randomGuy Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Frankly I am less interested in chess these days....but will watch Anish, samay vidit sagar stream... Anish was mad funny here.... multi-talented guy...botez is good sport!! Sagar is dedication, guru Dronacharya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Reached 1935 on lichess rapid (10+0) ratings... confident of crossing 2000 soon , as in the past 24 hrs, have played 4 games against 2000+ opponents and won 3 of them. Blitz, I am giving it a break for now, 18xx in Blitz right now. I guess Not bad as I started playing chess(off and on) only during lockdown. Mariyam and ravishingravi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bharathh Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Is there a reason we don't have any elite Indian chessmen/women anymore? Do we have an heir to Anand in the offing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, bharathh said: Is there a reason we don't have any elite Indian chessmen/women anymore? Do we have an heir to Anand in the offing? 2700+ are unofficially known as super GMs we have 2 more(Vidit Gujrati, Harikrishna) apart from Anand. Capable... in top 25 I guess, although not in top 10. We have sufficient depth which is why we jointly won the Olympiad. I think from the juniors (like nihal sarin, raunak sadhwani) we will get players in top 10 in future. There are other countries also competing russia usa china...and anand was a 5 time world champion. That is an amazing record. Edited March 19, 2021 by randomGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 What is the maximum number of knights that can be arranged on a chess board such that no knight kills any other knight? Can you show the arrangement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 17 hours ago, Mariyam said: What is the maximum number of knights that can be arranged on a chess board such that no knight kills any other knight? Can you show the arrangement? Good question Mariyam. Wasn't able to solve but looked it up. Hint: it has got to do with the color of the squares which the knight attacks when placed on any square. Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 19 minutes ago, randomGuy said: Good question Mariyam. Wasn't able to solve but looked it up. Hint: it has got to do with the color of the squares which the knight attacks when placed on any square. That is no fun. This hint makes it very obvious. randomGuy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 In past week, was able to reach 199x atleast 4 times....but everytime I drop 30-40 points from there....win/loss ratio against 2000+ players is better than 1, but players in 1960-1990 range are proving to be my nemesis for now. Anyways I think, my current level will only get me max 2050-2100 for now. Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 @randomGuy What kind of time control is rapid? Would a 2050-2100 make you a titled player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Mariyam said: @randomGuy What kind of time control is rapid? Would a 2050-2100 make you a titled player? 10+0 time control. For lower ratings, I think lichess ratings are jacked up. But over 2000, maybe it roughly reflects the fide classical rating (which is what players track) , although I am not sure. I am not sure Mariyam about being a titled player. I am not interested in being a CM FM either, if I ever cross 2300 (very small chance of this happening, due to busy schedule, lack of motivation and maybe lack of talent and age factor - started very late, only during lockdown), I will think about registering with Fide to try for IM title (there are arnd 2000 active players in the world rated above 2400) . But as of now, I don't see this happening. Edited March 25, 2021 by randomGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Reached 2000 rapid (actually 1 month back) but not able to advance....win-loss ratio has suffered. 2000 is arnd 92%ile of the weekly active players...2150 rating is 98%ile....which means from the remaining 8% (from 92%ile to 100%ile) players I will have to cross 75% of them to reach 98%ile (2150 rating) ...tall ask.. My Puzzle rating got to 2450 (back to 2370 after dropping 80 points) last week which is a pleasing thing... most of the titled players on lichess have Puzzle rating 2400-2800. Mariyam and Yoda-esque 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Got to 2030 rating. But rating is not the point of this post. All this while I had been using Bird's opening (1.f4) with white. It had limitations I thought. Wanted a more solid opening. So, tried London system (thinking that it has less theory) ...but some openings work for some people and other openings for others. On 14th May played 11 games(London system with white) , lost all ...then tried King's indian attack, results immediate. Rating up. Point is that London system isn't bad but it's not for me. Gokesh D, Indias youngest GM became GM just by playing king's Indian attack btw. It's a good opening. Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 (edited) 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 { A18 English Opening: Mikenas-Carls Variation } d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nge2 a6 7. d3 Bd7 8. O-O h5 9. h4 Ne5 10. f3 Nh7 11. Be3 g5 12. hxg5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 Nxg5 14. f4 Ng4 15. fxg5 Ne3 16. Qd2 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 h4 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. gxh4 e5 20. Qg3 O-O-O 21. Nd5 Qf8 22. Nf6 Qe7 23. Nc3 c6 24. Na4 Kc7 25. Nc3 Qf8 26. a4 a5 27. Na2 c5 28. b3 Kb6 29. Nc3 Bc6 30. Bh3 Qe7 31. Ncd5+ { Black resigns. } 1-0 Had been looking into various openings with white. English opening - very solid. Was looking to employ the Botvinnik system which I was allowed to. Opponent was 2130 rated, ~90 points above me. Was able to convincingly beat him. Edited May 31, 2021 by randomGuy Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 ^ pardon my ignorance, but, Why did he quit? He could play on. Was ahead on material too, kind of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Mariyam said: ^ pardon my ignorance, but, Why did he quit? He could play on. Was ahead on material too, kind of. Mariyam, In the end , knight was forking his king and queen...if his bishop takes knight, then my other knight takes its place to fork again...so he resigned. Edit: such knight sitting at outposts(created by pawns normally) in enemy territory are worth gold. Edited May 31, 2021 by randomGuy Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 (edited) ^ yup. That queen e7 move was a blunder. Edited May 31, 2021 by Mariyam randomGuy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 26 minutes ago, Mariyam said: ^ yup. That queen e7 move was a blunder. Right, although I was winning after 10-12 moves and with +7 even before the queen to e7....after which the advantage became +14 from +7... primarily because of the position (not because of the material difference), he had no play and piece his movement had been restricted after first 12 moves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 (edited) Croatia GCT rapid/blitz saw Kasparov's comeback to rated tourneys. He played only blitz section and performed terribly (2.5/18), Saric played the rapid portion as wildcard. Kasparov lost both his games against Vishy without much resistance, pity he was so out of form/confidence, Father Time still undefeated. Vishy going to turn 52 this year, let us see how long he can hang with the elite. Think Harikrishna/Vidit will fade away before him and Nihal/Gukesh/Prag/Arjun will fight to become the next Indian #1. Edited July 12, 2021 by Gollum Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 (edited) First OTB meeting of Kasparov-Anand, before most of us were born. That year Anand would go on to win Reggio Emilia (<5 years since becoming India's first GM) ahead of Kasparov, Karpov, Ivanchuk, Khalifman, Gelfand etc (strongest super tournament at that time in chess history), announcing India's arrival on the world stage of chess. Also qualified to the Candidates in that cycle narrowly losing to Karpov...KO match format back then like Kazan 2011 Candidates (most recent one to adopt that format). Around that time there were talks of Bobby Fischer's official comeback, he wanted to play either Anand or Kasparov, settled in on Anand and venue was to be Delhi. However that match didn't come to fruition and he played Spassky in a rematch of 1972 WCC. Next Candidates Anand won, beating Kamsky in the final and earning the right to challenge Kasparov in the 1995 World Chess Championship, venue being Observation Deck of South Tower, World Trade Centre. Kramnik was Kasparov's second (and protege from Botvinik-Kasparov Soviet School of Chess) in that match. World was a different place back then!!!!! Edited July 12, 2021 by Gollum Mariyam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 @Gollum thanks for the wonderfully insightful posts. You are a reservoir of information on all things chess and its history. Makes for a great read. Gollum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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