CLSmithXV

Amateur chess player, streamer, and coach.

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New high score

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Finally got my first Nigel trophy (don't ask what you have to do to get the others)

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Now I've seen it all

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What is this opening called? 🤔

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Heard there's a viral YT video about the rarest move in chess, the "double-disambiguated bishop capture checkmate". Then I remembered I had that idea years ago and even made a study for it, but decided it wasn't interesting enough. Guess I should've made that video....

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Stayed up until nearly 5 AM grinding this tournament but I suppose it was worth it. New biggest score!

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This is how all chess tournaments should be run

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My new favorite example of why I (almost) never resign in blitz

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@ChessBlackWhite @kamrynheidi It's weird, it shows up in my norm history but not the crosstable

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@ZefCatt any Accelerated Dragon enjoyers in chat?

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New peak USCF rating: 1814 📈

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Finally, a tournament venue with a purpose-built room to chastise myself for my blunders

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@ImShahinyan The people suggesting e8=Q obviously weren't paying attention. The correct move is e8=B! because bishops are really good

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4 letter words are like the prime real estate of English vocabulary, how did "I just hit a golf ball and it's headed in your general direction" afford to get in?

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@CLTchesscenter Go NM Chess Dennis Doofus Norman report on the chess

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@juliaxrios Do you normally eat them unpeeled? 🤔

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@turnabouttess Danny Rensch paying people off

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@ImShahinyan The more I look, the worse it gets for black. I'm pretty sure if I keep looking black will lose the b6 bishop by force too somehow

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@aldotcom What a ridiculous article. So the "challenge" is letting them burn out? Nothing more than EV fear mongering.