I will still use what Dina Belenkaya said in their chess analysis paper to indicate on my games moves that I should analyze, specifically

- Where I felt uncomfortable for the first time
- The first mistake that put me on the path of no return
- My Point of No Return

YouTube video by GM Noel Studer How To Analyze Your Chess Games (the simple way)

I really like Noel Studer's method of Chess Analysis. www.youtube.com/watch?v=shma...

Pick 3 moves in your game to analyze

For each move ask the following:
- Why did I choose that move?
- Why is my move not ideal?
- Why is the better move better than my move?

Comic. [chessboard where one block of 2x2 sliding squares is shifted inward, with a blank next to it indicating the direction of the block’s movement] [caption] Sliding Number Puzzle Chess

Chess Variant

xkcd.com/3139/

I haven't played chess in over three weeks due to vacation and camping, that I was afraid that my skills had taken a hit. I played my first game on chess.com in almost a month and won without losing a pawn, which feels uniquely good.

About a month ago I played at the "Your next move club championship." I won one game and drew a game and got 7th out of 8 in the U1800 section. Five more games closer to having an established rating.

Oh, and I won best unrated trophy!

Do it lady

@chess.com fix your site!

AI rendering of a photo my wife took by surprise while I was playing at @sanduskychessclub.bsky.social

I'm sad that #HikaruNakamura didn't attend the Ohio Chess Congress this weekend. But I can confirm that pineapple Hawaiian shirts add 100 Elo to your rating.

Played my first tournament at the Ohio Chess Conference.

Finished 2-3 in the U1300 section

And now have a provisional rating of 774/5.

Failing that my goal is to make one person smile. Failing that my goal is then to make myself smile.

Got to have achievable goals in life

#ChessGoals

Competing at the Ohio Chess Congress U1300 section starting tonight. Since it's the lowest section, my goal is to win every round.

Failing that, my next goal is to win most of my rounds. Failing that my next goal is to win a round. Failing that my goal is to win a game...or at least draw.

Alright.... I got one week left to gitgud!!

Sadly, I wasn't able to attend this tournament due to leg/feet pain issues.

Based on this information, I really need to study the Sicilian. This isn't a surprise because I commonly refer to it as my "Crappy Sicilian defense", due to all I'm doing is using my knowledge of the English and reversing it.

My plan this week was to play 4 games a day on @chess.com and then check my insights to see where I should focus my studies. I ended up playing 48 games (over 6 a day). My rating went up 37 points to 1218.

The first game was just kings and pawns, and the second game included same colored bishops.

I found this method to be a great way to get more practice in roughly the same time as a full game

YouTube video by Chess Vibes Which Chess Endgames To Learn (and which to avoid)

Last night at @sanduskychessclub.bsky.social I came up with a great way to practice end games. I played two otb games that ended in the mid game and my opponent agreed to help me practice my end games. So I removed all other pieces except pawns and maybe one minor piece.

youtu.be/64ZD1kCy4NI?...

And you shouldn't call check, which I'm going to need to train myself out of doing

find your next move?
buddy, i'm still trying to find my keys

"Today, we live in a world where the fast beats the slow, where reaction often matters more than understanding. We generate rapid content, fight for the attention of a young audience, and create and follow trends. And the world around us accelerates more and more and more every

"We teach in schools or we teach in life really, that in order for you to succeed, we must win win win win win, but that's not correct"- Hon. Chad Blackman, J.P., M.P. - Minister of Educational Transformation of Barbados, Member of Parliament for St.James North

▫️ The Smart

I see I'm not the only one noticing this
www.reddit.com/r/chess/s/R0...

The fact that their binary options adds up to 100% says that sadly they do not. In additional to the non-binary humans, I am also intrigued to the gender of the bots on this platform (ie. no way can any useful data add up to a simple 100%).

Signed up with USCF and ready for my first tournament this weekend!!

www.uschess.org/msa/MbrDtlMa...

Ended with both of us having a king and rook each, hoping for the other to blunder

Oh nevermind I misread

How does this handle Qxh1+?

3 for sure, being surrounded by 3 great players, 3 great conversationalists, and listening to Pia and Anna playing chess.

Nevermind... I was reading about the Women's World Cup and the comment section is still talking about Carlsen.