Best book to learn if you're ~1700 elo (rapid)? Also: E5, use a name

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whooped by good player/stockfi(...) Sat May 23 15:37:41 2020 No.15433410 [Reply] [Original]

Best book to learn if you're ~1700 elo (rapid)?
Also: E5, use a name

>>	Dave Sat May 23 15:38:59 2020 No.15433417 >>15433410 C5

>>	Dave Sat May 23 15:41:12 2020 No.15433429 hurry the fuck up and play

>>	Dave Sat May 23 15:44:00 2020 No.15433447 scared? I'm going to crush you fucking /lit/ pseud

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 15:44:48 2020 No.15433453 >>15433429 I made a thread claiming 1700 elo when im actually like 1300, wrote "E5". I'm beyond embarassed on an anonymous imageboard

>>	Dave Sat May 23 15:45:29 2020 No.15433462 >>15433453 I know you meant e5 you pseud, play anyway

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 15:45:36 2020 No.15433464 File: 152 KB, 1458x349, MyIdea.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] You thought you waited long enough for me to not see you ripping off my funny reply, but no. May Robot9000 steal your soul.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 15:45:42 2020 No.15433465 File: 238 KB, 1200x1200, A12F3BEF-634E-41C8-8E58-92214E36BB63.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15433410 Just subscribe to chess24 and use their courses made by GMs. Also joining a chess club helps.

>>	Dave Sat May 23 15:47:39 2020 No.15433486 >>15433462 e4*

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 15:48:48 2020 No.15433493 File: 533 KB, 1654x2401, 9ae815953a842f50ef606d3176d74d1b.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Laugh at me /lit >>15433486 Bc4

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 15:49:05 2020 No.15433495 File: 158 KB, 900x1200, EAW_cpuXUAUZaeo.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] for me? it's this guy. comfy kino. will Starbucks finally sponsor him now that he has a twitch channel?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 15:49:49 2020 No.15433505 >>15433410 >1.e5 when your a master you know when to break the rules XD

Anonymous Sat May 23 15:50:46 2020 No.15433510

>>15433410
How to reassess your chess by Silman is really good for positional play if you're willing to put in the time. Other than that I guess you could look at compilations of games with commentary, like Tal-Botvinnik.
Assuming you meant E4, which is an actual legal move for white, I'll play E5.

>>	Dave Sat May 23 15:51:49 2020 No.15433515 >>15433493 e6

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 15:53:58 2020 No.15433523 >>15433515 Kf3

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 15:55:38 2020 No.15433537 i meant Nf3* fuck this im gonna leave the thread

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 15:57:04 2020 No.15433552 >>15433523 shit, OP, don't commit sudoku :(

Commentator Sat May 23 15:59:40 2020 No.15433576
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We are now in somewhat strange territory for a chess game. Bc4 is an unorthodox move, although not entirely unprecedented. Black has been playing a very by the book response to most everything so far, opening up diagonals.

>>15433537
See it though, you'll feel better even if you use.

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 16:02:50 2020 No.15433598 this Dave guy is sweating

>>	Dave Sat May 23 16:04:03 2020 No.15433605 >>15433537 Kf6

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 16:04:42 2020 No.15433609 >>15433576 if OP is pussies out of a good ol' open sicilian I'm thinking he's cringe

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 16:06:06 2020 No.15433615 >>15433605 e5

>>	Dave Sat May 23 16:06:56 2020 No.15433619 >>15433615 d5

>>	Dave Sat May 23 16:08:07 2020 No.15433626 >>15433615 Think I'm scared, pussy? I have every Sicilian variation memorised

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 16:08:22 2020 No.15433630 >>15433619 b5 check

Commentator Sat May 23 16:08:43 2020 No.15433633
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An attack on the night is heating up the battle for the middle of the board. White is now playing very aggressively, possibly in an attempt to befuddle black's by-the-book play.

>>15433609
Brave or foolhardy? We'll soon see, Tom.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 16:09:00 2020 No.15433637 >>15433630 lmfao>>15433619 based post a screenshot of the board plz i want to unironicaslly follow

>>	Dave Sat May 23 16:12:06 2020 No.15433655 >>15433630 Kf6 to d7

Commentator Sat May 23 16:14:37 2020 No.15433670
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>>15433630
Well Tom, this is certainly unusual. It looks to me [ELO sub 1000] that white is claiming check, but I don't see it.. Here's the position of the board after his most recent move, maybe you can help make sense of it.

