A General Chess Discussion Thread?

I play 10|0 mainly too, with 3|0 and 5|0 sometimes thrown in there when I'm tilted in Rapid.

It hits the sweet spot of never running out of time really, but your opponent can’t take five years.

No, I just played a game where I was gonna win in two moves and my opponent stalled the remaining 5 minutes.

But in general it's the sweet spot and what I'd recommend for beginners to play

I pretty much leave the app open and do something else when that happens.

Still so annoying tho, and Chess.com does nothing about it.

I'm playing a game rn, I've used 90 seconds of my clock, and he's used 5 minutes lol

Some people take longer then others, probably an sign your putting them in a tough position.

I saw this interesting chess video by a creator I’ve never seen before And I thought it was interesting enough to share https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

You know what chess youtubers should do? Rate subs brilliant moves.

Oh nice ! Never heard of him before neither! Though I think black should have taken on c3 on move 18, don't you think ? Anyway thanks for sharing !

Could you explain further please?

Like subscribers send their brilliant moves, the YouTuber sees the game, and then rates the brilliant based on what their criteria merits.

You need context to rate brilliant moves, so sending the whole game, but rating the brilliant based on difficulty to find, successful continuation after the brilliant, the visual appeal of the brilliant, and the amount of brilliants played.

I had a game today (really intense game, because I was in a train coming back from my school and I was on a connexion share from a friend, and he had to leave at a certain stop and I wouldn't have connexion after but he resigned just in time, anyway) and had another friend who knows nothing about chess. And he was looking at the game and asking questions about my moves and the reason why I play them. And I had two thoughts.

First, I wondered, if you had just 15 minutes like I had to explain the most possible chess you know to a beginner, what and how would you do it? Curious to year tour thoughts.

And second, we reviewed the game afterwards, and I realise the comments from someone who doesn't know anything can sometimes be useful, they might play chess a bit worse, but they make it way more simple, with clear simple game plans and applying just basics principles, and help you no to overthink and. Again what are your thoughts?

First, explain your moves in easy to understand terms. Don't use any fancy terms to explain your thoughts, such as zugzwang, and instead say "I'm placing my knight on this square to prevent my opponent from having a move that does not lose for him." Stick to the basic principles: Attack, Checks, Captures, and Defending. As for useful advice, that's also true. Sometimes its better to just play the simple move you know is good over a complex move that you are not certain about.

It doesn't exist in the US? That seems so weird to me because you have like 10x more chess youtubers than any other country !?For example, here is a video from a French IM doing exactly what you described:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiA7Vqijwa0&pp=0gcJCTIBo7VqN5tD

There are some good ones so even if you don't know the language it can still be interesting to see them

ADDED : reffering to the rate subs brillants comment

That would be a nice idea

What's even a zugzwang lol ?

If you haven’t been exposed to the chess community yet you always have interesting chess takes. This was my opening before I learned anything about chess strategy, and it took my about 8-9 years before I did so this was it.