It’s kind of hard to be part of the USCF for people who aren’t from the US. =V
Plus, chess.com is free, and though it has paid membership deals, those are really cheap.
Yeah, just got on. How do we do this, are you my friend? lol
EDIT: Hmm I don’t know how to challenge people that aren’t my friend. Could you send me a challenge?
There are so many great players in the world now which means chess is thriving. At the same time it seems really sad to see great players not get the recognition they deserve for theoretical contributions because of a number.
A lot of newer people think that if you aren’t a So,Nakamura or Carlsen, that you don’t matter. When these players quite literally stand on the backs up giants. While they have played great games, as far as I’m concerned, their theoretical contributions have been nil.
Ah still online or about to tuck in @forte95 I got into a bad habit of playing the position and not the person lol. Too much study and not enough play isn’t good.
Just stayed to finish my last live battle lol. I can be online tomorrow afternoon to get some games in.
Alright ggs man
Actually there’s this guy in Australia that plays in these. Anyone can be a USCF member…
You can be a free chess.com member as long as you have the USCF membership…
It’s the same in fighting games. If you aren’t infiltration, sonic fox, Justin Wong, the you don’t matter. Those people are also standing on backs of giants. Their contributions are also slim to none.
I have time for a quick game @BullDancer you down?
Also anyone else want to play a correspondence game? It’ll help me learn faster.
Sure. What’s your handle?
Welp, missed your post @BullDancer. I think I can catch you again tomorrow.
forte95, send me an invite, thanks!
I want more correspondence games lol. They are fun and helpful.
Game of the Day: Kasparov vs Deep Blue. Nothing but pure chess being played in this one, but Garry Kasparov takes advantage of Deep Blue not being able to differentiate material from positional advantage with the brilliant exchange sacrifice of the rook and jamming passed pawns.
The human mind is an impressive thing considering that this thing can brute force through millions of positions but was unable to refute theory that humans have built for hundreds of years. I recently saw a chess engine beaten my a gm in a closed position it was wonderful.
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070912
EDIT: Also tomorrow, chess.com is having a super gm online tournament. It will be Grischuk vs Carlsen and MVL vs Nakumura. Place your bets!
DOUBLE EDIT: This happened in April, but as it turns out, Garry Kasparov is still probably top 10 in skill level. I was a drinker of the Magnus Carlsen koolaid when he drew against Kasparov as a kid. Today, I’m not so sure.
Maybe if the later Terminator movies had John Connor defeating Skynet in chess those movies would have sucked a lot less.
The chess Olympics, which is recognized by the IOC starts next week…
@forte95 I was in a meeting lol.
As an aside, losing to a patzer helped me remember my playstyle before I left chess for years. Unfortunately, I’ve always wanted to play in a spicy way like GM Simon Williams would say by playing sick gambits or playing cool combinations like Tal. The bad thing is that I’ve always secretly found that method of playing unsound. I’m an extremely safe player and drawing the game by repetition when I could have played for the win made me happy yesterday.
I’ve tried to make myself feel like playing for the win was cool because most of the guys that are my chess idols are like that. I’m happy that I rediscovered my playstyle, but unhappy that it is boring. I like even play that lacks winning chances.
I’ll play for the win if my opponent hands it to me through a tactic but otherwise I don’t care.
In other words, on the board play is illuminating.