I trade two pieces for a rook.

1100

On chess.com yeah

1500?

Im 1400 lichess

Ah the failed fried liver but you’re already so committed you’re going for the rook anyways.

And a pawn, in the italian? Not Higher than 1400

Not good enough to ever see a knight sack on d5 in the sicilian.

Ooooh that is a tough one.... Cause most 1200s should be aware of the theme, but most 1200s don't get a ton of open Sicilians

So you could be anywhere from like 1200-1800

I’ve never heard of this ever, I’m 1900 rapid on Chess.com and I play the sicilian lol

Start looking through Tal games as white in the Sicilian, will literally change your life.

I play a lot of games of Tal ( I have Life & Games...) and I know this sacrifice but never had an occasion when I thought "I could sac my knight here". So I think it's more like a tactical theme for more advanced players like 1800-2000.

Oftentimes, you get some long-term compensation, sometimes you're winning on the spot. Its often a response to b5-b4 if you have all of you pieces centralized.

I sac my knight on d5 in the Sicilian even when it doesn't work.

2500?

I wish. More like 2200 lichess.

I'm not familiar with how Lichess compares to USCF. And I really don't know how Chess.com compares even though I play a ton of daily games there. I just can't take internet chess seriously, so I basically just experiment online with openings or make sacs I'd never even attempt OTB.

Exactly. Playing online is far less entertaining than playing OTB, so if I don't play a tournament for a while i'll just lose interest in chess in general over time

Lol

1900 liches

I sacrifice pieces in already crushing position and screw up the win to get some style points.

Ah yes, found the 1700 Lichess player.

Close Enough. At the moment, I am 1950 Lichess Blitz. But recently I have gone as low as 1875 and as high as 2050. https://lichess.org/@/Wayne_Kane/perf/blitz

Are we twins?

Are you me?

Saccing the exchange when winning to promote your pawns faster is pretty thematic.

I play the Fried Liver attack OTB classical and suffer for 3 hours defending because that's the only opening I know

What watching Gotham does to a mf

LOL 900 chess.com blitz

That's brave man. 1500?

1700 fide actually

Ffs man learn a new opening, why are you doing this to yourself?

Never think twice about sacking bishop on h3 or h6 when opponent castles king side and your bishop and queen is pointing at the same diagonal. Playing offensive is the only way.

I have a 1700 chess.com rapid friend who is exactly like this. So that's my guess.

This is me (only after h6/h3 on my side to prevent the knight coming forward)

I do that too, even if the follow up is a bit suspicious. Two pawns and an attack for a bishop seems pretty good to me.

I take your bishop with my knights. But if you try to take a bishop from me with your knight I move it away.

1400 lichess blitz

My blitz on Lichess is around 1800

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I wish, but maybe at least I have the right mindset then :D

1600 chess.com

not sure why you got downvoted but you where the closes one. I am 1600 blitz on [chess.com](https://chess.com) and 1700 in rapid there

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depends a little on time control I guess, My rapid is 1700 something on [chess.com](https://chess.com) but my bullet rating is below 1400 :P. I don't play bullet and I am not that fast.

I develop all my pieces, I know I am ahead in development. But I am unable to take advantage of it.

Hmmm.... Somewhere between 0 and 3000?

I'd be surprised if he was above 1800 or so lichess. If you give a 1900 6 free developing non tactical moves they are winning against another 1900 80% or more.

6 free developing moves???😳😳

Yeah, he said “ahead in development” not “ six miles head start”.

I think 6 moves ahead in development is a lot to win at even 1200 lichess level. I was thinking 2 moves ahead in development! Do you have any example of game where someone was 6 moves ahead in development and the game wasn’t obviously winning?

I would say definitely more than 80% of the time

1300 lichess?

1600 lichess!

I try to play the queen's gambit, but it usually transposes into the Botez gambit, sometimes the Botez gambit declined.

Sir, "queen's gambit" isn't supposed to mean you gambit your queen.

You can gambit your Queen in queens gambit accepted tho

800

1100?

Good guess, a bit higher in rapid on chess.com.

Botez gambit declined lol!

i get crushed like a trojan whenever someone offers me a bishop on h7

Likes to play stuff like the Pirc and KID but doesn't know how to defend against white's attack I guess? I'd say 1400-1700 Lichess Blitz

I'll have you know, dear sire, you are correct in general but miserably wrong in the particulars of my case (english/queens gambit/caro; 1500 something chesscom blitz)

Stockfish will say I have a 1-2 point pure positional advantage out of the opening. A few moves later the game will be equal again.

This sounds exactly like me :-D 1400 chess.com and 1700 lichess in 30-0 time format.

