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Like the title says, I committed myself to trying to learn chess earlier this week. I started playing on Chess.com and have been using the 15|10 game option. In like every one of my games, my opponent will say something along the lines of “hurry up” or “move faster.” I’ve been taking my time to try and come up with strategy, usually taking 30 seconds - 1 minute per turn. I know if I run out of time, I lose, so I’m careful not to go too long. I told one of them “if you want quicker games, choose shorter times” to which he responded “I DON’T GIVE A DAM.” Is it normal for people to want their opponent to move faster? I think it’s kind of rude to rush others, but I don’t know if it’s a common thing I should just get used to.

Im currently rated 1171 on rapid and so far i dont play any openings, i just stick to principles, i feel like climbing to higher levels will require me to save time in the opening so i would like to learn 1 for white and 1 for black. what openings would be best suited for my level?

Just downloaded chess, I am getting crushed by every single player, I was the best player in my friends, but I play in beginner in chess.com, I get crushed by almost everyone, any tips ?

Cat in 1935 World Chess Championship: Alekhine brought his Siamese cat, named "Chess" to the board against Max Euwe. There was 2 reasons: He believed the cat brought good luck and he wanted to use it as a psychological tactic, as Euwe was allergic to cats. Euwe commented it after years as "These things did not disturb me in the first match in 1935". Result: Euwe won World Championship: 15.5 - 14.5 #chess #Alekhine #Euwe #chesshistory #chessphoto #cat 

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AND IN WHAT A WAY
https://www.chess.com/game/169069253258

I have my tournament coming soon and I am an unrated player for the first time joining a tournament.

I need a fide rated chess player 2000+ to play rapid with me and could tell where I am lacking and give advice too. I don't have any money to give in return if anybody can do this favour please DM me.

I am 1500 rated not official though but I am stronger than my rating .

If I'm black and my opponent opens with d4 I literally just wing it every time. For some reason this one opening bothers me. What's a good strategy for someone like me who likes to get into the mid game before I start exchanging pieces? I don't want to play something right away that could lead to even a pawn exchange.

I would be interested in doing a "study" on Lichess for some counters to d4. Any you suggest?

I'm an 1800 FIDE classical player and I was hoping for some tips regarding blitz. I am a really slow player and I believe my strength lies in calculation. I was hoping someone could give me advice on how to train the ability to play faster and how you decide when a move is "good enough" to play so as to not waste time. Also, how do you mentally deal with the idea that rating is so much less clear in blitz. I feel it's so much more likely for one to beat a much higher rated opponent or have a much lower rated opponent beat them in blitz than in classical; this concept often messes with my mental as it seems that rating is not as meaningful as in classical where one, for the most part, beats or plays really close games with those below their rating (given they've played some minimum number of games to be rated somewhat accurately.)