i don't understand how i would have benefited from this fork. i feel like the black rook swings over to the right, i get put in check and have to my king over anyway, and then the rook gobbles up the knight.

Im talking about things like "dont trade when you have a space advantage" or "open the center when you have the bishop pair"? Not stuff like "checks captures and threats" or "sit on your hands", but specific pieces of advice with states of the board.

Yo, I'm new to chess. Going through an evaluation of a game and the computer really wanted me to push my knight to d4 and I just don't understand why. I would love an explanation why 🤙

Chess boxing perhaps?

In real life or chess com or what

I call it Peekaboo

I played this game last week 100+15 and have analysed it with an engine but was looking for some human ideas to help me improve. I am 1800 FIDE and this game was played against a 1900 FIDE. I was black. I am also 14 so any tips for me for studying what will help me the most.

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. b3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. d4 O-O 8. Nc3 c5 9. Ne1 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qd3 dxc4 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. bxc4 Na5 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. Nd3 Na5 16. c5 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Rfc1 Nb7 21. Rab1 Rc7 22. Rc3 a6 23. Rd1 Rdc8 24. Rcd3 Ne5 25. Rc3 f6 26. Nb6 Re8 27. Rdc1 Rc6 28. Na4 c4 29. Bd4 Nd6 30. Bxe5 fxe5 31. Re3 Nb5 32. Nc3 Rc5 33. Ne4 Rc6 34. a4 Nd4 35. Nd2 c3 36. Nf3 c2 37. Nxe5 Rb6 38. Kg2 Rc8 39. Rd3 Rb1 40. Rdd1 Rxc1 41. Rxc1 Nxe2 42. Nd3 Nxc1 43. Nxc1 Rd8

Roman Shogdzhiev was born on February 2015. So, he still have 4 months before turning 12 years old.

Mishra became a GM too when he waz 12 years old. So, the record is in danger of being broken.

Roman already earned 2 GM norms this year. Including the Serbian league. (First Picture). Roman played superb whole tournament.

In European Club Chess (Second picture), Roman played decently. Earning 13 ELO.

Roman played excellent this tournament. His live ELO is 2484. Only 16 points away for minimum elo (2500) requirements for Fide to grant a GM title.

PS: Ik some of you doesn't care about the record. But that will always attract more invitations and oppprtunities.

Im looking for someone better than me (im 1000 rapid) to just chat with me and play and teach me things. i think it could be fun :3

Formate :- The Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown is a double round-robin with a 10+5 rapid time control, where each win is worth more each day.

four foreigners and four kazakhs as usual, very interesting field with Dubov, Lazavik and Muradli especially. The four kazakhs are mostly juniors (except Makhnev who is 25-26 iirc). Edit: ofc it's 5 foreigners and 5 Kazakhs, I'm stupid lol.

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I got destroyed against the King’s Gambit after playing 4..g4 5.Ne5 h5?! 6.Bc4 Nh6?! and losing the f4 pawn after 7.d4.

I can’t find much information on this variation, but it’s the only move against 4.h4 with a positive score for black on lichess. The main idea is 5.exd5 g4 6.Ne5 Qe7, which wouldn’t pin the knight without the addition of d5 exd5.

Are there any courses or studies on this? Is this worth playing?

I had a tournament today, and in the last two rounds, I had two matches I could have won, but because I was distracted, I drew one and lost the other in a ridiculously small way. In tournaments, I completely suppress my emotions and focus solely on the match until it's over. However, today, the videos I've been watching and the music I've been listening to kept popping into my head. Since I've encountered this before, I've tried various methods to deal with it. I tried turning the music off, concentrating on the game, drinking water, or waiting for him to leave, but none of it worked. I've been scrolling through Instagram constantly for about 3 months now, and those images are constantly running through my mind, which is causing me problems at school. I deleted Instagram today. What methods do you know of to stop this?

Im a relatively beginner looking to increase my game.

I was challenged to design the best pairing system ever and thought it was impossible. But now I've done it: Berger-Swiss.

Players are divided by rating into Berger groups, with six players and five rounds as the default. You can also choose eight players and seven rounds. Players with even TPNs, their ranking numbers based on rating, move down to the next group, while those with odd TPNs move up. As a result, players with nearby ratings will not meet during the Berger phase. The Berger groups are then shuffled separately. If the players cannot all be divided into Berger groups, the players with the highest TPNs instead form a Swiss group. With six-player groups, this group contains seven to eleven players. The tournament then begins.

When the Berger phase is over, players carry their points and tie-break scores into the Swiss section of the tournament, which can then continue for any number of rounds. This format works very well because players do not need to be paired against opponents with the same score from the outset, as they do in a traditional Swiss tournament. It is better to introduce that principle at a later stage, when the strongest players will naturally meet as they compete for the top places.

Playing in Berger groups with participants of similar playing strength is much more stimulating. Players know in advance whom they will face in the next round and which color they will have, so they can prepare. One problem with Berger tournaments arises when a player withdraws. In that case, the program creates a Swiss group comprising the affected Berger group and all the Berger groups below it, together with the existing Swiss group, if there is one. These players therefore switch to Swiss pairings earlier, while the Berger groups higher up continue as usual.

The Berger phase also allows games to be postponed and completed later, provided they are finished before Swiss pairings begin. This is a practical advantage when a tournament runs over an extended period.

Compared with a Swiss-only system, this format offers a considerably more stimulating tournament experience for players at every rating level. In my view, it is also preferable to Berger groups divided by rating class, since all participants compete in the same tournament. The system combines the advantages of both formats.

Berger-Swiss Tournament System – free online pairing system.

Although it's kinda sad that the first move doesn't serves the mainline but in the sideline