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Checkmate question
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Checkmate question

I just played game on chess.com and the bot suggested I should have captured the queen here to checkmate the king. I am still learning but I am not sure how that would have happened here.

u/Welvator — 13 hours ago
I resigned in this position because I thought I hung my queen
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I resigned in this position because I thought I hung my queen

I thought I made a mistake by playing Qb4 after escaping a discovered attack, because the knight can just take my bishop at e7. What I didn't realise here is that I can just take the knight with my queen afterwards because the queen was also protecting my bishop.

At least I know now 🥹

u/Special-Grade-5362 — 21 hours ago
Spot the mate in 2
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Spot the mate in 2

I had this in a recent game, missed M2 but got M3 instead with the first move coming from the same piece.

u/activatedsludge97 — 10 hours ago
I have no more chess review to inspect my 600 elo 3 brilliants :(
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I have no more chess review to inspect my 600 elo 3 brilliants :(

Do you all have pro? Or how do you review your games?

u/jbthemaster — 15 hours ago
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Duolingo has helped my chess.

I started playing around with Duolingo's chess program. I can't put my finger on it, but I am less panicky and blundering less frequently. I am now winning matches, and feel more confident.

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u/TheBarnacle63 — 6 hours ago
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Made it past the 400 ELO wild west

I was stuck between 330 and 400 for a month or two- yesterday I seem to have broken through and now it feels like my opponents are actually easier. Currently at 480 ELO now. Seems that 400 and below you can get some really good people, bad people, new accounts with overly good ppl, queen rushers ect and makes it hard to get a consistent feel for things. I think there is a true phenomenon that makes it hard to move past it. Anyway, I feel like I'm finally playing with people who are around my skill level and are playing solid chess. This is blitz BTW. Good luck on all your games today!​​

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u/BeneficialLaw6429 — 12 hours ago
White did this and then offered a draw.
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White did this and then offered a draw.

Threatened to stall for five minutes after I took his queen, then said “remember, you only won because of a mistake”.

Sounds like he lost because of one. 😬

u/ImpossibleFlopper — 12 hours ago
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I'm trying to learn but I really struggle with securing checkmate due to opponents resigning

On chess.com the two outcomes I have are I get absolutely slaughtered or my opponent resigns when it seems like I have too much of an upper hand. As a result I never get to win by checkmate so I really struggle to get late game reps. Should I play against bots or something?

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u/casedawgz — 12 hours ago
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The 800-1000 elo chesscom bullet cesspit of doom

So I made a little experiment after my epic tilt from 1030 bullet to 840 on chesscom.

I was like, how am I losing to these LOWLY 800s and 900s since I am 1200 blitz and 1300 rapid... obviously, it is a silly way of thinking, it is actually a super strong field of players.

I made a spreadsheet with the ratings of my opponents in my last 100 games in 2-1 bullet format. Here is what I found.

Average bullet rating from those last 100 games : 896, median 894

Average blitz rating : 1096, median 1095

Average rapid rating : 1262, median 1253

Average accuracy of the winner : 83.3%, 84% median.

I also faced two players with rapid ratings over 2000, including a 2100 and 1950 blitz rating... but also players with ratings as low as 600 or 700 rapid. What a weird bracket of rating.

Ultimately, chess is hard, you win some, lose some. Just thought I'd share for others stuck in that cesspit of doom rating bracket.

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u/Suspicious-Step-2584 — 20 hours ago
Chess Coach that FORCES you to speak your thinking
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Chess Coach that FORCES you to speak your thinking

Hi r/chessbeginners

How do you really get better at chess? You can memorize openings, you can solve puzzles, but why doesn't that seem to translate to real rating gains?

I have a theory. There are so many possible openings that the chances your opponents play into YOUR pet opening is very very slim. And when you solve puzzles, it's rigged, you KNOW there's a puzzle solution so you're looking for it. During your games, there's no alert that says 'there's a tactic here!' and so you miss most of them.

I coach beginners on the Venice Beach boardwalk and here's what I noticed. The quieter the student, the slower they will get better. You have to THINK OUT LOUD in order to illuminate your erroneous thinking patterns

To get better, you have to ELUCIDATE your reasoning and rationale. It may be right or it may be wrong, but at least you made a vocal hypothesis and then tested that to form a CONCLUSION, and then a LESSON

I'm 3,438 games deep on chess.com

https://www.chess.com/member/captainrookusa

and I've plateaued a little bit, but my rating is 1600-1700, which is good enough for 90% percentile

I created a site that forces you to ELUCIDATE your move choice. I'm looking for 5 students to test this out on. DM ME

Practice Makes Progress

-Cory

u/sigmaschmooz — 12 hours ago
Is this good enough progress for someone who has started playing for 1 month??
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Is this good enough progress for someone who has started playing for 1 month??

Is this good enough progress in a month? Downloaded chess.com last month , and i knew js the basic rules before downloading it😭Any tips to progressing past further?!!!

u/_abhinav_m — 12 hours ago
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How to train tactics?

Hi! Is that the right way?

- 50% 3 min puzzle rush for quick pattern recognition

- 50% longer puzzles like from ,,The woodpecker method,,

What do you think? Thanks and have a great day!

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u/Fantastic_Tip2036 — 10 hours ago
Week