I didn't know zach was a genius

I did not find the follow up though

And the other player is thinking, and thinking...

I pretty much only play 3 min blitz and have reached about 1780 elo over like 12k games. However I still get so triggered by super defensive players (exaggerating here but partly true haha)

To me chess is only fun if you’re just sending it and trying to do fun tactics and stuff - especially in blitz - but some players are just obsessed with only playing the most solid defensive moves and pushing pawns constantly to block the board. Or worst of all - just instantly trying to trade every piece and get to end game ASAP (that is the absolute worst thing ever for me who are you people lol). It seems as though some players don’t even look for the attacking options they just see the most defensive move and automatically play that

I’ve never really studied or watched chess videos or anything but I do know this is a legit strategy, even some top level pros do this, I guess my question is HOW? Like how is that fun for you? And what’s the best way to counter? Like we are only 1700 we are miles off being a pro, isn’t it just about having fun? I just find it so painful and tedious and slow. I never enjoy super defensive games where the board is all blocked and definitely have the most fun when pieces are flying everywhere.

As an aside, I have found the majority (~70%) of players from India seem to play this super defensive style, much more likely than players from other countries (e.g. Brazilians at the opposite end are like 80% attacking players) - why do you think that is?

**Absolutely no shade or hate intended towards my Indian friends (unless the cricket is on 😂) just wondering if that’s the way it is taught in schools or something? Some other cultural thing?

Talk about compensating😅

Has anyone really thought about how accurate these stats from premium are. I think my openings can't be *that poor compared to my peers

I've been playing a thousand games of Blitz and only a hundred in rapid so I'm playing really fast finishing game with 6-7min on the clock with no extra time.

I've also played chess in bars with a clock and it happens to me quite often to beat my opponent on the clock with still 3-4min on the clock

Step 1: Develop your pieces (Pawns, Knights, Bishops) to the center to control it.
Step 2: Watch your opponent blunder an important piece (9 times out of 10 it’ll be their Queen) and take it.
Step 3: There is no step 3! You won by resignation!

Anyways, thank you for helping me reach 800 elo lol.

Any idea why engine wants me to castle queenside when his last move was g6 to point a bishop there? Not to mention all the extended paws queenside.

https://www.chess.com/game/live/171935956126?move=31 TExt

So lately my strategy for low elo blitz and bullet is to do alot of premoves, turtle up and pointless check. The aim is the win on time. On blitz I been winning with 1min on the clock even when im down to a handful of pawns and a single rook.

Is this cheese? Is this even going to help me improve?

I'm around 450 Elo and somehow managed to win this game, but it honestly didn't feel like I had a plan. I was mostly reacting to my opponent's moves and making decisions in the moment. How do you guys develop a plan during the middlegame instead of just playing move by move? Any advice would be appreciated.

The concept of a move being a brilliancy has always been a thing but specifically the chess.com game analysis has stripped it of original meaning and now simply encourages people to make dubious sacrifices. Brilliant moves do not make a good chess player, accuracy makes a good chess player.

Which is better, chess or checkers?

When playing the grunfeld should I swap to a different opening if my opponent goes knight c3 before pawn c4 and if so what opening

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what is the punishment for too many games abandoned? and where is that threshold? time for me to find and subscribe to another simulator

I just did the “defense” lesson, sometimes I feel like I leave these lessons being more confused than before. I’m super new player just trying to get better. I feel like these lessons sometimes just confuse me. Why would I trade queens? how am I now ready to win the game? Does anyone have any other resources for beginners wanting to improve.

My rating stayed around 1700-1800 for a long time (around a year), and I had some exams coming up so I stopped playing regularly. Now that I’m back I’ve gone up to 2000 in like 10 days.

what do y'all think of this?

Hi, guys. Leaving/abandon ranked online game (being in unfavourable situation) just not to resign.
Shouldnt that behaviour be punished for time wasting? For example -25 pts?
Thank you for attention to this matter :)