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Giving you a free queen doesn’t help!
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I was watching that game, Kenbo had mate in 5 after 7 moves
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sorry mate... wp.. gotta go.
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Gg.
Did miss mate, Mes? I’m hopeless! |
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The second game was almost exactly the same, I had you hook line and sinker!
 I'm looking forward to the rematch tomorrow.. |
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You're in intermediate territory Ken, which is generally considered to be from 1200+
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And you were Whites both games!
 Official complaint made... |
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Intermediate pretty much means average. Nobody strives for mediocrity!
We both threw games away there, Emit. I guess we will keep doing so too. |
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Your rating puts you in the top 94% of players... I think that's pretty good going.
I can see mes Still wont entertain the 5 minute Rush puzzle! Hmmmm... I wonder why?  https://www.chess.com/puzzles/rush |
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Yes, a 1250 chess rating is a solid, above-average score. On major platforms like Chess.com or Lichess, a 1250 rating typically puts you well into the upper half or top 20–30% of active, registered players, meaning you can easily beat most casual people who know how to play the game.
That’s what google says. |
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I’m not interested in the puzzles tbh.
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emitdeb has been playing puzzles for years and years and wonders why he's still 1100.
It's because puzzles are useless, you don't get the same situations in games, they at best teach you basic chess tactics like skewers, discovered attacks, forks, pins etc, but you learn all of that in games or at least should have done a long time ago, it's like he's just really struggling to accept that my level is way above his. Already said I'm happy to help in a non patronising way. Step 1: click analysis after the game, it's free, go through each move with the arrow keys, look at the eval bar, it tells you the strength of your position, on the right hand side look at what the top move was and work out why it was the top move, it's usually obvious after the event. The eval bar doesn't just measure material, it takes into consideration board positioning as well. For example, your material can be completely even with your opponent, but the eval bar may say you're 2pts ahead, which is basically the equivilent of 2 p&wns (1pt = 1 p&wn, 3pts = a knight or a bishop, 5pts = Rook, 8pts = queen). It's the best possible way to learn so you don't keep making the same mistakes, like moving the same piece back and forth in the first few moves. Kind Regards. |
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Mes, What exactly is the reason you wont take the 5 minute Rush puzzle challenge? Not really getting your reasoning...
https://www.chess.com/puzzles/rush Just once..  .. Go on!.. It wont kill you!  |
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I can shut up about it then...
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Does it really have to be explained to you
A) Do I look like a performing seal who claps when asked B) Lacing your original request in juvenile bait such as bolding words like suspicion if I didn't etc. C) You actually think I'd respond to nonsense like that. Who is it you think you're dealing with here exactly, one of you low IQ mates in C0rals doing his nuts on the FOBT machines all day long If I feel like doing this Puzzle Rush you're so desperate for me to do, it'll be when/if I feel like it, maybe after reaching 2000 Blitz, maybe not. Kind Regards. |
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Hmmm.... Interesting response..
I actually know the real answer.. |
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Gonner have to block you again, you really are just an idiot.
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Puzzles are good but you are simply looking for a forcing move that you know must exist.
Real chess there may be a forcing move, and there may not. How much time will you invest looking for it? |
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Very true, YHTL.
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Anyone available for a quick one?
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Do you play yhtl?...
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Played a bit at school and uni, then taught family etc.
Bores me to be honest waiting for others to make up their mind, so havnt bothered for years. I did have a Microsoft chess program free on a computer but that wasn't much of a test on short times, and didn't do blitz at highest level so got bored there too. I was brought up playing draughts and dominoes, and poker,... Although probably more whist when mam joined in. Used to enjoy chess puzzles in Telegraph or times and reading about games, far more than sitting down to play chess. |
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Join Chess.com It costs nothing.. Play a couple of rapid games (10 mins each).. you'll be given a rating..
Just good fun, nothing slow or too fast. On ratings.. I'm 1100-ish, kenbo's 1200-ish and mesmerised is 2 million-ish or something... kenbo and myself are not too obsessed with ratings.. tbh. |
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I'm about 1900 and I play on lichess.
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I enjoyed the banter between Norm and Cliff.
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Username on lichess?
Time limit required? if provided I will challenge you |
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Username on lichess?
Time limit required? if provided I will challenge you |
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We used to play scrabble in the pub, our local, and rainy days at golf club was darts
or Arnold Palmer pro shot golf around the lounge if there were no committee members to spoil our fun. |
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Probably deluding myself but I'm gonna put that down to a bad day...
 WP. |
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They’re easy to have. We are still about even in overall scores.
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I've sunk down to 1800 blitz, s*** level
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It’s a hard life!
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I've sunk down to 1800 blitz, s*** level
You really are my favorite egomaniac.. It's the only thing stopping you from the 5 minute challenge... https://www.chess.com/puzzles/rush |
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Have you heard of CCTO?
Checks Captures Threats Optimization Learn to do this very quickly in every position in other words look at every check, analyse it quickly, don't check for the sake of it look at every capture, analyse it quickly, trust your own analysis, don't exchange pieces without thinking look for threats on both sides, analyse to see whether they are real Otherwise optimization - just make a move that doesn't weaken your own position |
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https://www.chess.com
just sign up.. Become one of us... It would be nice to see mesmerised taken down a peg or two...  |
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I prefer lichess which is open source and relies on donations. Chess.com by comparison is blatant hard sell.
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Lichess is better, but I noticed you can't analyse games anymore unless you have an account, used to be able to do it as a guest.
Lichess ratings are inflated compared to chess.com, a 1900 player is around 1600-1700 on chess.com. Kind Regards. |
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I didn't realize that so I asked co-pilot for confirmation and you're absolutely right. In fact you may be being a bit generous depending on which time limit you're talking about.
I'm logged into chess.com now - my rating is shown as 1938. Username pe84984 |
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I’ve sent you an invite for a game, Swift. Your leagues better than me so I don’t think it I’ll be much fun for either of us!!
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