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He played lots with the Polgars

Joey Stewart wrote: ↑

Thu May 28, 2020 2:02 am

Was that against a legit player? If so then fair play to him, fantastic tactic.

A Brazilian GM called Luis Paulo Supi

Worth it's own thread!

https://www.twitch.tv/maskenissen/clip/ ... whalBCouch

Ive been playing 15 + 10s on Lichess and don't think I've faced a cheat yet

2 Im's. 3 FM's.

A fide standard play rating cap is a simple solution. As it is the sections are meaningless

Highest entrant so far (In the Under 2000 Section) is IM Artur Davtyan 2461 Fide

(Conversely, in the given position, what's to stop black resigning, immediately, in a winning position if it his turn to move?) Black would never resign because a beginner would see he could swap twice on f1 and remain a piece up. Whereas if white overlooks the mate, he could well resign, as he did.

I recently heard John Donaldson who has written several books on Fischer say that Lombardy was Fischers second in 1972.

Danny Gormally stream hre: https://www.twitch.tv/gingergm

I have had 4 lichess tabs open and have intermittently checked the other games in my match without (i presume) being flagged yet.

I've played this twice before. It looks like a monkey move, but the knight is better placed on c2 as on c3 it gets hit quickly with blacks counterplay. Its just a bit slow spending a tempo to get it there. There is a Nigel Davies dvd where he advocated it, showing a great game or two played by Zvjag...

The general advice if you want to increase your chances of winning an individual game is to head for imbalanced, complex positions where there is more chance that the stronger player will go wrong. However, if this kind of chess is not your natural game, I'm not sure it's the best advice. You will p...

Did the extra hour prove beneficial?

Perhaps the care home Corona deaths.