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How would i lose my queen?
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How would i lose my queen?

I get that my move may not have been ideal, but how would it make me lose my queen (i did not end up losing the queen)?

u/Dry_Measurement_1315 — 8 hours ago
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500-600 Rapid, 230 Blitz, but 1750 rating on puzzles (~1200 completed). Why do I still suck?

Any advice on improving? I know puzzle rating is not tied closely with ELO but I feel like this is a crazy huge gap that suggests I’m not living up to my current potential. Chess is a side hobby for me so I don’t have too much time to dedicate. My peak rating is 699 which was a while ago, now I’m at 585 after I lost about 70 points while tilted one night.

I suck at opening and I’ve kind of stopped playing rapid because I don’t have time. Any strategies to easily improve from here? Im not sure what opening i should learn at this level.

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u/Normal-Ad-714 — 6 hours ago
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I thought I blundered my queen for a minute

The game ended in a draw, but during that moment I thought I hung my queen because the bishop could simply return back to block the check from my rook after Rxf1+. Turns out, I could've converted this game into a winning position for me.

Here, my opponent moved Rg1, and I took with Rxg1+. After Kxg1, I thought my attack lost its flame, so I ended up trading the queens off.

u/Special-Grade-5362 — 7 hours ago
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I just wanted to check, turns out it was a checkmate

Of course this was one of my smartest checkmates and it was on accident 😭😭 I could never plan on something like this 3 moves before

u/HyNohks — 9 hours ago
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What is the point of bB5 and the pawn push?

So many games bring out the bishop to fifth rank, so a pawn pushes it away, followed by a second pawn pushing? It just feels like it loses tempo and aids development

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u/----Ant---- — 10 hours ago
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What’s the weirdest checkmate position you’ve had?

Essentially gave 8 checks in a row and the king ran into this trapped position.

u/printergumlight — 12 hours ago
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Why this is brilliant?

Clearly i'm threatening a mate in 1 but it is defendable and usually i see brilliant for sacrifice, someone can explain? Edit: it is because is a knight sacrifice?

u/Competitive-Ad4483 — 11 hours ago
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There's actually no way

Probably one of the craziest and most chaotic matches ive ever had at low 300 elo

Played the king's gambit and and the opponent responded with the falkbeer counter gambit and it went quiet well

They blundered their queen and then i blundered mine after couple of moves and then the end game was pure tactics and some pretty big brain plays and even bigger counters.

And after i lost all of my pieces, i spotted it, the eric rosen stalemate trap and sighed in relief when i saw it and opponent fell for it.

This match was insane and i probably went through every emotion known to man in chess

u/MisterNaserA — 13 hours ago
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What are your favourite openings to increase ratings?

With black and white. And do you guys know any resource to learn them?

Asking again as my last question didn’t get many responses.

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u/i_have_no_idea27 — 15 hours ago
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For those of you who have plateaued, know getting past your old rating is possible

For years, I had stalled at around 16-1700 elo. I've gained considerably over the past few months, finally making it to 2000. I had personally almost given up on ever making it here, and I wanted to give others hope that they could do the same.

I hope this does not break rule 5, I was hoping to facilitate discussion over plateauing, not just show my individual rating.

Happy to answer any questions if anyone wants, but obviously there players of much higher rating who can probably give insight on this subreddit.

u/2144656 — 21 hours ago
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I am stuck at 600 ELO from last 2 months, any apps / books recco for learning?

Hit 600 about 2 months ago and havent moved a single point since. Losing as much as im winning. Its getting to me.

What ive been doing daily:

1/ 1-2 chess.com matches

2/ 10 mins of puzzles

3/ 20min on Airlearn

I think im bad at middlegame. I open fine, can spot basic forks and pins, but the moment were 12-15 moves in i lose the thread and start guessing. What im not willing to do: memorize 20 move opening lines. I just dont have it in me at this level.

Open to advice. Help a brother out.

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u/Few_Key1446 — 14 hours ago
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Fried Liver is fun but people keep ruining it… now what?

Title: Why am I suddenly climbing, and what openings should I focus on?
I usually play on Chess.com and only started about 2 months ago. I was stuck around ~400 for a few weeks, but this past week I’ve been steadily climbing. I have two accounts now—one around 550 and the other around 600.
The thing is, I don’t really know what changed. I do watch chess videos here and there, but sometimes it’s more for entertainment and I forget a lot of what they teach.
Recently I tried learning the Ponziani (I think that’s what it’s called), and for the past few days I’ve been focusing on the Fried Liver. I even got a checkmate in under 9 moves once, which was pretty fun. But a lot of the time people just play random or “weird” moves, and the videos I watched don’t really explain what to do in those situations, so I get lost.
So in those cases, what should I be doing? Is the Fried Liver still worth learning, or is it kind of outdated? It feels like in most of my games people defend it pretty easily.
I’ve also been trying the King’s Indian as Black, and it works sometimes, but other times I get completely crushed, so I’m not sure if it’s right for me.
Are there any good, simple openings you’d recommend for both White and Black at my level? I’m down to keep learning the Fried Liver if it’s actually worth it—I won’t lie, it’s pretty fun catching people off guard with it lol.

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u/This-Lynx-6295 — 13 hours ago