Praiz

A law student with interest in sports.
Unaffiliated amateur chess player

[X3 Firearms @x3firearms]

It seems you are still stuck on the quest for elo rather than strength.

I ask you this question.
If you have not preciously worked on the chess outside of mindless play...... why would you expect the elo to change? elo is supposed to be a reflection of your strength, not the other way around.

[Praiz @Praiz582932]

@BankyGee_ Not bad bro 🤜🤛

[Praiz @Praiz582932]

150 milyon Euro'ya F.Bahçe'ye övgü 🟡🔵

[Banky G 🎤⚽ @BankyGee_]

Happy new month guys! Welcome to the month of July! 🎊🔥

In the spirit of the new month, create your own birthday 'done deal' 🤑

Mine: Banky G, 500k permanent transfer to Al Arabi - HERE WE GO 😭🤧!

What kind of fucking player am I bro? 😭😭😭

[Praiz @Praiz582932]

@GMAlexColovic 😭😭😭

[Praiz @Praiz582932]

Could the opening be a center game or Nimzowitsch??

[Alex Colovic @GMAlexColovic]

A position I reached when working on my new @chessable course LTR: Original Arkhangelsk.

Are you team rook+5 pawns or team 2 pieces?

Extra bonus for guessing which opening this came from.

[Ophelion @ophelionmusic]

@GMAlexColovic Calculators don't give different answers when algorithms and hardware improves.

Yes, no modern chess engine can be beaten by a human. But the "right" move from Stockfish is sometimes only right if you also play the next 20 right moves, so it's not always a good lesson.

[Praiz @Praiz582932]

American rugby 😂😂😂

[Rasmus Jarlov @RasmusJarlov]

So, I have now watched two NFL games. Here is my Ted Talk on how the US Americans should make American rugby more attractive to us Europeans. (Because that is very important):

1) Europe should host it every year.
2) You should change the rules that I dont understand.
3) Get rid of any teams from cities that Europeans can not find on a map because they probably dont even exist.
4) Once Europeans start playing it, we will the best at it, because we have the best athletes.
5) In fact, we are probably already the best.

[Praiz @Praiz582932]

It happens bro

Sometimes playing chess everytime isn't that good. It's just like going to the gym everyday. It might seem good, but it isn't giving you time for development.

Just give it a while and get back to it, u'll find yourself better than before 💪

[TK 😏🏆 @ThankGod1903]

Today was so crazy played 14 games got only 4 wins 8 losses and 2 draws.

I don't even know what was wrong with me. It was as if I couldn't play the game. I lost games I should have won but I was not angry cuz I feel this is a phase and it will be over.
I've dropped to 1460 and I'm playing 30 games tomorrow.
Let's see how it goes sha

[Praiz @Praiz582932]

Totally true 💯
Momentum plays a very important part in sports, especially team sports.

A good example is the provision of timeout in volleyball. Having a timeout after winning 5 points in a row can break the flow and make the other team gain points next

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Hydration breaks.

Football is a game of momentum and anyone who's ever watched a thrilling 90 minutes would agree that most players or supporters would give up a half time break when a great game is being played. Why? Stops destroy that momentum and flow of the incredible spectacle of association football.

Our sport, a 150 year old sport no less, is the world's most popular to watch and to play.

Not the NFL
Not the NBA
Not MLB

Association Football.

So a few pundits, fans and journalists doing TV and sponsors bidding by opining that hydration breaks are a good idea couldn't give one good reason as to how the game would be made better.

Coaches work SEVEN DAYS A WEEK to drill instruction into players, so in game instruction isn't needed.

Players can hydrate whenever they like. They're not fucking babies needing a feed.

The breaks CREATE a STOP OF MOMENTUM. And I've never seen one match in thousands I've watched or played in that's been better with more stoppages. Not ONE.

So to this angling for change, what makes you think you're so special to change the world's most popular sport to play and watch that's been both of those things for 150 years?

Minor tweaks? Absolutely. The back pass rule was being abused, so it was changed. A materially good thing for the players and fans.

More breaks? At a time where stops in play for diving, cheating, VAR etc are colliding with hydration breaks? No thanks.

Those wanting this are working for broadcasters and sponsors who want a bigger piece of the game. Never forget that.

Football. A simple game ruined by football illiterate fucknuts.

[Praiz @Praiz582932]

Funny all teams from OFC are out (Only New Zealand 🇳🇿qualified).

I'm still hoping for a time where the OFC will be able to compete with other Continental federations

[Football Meets Data @fmeetsdata]

❌ Teams eliminated in group stage by confederation:

7⃣ 🌏 AFC 🇰🇷🇶🇦🇮🇶🇯🇴🇮🇷🇺🇿🇸🇦
3⃣ 🌎 CONCACAF 🇭🇹🇨🇼🇵🇦
3⃣ 🌍 UEFA 🇨🇿🇹🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
1⃣ 🌏 OFC 🇳🇿
1⃣ 🌎 CONMEBOL 🇺🇾
1⃣ 🌍 CAF 🇹🇳

Almost half of all eliminated teams in group stage came from Asia.

