Chess.com is awful.
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imsighked2
Jun 20, 2017
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#121
Jun 20, 2017
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#122
Please be careful with the direction of the discussion. Staying within the posting guideline will allow the thread to continue.
Jun 20, 2017
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#123
Slow_pawn hat geschrieben:
StupidGM wrote:
BlunderLots wrote:
StupidGM wrote:
BlunderLots wrote:
1.h3?!
Plenty of strong options to respond with, such as:
1...e5
1...nf6
1...d5
1...c5
1...g6
even 1...b6
Strange openings may not give you the chance to practice your book moves, but they do give you the chance to practice sound opening principles—which is just as (if not more) important than memorizing book lines.
And that's because...you WISH it were true?
Yeah, your "intuition" and "general principles" will do you just fine in a line of the Maroczy I've played 5,000+ times, studied for 500+ hours, and know inside-out to move 25. Don't worry about the opening, you can come from a pawn down to beat Carlsen. Oh wait, becoming world champ is a stupid goal right?
You got it all figured out! Not only that, you're telling others how to train!
Wow. Why so angry?
Nowhere in my post did I say "don't worry about the opening". Nor did I mention anything about the Maroczy Bind. Or anything about "World Champion". Or anything about losing a pawn to Carlsen in the opening, for the matter.
I did say that practicing sound opening principles is important—especially when the opening has gone out of book. What's the alternative? To practice unsound opening principles? Or perhaps to mindlessly parrot the moves of a memorized line, regardless of what the opponent plays?
By all means, study theory all you want. I've no qualms against that. I actually applaud those who take the time to book up. You've worked hard on the Maroczy? Great! All the more power to you.
But when someone, like the OP, complains about facing irregular openings—it's probably a good indicator that they feel uncomfortable facing moves that they haven't studied or memorized—which is a further indicator that they probably need to work on their chess fundamentals in general, not just their opening theory.
Just my two cents, anyway.
"Sound opening principles." Okay:
1. Control the center
2. Develop your pieces
3. Protect your king
4. Gain space
Just how far is that supposed to carry a player? 1600?
I know, everyone else wants to have fun with the game. My idea of "fun" is to be the first FIDE rated player over 3000.
I thought you made a thread a couple months back saying that openings only matter for players above 2400.
You read the last sentence of the post you responded to and you got your answer... bipolar
yup
g00fy
lol Made in China
imsighked2 wrote:
Well, robbie, what makes you assume I'm a capitalist? My comment was directed at the whiners who post and post what a rotten site this is, how other sites are so much better, yet they continue to maintain free accounts here. If people don't like it here, why don't they go to those allegedly better sites? I wasn't aware that we signed contracts when we opened accounts here and cannot leave . . . Personally, I feel this is a great site and am willing to pay for what I get here. If I didn't like this site, I wouldn't whine about it, I would leave . . .
So, if you feel other sites are better, Buh-Bye! :-P
Ahhh but I have not claimed that you are a capitalist. What I have actually claimed and lets be crystal clear, is that there is a proclivity among paying members to state that if you don't pay you have no recourse to be constructively critical and should go away. Its an appeal to authority. I pay for it and I therefore have a right to criticise it, you don't and therefore you should shut up and go away? Really? Does that not strike you as being a little logically suspect? I also get the impression that reiterating the same spiel does not actually in any meaningful way address the issue. It was ineffective when it was first uttered and its still rather predictable and insipid now.
Comparing sites is against the terms of service? Seriously? I mean seriously? Are these severs not located in the land of the free and the home of the brave?
kaynight wrote:
Their rules. Live with it.😝
No one is disputing its their rules. What is being disputed is the rationale for it. There is a difference.
Lets see. The chess dot com land of the free and home of the brave rules.
You cannot discuss in open forums.
Religion.
Politics.
Other chess sites.
The state of this chess site unless you pay.
Pumpkin eaters
(please feel free to add anything else)
You can.
Have threads arbitrarily locked down (please see the express if you don't like the new version thread, ruthlessly shut down for no rational reason)
Shut up or get lost if you don't like it.
Now I won't call it close minded but yeah it is bordering on totalitarianism.
(lol) Although I could barely comprehend the OP's post, I say the site is still the best at what it does although customer support has taken a dip in quality lately which I hope they remedy soon.
CaissasDelight wrote:
(lol) Although I could barely comprehend the OP's post, I say the site is still the best at what it does although customer support has taken a dip in quality lately which I hope they remedy soon.
Interesting I actually find the customer support to be the best. If you have a problem with abuse they deal with it. If you have a problem with crazy moderators gone wild JD Cannon deals with it. Thats probably the best thing about chess dot com is that you can contact someone and have your issues resolved.
kaynight wrote:
You can, from time to time, also play chess.
nah too many pumpkin eaters, I play chess on one of the unmentionable sites that rhymes with pea and ends with chess.
bb_gum234 wrote:
I didn't bother reading the OP. Title makes it sound too much like a dumb topic
I started here on page 9
It's an amusing post to an amusing thread. :-)
robbie_1969 wrote:
CaissasDelight wrote:
(lol) Although I could barely comprehend the OP's post, I say the site is still the best at what it does although customer support has taken a dip in quality lately which I hope they remedy soon.
Interesting I actually find the customer support to be the best. If you have a problem with abuse they deal with it. If you have a problem with crazy moderators gone wild JD Cannon deals with it. Thats probably the best thing about chess dot com is that you can contact someone and have your issues resolved.
Customer support's still ok although they no longer seem to be as friendly and accomodating. It's seen better days.
Jun 21, 2017
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#138
For everyone reading this, please challenge me to 3 days daily. I want to play some really good players so I can get better but never find anybody above 1600 or 1700 in the open challenges part of Chess.com. I want to play some really good players, and also everyone else who has seen this post.
Love it or leave it.