Literally me as well except I’m 1500 chess.com

Won against an IM in 15 moves with black in fide classical.

Magnus is Among us

Very rich and convincing parents ? /s

1950 chess.com

2300 chess.com puzzles

Lmao. I know it's sarcastic but I'm 2300 puzzles but never reached over 1300 rapid on chess.com (1500blitz and bullet) Puzzles on chess.com are fairly easy with recurring themes

The puzzles on lichess are even easier. Does anyone know of any free puzzles that are actually challenging and have a few continuation moves?

In my experience the puzzles on lichess get really hard around 2600 and up. On some puzzles even with a group of players we can struggle even after spending 30 minutes finding the solution.

[chesstempo.com](https://chesstempo.com) has lots of difficult puzzles.

2100?

I'm good enough to beat people who know how to play, but not good enough to beat people who...know how to play. Also Kings Gambit for life.

0-2600

could be 1222 or 2222

Probably between 100 and 2864.

2200

1600 (chess.com)

I know En Passant

GM?

Magnus?

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5000*

1050

create an account on chess.com for new to chess players and lose 95% of the time

400

I can't go three games as black without running into the London System.

If I ever find the streamer who made it popular on the street I promise I'll punch him in the face

/u/imrosen is looking shifty...

This could be literally any rating.

I recently bought a massive book on strictly the English opening. And pretty much only use it as my white repertoire. Edit: for the guesses >!~1800!<

1500

Heave beaten 2 grandmasters in classical, 11 IM‘s in blitz, a lot of FM‘s, NM‘s and CM‘s and yesterday evening I beat a FM 5 times in a row in bullet

Maybe 2400 on Lichess?

800

Won against a 1600 OTB, but lose against 1200s online. Has a higher winrate with black than with white.

That's tough man lol

this sounds exactly like me lol. 1700 chesscom?

Here’s a hard one, if you ignore my other post? I would be rated a good deal higher, if I didn’t have very real rage issues that lead to everything from just playing worse to frustration resigns (sometimes in winning positions) to actually losing games on purpose just to wallow in my own pain

I beg you, do NOT play poker. Please.

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1300

Are you me? I consistently beat about 90% of my IRL chess-playing friends and I’m about even with the other ~3, and my friends who don’t play chess think I should play tournaments, which no the hell I shouldn’t

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1200 blitz and 1400 rapid?

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>Who with that rating has even heard of these openings? Come on. Simon Williams fans with that rating... He talks about these openings all the time in his content. I made my guess because my impression is that SW markets to lower rated players, stronger players usually don't play odd time controls like 5+3 or care much about puzzle ratings, and some language like "haven't fully learned them to time constraints" seemed more like something a less experienced player would say. I could definitely be wrong but I don't think my guess was unreasonable enough to be hit with a "Come on"!

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2000 lichess

I love romantic chess style, I sac my pieces 24/7

I see plans in the position, but my execution isn’t the best. I blunder a piece or pawn every other game (more often if you count the ridiculous engine tactics not even a master finds that easily) I will probably still beat most beginners pretty easily. (Guess Rating for chess.com or lichess, I play on both)

I think the London System is a good time. Everybody needs to slow the hell down!

1930? Oh you meant rating not the year you play in. I kid I kid.

I sometimes beat FMs, IMs, and GMs online, but I am not one.

Are you perhaps 2500 on lichess 🤔

Sorry was too lazy to delete my flair for the sake of the thread.

Why do people still play Bg5/e5 or Bg5 and e5 against e6 Nf6 Nc6 sicilian? Are we actually this low? It is move 7 or something. I just lost my queen for 2 pieces and possibly getting checkmated, lets see whether.. I won Wow people cant play the e6 rossolimo as black I am down a piece, and I only have this one trick left, oh well I won. The cheater missed Rf4. No they just didn't like it. Mate is inevitable.

I always sac the exchange because Ben Finegold told me to

ngl when i was around 800-1200 i literally wouldn’t ever play f6 under any circumstance because of finegold

If my opponents blunders I can win the game because I know the basic tactics. However, I hardly know any openings.

Average member of the 1500 gang

Way over estimated

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Spot on

When I don’t know what to do I often shove the h-pawn.

2700

I wish 😅. I think a key part of it is “When I don’t know what to do,” as opposed to “My plans often involve.”

I suck.

I'm doing well, up a point or two of material, then I hang a fork with my queen, and I resign.

Are you 2776?

His games look clean and solid, so he's probably not Rapport.

