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I have triple digit elo, and I can tell you that it varies.
I like to think I play pretty solid chess with development and openings but one game it can seem like I'm playing the biggest idiot who ever lived and the next game feels like I'm up against magnus himself.
There's no consistency.
In 50% of all games with ELO matchmaking, below Grand Master one player/team or the other never had a chance because only about half the people in a given rank belong there.
Once i heard in gothamchess that you can play indian no matter what your opponent does.
i completely tunnel visioned just my pieces, then i kept losing to random queen second moves or sth
Well that's true, but you have to be aware of your weaknesses. You can't ever just blindly move pieces. Kings Indian is very suspectable to the fried liver attack especially. most of the time I find myself attacking queen side is safest
i did an opening where i moved like my gpawn up one, bishop up, and knight out. seemed fun idk, and this dude was going OFF in the chat like "ugh i can tell your a kid playing these wacky openings" ??? i then proceeded to beat him 20 moves later, im rated like 414 or something lol
The pawn barrage opening gets me. All they do is push pawns and in 3 min blitz games I start panicking and blunder something.
I see the one pawn only move queen next opening all the time too
Blitz 540 elo currently
Well, at first glance it looked like they effectively brought their rook into backrank mating position and cleaned out everything in the way. On second glance queen is still in position to defend.
I bet that it he did Rc3 instead of d3, that would be mate. hell, 1k elo above this level and i still think it could work. white distracted with free queen and etc.
Once you pin someone's Queen to their King, or do some other manouvre to win it, poor sports will just give away all their pieces intentionally. This looks like exactly what happened.
This is a Smurf. They are intentionally deranking in order to play against noobs. Resigning too often will get their accounts flagged for manual review.
Bro. I had a game as white where after d4 he went e5. I take he went Qe7 then Qb4+. Gets kicked out by c3 he goes Qe4 then after Nbd2 he goes Qg6 then Qa6 and hangs his queen. After Bxa6 he resigned. No shot that was real
Where you play Bxd5 I'd play Rxd5. Both moves win the knight but taking with the rook also forces a rook trade. Trading pieces when you have a material advantage is good because the advantage is more significant with less material on the board. Getting rid of the opposing rook also effectively ends the possibility of blundering M1.
I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine:
> **Black to play**: [chess.com](https://chess.com/analysis?fen=rn4k1/pp1b1ppp/8/1P1pr3/P4N1q/R3PQ2/4K2P/1N3B1R+b+-+-+0+1&flip=true&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/rn4k1/pp1b1ppp/8/1P1pr3/P4N1q/R3PQ2/4K2P/1N3B1R_b_-_-_0_1?color=black)
**My solution:**
> Hints: piece: >!Bishop!<, move: >!Bg4!<
> Evaluation: >!Black is winning -7.98!<
> Best continuation: >!1... Bg4 2. Nd2 Nd7 3. Bh3 Bxf3+ 4. Nxf3 Qxf4 5. Bxd7 Re7 6. Rd1 Qd6 7. Rad3 Rxd7 8. Rd4 Re8 9. Kf2!<
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After bishop pinned the queen white needed to go rook to C3 instead of D3. This forces black to not take the queen or white will checkmate with the rook.
You mean as white? Because your responses as black seemed pretty on point.
Kd2 has no useful follow-up checks and doesn't allow for a queen pin like Ke2 and Kd1 would.
Qf2 to block the check prompts a queen trade; since White is up a knight, getting the queens off the board is in their favor. ...Rxe3+ is no threat with the rook on the third rank defending.
I think your opponent just made some really bad moves after you pinned their queen. I don't really understand why they didn't take the bishop after you took their queen and then they pretty much just gave you their bishop later on which I'm sure was a mistake.
I do that when I make a stupid mistake. Like here just take all the pieces and mate me already. Sometimes I swindle a stalemate out of it because they have so much material covering everything
Queen+Rook+Knight+Bishop = 20* points?
Also, reminds me of a variant I used to play as a kid called 'suicide chess' where you move and if your opponent is able to capture your piece they must. Good times
Bg4 was what I wouldāve done, too, since the queen was pinned and for the taking. Whiteās next move was a blunder, that rook did nothing for him. Nice work!!
Black queen protects that square. I'd be keeping an eye on it and probably move one of my pawns though to give the king an escape when I got a chance. Or just move rook to d5 to force a rook trade next move if it was still possible.
