NoVa Chess Guy (aka Sholom) #🟦 @nova_chess_guy

Adult Improver. Older guy. Fmr Ultimate Friz Wrld Chmp and HoF, now trying my hand at #chess. So far I've learned that chess is hard #chesspunks Northern Virginia (DC 'burbs) Joined March 2022

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NoVa Chess Guy (aka Sholom) #🟦 @nova_chess_guy

2 months ago

Italian. My opponent forgot to play c3. I have three ways to take back the pawn, why does the engine prefer one so much over the other two?

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NoVa Chess Guy (aka Sholom) #🟦 @nova_chess_guy

6 months ago

Played a fairly drawish game (which I lost due to mistake at end) but I had a chance of winning here. I needed an engine to help me figure this out -- how does black win here?

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NoVa Chess Guy (aka Sholom) #🟦 @nova_chess_guy

7 months ago

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NoVa Chess Guy (aka Sholom) #🟦 @nova_chess_guy

7 months ago

Why is Nc3 so standard here and then Nf3, instead of the opposite order? To my amateur eyes they seem fairly interchangeable. @askavrukh

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NoVa Chess Guy (aka Sholom) #🟦 @nova_chess_guy

7 months ago

Kids these days . . . at my very informal chess club (held at a bar) I sat down to play a young teenager. While I was setting up the pieces he was playing bullet on his phone (even into the first few moves of our game).

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NoVa Chess Guy (aka Sholom) #🟦 @nova_chess_guy

7 months ago

In the position below, Masters play ...Be6. Mid-level players play ...Be7. Why the difference? Why is one preferred over the over?

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NoVa Chess Guy (aka Sholom) #🟦 @nova_chess_guy

9 months ago

No tactics here. Looks like approx 0.0 to me, but engine thinks (depending on who's to move) one side is up by a 1/2 to a 3/4 of a pawn. I don't get it. (This comes from an f4-Vienna where I forced an early Q-trade). So, genuine question to y'all: who's ahead and why?

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NoVa Chess Guy (aka Sholom) #🟦 @nova_chess_guy

9 months ago

From a Vienna. Engine really wants black to play 7...Qh4+ and 8...Qe7. I never would have even thought of that. What's going on?

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NoVa Chess Guy (aka Sholom) #🟦 @nova_chess_guy

9 months ago

From a game last night at club. It's black to move (I was white), and I completely utterly don't understand what the engine is telling me regarding potential king moves. Let's ignore king-to-the h-file - which king moves win? Which move(s) draw? And, most importantly, why?!?

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NoVa Chess Guy (aka Sholom) #🟦 @nova_chess_guy

9 months ago

At last weekend's tourney, on the board next to me, an interesting position arose. White to move: should she retreat the queen (Qf4)? Or trade it for two rooks? I had no idea, but thought I'd pass it along.