General Chess Discussion - Puzzle Streak Personal Record#3 Thanks for pointing that out. Pawn endings have always been very challenging for me because there is a lot to calculate. It helps when we have some concepts with memorable names. By the way, in that p… | lazzaknight |
General Chess Discussion - Puzzle Streak Personal Record#1 I did 60 streak on Puzzle Streak today. I don't know about others, but for me that's a freakin good achievement. Check the 61st one where I failed: (I think I drew more than 20 arrows only to be surpr… | lazzaknight |
General Chess Discussion - OTB Tournament Preparation#18 @mkubecek said in #13: > Videorecording the game might be a solution That is my number one idea and I think it is the simplest one. I will try to ask the organizer. @EmaciatedSpaniard said in #17: > I… | lazzaknight |
General Chess Discussion - OTB Tournament Preparation#12 @Toscani said in #8: > Practice using a fool's mate game. Divide the time by 4 and that's the number of seconds that you would need as increment time. I honestly have no idea what this sentence means.… | lazzaknight |
General Chess Discussion - OTB Tournament Preparation#5 @Sarg0n said in #2: Yeah, I might just do that if I play OTB frequently. Unfortunately, I only have one or two chances for OTB per year unless I want to splurge on money for travel fees and accommodat… | lazzaknight |
General Chess Discussion - OTB Tournament Preparation#1 I have an OTB Tournament coming up at the end of June, so I have around 1.5 months to prepare. The time control is 25+10. Below are the things I plan to do for the tournament. I wonder if I'm missing … | lazzaknight |
General Chess Discussion - Automatic puzzle categorization#2 Answering my own question here. I pondered the above problem over the weekend. It turns out it's not as complicated as I initially thought. If anyone is interested, the general algorithm is: 1. Check … | lazzaknight |
General Chess Discussion - Automatic puzzle categorization#1 Hi, is there any way to categorize my own set of puzzles, like in Lichess, automatically using Python? Specifically, I am looking for the sacrifice theme in my puzzles. Does Lichess categorize them ma… | lazzaknight |
General Chess Discussion - What is e4 in Englund Gambit?#10 I just found an interesting variation in a game I played several days ago, where Nd6+ is actually the best move. This happens when Black plays c6 and then White plays e4. I've only played 6 games wher… | lazzaknight |
General Chess Discussion - What is e4 in Englund Gambit?#6 @kindaspongey You got me there. It seems I messed up the opening a bit. Alright, so it seems e4 can be seen as a normal development move to bring out the bishop. | lazzaknight |
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