Epicmafia

Giga's Chess Thread

over 7 years

Post here to challenge me when I'm around (or challenge me to correspondence on lichess.org @ https://lichess.org/@/Giga13 )

I will post all results here

You can also use this thread to talk about chess, chess events, etc.

How to read chess notation: +: Win -: Loss =: Draw

My Record

VS:

Chicago: +0-2=0
dust: +0-2=0
Germ: +0-1=0
groundhogday: +0-1=0
JM123: +3-1=0
Linker: +0-2=0
Recidivism: +3-3=2
snug: +0-3=0
VWXYZ: +2-0=0

Blitz: +3-11=0

Rapid: +5-4=2

Overall: +7-16=2 (25%)

I am generally better with longer time controls (rapid, classical, correspondence) and struggle with blitz or any type of bullet.

https://lichess.org/@/Giga13/all click here if you would like to see all the games I've played so far in more detail

deletedover 7 years

groundhogday says

Chicago says

groundhogday says

any high level player will tell you there's almost no point studying openings until you're 1600~1800 uscf. focus on why you lose games. you probably don't lose too much in the opening

lol @ this. you should be studying openings at any rating thats how you improve.

-2100 NCAF

i've never heard of NCAF. the choices google gave me are National Community Action Foundation, The National Council on Administrative Fellowships, and a spotify user named ncaf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces_Chess

Dude your research skills suck

groundhogday

over 7 years

that would be pretty funny

groundhogday

over 7 years

are you talking about the national chess association of fiji?

groundhogday

over 7 years

Chicago says

groundhogday says

any high level player will tell you there's almost no point studying openings until you're 1600~1800 uscf. focus on why you lose games. you probably don't lose too much in the opening

lol @ this. you should be studying openings at any rating thats how you improve.

-2100 NCAF

i've never heard of NCAF. the choices google gave me are National Community Action Foundation, The National Council on Administrative Fellowships, and a spotify user named ncaf

Giga13

over 7 years

THIS IS A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY

Giga13

over 7 years

lETS GO someone JOIN

Giga13

over 7 years

Druhnk/ CHes with ,e https://lichess.org/iUjvMMHn

Chicago

over 7 years

groundhogday says

any high level player will tell you there's almost no point studying openings until you're 1600~1800 uscf. focus on why you lose games. you probably don't lose too much in the opening

lol @ this. you should be studying openings at any rating thats how you improve.

-2100 NCAF

Giga13

over 7 years

UsernamePending says

Do you play Correspondence per chance?

no sorry

UsernamePending

over 7 years

Do you play Correspondence per chance?

deletedover 7 years

groundhogday says

any high level player will tell you there's almost no point studying openings until you're 1600~1800 uscf. focus on why you lose games. you probably don't lose too much in the opening

I don't know about official uscf but I typically score 1600-1700 on tactics problems and I can beat 1600+ players relatively consistently if I can beat them tactically before the endgame. I think I understand and properly capitalize on the openings I am using. I'm often entering the end game significantly up on points against opponents much better than me.

Where I am losing is the end game, where I will absolutely blow it with all of those open squares. Not sure how to improve on this, besides running endgame problems (which I have begun to do this week)

groundhogday

over 7 years

any high level player will tell you there's almost no point studying openings until you're 1600~1800 uscf. focus on why you lose games. you probably don't lose too much in the opening

Falconpunch

over 7 years

Just learn the London system. You can learn many of the patterns and motifs of different lines in a weekend if you dedicate yourself to it. Lots of content on the London system out there.

If I think the opponent is going to play a nimzo on the other hand I like to invite it.

Also I prefer to play rapid to blitz as well.

deletedover 7 years

Feel free to take my advice with a grain of salt, but if you like d4, maybe try the colle system? I'm about to play around with it myself. Great for tactical players like you and I, queen's gambit is easy to counter with the benoni and a handful of others at our level

Giga13

over 7 years

Recidivism says

Have you considered trying nf3

ive seen it, i think i will try it another day

deletedover 7 years

Have you considered trying nf3

Giga13

over 7 years

https://lichess.org/7twne1gh

i think i need to study more on d4 before trying it out, every game has been super awkward for me so far and i never know what to do

deletedover 7 years

The Benoni Defense derives it's name from the Hebrew term “Ben oni” (בֶּן אוֹנִי) meaning "son of my sorrow” (cf. Genesis 35:18)

deletedover 7 years

Did you like my new opening I'm so glad you played d4

Giga13

over 7 years

https://lichess.org/4OcZoVLe I'm practicing d4 today

deletedover 7 years

https://lichess.org/7TTNRHQz

deletedover 7 years

I left the tab by accident

Giga13