Joe Hempel

I bought this for my wife last Christmas and she absolutely loves it

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I found this site called chessiverse.com and I have to say it's really fun. I use the chessconnect app and my chessnut board and when I play long games on it, it feels like I'm playing a human. Ratings are closer to USCF than online it seems. #chess #chesspunks #chessiverse

I played the KID when I was in high school a lot. And just started playing it again. This came up at just the right time

#chesspunks I cannot explain the pure joy and excitement of being at Checkmate: USA vs India. We had VIP tickets and my wife and I were able to bring our daughter who got her closeup in the official @chess.com stream!! The roar of the crowd and the payers were enough to invigorate me. #chess

At Checkmate: USA vs India and it's off the chain!
#chesspunks #chess

YouTube video by Dr. Can's Chess Clinic 10 Strategic Patterns to Master the King’s Indian Defense

This amazing video on the KID by @drcanchess.bsky.social goes straight to my favourites!! Hope it helps in my game tomorrow! 💪🏼 #chesspunks youtu.be/dC2Houwhegg?...

The air is totally worth it for the price point especially when they do their sales

Can not can't. It just opens a the website not an app so I'm assuming it does the same as the evo

Yeah the reason they can't is because they use something called chess vision where if there is a board on the screen it can read it. So it can do chessbase too.

I have both air and pro. The air got the most use when I was playing more because it was right on my desk. The pro is tournament size so it takes up a lot of space

Wow Niemann won DECISIVELY in round 1 of the #freestylechess event in Vegas. #grandchesstour #chess #chesspunks

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When you've lost your magic playing #chess and losing your passion, what better way to get it back than to say "screw it, I'm going to write a @chessable.com course". It's not like I don't have a million other things going on. #chesspunks

Absolutely lol. If I'm below 1675 then I'm going through it 😂

Not a bad idea my friend

😂😂😂

@chocattak.bsky.social I don't think you do this anymore but this is a good video to watch

Maybe when things are stressful and you need to take your mind off things, and you think chess is a good outlet.....don't play blitz....😂😂 #chesspunks #chess

Yes but then Rh1 is checkmate. They assume if you found that then you found the easy followup

Chess: ChessLearnerPermit vs ChessGamePlay97 ChessLearnerPermit (2010) vs ChessGamePlay97 (2034). ChessLearnerPermit won by resignation in 18 moves. Click to review the game, move by move.

Okay #chesspunks maybe I can get some clarification. I played a hell of a game, 10 moves into book of Ruy Lopez until I pushed a4 on move 11. I get they "why" but I just don't get the when I guess. Maybe someone can explain it to me like I'm 5.

www.chess.com/live/game/13...

Chess banned in Afghanistan by Taliban government The Taliban government has banned chess in Afghanistan, citing concerns that the game is associated with gambling and may conflict with Islamic law. The suspension, announced by the Ministry of Promot...

Woah this is entirely messed up #chesspunks

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Edit to say that you cant do that online, and I may be wrong in blitz but in armageddon tie break you can

You can, but OTB you don't have to call check. If they don't see it you can just take the king and game over. It's VERY rare at high levels

In blitz or armageddon you can take the king and win.

Sure but some progress is better than not acting at all. They still need to get better, I do agree

Edit: Nvm: didn't see the Knight

Bxe5 then if takes push the pawn to file K and R with check

I would probably play e5 to try and crack open the f file

Boooooom!!! #cheespunks I have been working so hard to get here. The last time I was close I tilted and dropped to almost 2450. I took time off, came back to chess, and FINALLY was able to hit this! (And it's difficult when you lose 75 points getting 2 wrong but only gain 5 when right) 😂.

Fide did it right. Harassment has no place in chess. #chesspunks

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This was really cool to read! I really like the non results oriented training. I recently listened to the episode of your podcast where it was just you,and latched onto some of what you said. I resemble the stretching myself too thin. Lol