| General Chess Discussion - Any book about middlegame strategy according to a specific opening?#2 Dvoretsky's books are a good way to start this but they tend to be for more advanced players (usually at least category "A" or candidate masters). But what you want to do is to study something called … | NM Falkentyne |
| General Chess Discussion - why do stockfish think that gambits SUCK?#15 The engine wants to play the most challenging move chess wise, not the most confusing move to a human being or something that confuses human minds (something that a world class GM would not be affecte… | NM Falkentyne |
| General Chess Discussion - Lichess and Chess com's anti-cheat efforts remain a total and complete joke.#9 Have you played Multiplayer Call of Duty yet? I guarantee you the last good multiplayer COD (Modern Warfare (2019) has a higher percentage of cheaters than online chess ever will. And I'm not talking … | NM Falkentyne |
| General Chess Discussion - Chess laptop ideas?#14 @Fat_Rabbit said in #1: > I'm thinking of getting a laptop for chess, writing and general study that I will keep 99% offline and use only at certain times and when I can focus. > > Don't care if new o… | NM Falkentyne |
| General Chess Discussion - How do you get over the "Dont care" attitude?#11 @Grumpymantooth said in #5: > People play chess because it's fun. If it's not fun for you, then stop playing. > You will never be Magnus Carlsen. You'll never be a GM, so you shouldn't be worried abou… | NM Falkentyne |
| Lichess Feedback - lichess web site lags while playing after a possible update at 2023--08-29#6 Noticed the same thing, regardless of web browser :( | NM Falkentyne |
| Community Blog Discussions - Kasparov is too deep for Stockfish#22 Excellent sleuth work! | NM Falkentyne |
| Community Blog Discussions - Kasparov is too deep for Stockfish#15 Idk. You guys need to have powerful hardware. My Stockfish 16 dev version/stockfish 16 final, with a core i9 13900k CPU, saw 1 h5 instantly (in like 1/20th of a second), evaluation started at +3.13 an… | NM Falkentyne |
| Community Blog Discussions - Kasparov is too deep for Stockfish#2 This problem was in M.Blokh's book. BTW My stockfish (dev version 06222023), or version 16 (probably the same build, released today) saw the answer instantly (after 25...Re8??) Using a i9 13900K. | NM Falkentyne |
| General Chess Discussion - So many chess books, Where do i start?#24 Polar has many books and videos for people of different skill levels. But of course it isn't clear where you stand. For getting some good fundamentals down, Silman's Reassess your chess and Endgame co… | NM Falkentyne |