The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 5 months agoDon't underestimate how many times I can blunder the endgamelemmy.worldimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down12
arrow-up1156arrow-down1imageDon't underestimate how many times I can blunder the endgamelemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 5 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-25 months ago@The_Picard_Maneuver would need to look them up yeah that’s why I like Alekhine in particular. I’m a patzer and too old/lazy to learn theory myself, so I like it when no one else has either. This is a nice little intro to the main lines. Super fun opening as black.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoThanks, bookmarking this! I know I’ve seen it show up on the info block to the right of the board while playing before, so I bet this will feel familiar, but I can’t remember if it’s been my opponents or me (accidentally) doing it.
minus-squarelivus@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months ago@The_Picard_Maneuver I think that’s what led me to it, seeing it mentioned. I was like “hmm, the computer thinks I’m doing a thing! What is this thing…?”
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yeah that’s why I like Alekhine in particular. I’m a patzer and too old/lazy to learn theory myself, so I like it when no one else has either.
This is a nice little intro to the main lines. Super fun opening as black.
Thanks, bookmarking this! I know I’ve seen it show up on the info block to the right of the board while playing before, so I bet this will feel familiar, but I can’t remember if it’s been my opponents or me (accidentally) doing it.
@The_Picard_Maneuver I think that’s what led me to it, seeing it mentioned.
I was like “hmm, the computer thinks I’m doing a thing! What is this thing…?”