Cristof de Loet

Trying positivity.

Into: poetry, etymology, pop linguistics, chess, baking, tea, paper
letters, book art, origami, &c.

In the Fediverse: @[email protected]

[Cristof de Loet @clorgie]

#chess enthusiasts, especially adult improvers, really get hung up on neuroplasticity.

A) According to research, adult brains have more plasticity than most chess folks seem to think. There's strong evidence emerging that most of the loss is environmental, not age-related.

[Cristof de Loet @clorgie]

@FIDE_chess Judit!

[Cristof de Loet @clorgie]

@zenmadman That is a really good point. And one I lose sight of sometimes. Thanks for the reminder.

[Cristof de Loet @clorgie]

I'm approaching my mid-50s, will always be a patzer, and want to have fun. And yet I still find myself feeling dirty playing gambits and less "sound" openings. Why? What's your philosophy, #ChessPunks? (other than "don't study openings" --- I'm not, really, and I get it :)

[Cristof de Loet @clorgie]

@peterdoggers I liked this idea by Cathy Clift: 'What about anyone who has at some point had an Elo of 2500+ *and* achieved a norm of 2600+ in the previous calendar year being a CGM (a Current Grand Master), with the others who no longer have the active 2600 norm being "merely" GM.'

[Solveig 🌻 @RookieRedhead]

Do any of you folks enjoy other Board games than chess? Do you have any recommendations for good starter games for two? 🤓

[Cristof de Loet @clorgie]

@RookieRedhead Go! No question.

[Cristof de Loet @clorgie]

Chess Players Wonder if Being a Grandmaster Still Has Meaning → https://t.co/nz5AfnAumD --- I don't think we need a Super GM title or the like. Cathy Clift has shown the way!

[Cristof de Loet @clorgie]

@notstevenwhite Yeah, I was thinking playable, but not classics that establish a broad foundation for a young player. Things like the Center Game, Smith-Morra, Vienna Gambit maybe? --- playable up to 2000 (and often higher), not the kind where there is a simple refutation to be memorized.

[Cristof de Loet @clorgie]

"Chess․com’s print publishing operations, comprising of New in Chess and Everyman Chess are splitting off from Chess․com and merging with Quality Chess..." — Kind of a big deal if you are one of those people (like me) who still loves #chess #books! → https://t.co/INq8Uv6Z6x

[Cristof de Loet @clorgie]

Fascinating, familiar, narrative! → https://t.co/Xd5DTXNKyu [PS. (Human) Go rocks!]

[Cristof de Loet @clorgie]

OK, this is interesting. This one was too hard for me, but I think the idea is brilliant!

[Thinkerteacher @ThinkerTeachair]

#chesspunks

Do not tell anybody: this is the idea I implement to ThinkerSHARK to improve its calculation captures efficiency together with evaluation of the final position!🔥

At the same time half work is done with visualization!🧠

Hold my orange juice @DjoloChess & @Nickvisel

[Cristof de Loet @clorgie]

What's Korchnoi about to unleash on Yasser? #chess #tactics #chesspunks

[Cristof de Loet @clorgie]

@MeerMaurits Time to put on your calculatiom cap @ChessVonDoom :)

[Cristof de Loet @clorgie]

TIL: The Novotny (or Nowotny) device, as seen in its simplest form in this little puzzle composed by Alexey Troitsky. White to move. → https://t.co/7hBqXSpi2c #chess #tactics #chesspunks

[Cristof de Loet @clorgie]

@HighgroundChess Wow, that's awesome!

[Alexandra Kosteniuk @chessqueen]

My #cairnscup 2024 in one photo by @LennartOotes 😅♟

[Women's Chess Coverage @OnTheQueenside]

Congrats to 19-year-old Rakshitta Ravi on earning her 2nd IM norm in the Teplice Open! 🥳
She tied for 7th overall (as just the 70th seed!), and also gets back above 2300! 👏👏

https://t.co/qWCdo0SQ7P
📷: Aditya Sur Roy
#chess #womeninchess

[Ramesh RB @Rameshchess]

Congratulations to @RakshittaRavi for getting her second IM norm at Teplice open!

[Cristof de Loet @clorgie]

@DerekCAtHome But he spoke with people who sell lie detection services and they swear lie detectors work!