| General Chess Discussion - I'm not getting any better#18 My biggest spurts of improvement came from learning new concepts from books/puzzles/videos and then trying to apply them in my games. At your ELO, I'd focus on learning very basic tactical concepts an… | dervish157 |
| General Chess Discussion - Writing this under a timeout#16 I think in the specific situation that occurred in your game it is at least somewhat defensible to let your time run out thinking and not expect a penalty/timeout. However, I think this type of situat… | dervish157 |
| General Chess Discussion - What rating to Play the King's Gambit? #7 I've played the King's Gambit as my main response to e5 for a while but primarily because I enjoy having one romantic opening left in my repertoire. However, I think for both learning chess and for pr… | dervish157 |
| General Chess Discussion - King's gambit resurgence?#8 Not sure why there would be an increase in King's Gambit games other than Shaw's book starting to become more popular. Personally I play it for fun/romantic reasons but it's not considered a good open… | dervish157 |
| General Chess Discussion - Can't play in tournaments?#23 I'm kind of glad to have seen enough of these forum posts to learn how completely shameless most dishonest people are. Good lesson for life. Sorry for being rude lol. | dervish157 |
| General Chess Discussion - Attaining IM difficulty, can any titled players explain, please?#32 The most talented players in the world over the last 100 years working full-time at chess often with strong family/coaching support and youth can achieve this in around 3 years. If we make some stretc… | dervish157 |
| Game analysis - I've lost faith in humanity#4 I don't see why he should be obligated to give you a takeback; it wasn't a mouseslip. If you decide to pre-move to gain time then you take the risk of him playing something you didn't anticipate and s… | dervish157 |