| General Chess Discussion - Thought provoking question#13 Having given this question all due consideration, I would make the path of Mr. Rook shorter. I've often found in my own games that as the rooks wander too far from home, they become very easy to mispl… | TheCheesemate  |
| General Chess Discussion - Getting better#2 You nailed it. Tactics puzzles every day, even if it's only 15 minutes. Slow time controls (and very importantly, actually use your time). Analyze your slow games without a computer and try to find er… | TheCheesemate |
| General Chess Discussion - Opening to take 1.d4 players out of their comfort zone#12 Instead of taking your opponent out of their comfort zone, it might be worth doing some exploration to find your own comfort zone. Try the Queen's Gambit Declined for a few weeks, and if you don't lik… | TheCheesemate |
| General Chess Discussion - I'm on the hunt. Got any tips?#30 @Wolf_Plays_Chess That darkness dude was being kind of rude to you (and apparently reported you on chess.com for fraudulent behavior fyi) so I was demonstrating that you were, in fact, a very positive… | TheCheesemate |
| General Chess Discussion - I'm on the hunt. Got any tips?#12 @master_of_DARKNESS This is an excerpt from the chess.com page of the person you reported: "I offer FREE Coaching to those with an elo of 100-1000. And I find Coaches that work best for your Disadvant… | TheCheesemate |
| General Chess Discussion - I'm on the hunt. Got any tips?#10 @master_of_DARKNESS I know several sub-1200 players that are fantastic coaches for kids who are just getting involved in the game. When you're teaching chess to young beginners, especially those who a… | TheCheesemate |
| General Chess Discussion - I'm on the hunt. Got any tips?#4 Very often the same mistakes that lower rated people make, just less often. I know that's maybe not what you're looking for, but the biggest issue 2000 rated lichess players have is tactical vision, j… | TheCheesemate |
| General Chess Discussion - Carlsen versus Nepomniachtchi: FIDE World Championship Round 2#9 "Winning" is somewhat subjective when you're talking about computer evaluations, but Nepo was at minimum much better going into the middlegame; I would argue close to winning, but at some point we're … | TheCheesemate |
| Lichess Feedback - Lower rated game observation#2 There are a number of ways you can accomplish this. If you have specific lower rated players in mind, you can simply follow them and watch their games whenever you like. If you want to find live games… | TheCheesemate |
| General Chess Discussion - e4 e5 players - how deep is your prep?#5 Prep shmep. The nice thing about 1...e5 is that the positions aren't too sharp to figure out reasonable moves over the board, and if you know key positional concepts in the main openings (Ruy, Italian… | TheCheesemate |
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