• livus@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    Ugh I got told that at my level you should never resign because all of us make such stupid mistakes there’s still a chance of a win.

    Hard to actually do though when you’re down 10+ points and huddled miserably in a corner.

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      8 months ago

      Here’s another reason you should never resign: endgames are crazy hard, and not resigning is the only chance you’ll ever get to practice them.

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      8 months ago

      I once won a game back that was +63 from analysis, to M1.

      Just so your best to keep a rook on the board, and walk your king over slyly to the king.

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        8 months ago

        @Jackcooper well yeah as soon as you see an inevitable forced mating pattern you’d resign, I don’t think they mean that.

        That said, I’m a super old adult and I’m never going to feel bad for being terrible at chess.

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    8 months ago

    Does Lichess check for this? I definitely get an aborted game more often when I am white. I also notice my ELO went up after I actually locked down strategies for black. Yeah it’s only like a 0.5% advantage for the masters, but if you play a lot of games, aborting everytime you are black is a helpful strategy.🤷

    Apparently it’s more like a 5% advantage for us normies. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-move_advantage_in_chess

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    8 months ago

    I prefer black. Remember that the saying goes: “White begins, black wins.” (I have no idea if this saying also exists in English but it does rime just as well as in German („Weiß beginnt, Schwarz gewinnt.”))

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      8 months ago

      happens more often than you think

      if you’re playing against me, that is. I’m about 1200 rapid, and the amount of times I’ve absolutely thrown games after a good setup is simply sad

      that’s probably the reason why I can’t seem to get any higher