Chess Vibes | Wesley H | Favorites https://chessvibes.net/members/9ecae418/activity/favorites/ Activity feed of Wesley H's saved posts. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:27:16 -0600 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 3baccc567fd5152cb843afd224b3ff25 Joseph posted an update: On openings I've only looked at the under 800My question […] https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/4066/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 13:02:44 -0600

On openings I’ve only looked at the under 800
My question on the Owens is , after
1. e4-b6
2. d4-b7
3. ? why doesn’t white simply play d5 ?
seems like that would block the attack on e4 with a pawn defended by its queen

]]> 2 28c0bcc311225b48742ac82276ad42ec Danny P posted an update: How do we know which ELO we really are? What i mean by […] https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/4007/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 21:09:30 -0600 How do we know which ELO we really are? What i mean by that is we all have different ratings on different game speeds.

I’m a 953 on bullet (havent played that much in a long time)

1130 on Blitz but often lose on timeouts.

1321 on Rapid and prefer this more and more.

1594 on daily because you have so much time to think about moves and play…

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]]> 4 53ea6da7e24732c0982f9462b0f784e3 Graham M posted an update: I maybe wrong, but Lesson 4.7 Discovered attack […] https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/4002/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 16:52:58 -0600 I maybe wrong, but Lesson 4.7 Discovered attack Tactics advanced at 7.17 minutes isn’t the queen trapped after Rook c1?

]]> 1 c34d8dc615718ea6da1e4f1ce610f426 Nick R posted an update: Sounds stupid but I really struggle memorising the […] https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/3989/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:50:13 -0600 Sounds stupid but I really struggle memorising the chess board grid. So when I see Nf6:Bg4 etc I have to track across and up to find the square. Anyone got any tips on how to memorise the grid so I immediately know which square is being referenced?

]]> 5 0f0b4f61a536a1fd130f3155a5ae1e10 Drew posted an update: I need help. I find when I’m playing games I cannot see […] https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/3985/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 04:18:59 -0600 I need help. I find when I’m playing games I cannot see tactics or understand the position that well. However, if I watch someone else playing it’s easy to see tactics or evaluate the position. I was just watching a game and I saw a tactic to sac a knight to set up a discovered check and win their queen. I am positive I’ve had similar tactis in…

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]]> 3 a766f651e6a6b4e4051a98d564ee46f4 James E posted an update: Never too late to […] https://chessvibes.net/news-feed/p/3975/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 01:58:23 -0600 Never too late to blunder: https://www.chess.com/game/live/123300586437

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Chess: crashmondojr vs Nirvado3

crashmondojr (1287) vs Nirvado3 (1411). crashmondojr won by resignation in 29 moves. Click to review the game, move by move.

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