| General Chess Discussion - Secret Ding account on lichess found#1 @FVitelli is 100% secret account of Ding. He played 4. h3 in this game https://lichess.org/JorsyKUh/black before this happened in world championship (and many other games vs same opponent, also in 4.h… | BetterCollSoul  |
| General Chess Discussion - Anyone here plays the Dunst/Van Geet?#3 I know one OTB player who uses it nonstop with very good winrate, however that being said, I don't know your plans after 1. Nc3. The guy I mentioned is big fan of 1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 and playing these clo… | BetterCollSoul |
| General Chess Discussion - Garry, why apoplectic?#3 @DrHotBunz said in #2: > Kasparov could probably beat either one of them losers himself. Doesnt feel like a real WCC match. BS, Kasparov right now is weak grandmaster level. He completely dropped out … | BetterCollSoul |
| General Chess Discussion - Did you learn an opening because a GM plays it?#22 I learned interesting sideline against e4 - 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 First I saw Nihal had many blitz/rapid games in this line and had very good results, and I got interested. Then I sa… | BetterCollSoul |
| General Chess Discussion - why many people hates london system#51 London is one of the most interesting and fascinating openings in modern chess. People who insult it clearly don't have any knowledge on it. The simple proof is how this opening went from straight doi… | BetterCollSoul |
| General Chess Discussion - If your goal is to get to 1900 FIDE and you absolutely hate openings how would you approach it?#12 You are being ridiculous if you want to reach 1900 otb with no opening knowledge at all. I guess you can play some wacky systems but that also requires some knowledge. If you want to be strong and inv… | BetterCollSoul |