Dunno what you were drinking but... Take a look at the first one again. 
Knight in the Corner!
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I didn't know Kb7 was illegal...
LOL even after reading MSC's comment I was still confused for a second. That was a really weird blind spot. So therefore, a knight in the corner is still trash. :)
Move the pawn one rank back and it's fixed I think. :)
NM = novice much?
Those knight-racing-to-get-a-pawn can be interesting though. Notice a knight can move to almost every same-color square in just 2 moves. If there's an available check then both color squares!
They're made fun of for being slower than a bishop, but they can be faster than you expect.
^oh yeah??
Oooooh yeah. Ol' Nelly back on the ranch could run over 600 horse-lengths in 2 minutes!
Is this really an NM
A Knight in the corner is Usually a Bad thing. But there are exceptions like the one in the endgame.
In the case of the Opening/Middlegame it would supposedly mean that the Knight is not involved in the game, which is often the case. It can be likened to a hanging piece just without the threat of capture. I doubt it would become a target since it is a bad piece to trade at the moment. In the
Oct 25, 2014
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JMB2010 wrote:
LOL even after reading MSC's comment I was still confused for a second. That was a really weird blind spot. So therefore, a knight in the corner is still trash. :)
This is precisely why I nearly beat you in my first year of playing chess. And by playing chess, I mean being oblivious to the pieces and how they move or cognizant of any openings. Now in my 25th month of just playing, not studying or analyzing my games and master games nor reading chess books, I have ascertained a rating of 1658. This newly "boosting" of the chess.com rating live standard classification has efficaciously coadunated the aforementioned chess.com live standard to the FIDE ratings.Therefore, One can surmise that my natural talent of 23 months to procure a rating of 1658 equates to six to seven according to this article.
http://beginchess.com/2009/08/02/anatomy-of-a-chess-player-from-beginner-to-expert/
Futhermore, I precipitated the reconcilation of the chess.com ratings to FIDE by suggesting that if you could standardize live chess ratings, since this tiem constraint is comparatively similair to OTB tournaments, then we will see an exponential increase in chess( both OTB and online) as well.
For further elaboration read: ( I discuss how to prevent cheating and the inefficiencies of the inability and inconvenience of finding a club and time spent travelling to and from chess clubs, which potentially stymie many neophytes from playing chess.
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/a-system-better-than-the-current-world-championship-system?page=1
letsgohome wrote:
Look at me, I'm a pompous ass with no social skills!
Good for you, cowboy.
Oct 25, 2014
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letsgohome wrote:
JMB2010 wrote:
LOL even after reading MSC's comment I was still confused for a second. That was a really weird blind spot. So therefore, a knight in the corner is still trash. :)
This is precisely why I nearly beat you in my first year of playing chess. And by playing chess, I mean being oblivious to the pieces and how they move or cognizant of any openings. Now in my 25th month of just playing, not studying or analyzing my games and master games nor reading chess books, I have ascertained a rating of 1658. This newly "boosting" of the chess.com rating live standard classification has efficaciously coadunated the aforementioned chess.com live standard to the FIDE ratings.Therefore, One can surmise that my natural talent of 23 months to procure a rating of 1658 equates to six to seven according to this article.
http://beginchess.com/2009/08/02/anatomy-of-a-chess-player-from-beginner-to-expert/
Futhermore, I precipitated the reconcilation of the chess.com ratings to FIDE by suggesting that if you could standardize live chess ratings, since this tiem constraint is comparatively similair to OTB tournaments, then we will see an exponential increase in chess( both OTB and online) as well.
For further elaboration read: ( I discuss how to prevent cheating and the inefficiencies of the inability and inconvenience of finding a club and time spent travelling to and from chess clubs, which potentially stymie many neophytes from playing chess.
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/a-system-better-than-the-current-world-championship-system?page=1
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letsgohome wrote:
JMB2010 wrote:
LOL even after reading MSC's comment I was still confused for a second. That was a really weird blind spot. So therefore, a knight in the corner is still trash. :)
This is precisely why I nearly beat you in my first year of playing chess.
By "nearly beat" do you mean a draw? Otherwise that doesn't mean much.
Ratings from one list do not equate ratings on another list. Being that Standard FIDE are G60+ and Standard Chess.com are G15+ to probably G60- I would expect the ratings here to be closer to 'active' ratings elsewhere.
The rating boost will settle.
You have in 24 months played 2200 games. That would equate to about 350 active tournaments. That is a lot so thumbs up.
Yay, letsgohome is back. Btw, by nearly beat, he means lost in 25 moves. I would block him but frankly I find it amusing.
I often feel bad for the knight in the corner. It is constantly mocked and bullied, and many times made out to be worth nothing. However, sometimes it has its shining moments.