Bc7 traps q after qd8
What are the best ways to learn chess online? 'toobs? Paid courses?
I think Chess.com lessons are pretty good and start from scratch. iirc non-members can access a limited number of lessons per day.
I bought their diamond membership last year and after a month couldnāt replay my games anymore and the non-existent cs couldnāt help me so I cancelled it. It was good though. Is the lichess one as good?
The best way to go from beginner to mediocre is to watch Daniel Naroditzkyās speedruns on YouTube. He explains what to look for and how to capitalize against the mistakes that bad players make early in games.
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Of course, Anish is in the background acting like Magnusā bratty, little brother.
If you prefer reading to watching videos, there are a lot of great, older instructional books for beginners available free online.
I could send you a few if you were really interested.
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One advantage of reading some of the old books is that they help you develop visualization and calculation skills because they donāt show the board position after every single move. I found it helped my calculation quite a bit to read through some chess books without have a board (physical or digital) handy.
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Andreas Penco is actually pretty good, too.
went to his recaps and heās a mental mess over the board at the moment. So many backseat drivers analyzing his every move may have gotten to his head. Only a professional athlete could know the sort of scrutiny he gets at this point.
Yeah. Dude has an 0.000% chance of becoming a grandmaster, he is not playing even close to that level. One place where he second-guesses himself that I think he can fix is his openings, there are openings he knows well but he so rarely just puts a main line on the board and dares them to know the position better than him. He is constantly afraid that they are going to know 30 moves of theory or something and keeps playing āsurprise weaponā sidelines where even if the opening goes well for him he then doesnāt know the position very well.
yeah thatās the biggest thing his coach should be slapping him over to stop doing since he doesnāt know what to do after his surprises he likes to do, and sometimes heāll somehow manage to out think himself if he thinks too long and plays a bad move instead. Heās def afraid of being scouted and getting crushed by some engine line.
āI am retiring from all competitive chess events. My preparation is outmatched, my calculation skills are too flawed, and most importantly my anxiety is beyond repair. I physically and emotionally cannot do it anymore. I will stick to what I do best: bringing chess to you all.ā-Gotham a few hours ago.
According to Lichess, Levy's Rd 8 match had the most interesting finish I've seen
heās quit before but wouldnāt be surprised, heās got too many other things to do and his full time job requires him to see constant feedback and negative trolling about whatever he does. Would be best for him mentally really heās just not in it right now.
I think he will quit, because it was obvious that the point of playing an IM norm tournament was to get some wins on the board, gain some rating, get some confidence back, and that has been a trainwreck. When you try to pull back, drop the pressure and get your head straight and that is a failure as well, there isnāt a lot left to try.
it looks like he feels more pressure around his level than vs higher players
lol I just started watching his round 7 recap and heās like āyeah I prepared like 20 moves of theory in the open Spanish, following the game Nakamura - Caruana in the candidates, and then at the table I decided to open c4 because I didnāt trust myself in that lineā. Like I think it was the previous OTB tournament he played the Caro and got met with the Fantasy variation and was like āyeah I hadnāt reviewed Fantasy lines in a while, couldnāt remember what to do very wellā. Like that is one of his main openings and instead of having that thing totally nailed down he is spending his prep time learning lines of the Spanish he probably wonāt get on the board, wouldnāt understand the position if he did, and then when push comes to shove not actually even playing it. I mean Iām prone to a little overthinking things myself but my God.