| General Chess Discussion - World Championship 2021 Officially Opens in Dubai#16 I think Carlsen will win before the 14 games are up. | HilaryHahn |
| General Chess Discussion - Knowing Knight & Bishop Checkmate is Useless#25 @what_game_is_this I suppose the most stylish rejoinder would be to get a winning position against him and then sac everything and underpromote and mate with three knights. No idea how easy it is to m… | HilaryHahn |
| General Chess Discussion - Knowing Knight & Bishop Checkmate is Useless#22 Ben Finegold has B+N mate all the time in blitz against weak players online because he sacs everything deliberately to come down to it. | HilaryHahn |
| General Chess Discussion - Knowing Knight & Bishop Checkmate is Useless#16 Regarding Q v R: It's not worth learning Q vs R for practical play. The reason is, against best defence it's *really* hard to win. But, best defence is also very hard (you have to move your Rook away … | HilaryHahn |
| General Chess Discussion - Knowing Knight & Bishop Checkmate is Useless#15 petri999 and Sarg0n are right. This mate is relatively easy if the defender plays the "best" moves [i.e. maximising distance to mate with best play]. It's much harder if he plays a few "sub-optimal"mo… | HilaryHahn |
| General Chess Discussion - High puzzle rating compared to Rapid rating#13 If you want a high puzzle rating, just take your time. I'm 2274 bullet (but have only played unrated for years, so that might not be accurate) & about 2700 puzzle. (That's why Puzzle Rush is better I … | HilaryHahn |