Offline... but that was way back when I was in high school and had lots of time...

Now I'm just playing blitz and bullet online, coach chess, and blog about it.

I say give it another go and push for FM

Deleted User 97295

1137 Posts

March 03 2015 16:27 GMT

#1382

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calgar

United States1277 Posts

March 10 2015 00:46 GMT

#1383

On March 04 2015 01:27 Laertes wrote:
Anyone want to play on lichess a bit? I'm looking for a training partner, I know there was some bad blood in this thread before, but honestly I'd like to apologize for my earlier actions. Regardless of whether I play like a CM, I'd like to get to know some of the people on TL and try and reconcile my poor social awareness from before. So, who's up for some lichess games for fun?

What's your handle?

ChessWhiz

United States260 Posts

March 10 2015 19:21 GMT

#1384

I’m excited to announce a new chess variant tournament, the ChessWhiz Cup, featuring a prize in bitcoins. You don’t want to miss this.

When: 3pm GMT on Saturday, March 21st
Duration: 90 minutes.
Entry fee: Zero. Absolutely free.
Rules: Secret chess variant, to be revealed at the start of the tournament!
Grand Prize: 0.1 bitcoins, currently worth about $30. Learn more about Bitcoin at https://bitcoin.org

Usually, online tournaments with prizes are impossible, due to cheaters. Today, using a surprise variant, plus lichess advanced cheat detection tools, this becomes a reality.

For more information, check out the thread in the lichess forum: http://en.lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/tournament-chesswhiz-cup

See you there!

Deleted User 97295

1137 Posts

March 14 2015 01:16 GMT

#1385

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fancyClown

65 Posts

April 17 2015 09:44 GMT

#1386

The Gashimov Memorial has started.
Carlsen - Anand today
And they are playing a Marshall...

fancyClown

65 Posts

April 17 2015 13:52 GMT

#1387

And it looks like Anand might win this one after a serious mistake by Carlsen on move 19

kingjames01

Canada1603 Posts

April 17 2015 14:37 GMT

#1388

On April 17 2015 22:52 fancyClown wrote:
And it looks like Anand might win this one after a serious mistake by Carlsen on move 19

Which stream?

don_kyuhote

3006 Posts

April 17 2015 14:55 GMT

#1389

On April 17 2015 22:52 fancyClown wrote:
And it looks like Anand might win this one after a serious mistake by Carlsen on move 19

All mighty Magnus is not to be denied

fancyClown

65 Posts

April 19 2015 10:22 GMT

#1390

Carlsen is playing Black against Caruana now.
Big match! Dutch opening.
Carlsen lost his last Dutch defense.

don_kyuhote

3006 Posts

April 19 2015 11:59 GMT

#1391

On April 19 2015 19:22 fancyClown wrote:
Carlsen is playing Black against Caruana now.
Big match! Dutch opening.
Carlsen lost his last Dutch defense.

wow Stonewall Dutch!
There was a time around last year when I thought about using this as my defense against 1.d4. hehe

fancyClown

65 Posts

April 19 2015 13:48 GMT

#1392

I left the game thinking it was a dead draw, boy was I wrong

don_kyuhote

3006 Posts

April 19 2015 15:03 GMT

#1393

On April 19 2015 22:48 fancyClown wrote:
I left the game thinking it was a dead draw, boy was I wrong

Nothing is a dead draw for Carlsen.

Apotek

Taiwan34 Posts

April 20 2015 10:27 GMT

#1394

On April 19 2015 22:48 fancyClown wrote:
I left the game thinking it was a dead draw, boy was I wrong

Carlsen is the best chess player of all time. It was hardly surprising.

calgar

United States1277 Posts

April 20 2015 23:40 GMT

#1395

On April 19 2015 20:59 don_kyuhote wrote:

Show nested quote +

wow Stonewall Dutch!
There was a time around last year when I thought about using this as my defense against 1.d4. hehe

I just looked through the game, it was great. I missed so many of the ideas he used.

fancyClown

65 Posts

April 21 2015 12:16 GMT

#1396

Today is more exciting, both Anand and MVL have sacrificed pieces already.
http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2015-gashmem
https://www.shamkirchess.az

calgar

United States1277 Posts

April 24 2015 23:05 GMT

#1397

Kasparov and Short play starting tomorrow!

fancyClown

65 Posts

April 25 2015 09:18 GMT

#1398

That's exciting, didn't even know that.
Livestream
Today at 9pm CEST

Also, Gashimov round 7 in .
Wesley So vs Magnus Carlsen.
Carlsen had a super impressive tournament so far.
https://www.shamkirchess.az/

ChessWhiz

United States260 Posts

April 30 2015 00:03 GMT

#1399

OK, OK, I might be spamming this thread, but I thought TL people would like to know:

Join us in celebrating a full year of ChessWhiz TV live broadcasts! Tomorrow (Thursday) at 6pm GMT, for Episode 132, we'll be giving away bitcoin prizes on Twitch to the quickest solvers of some Lichess puzzles.

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YouTube archive: https://www.youtube.com/user/chesswhiztv
Team forums: http://lichess.org/team/chesswhiz-tv

Don't miss it!