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Charles posted an update a year ago
Stonewall problem. What to do on move 4 when black has played c5. I carried on and Stockfish says that f4 was a good move. I was worried about c5xf4. It did not happen here, but this seems to mess up the structure.
https://www.chess.com/game/computer/175090139I later blundered my queen and managed to come back.
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ChasKenyon vs. Azeez-BOT Chess Game
ChasKenyon vs. Azeez-BOT. ChasKenyon won by checkmate in 54 moves. See the game, move by move.
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Sometimes you just can’t play the opening you want depending on what your opponent does. All their pawn pushes created a lot of weaknesses so instead of trying to get a stonewall set up, you could identify the weaknesses they are making and attack those.
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Charles posted an update a year ago
Stonewall. Still not sure what I was doing right but it worked.
https://www.chess.com/game/computer/170203881
98.1% accuracy on the opening!
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ChasKenyon vs. Tomas-Bot Chess Game
ChasKenyon vs. Tomas-Bot. ChasKenyon won by checkmate in 72 moves. See the game, move by move.
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I love it when the bots start making random king moves at the end. That’s how you know it’s almost over.
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Charles posted an update a year ago
I’m on Module 9 (Application) and really enjoying the sample games and Nelson’s analysis. I plan on revisiting these.
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Thanks, Charles!
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Charles posted an update a year ago
Is there a way to use Chess.com or another site to play out games from books and possibly use analysis engines? Where can I find out about this?
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You can go to chess.com/analysis and then enter the moves manually as you go through the game and turn on the engine if you like.
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On additional note – chess.com analysis board also supports libraries. There are several libraries available, for instance with games analyzed by the book “Logical Chess – Move By Move” by Irving Chernev.
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Thank you both. I was specifically looking for the games from that book and had started to compile my own library on them. The one you refer to, Jaroslav, is at https://www.chess.com/library/collections/logical-chess-move-by-move-2UbjxMSoQ.
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Charles posted an update a year ago
How long will we have access to the lessons?
Can we still participate in future group counseling sessions?
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Lifetime access, Charles. Yes, you can join future group coaching calls.
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Charles posted an update a year ago
Can you explain the differences between Analysis and Game Review on Chess.com and uses for each?
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I agree. Would love some tips on how to analyze my games but don’t know if game review is the best way! Showing us how to use analysis would be helpful!
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Charles, Game Review is the lazy and fast way. It usually does a pretty good job of highlighting the big mistakes and misses. Analysis is if you want to dig into it yourself. Sometimes you’ll notice or catch things that Game review missed, but it generally takes longer and a bit more effort is required. I think if you’re below 1200 I’d stick…
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Thanks.
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Charles posted an update a year ago
Got stuck here with Owen’s defense. My rooks were useless. Even though I was ahead most of the game, at the end I felt like I was doing well to get a draw.
[Event “vs Computer”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2024.10.07”]
[Round “-“]
[White “Karim-BOT”]
[Black “ChasKenyon”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
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Chess Analysis Board and PGN Editor
Analyze games with the strongest chess engine in the world: Stockfish. Improve your game with the help of personalized insights from Game Review.
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Charles posted an update a year ago
Working my way up from 600. Played against Maxim-bot (1000) with no blunders, mistakes or misses using Stonewall. Currently at 800. 85.7 accuracy, which is a new best.
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Even though analysis did not show it as such, 19. exd5 was a blunder. Analysis showed it as a good move, and it worked, but I missed that I would trade the knight for the pawn that I captured. I was thinking that I was protected (against the queen).
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Oops. Rating against bots is 800. Against mortals 732.
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Won’t show me the game , but well done !
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Can’t see the game either, but congratulations on the rating increase. Reducing blunders has made a huge difference in my game
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Charles posted an update a year ago
Lesson 5.3 on pawn position. This seems to be contradicted in the Stonewall attack opening.
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Opening principles and guidelines for pawn structure are things you should pay attention to, but you can break them if you have a reason.
In the Stonewall, you do have the backwards pawn and you do weaken your king’s protection, but it’s ok because the opening is designed to lock down the middle and rotate all your pieces for the kingside attack.…
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Charles posted an update a year ago
Still slogging through. In the meantime, I’m using the custom puzzles on Chess.com to focus on tactics. My Mate in 1 success is 58%. I’ve gotten 19 of 20 in last couple of days. When success gets to 60% I will switch to a different one.
I am getting a lot out of this course even though not moving as quickly as some others.
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I’m right there with you Charles, trying to work my way up the rating scale. The custom puzzle feature is an excellent way to help with tactics. Hang in there, good things will happen.
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I just realized that the practice with the custom puzzles does not move that percentage. That is for the general puzzles. \
Time to move to a different tactic on the custom puzzles and play some games!
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Seems to be puzzles & daily games with me at the moment
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