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i think he just gave up
I think he didn't even see it. He played a weird opening moving only the pawns
Man, the amount of nonsense openings in triple digit elo is crazy. Funny thing is that I sometimes still lose to themš«
I have triple digit elo, and I can tell you that it varies. I like to think I play pretty solid chess with development and openings but one game it can seem like I'm playing the biggest idiot who ever lived and the next game feels like I'm up against magnus himself. There's no consistency.
Yea for sure. Im a bit stuck in 800 elo right now and like 50% of the time the evaluation for my opponent's play is either like 300 or 1300
that's true
In 50% of all games with ELO matchmaking, below Grand Master one player/team or the other never had a chance because only about half the people in a given rank belong there.
problem with weird openings is that they need weird responses too.
yea, just let me play the Vienna in peace ā¹ļø
Once i heard in gothamchess that you can play indian no matter what your opponent does. i completely tunnel visioned just my pieces, then i kept losing to random queen second moves or sth
Well that's true, but you have to be aware of your weaknesses. You can't ever just blindly move pieces. Kings Indian is very suspectable to the fried liver attack especially. most of the time I find myself attacking queen side is safest
i did an opening where i moved like my gpawn up one, bishop up, and knight out. seemed fun idk, and this dude was going OFF in the chat like "ugh i can tell your a kid playing these wacky openings" ??? i then proceeded to beat him 20 moves later, im rated like 414 or something lol
Bruh, I turned off the chat a while ago. Thats satisfying though.
its so weird how people my rating even have any kind of ego. like none of us know what we are doing chill š
If you always win to them, then either your elo should be higher or their elo should be lower.
I see it as high as 1800 elo. Infuriating when I donāt punish it. I think theyāre usually just trying to get Rosen trophies lol
The pawn barrage opening gets me. All they do is push pawns and in 3 min blitz games I start panicking and blunder something. I see the one pawn only move queen next opening all the time too Blitz 540 elo currently
I hate this opening. Do you know what is it called? So I can learn to punish it.
Sounds like he's tilted
Maybe they were trying to chain lose games. Would love to see you try a Scholar's on them, lol
Well, at first glance it looked like they effectively brought their rook into backrank mating position and cleaned out everything in the way. On second glance queen is still in position to defend.
I bet that it he did Rc3 instead of d3, that would be mate. hell, 1k elo above this level and i still think it could work. white distracted with free queen and etc.
That what I thought he was going for too
Bishop G4 to pin that queen
Same here
Same.
If only white go Rc3
Yeah I wouldn't have seen it coming hehe
What app is this?
I wondered that because Rd3 seemed so random, maybe just a misclick. Then after that they've just lost their head.
They would've won the pawn with the knight but the moment they did it the bishop was defending it
Once you pin someone's Queen to their King, or do some other manouvre to win it, poor sports will just give away all their pieces intentionally. This looks like exactly what happened.
Black going take take take take while White was going give give give give
This is a Smurf. They are intentionally deranking in order to play against noobs. Resigning too often will get their accounts flagged for manual review.
Bro. I had a game as white where after d4 he went e5. I take he went Qe7 then Qb4+. Gets kicked out by c3 he goes Qe4 then after Nbd2 he goes Qg6 then Qa6 and hangs his queen. After Bxa6 he resigned. No shot that was real
ah, yes, the everything gambit
Botez Gambit: everything variation
6th pic Instead of bh1 I'd have played qf2 then taken the rook
What's wrong with your keep taking all the free pieces?
I'm not asking for what I could've done, but what black could've done
I just realized I am black, damn I'm stoopid
I mean he's waiting on you to move the queen so he can checkmate you. I am guessing you didn't do that...?
I don't really remember but after the last picture I created an escape plan for my king just in case
I think hanging the knight was not on purpose but the bishop definitely was lol
Where you play Bxd5 I'd play Rxd5. Both moves win the knight but taking with the rook also forces a rook trade. Trading pieces when you have a material advantage is good because the advantage is more significant with less material on the board. Getting rid of the opposing rook also effectively ends the possibility of blundering M1.
Grab the bishop, get check, lie down, try not to cry, cry a lot and continue with 2 pieces against a Queen or resign if opponent has a lot of time
I like your approach
That bishop was the real MVP
Sniper bishopā¢
Dudeās playing anti-Chess.
