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Richard posted an update: I’m having trouble progressing from 900 -> 1000. I find […]

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 22:04:14 -0600

I’m having trouble progressing from 900 -> 1000. I find two different things happening 60%-70% of the time.

1) My opponents play fast and thwart my threats and I get flagged.

2) My opponents play fast and I find a tactic and they have 20 minutes on the clock to my 5.

Bottom line, I need to play more quickly while still being accurate. This…

Richard posted an update: OK, I’ve never won a game this fast […]

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 05:38:10 -0600

OK, I’ve never won a game this fast before.

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Richard posted an update: Hey Nelson, while examining analysis lines for […]

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 03:08:39 -0600

Hey Nelson, while examining analysis lines for the stonewall, I often see C4 pointed out as the best move over C3. What are your thoughts on this? Is there a place for C4 in certain circumstances?

Richard posted an update: Hi Nelson, I just saw your livestream with the repeat […]

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 04:24:20 -0600

Hi Nelson, I just saw your livestream with the repeat of flagrant cheating on chess.com. Do you find the same on lichess? Perhaps you should exclusively play people within a trusted pool until chess.com implements some sort of AI to detect cheaters live. I’m sorry to see how frustrating this is to you and your coaching. Anyway, I felt like I…

Richard posted an update: HI Nelson, I’ve been playing the stonewall pretty […]

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 07:18:17 -0600

HI Nelson, I’ve been playing the stonewall pretty consiistently now and the analysis board is very often recommneding C4 instead of C3. Do you have any recommendatons about when C4 might be better strategically?

Richard posted an update: Finally got some redemption today. I was on a 3 game […]

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 05:08:24 -0600

Finally got some redemption today. I was on a 3 game losing streak. It’s always good to pin the queen to the king 🙂

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/122793286817?tab=analysis

Richard posted a new activity comment

Sat, 31 Aug 2024 03:15:03 -0600

Nice gave deroQc. I recently played a very similar game and didn’t castle when the knight infiltrated. He brought his queen the next move and I had to fight off checkmate for the next 10 moves.

In reply to - Marc-André D posted an update

Results are showing !! My win rate using the Stonewall is over 70% in the last month, I won 6 of my last 7 games and just beat my highest-rated opponent yet ! 1200 here I come […]

Richard posted a new activity comment

Sat, 31 Aug 2024 03:01:23 -0600

CJ, unfortunately in your example stonewall, your opponent played the Englund gambit. It seems the best move is to abandon the stonewall and take the pawn on E5. I’ll triple down on stonewall against the king’s endian. I haven’t had a game where I broke through and won against the kings Endian. I can’t find a way to remove that pesky…

In reply to - Nelson posted an update

Hey guys! Our next group coaching call is next Tuesday, Sept. 3! https://www.youtube.com/live/O5WMKLAR-T8

I’ll be doing a “mini rating climb” where I exclusively use the Stonewall […]

Richard posted an update: Hi Nelson, In your coaching call you mentioned […]

Sun, 25 Aug 2024 01:21:01 -0600

Hi Nelson,

In your coaching call you mentioned that winning 50% of your games was a large win percentage because draws should be about 25% of your game results. However, I hardly ever draw when playing in a chess.com 15/10 game. I usually either win or lose on time. I’ve tried to play 30 minute games, but even then i usually either win or…

Richard posted a new activity comment

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 02:04:34 -0600

Finally above 650. I feel like there’s a wide variance of player with an ELO between 600-700. The last two games I played were give aways.

In reply to - Richard posted an update

Finally back above 600. I had a string of losses before the course that took me from 650 to 560. So far having a solid game plan and go to openings has helped alot.

Richard posted a new activity comment

Sat, 03 Aug 2024 16:26:11 -0600

Hi Nelson,

One of my continuing problems which ends up manifesting as a time management issue as well is knowing when and where to make a trade to create space. I find myself in games making good moves to protect my pieces and looking for tactics to get an advantage and making positional moves to improve my Position. However, I think I’m…

In reply to - Nelson posted an update

Hey guys! Post questions for the first group coaching call (Tuesday, August 6th at 8pm EST) here! Please check first if someone has already asked a similar question and just like/heart […]

Richard posted an update: Hi Nelson, I was just playing the stonewall any my […]

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 01:00:43 -0600

Hi Nelson, I was just playing the stonewall any my opponent immediately played e5. I think messed things up by responding e3. I don’t see a way to avoid not having that pawn in the middle of my stonewall unless I take it…

Richard posted an update: Finally back above 600. I had a string of losses before […]

Sat, 27 Jul 2024 00:09:36 -0600

Finally back above 600. I had a string of losses before the course that took me from 650 to 560. So far having a solid game plan and go to openings has helped alot.

Richard posted a new activity comment

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:00:34 -0600

Thanks Nelson! I’ve won the last 4 games I’ve played using the Owens and the Stonewall. My rating is 550-580 and my opponents mostly didn’t know how to handle them and resigned once I got a positional advantage or they blundered. However, I got checkmate on the last, which was a great game.

In reply to - Richard posted an update

I’ve been playing the chess.com 1600 bot trying to get a handle on the Owens before taking on a real game. The engine almost always defends the week pawn on e4 with bd3. It almost […]

Richard posted an update: I’ve been playing the chess.com 1600 bot trying to get a […]

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 19:50:11 -0600

I’ve been playing the chess.com 1600 bot trying to get a handle on the Owens before taking on a real game. The engine almost always defends the week pawn on e4 with bd3. It almost never brings out the night to c3 to pin. The bots 4’th move is usually bg5, preventing my queens pawn push. I know the average player won’t make these moves, but…