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General Chess Discussion - OTB Tournament Preparation#15

what type of notation/record keeping does the tourney require, and are you good at that? Are you allowed to stop writing down the moves at a certain time? Same hand to move pieces, as touches the cloc…


QathetMike
General Chess Discussion - Vladimir Kramnik , realism or paranoia?#2

His thinking is skewed. "I would never think of this move" to him means the opponent is cheating. Rather he should be thinking "I would never think of this move, perhaps that is why people are now bet…


QathetMike
General Chess Discussion - Is everyone in the top 200 fide ranking a genius?#2

Why do you say Magnus is a genius, when it is much more likely that he's only ,really, really good at chess? Any of the folk at the top, same question. Imo way too many people confuse being good at ch…


QathetMike
General Chess Discussion - Puzzle Their Brains #1!#4

Thread starts with a blind fold puzzle,- nice :)


QathetMike
General Chess Discussion - Why gms dislike playing against amateurs?#2

Because it is boring as heck, for them? Like a 300 lb man running a marathon against an Olympic calibre runner.


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General Chess Discussion - I am starting a chess federation at my school and need Ideas#7

If this were a club I'd suggest trying to get people into groups of 4 to play each other, for 1 meeting, then the next time the player that lost the most games goes down a group, while the player that…


QathetMike
General Chess Discussion - Candidates Chess Tournament 2024#18

6 hour game between Ian and Fabi, settled on a draw, leaving Gukesh in sole first place Great chess


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General Chess Discussion - My first OTB tournament#6

Do you know how to do the notation of your game? Do you have a physical board , and pieces at home, to get used to the different viewpoint/ sightlines of pieces.? Have fun, and enjoy.


QathetMike
General Chess Discussion - Candidates tournament: who are you rooting for and why?#58

Big game today-2 of 3 co leaders going head to head.


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General Chess Discussion - how many books does chess grandmasters have?#9

decided to check my shelf: 8 books Chess For Tigers by Simon Webb is the thinnest at 99 pages The Mammoth Book of Chess by Graham Burgess is the thickest at 570 pages


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