Alex Banzea

International Chess Master and Content Creator

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@mennohagens Looks like some weird guy is hacking your chessable page 😂😏

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@jamonholmgren Lol🤣

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@GothamChess Anything below 30 minutes is pretty fast! (been running for 5 years) Ignore the fake athletes!

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Can someone fix the name of this opening? For context, lichess names it 'Rapport-Jobava System' @chesscom

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@sassuolotuitter good stuff, bro!

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@untimelysalts @44n1wjpg loooool

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@sassuolotuitter https://t.co/sAqgC6eAOx

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Fun fact: the game is automatically drawn if you reach move 300 on lichess! R.I.P my extra queen

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@Rok_Novak nice to see you at the office! (or outside the office perhaps?)

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@dev_daly I definitely covered that in the Caro-Kann rating climb!

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@5thApeReflects This is all possible, I never accused her of anything. It's just interesting how this plan that you mention took 30 seconds of thinking (on move 8) and then everything was flawless. Wish I could remember theory this well too during my own games, but I am just a washed Youtuber :(

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never underestimate 1800 fide!

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@stylebenderg ok bro, I listened

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@space_Amy Slay

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@TampS44 they always ask me 'what is that queen doing on d3?!' well I guess here it shows :D

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@ChessExplained @MeerMaurits He definitely saw b4 as the only pawn break available in the position. You gotta think backwards Chris!

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@Rok_Novak that's literally one of the best games I ever played lol. 97% over 60 moves. I swear I am not hiding anything in unorthodox areas of my body...

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What about adding a filter for 'titled players only' when creating a game? @chesscom It would a nice way to avoid shady accounts while playing casual games :D

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@Rok_Novak please make this happen lol!

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Easy solution for cheating in online chess:
-just make anyone who crosses 2500 blitz submit documents and stop allowing multi accounts
After completing many speedruns, 2500-2800 feels to be the dirtiest elo...
What am I missing?

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@Rok_Novak I was mainly targeting the obvious cheaters in the casual games...it got to the point where 50% of the games are just meaningless (I think Caruana is right). Good cheaters are tough to catch in any sport, but should be 'ok' with some webcams for them...