| Game analysis - When the Tactic Works ...#2 Bravo | richie58 |
| Off-Topic Discussion - Cheering for genocide#22 Hi Aaron, the apparent contradiction lies in the term "China" when you wrote "part of China". Now, what is the "China" in there? When we say "China" we could be referring to "China" the nation—the gro… | richie58 |
| Game analysis - Evaluating and plans in a Nimzo-Indian position#1 Hi, seeking some pointers in evaluating (from Black's perspective) the below position that was reached in a Nimzo-Indian: https://lichess.org/cIWKYHJE/black#29 Qn 1: how do we evaluate this position? … | richie58 |
| Game analysis - Punishing passive London system moves...#9 Black tried to challenge in the centre with 11. ...c5 but perhaps 11. ... d5 would have ensured maximum contact (no escaping with no captures) with White's centre? Because after the skirmish in the ce… | richie58 |
| Game analysis - Win with the danish#3 Opponent didn't keep to the adage (when playing against gambits) - taking once is ok (accepting), but twice is too much. So 3. ...dxc3 could have been avoided. | richie58 |
| General Chess Discussion - I cannot stop losinc#12 You mentioned you are losing - firstly, what is your "real" rating? Your classical rating deviation is 70+ - still pretty high. Perhaps try playing games in -50/+100 range so you can play people in yo… | richie58 |
| Game analysis - b-pawn "lived" an interesting life#1 A game which I hardly thought would amount to anything, as on move 1 I had already misclicked 1. ...c5 thinking White had opened with 1. e4 when actually 1. f4 was played. Ironically, White's e-pawn d… | richie58 |
| Game analysis - Did an FM Just do this?#10 The reason behind the blunder might be exactly what separates us humans from "machines" (Stockfish, AlphaZero) - humans tend to lean towards pattern recognition, instead of exhaustively enumerating th… | richie58 |
| Game analysis - When to play ...d5 as opposed to ...c5 in Nimzo-Indian?#1 Hi, in this position, Stockfish recommended 5. ... d5. The pawn structure that results from 5. ...d5 looks a little like Queen's Gambit Declined. Could someone explain the idea behind 5. ... d5? As I … | richie58 |
| General Chess Discussion - CM Pawnstructures fan club#12 @Pawnstructures try writing in to the lichess admins, it'd be quite a waste to have to close this only to reopen it, perhaps asking them to reassign the admin role to your account, I'm sure them being… | richie58 |
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