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General Chess Discussion - Who WOULD Have Won in 1975, Fischer or Karpov? #4

Fischer was no schmuck when it came to positional play. This talk of Fischer not understanding Karpov's new style of chess does not make sense to me. Karpov's positional play was not novel, it started…


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General Chess Discussion - kindness#6

What Lovlas said. On the issue though, isn't it annoying when you are in a completely winning position and your opponent incessantly offers a draw? That really gets under my skin. Then, when you win, …


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Off-Topic Discussion - VelociraptorRex Un-Block Me#5

Exactly. He must have been raving to block me!


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Off-Topic Discussion - VelociraptorRex Un-Block Me#3

@Dissolverine See? Who else loves @velociraptorrex?


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Off-Topic Discussion - VelociraptorRex Un-Block Me#1

I really thought he was a nice guy :o @VelociraptorRex


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Game analysis - Help with chess thinking#5

So I could have thought, "what are the possible targets in my position?"


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Game analysis - Help with chess thinking#4

@Rise Perhaps you're right... I should have gave more weight to the fact that the bishop on a7 pressurizes d4. My retreat was lacing enormously. What a pity. :(


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Game analysis - Help with chess thinking#2

Btw, I'm happy that I have improved enough to start fathoming middle game plans. My plan here was to swap LSB's (neutralizing the bishop pair) and cementing a knight on the weakened light squares to p…


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Game analysis - Help with chess thinking#1

Here is the game I just played tonight at my local chess club, I was white: https://lichess.org/vAhhsfoi My question is, at move 27, what questions could I have been asking myself that would alert my …


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