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General Chess Discussion - weakness#6

the more i think about this, i have had this problem as well, if you can see complicated tactical lines, but not beat 1200 rated players, my problem was giving enough respect to the mind playing the o…


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General Chess Discussion - weakness#5

also, seeing a line from a given position is something i find easier than getting someone else to go along with attaining that position from move 1.


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General Chess Discussion - weakness#4

no they do not need to be the same, but i think the source of the problem here is the limited number of tactics problems. when i first worked with the trainer here, it was about three hours before i s…


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Lichess Feedback - Blitz - 3 to 8 minutes?#3

well fide only hosts tournaments with a physical board, and one minute chess is too chaotic to be properly officiated, peices falling over, not landing on exact square or whatever. all of FIDE's rules…


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Game analysis - I don't understand this opening.#10

i can now h6 and g6 for a total of 8 acceptable answers.


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Game analysis - I don't understand this opening.#9

also while i can't make sense of a6, a5 does seem to force a4 as a response. locking a pawn on a light square.


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Game analysis - I don't understand this opening.#8

so far i have got a5, a6, Rd8, Rb8, exd4, e4 all listed as best moves, there are apparently more than 4 answers, only four required for completion.


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Off-Topic Discussion - Beat boxing#1

insane beat boxer, maybe the best i have ever seen. she's 16 years old i think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KCt2hAzeW0&feature=youtu.be


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Off-Topic Discussion - Does .9 repeating = 1?#20

your mother indeed the world is not a computer, neither is it mathematical theory. a famous story comes to mind here and it involves Richard Feynman. Feynman was talking with two theoretical mathemati…


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Off-Topic Discussion - Does .9 repeating = 1?#16

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_number#Axiomatic_approach https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction_of_the_real_numbers#Stevin.27s_construction


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