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Good evening friends. I am not a good chess player, but I enjoy it very much. I like the mental exercise, and lately have been researching a bit more, and my rating on chess.com has been improving steadily this month.
There is no shortage of chess partners on chess.com, but I think it would be particularly neat if any of my bladeforums friends were to play with there as well. I usually have about a dozen games on the go, give or take, and am generally likely to accept challenges.
If there is anyone interested in chess, who wouldn't mind playing a game or three with me, my username on chess.com is David_Mary, and I would love to hear from you and I'll be happy to accept your challenge. Win or lose, I always learn. And let me know you're from BF.
Also, if you're completely new and been wanting to learn chess, I'd be happy to play an unrated game with you and explain what I can about principles and strategy in the chat. That would help you learn, and help me reinforce what I've already learned, so win, win.
Anyway to answer the questions in the title, at the moment I am really liking the modern opening, because though I am only ranked 1064 at the time of this post (in Daily, lower in blitz and rapid), I recently beat an opponent rated nearly 1300 with this opening. He and I had played 9 games at that point, and until that game he had beaten me every time.
ETA: I forgot to mention I generally play correspondence chess, with at least three days to decide a move, so there is no rush to make a move, no need to line up schedules in order to play, and lots of time to research positions and make a decision.
ETAA: I am more into rapid now, particularly 10 minutes per side.
There is no shortage of chess partners on chess.com, but I think it would be particularly neat if any of my bladeforums friends were to play with there as well. I usually have about a dozen games on the go, give or take, and am generally likely to accept challenges.
If there is anyone interested in chess, who wouldn't mind playing a game or three with me, my username on chess.com is David_Mary, and I would love to hear from you and I'll be happy to accept your challenge. Win or lose, I always learn. And let me know you're from BF.
Also, if you're completely new and been wanting to learn chess, I'd be happy to play an unrated game with you and explain what I can about principles and strategy in the chat. That would help you learn, and help me reinforce what I've already learned, so win, win.
Anyway to answer the questions in the title, at the moment I am really liking the modern opening, because though I am only ranked 1064 at the time of this post (in Daily, lower in blitz and rapid), I recently beat an opponent rated nearly 1300 with this opening. He and I had played 9 games at that point, and until that game he had beaten me every time.
ETA: I forgot to mention I generally play correspondence chess, with at least three days to decide a move, so there is no rush to make a move, no need to line up schedules in order to play, and lots of time to research positions and make a decision.
ETAA: I am more into rapid now, particularly 10 minutes per side.
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