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 16:14:51 2020 No.15433672 File: 10 KB, 251x201, images.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] i can't stand the pressure, a board of intelligent people judging my every move >>15433655 knocks over pawn and fumble to pick up the first time d-d4

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 16:15:09 2020 No.15433675 Help me /lit/, I’m rated 600 and I want to kill myself Any books that capture this feeling?

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 16:16:29 2020 No.15433679 >>15433670 i meant bishop b5 stop bullying me

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 16:16:50 2020 No.15433682 File: 283 KB, 531x376, Amadeus.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15433672 >a board of intelligent people

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 16:17:35 2020 No.15433684 File: 46 KB, 573x581, b9c.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15433670 >>15433679 i think this is correct

>>	Dave Sat May 23 16:19:05 2020 No.15433692 >>15433672 c5 pawn takes d4 pawn

Commentator Sat May 23 16:19:43 2020 No.15433697
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>>15433679
Sorry there Clive, I'm just trying to keep track of the game for all of the good people on /lit/. They should consider posting about books so the mods allow us to keep going.
>>15433684
My board jives with this, Clive. Good luck to both competitors out there today, have fun and stay alert.

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 16:20:52 2020 No.15433703 >>15433692 Nf3xd4

>>	Dave Sat May 23 16:22:11 2020 No.15433711 >>15433703 Qb6

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 16:22:13 2020 No.15433713 So, off-topic, but what is the best non-fiction book about chess?

Commentator Sat May 23 16:23:02 2020 No.15433716
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>>15433692
We have another by the book move here by Dave, he's really playing like a machine so far. White is going to have to find an attack here, as his pawn structure is not the best. Look for big sacrifice moves in the center by white and quick kingside rockets by Black.

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 16:24:32 2020 No.15433720 >>15433711 Nc3

>>	Dave Sat May 23 16:25:01 2020 No.15433726 >>15433720 a6

Anonymous Sat May 23 16:25:49 2020 No.15433729
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>>15433713
My Great Predecessors by Kasparov or My 60 Memorable Games by Fischer. Also there are some good books written by the Soviet side of Fischer's rise that I forget the names of.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 16:27:01 2020 No.15433738 File: 95 KB, 890x1280, 61krh1SPO7L.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15433697 I feel like the mods should let us have a little fun.

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 16:27:06 2020 No.15433739 >>15433726 bishop takes knight check

>>	Dave Sat May 23 16:28:31 2020 No.15433747 >>15433739 Bxd7

Commentator Sat May 23 16:28:58 2020 No.15433750
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>>15433720
White defends his bishop's outpost on b5, not ceding an inch. Black responds with a move possibly designed to allow his rook/night into the game at a pivotal point. White abandons the outpost and attacks the king with his bishop, what does he have in mind?

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 16:30:25 2020 No.15433762 >>15433747 0-0

>>	Commentator Sat May 23 16:31:44 2020 No.15433770 File: 42 KB, 629x631, pawn.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I must say that the pawn on e5 is looking a little lonely. Current state.

>>	Dave Sat May 23 16:31:47 2020 No.15433771 >>15433762 Nc6

>>	Dave Sat May 23 16:32:54 2020 No.15433779 File: 36 KB, 472x470, b.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15433770 this is the current board

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 16:34:00 2020 No.15433787 >>15433729 >My Great Predecessors >not my great predechessors >My 60 Memorable Games >not My Chessty Memorable Games and these people are considered geniuses? >>15433771 Be3

>>	Dave Sat May 23 16:34:08 2020 No.15433788 File: 37 KB, 474x474, bkek.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15433770 fixed**

>>	Dave Sat May 23 16:35:46 2020 No.15433797 >>15433787 Big mistake, pseud, hanging a pawn like that? Knight takes e5

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 16:36:51 2020 No.15433803 File: 21 KB, 300x499, 41MwzamcCKL._SX298_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15433410 Still talking about books here mods.

Commentator Sat May 23 16:41:51 2020 No.15433842
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>>15433788
You're right Dave, sorry about that folks. It looked to me like Black was attempting to initiate a knight exchange and create a central pawn island. White turned down this offer with a strange b3. Black punishes his slip in the middle by claiming a knight for free. We could be witnessing the pivotal moment of this game, folks. White isn't quite on the back foot, but he is no longer on the offensive.