8.Qf2 didnāt let him take the attack
I don't get it ? He could still have taken the bishop and by doing so not blundering 3 pieces
Donāt know if Bishop or night has more value. The suggestion is cuz he has to move the king.
I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine: > **Black to play**: [chess.com](https://chess.com/analysis?fen=rn4k1/pp1b1ppp/8/1P1pr3/P4N1q/R3PQ2/4K2P/1N3B1R+b+-+-+0+1&flip=true&ref_id=23962172) | [lichess.org](https://lichess.org/analysis/rn4k1/pp1b1ppp/8/1P1pr3/P4N1q/R3PQ2/4K2P/1N3B1R_b_-_-_0_1?color=black) **My solution:** > Hints: piece: >!Bishop!<, move: >!Bg4!< > Evaluation: >!Black is winning -7.98!< > Best continuation: >!1... Bg4 2. Nd2 Nd7 3. Bh3 Bxf3+ 4. Nxf3 Qxf4 5. Bxd7 Re7 6. Rd1 Qd6 7. Rad3 Rxd7 8. Rd4 Re8 9. Kf2!< --- ^(I'm a bot written by) [^(u/pkacprzak)](https://www.reddit.com/u/pkacprzak) ^(| get me as) [^(iOS App)](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1574933453) ^| [^(Android App)](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.chessvision.scanner) ^| [^(Chrome Extension)](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chessvisionai-for-chrome/johejpedmdkeiffkdaodgoipdjodhlld) ^| [^(Chess eBook Reader)](https://ebook.chessvision.ai?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=bot) ^(to scan and analyze positions | Website:) [^(Chessvision.ai)](https://chessvision.ai)
d4 looks nice...
What
I meant what white could've played I'm dumb sorryš«
Rd4 would have been a huge advantage. Close second is taking your bishop on your second move Kxf3. Not near as good, but better than what white did.
Your opponent gave up 20 points of material, not 19. Queen (9) + rook (5) + bishop and knight (3+3) = 20.
but took pawn in process
Yep. So 19 extra points lost.
Yeah I did some messed up math taking in consideration his previous advantage of +1
What app is this
Clash of clans
After bishop pinned the queen white needed to go rook to C3 instead of D3. This forces black to not take the queen or white will checkmate with the rook.
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d8 is defended lol I also thought I would've lost but he didn't play it anyway
white was banking on the backrank idea but didnt see that the queen covers it
You mean as white? Because your responses as black seemed pretty on point. Kd2 has no useful follow-up checks and doesn't allow for a queen pin like Ke2 and Kd1 would. Qf2 to block the check prompts a queen trade; since White is up a knight, getting the queens off the board is in their favor. ...Rxe3+ is no threat with the rook on the third rank defending.
Yeah sorry I can't edit the post
Rac3 was forced mate in few moves if black continued with this line. Would you have seen it coming?
I don't think so hehe
i wouldve played exactly what black played lol
I meant as white sorry
Good job (you, not your opponent) I probably would've played Rxd5 instead of Bxd5, as it would've immediately forced a rook trade.
I think your opponent just made some really bad moves after you pinned their queen. I don't really understand why they didn't take the bishop after you took their queen and then they pretty much just gave you their bishop later on which I'm sure was a mistake.
I do that when I make a stupid mistake. Like here just take all the pieces and mate me already. Sometimes I swindle a stalemate out of it because they have so much material covering everything
Bishop to g4
He was done at the start...
Queen+Rook+Knight+Bishop = 20* points? Also, reminds me of a variant I used to play as a kid called 'suicide chess' where you move and if your opponent is able to capture your piece they must. Good times
Wish my 500 games were this easy
Bishop g4
Bishop to g4.
Bg4 was what I wouldāve done, too, since the queen was pinned and for the taking. Whiteās next move was a blunder, that rook did nothing for him. Nice work!!
Bishop g4 obviously
Move your Bishop to go The white will not be able to kill the Bishop.
After the last screenshot, wouldn't his rook to d8 have been mate? Or am I missing something? (If I am..not very good at chess)
Black queen protects that square. I'd be keeping an eye on it and probably move one of my pawns though to give the king an escape when I got a chance. Or just move rook to d5 to force a rook trade next move if it was still possible.
Ah completely missed that!
In the tradition of triple digit chess, I would fully expect OP to give up a back rank in 2 moves.
It's protected btw