Chess Vibes | Ryan Vermeulen | Activity https://chessvibes.net/members/849430c2/activity/ Activity feed for Ryan Vermeulen. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:26:18 -0600 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 8458c8c94a99b0f650f95c2fad5618eb Ryan Vermeulen posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6487/#acomment-6496 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 02:58:32 -0600 Nice job reaching your milestone! Tell us more about your journey. What was your elo when you started? How long did it take you? What was the most challenging part? Was there a certain moment when you “just knew” it was going to become a reality?

In reply to - Kevin posted an update

OK, Technically not breaking 1500 but hitting exactly 1500 for the first time. Played as white with a Grand Prix opening repetoir from Chess Mood. Not only was it a win to hit my […]

]]> f52af438c2efa63c80f68a4e29a566a4 Ryan Vermeulen posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6494/#acomment-6495 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 02:53:42 -0600 Great job dude! I hope to join you soon.

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Just wanted to share my appreciation for the Owen’s Defense. I started playing it on August 5th and today I just played my 100th game with.

Shout out to @ChessVibes and shoutout to the OD, […]

]]> 4d43ed6117a0add67e740da3d3db3f14 Ryan Vermeulen posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6461/#acomment-6484 Sun, 07 Dec 2025 07:55:09 -0600 Just had time to review that one. Tactics baby! Nice setup for the fork!

In reply to - Keith posted an update

Past few games I’ve punished myself by resigning every time I blundered a piece. Realizing that’s immature I decided to start thinking again. 4th win in a row is below and I wanted so bad […]

]]> b8c015bf25ce2cabc26575044a3d134a Ryan Vermeulen posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6473/#acomment-6481 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 02:46:12 -0600 For me, if it sets up a nice tactic, or gets you a solid attack immediately, then sac a pawn or a piece even. It’s either a brilliant move, or a blunder! If you get checkmate, it’s brilliant regardless of what stockfish thinks. We mere humans can’t think 20+ moves deep.

In reply to - Chris posted an update

I’ve had a couple games where I’ll analyze them afterwards and notice a huge swing in the evaluation when I give up a pawn. Usually I do so to get some kind of initiative, but the engine […]

]]> 6b97a72527603c1b30806ca8b8f0c144 Ryan Vermeulen posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6425/#acomment-6480 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 02:40:05 -0600 I saw a video where Nelson analyzes a bunch of games and makes a spreadsheet for why they lost. I’ve been doing that as well and it’s usually time pressure for me. It used to be a lot of missed tactics, but that has drastically improved lately. I feel it’s a major key to breaking through a plateau.

In reply to - LOUIS V posted an update

I HATE when people don’t RESIGN and end up flagging me despite me having a huge material advantage. What do I need to change about my middle game though process to punish […]

]]> 16a2efecb53b15202103927c436fb90e Ryan Vermeulen posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6461/#acomment-6479 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 02:32:33 -0600 I think unless you are just dead lost, resigning isn’t an option, at least for me. If you’re up there in elo it’s probably disrespectful not to resign. I find my opponents often get overconfident and leave themselves open to tactics after I blunder a piece.

In reply to - Keith posted an update

Past few games I’ve punished myself by resigning every time I blundered a piece. Realizing that’s immature I decided to start thinking again. 4th win in a row is below and I wanted so bad […]

]]> 75b3c3795312d6b1575bcd1c632d5002 Ryan Vermeulen posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6472/#acomment-6478 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 02:27:28 -0600 I had the same problem

In reply to - Gary posted an update

Hello, the courses are great, but I got a question.

When I want to go to a particular lesson, it says “Please go back and complete the previous lesson”. Is there a way to skip some of […]

]]> 3120c461c000b269b08e02d75c5d492c Ryan Vermeulen posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6425/#acomment-6458 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:02:21 -0600 As a low rated player (414 rapid) I struggle with the same problem. I do very well in daily games when I have a lot of time to find my move. (1400+ daily games) It tells me simply that the knowledge is getting there, but experience is what makes you faster. I do not have a lot of games under my belt yet. For those of you who are higher rated… Read more

In reply to - LOUIS V posted an update

I HATE when people don’t RESIGN and end up flagging me despite me having a huge material advantage. What do I need to change about my middle game though process to punish […]

]]> 9496f898ebb35e08d434c81b45570186 Ryan Vermeulen posted a new activity comment https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6451/#acomment-6457 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:46:08 -0600 I thought I was good at tactics. I have 258,524 points for puzzles currently. I’m learning fast, but now that I’m most of the way through module 4, I’m seeing that I still have a lot to learn. I started doing custom puzzles for a specific tactic on chess.com I figured after 100 of them I should have the concept burned in. Is there a better way?

In reply to - Ryan Vermeulen posted an update

Just got the course and I’m loving it so far. I just started playing chess about 6 months ago. I learned how the pieces move when I was a kid, but never really played. I play […]

]]> f388a8d7420dd7acec6552e7f07085f2 Ryan Vermeulen posted an update: Just got the course and I'm loving it so far. I […] https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/6451/ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:59:17 -0600 Just got the course and I’m loving it so far. I just started playing chess about 6 months ago. I learned how the pieces move when I was a kid, but never really played. I play very well in longer format games, still learning to do it fast. I was told puzzles are the way. Has anyone else played so many puzzles that you start back at wood on chess.com?

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