Only one came from Africa.

[Ajoje⚽⚖️ @israel_ajoje]

I keep seeing people say things like this. "The net is huge. These guys practise all day. How do they miss by 50 feet?" It sounds reasonable. It is also completely wrong, and it misunderstands something fundamental about elite sport.

A professional sportsman or in this case- footballer is not standing still, picking his spot, taking his time. He is striking a moving ball, that is probably dropping or spinning awkwardly, while sprinting at full speed.

He is also trying to avoid an opposition defender, in front of 60,000 screaming people, in the 89th minute of a match, when his lungs are on fire and a nation's hopes are sitting on his next contact.

The shot you are judging from your chair was taken in a fraction of a second under pressure you have never experienced in your life.

The goal is big, yes. But the margin for the perfect connection is tiny. A few degrees off on the angle of the boot, a centimetre too far under the ball, a defender clipping the standing leg, and the ball that was meant for the bottom corner ends up in the stands.

At the speed and intensity these players operate, they are literally working on mathematics and physics principles at the same time.

Andto be honest, the reason it looks easy is that they make it look easy. The very best touch, control and finishing you see hides just how absurdly difficult the action actually is.

We usually mistake their mastery for the task being simple. It is not. You are watching the top 0.01% of humans on earth at this skill, and even they miss, because the thing they are attempting is genuinely on the edge of what is humanly possible.

If you put any one of us in that exact moment, we would not be able to do even half of that at all.

My name is Ajoje. I am a FIFA Licensed Agent and International Sports Lawyer. I write on the Law and Business of Football, a lot. Repost and Follow if you want to read more posts like this.

[Praiz @Praiz582932]

Chelsea fan bro?? 🤜🤛

[TK 😏🏆 @ThankGod1903]

Omo as I saw this messages from my course rep na so I dismantle Chess set up make I revise note small

[Praiz @Praiz582932]

I agree with you chief

Nowadays, normal truthful statements are "racists" because a white man said it. It's not supposed to be so

[Kief💎 @DokuV8]

@Footballtweet How is this racist, European football is very tactical, South American and African football is very fast paced and physical, Asian football is team oriented and technical

It’s only racist if you make it racist, for the most part each continent plays their own style of footy

[Praiz @Praiz582932]

Cristiano Ronaldo 🙂

[TheEuropeanLad @ThaEuropeanLad]

You can mention Cristiano Ronaldo and instantly get 2000 likes.

[Praiz @Praiz582932]

What do you guys think?? Are you ready to get a live rating online?

I'm going to be more active on worldchess from now on.

#Chess #worldchess #FIDE #ELOrating

[Praiz @Praiz582932]

500 is a lot to be proud of. I've seen people struggling at 100, some who haven't even learnt the movements.

Still, I think focusing on ratings reduces development rate. It's not everytime ratings drop that a person that good again. Understanding of tactics is what is important

[Eghosa-Otakhoe @ThatgirlDee_56]

After countless moves, blunders, lessons, and comebacks, I've finally reached 500 Elo♟️🎉
What once felt a thousand miles away is now on the board.
Feels like winning the lottery 🤭🎊
Next target: 1000 Elo. One move at a time.

[Praiz @Praiz582932]

I'll need at least 22 points
Specifically no rooks, no queen and only one bishop for a win

[MaxChess @MaxChess_]

How much material advantage would you need to beat Magnus Carlsen at chess?

[FIFPRO @FIFPRO]

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled in favour of a Swedish women’s footballer in a landmark maternity case that could shape how pregnancy protections are applied across professional football in future.

The case, in which Maja Gothberg was successful against her former club Lazio Women, is the first in which CAS has found that a football club unlawfully ended an employment relationship because of a player’s pregnancy and awarded salary compensation and damages on that basis.

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[Praiz @Praiz582932]

Possibly he's asking for your house and office location so his cartel boys can k*ll you.

Very heartless set of police officers they are. I hope they catch the remaining criminals hiding in police uniform.

[Giovanni Ifedi-Williams @TheGiovannis]

Hi @PoliceNG_CRU,

We made real progress today.

One of the notorious trigger-happy police officers was apprehended this evening.

He disguised himself as a concerned prosecutor right inside Akinpelu Police Station in the Oshodi Arena area, but my staff quickly recognized him. They caught him secretly taking pictures of me and forwarding them to his cartel members while simultaneously asking me to provide my home address, office address, and phone number.

We did not want to take the law into our own hands, but the DCO immediately ordered his men to detain him, seize his phone, delete all the pictures of me that he had secretly taken, and have him remanded.

His cartel members are still at large, including those who pointed an AK-47 at my head.

I will not rest until they are all brought to justice.

Thank you for your swift coordination and response to this matter.

[Praiz @Praiz582932]

I don't know how true this story is though

A footballer in his prime once did similar. His church believed the world will end in 2000. He left football and lived a holy life in his hometown, awaiting the apocalypse.

It's 2026 now......

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

🇲🇦🗣️ Noussair Mazraoui: "I might retire after the World Cup. Life is short. I want to memorise the Qur'an and become a mosque imam."