's very bad manners to troll in the Beginners forum. I have no idea why the moderators allow it.

Because it's not trolling, the Grob opening has been known as one of the best openings for years, especially for beginners

I agree. @magipi, are you trolling us? The Grob is probably a top 5 opening, and for beginners one of the best.

Yeah these trolls are getting out of hand I can't believe chess.com moderators allow such obvious trolling all the time

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Smh. I might switch sites.

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Weirdgerman wrote:
Honchkrowabcd hat geschrieben:
lunasantin wrote:
Honchkrowabcd wrote:
magipi wrote:
lunasantin wrote:

So now you agree that the Grob is the best opening? claude bloodgood is a genius, like an outlier among outliers.

You can agree with yourself.

It's very bad manners to troll in the Beginners forum. I have no idea why the moderators allow it.

Because it's not trolling, the Grob opening has been known as one of the best openings for years, especially for beginners

I agree. @magipi, are you trolling us? The Grob is probably a top 5 opening, and for beginners one of the best.

Yeah these trolls are getting out of hand I can't believe chess.com moderators allow such obvious trolling all the time

Honchkrow, youre the most well known troll on chess.com, i have no clue how you are even allowed to be here

No, honchkrowabcd is one of the best contributors to the site, the biggest troll is either americanchadagc or baby

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Weirdgerman wrote:

Honchkrow, youre the most well known troll on chess.com, i have no clue how you are even allowed to be here

Let's add the fact that he was once banned for his trolling and abusive behavior, and then he was allowed to come back for some reason.

And now he's back to his trolling, and obviously the moderators aren't going to do anything about it.

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magipi wrote:
Weirdgerman wrote:

Honchkrow, youre the most well known troll on chess.com, i have no clue how you are even allowed to be here

Let's add the fact that he was once banned for his trolling and abusive behavior, and then he was allowed to come back for some reason.

And now he's back to his trolling, and obviously the moderators aren't going to do anything about it.

Thats not true. He was banned for a faulty sandbagging charge, not for trolling.

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magipi wrote:
Weirdgerman wrote:

Honchkrow, youre the most well known troll on chess.com, i have no clue how you are even allowed to be here

Let's add the fact that he was once banned for his trolling and abusive behavior, and then he was allowed to come back for some reason.

And now he's back to his trolling, and obviously the moderators aren't going to do anything about it.

magipi spreading misinformation once again