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 16:42:08 2020 No.15433845 >>15433797 fuck... f4

>>	Dave Sat May 23 16:44:18 2020 No.15433861 File: 36 KB, 476x475, bbbbbb.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15433845 Kc4 >>15433842 >claiming a knight for free mr commentator needs to be careful when reading the 1-8 and a-h but his efforts are appreciated anyway

>>	Dave Sat May 23 16:45:50 2020 No.15433871 File: 36 KB, 476x475, bbbbbb.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15433845 Nc4 * >>15433842 >claiming a knight for free mr commentator needs to be careful when reading the 1-8 and a-h but his efforts are appreciated anyway

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 16:46:55 2020 No.15433876 any books in the vein of master of go but for chess? like more about the players themselves, with themes of mastery/competition/lifestyle/etc.

Commentator Sat May 23 16:50:01 2020 No.15433895
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>>15433871
Damn it Dave, you're right again. I'm three hundred years old and got distracted by the cheerleaders. I would argue that Nd4 was a stronger move, but hindsight is 20-20.

White pressures the knight on e5, We're now deep in the midgame.

>>	Franz Sat May 23 16:50:15 2020 No.15433899 >>15433876 9x9 board G4

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 16:52:14 2020 No.15433910 >>15433871 Qe2

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 16:52:15 2020 No.15433911 >>15433899 AHH STOP I JUST WANT BOOK

>>	Dave Sat May 23 16:54:10 2020 No.15433928 File: 34 KB, 300x376, 047060364X.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15433910 Bc5, also I would recommend pic related book for you

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 16:55:50 2020 No.15433943 >>15433928 you mean Bb5 right?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 16:55:51 2020 No.15433945 File: 24 KB, 324x499, my system.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] just another book post for mods. It's pretty good if you want to get into hyper modern theory, but I would recommend having a strong classical foundation before reading it.

>>	Dave Sat May 23 16:58:30 2020 No.15433963 File: 36 KB, 457x451, board.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15433943 nop, i mean Bc5, does your board not look like this?

>>	Commentator Sat May 23 17:00:03 2020 No.15433974 File: 41 KB, 599x581, current.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15433963 This is what I have at the moment, but "Franz" fucked me up for a second.

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 17:03:05 2020 No.15434003 >>15433963 yeah that's correct, i forgot there were 2 bishops lol. anyway, fuck it: knight takes d5 (i dont know if this works)

>>	Commentator Sat May 23 17:06:04 2020 No.15434030 >>15433963 I think you're fucked up here Dave, because you don't show the white bishop here >>15433788

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 17:06:32 2020 No.15434035 File: 38 KB, 463x575, F81F4677-7AF9-434D-AB36-FC13691C0D57.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This thread has been visited by the Holy Spirit. May strength be given to all who read these words.

>>	Commentator Sat May 23 17:07:15 2020 No.15434040 >>15434030 THAT'S THE OTHER BISHOP. FUCK IT, I'M DONE! I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A TENNIS COMMENTATOR. I SHOULD HAVE GONE TO COLLEGE LIKE DAD SAID.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 17:08:31 2020 No.15434049 https://lichess.org/v0kYnTsD

>>	Dave Sat May 23 17:11:19 2020 No.15434066 File: 33 KB, 442x444, dave_is_winning.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15434003 what's your plan here e6 pawn takes d5 pawn

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 17:12:30 2020 No.15434077 https://lichess.org/otfimODJ

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 17:15:10 2020 No.15434107 >>15434066 idk i had a plan but my laptop froze so i lost my refernce board AND my plan during reboot so uhhhhh

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 17:16:28 2020 No.15434122 https://lichess.org/i9rgCnQ9

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 17:16:46 2020 No.15434124 >>15434066 Castle f1e1 i guess

>>	Dave Sat May 23 17:16:59 2020 No.15434127 File: 24 KB, 360x450, 500full-igor-bogdanoff.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15434107 >it is done, we got him, all according to plan

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 17:18:43 2020 No.15434148 File: 8 KB, 251x201, download (7).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15433410 >tfw you're a 1000 brainlet

>>	Dave Sat May 23 17:18:54 2020 No.15434151 >>15434124 castle short side

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 17:20:03 2020 No.15434163 >>15434124 YOU ALREADY CASTLED

>>	Dave Sat May 23 17:21:27 2020 No.15434170 File: 36 KB, 492x494, rooook.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15434163 let him be anon he meant his rook, he can't think when i'm destroying him

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 17:21:35 2020 No.15434173 >>15434151 Ng5, i think im fucked, idk how to develop pawns properly >>15434163 i meant rook

>>	Self-loathing dumb fucking OP Sat May 23 17:23:02 2020 No.15434181 >>15434173 Nf5* cunt

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 17:34:20 2020 No.15434274 >>15434122 GG Anon. You played better than me.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 23 17:36:25 2020 No.15434293 >>15434274 GG >You played better than me you just played a bad opening, everything after that was me slipping

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