| General Chess Discussion - Candidates Chess Tournament 2024#8 With the young group and a few other young players coming up it will be a blood bath in 4 years. I want to see who is brave. Who goes for the win not 4 draws in a row. | drSabrotna |
| General Chess Discussion - Strogest opening#4 The ones u prepare for the best.. That said starting with black: d4:: QGD, Slav/Semi-Slav, Nimzo/QID, Grunfeld, then maybe KID, Benko, Benoni, and Dutch. Budapest and Albin are OK as surprise backup o… | drSabrotna |
| General Chess Discussion - Why do we make unprincipled moves in Chess?#13 We are curious creatures. Some swim with sharks when logic says "dont." Some hike active volcanoes. Take pictures of bears. Date redheads....... :/ | drSabrotna |
| General Chess Discussion - Is Chess a sport?#39 Yes. Sport of the mind. | drSabrotna |
| General Chess Discussion - Changing openings for extremely long term improvement.#16 White:: slowly add Catalan and English with g3 even starting 1.g3 on some occasions. Then add Nimzo-Larsen. Black: start with Kalashnikov or Accelerated dragon then eventually learn Schevendorf lines … | drSabrotna |
| General Chess Discussion - Candidates tournament: who are you rooting for and why?#8 Fabi, bc I like people rewarded for their hard work and reaching dreams. And he seems like a great human. If not then a young star would be nice to see win bc it would be great storyline how long they… | drSabrotna |
| General Chess Discussion - How do I get to 2000 rapid rating?#6 Top 3 weaknesses.... rep the hell out of them. Make a weak opening your strength. Improve endgames and learn when to push for quick endgame in openings that trouble you. All in theory... I probably wo… | drSabrotna |
| General Chess Discussion - Enjoyment vs Study#7 I study far more than I play. Mostly bc I hate losing (which I do bc my focus is trash, I'm 50) And I have no illusions of greatness I just want honest games which is limited on chess.com. Haven't pla… | drSabrotna |
| General Chess Discussion - Who do you think will win the candinates#12 Fabi by a hair. I'm more interested which young player can fight for top 3. I think Hikaru is past his peak... but we'll see. His surprise openings could throw people off if he uses them. I think he w… | drSabrotna |
| General Chess Discussion - Favourite opening#3 Probably Grunfeld for black. Starting to like simplicity of Kalashnikov. Schevendorf but I need more work. Reverse Dragon or Reverse Taimanov when things go right. Still learning them. QGD just seems … | drSabrotna |
| Next |
|---|