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The Picard Maneuver

@ The_Picard_Maneuver @startrek.website

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  • Spooky

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  • Have some honor!

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  • I've gotten into chess for the past year, and while I used Lichess for a little bit, I wound up going with chess.com primarily instead. The app is great. The learning modules are really helpful, and I love the puzzles.

    It also has tens of millions of users on the platform, so your matchmaking is going to be more accurate, whether you need to be matched with opponents who just learned how the pieces move, all the way up to the top professional players.

    As for outside resources, I've been mostly learning from random masters/GMs that have youtube channels.

  • The Taylor Swift maneuver

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  • You can't expect her to move the bishop all that way.

  • Have some honor!

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  • We need a fourth, derpy-er dragon.

  • Have some honor!

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  • I've always heard that until you're master/GM level, it's better just to play it out. Your opponent might blunder too, or accidentally stalemate you. At the very least, it's good practice playing at a disadvantage. I know I've blundered huge leads myself, so who knows what's going to happen?

    There's a psychological thing where we always assume that our opponents in games will never mess up, which makes it feel easy to give up the moment you make a mistake.

  • Chessguessr - Wordle for Chess Games

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  • This is great. I have a new daily game to play. Thanks for sharing!

  • Game Show

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  • Maybe the last 2 can split it

  • Always after it's too late

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  • The lesson is forgotten the moment the next match starts.

  • Always after it's too late

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  • You're not wrong

  • Which IP is this for you?

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  • Yes, this one was tragic.

  • I only play too defensively or too recklessly, please help.

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  • I've found that doing a metric ton of puzzles has greatly improved my tactics when I'm playing "recklessly". It helps your board vision and you'll generally have a better feel for what you can safely attack.

    As far as playing too defensively, maybe finding an opening that leads to a natural attacking plan would be helpful. I've been really enjoying Queen's pawn openings that point all of your pieces toward the opponent's castled king, so even though I'm playing "safely", I'm still creating threats.

  • Your day can't continue until you confirm it yourself

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  • The latter

  • Enjoy a little conspiracy, as a treat

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  • Space Force makes sense now

  • True fans start watching shows from season 1

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  • Maybe he'll write about his struggles for others to understand.

  • Magnus' secret weapon

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  • Enjoy a little conspiracy, as a treat

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  • Yeah, I'm not going to trust anything in the article, but I have to admit that it was a fun rabbit hole to fall down for a moment.

  • Magnus' secret weapon

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  • So... psychedelics?

  • Magnus' secret weapon

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  • Great advice, but I can't find the m8 square. What should I do next?

  • Enjoy a little conspiracy, as a treat

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  • Yeah, this meme was the first I've heard of it, but from some googling, apparently conspiracy forums have been obsessed with this weird "censored" pattern in space since like 6 or 7 years ago. Reading old threads that were using this to predict the end of the world in 2017 while it's currently 2024 is pretty entertaining.

    Found this page that gives an overview: https://themanilafolder.fandom.com/wiki/Red_Dragon