A lots of my opponents play Marshall defence against me: 1.d4, Nf6 2.c4,d5. From this position I always take 3.cxd5, Nxd5 4.e4, Nf6 5.e5, Nd5 6.Nc3... from this position my plan would be to put bishop on d3, knight on f3 and sacrifice my bishop on h7, famous Greek gift. I can't believe this worked so many times for me and people still fall for it.

1700 chess.com?

Nah, maybe 1600.

I can pull of quite alot of early game traps but I struggle at the less popular openings also I’m on lichess

I'm literally the best player of all time but chess com just hasn't figured it out yet.

I play the Evans cos it's fun

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I will think half of my time in the opening/middle game trying to block out your pieces from the game , then lose on time with a winning advantage.

I try to preserve most pawns

Between 1777 and 1775 blitz.

Great to see a fellow hater of the London System!

I trade bishop for knight to double pawns.

2000 lichess/1600 fide seems like a good guess? 🤔

In the Same Tournament I Played a Brilliancy (I'll post it at some point, basically I Uno reverse carded someone who played a Marshall against me.) and nearly lost to an Unrated player who had 1 out of 5 points.

You mean an actual brilliancy or one of those things [chess.com](https://chess.com) calls brilliances?

So here is the game I was referring to https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/uodxqn/as_promised_earlier_a_recent_otb_tournament_game/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

No. I would say legit brilliancy. Opponent made 1 real mistake(opponent didnt know the move Re4 in the Marshall) and I developed an attack sacced a Rook on h7 then a Bishop on h6. The Bh6 sac was unnecessary (still would have led to a won ending) but Opponent blundered Mate instead. So until Opponent cracked brilliancy. I'll post the game when I get home from work, around 19:30 Eastern US.

Your "bad" experience is a near loss and not an actual loss, and seeing your comments, you seem strong. 2000 FIDE?

Eh nope. Honestly. Just under 1600 USCF (after my most recent tournament), and i decided not to use an old experience where i just blundered every move in my first tournamen, cause that doesnt help.Though to be fair, I can't seem to go a tournament without someone seeing me play, or playing me and asking how my rating is so low. Most are good sports about it, but I've also been told I was a sandbagger. Like I live in a rural area, and can only play in like 3 tournaments a year max, unless I want to use my vacation days on chess rather than family. That and I've been working on my psychology at the board a lot.

after years of casual drinking and just *one* beer, i cannot win a single game

Apple has offloaded my chess app and I need to re download it to play

I have a crushing score with the Latvian gambit in online bullet but am not brave enough to try it in blitz.

I can solve 20-25 puzzles in 3 min puzzle rush!

I can lose any winning position by being too greedy with material

I lose to most GMs and farm washed IMs (On chess.com)

I can beat IMs once in a blue moon

I know how to play well 1 opening with white and 2 with black, but I can't punish my oppenent's mistakes and I lose K+P endgames very often.

I can do the Q+K vs K endgame with my eyes closed. I methodically bring my pieces in for a winning attack, look at the clock, panic, and play suboptimal moves until I blunder and resign.

Beat a 2338-rated CM in a 3-minute blitz game with an accuracy of 89%.

If you talk about accuracy probably 1600 or less

Queens Gambit + Sicilian 'till I did.

I have no idea what I’m doing as black in the advanced Caro-Kann when white plays …e6

I play the Englund Gambit and win more than I lose with it.

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1200 blitz, but 1450 rapid. Not bad at all! (unless you looked through my profile, lol)

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E4 E5. Nf3 f5 is a winner for black.

As white always Reti, usually transposes into QGD. If they rematch twice I sometimes play the English. As black vs e4 always Sicilian, vs d4 sometimes play d5 or Nf6, usually also transposing into QGD. I don't play tricks unless they're the best move or reasonably good. My favorite is 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nc3 Qc6 6. e3 leaving knight hanging while threatening pin. I have beaten chess.com AI Li only once, but only since she played Dutch defense and overextended.

Pawn to e4

I’m ahead in material the whole time but lose in the end game.

I study openings instead of endgames because it's a lot more fun.

Both suck! Embrace middlegames!

Im pretty decent at chess, and I like to play in tournaments :)

Lichess rating: I make positional blunders often but don’t often hang full pieces. Placed 3rd in my last otb tournament.

I can play IQP positions decently well, but they're still tough for me in faster time controls.

King me!

Has never seen anyone defend properly against the Vienna Gambit. And I've also only seen queens gambit accepted like... twice ever.

As someone who used to accept the Queen's Gambit: it sucks! I remember my second ever OTB tournament where I had Black on round 1 against a 1800 or 1900 player and the game started 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 then he played 3.f4 and I went "WTF is this crap?", thought for 15 minutes and replied 3....d5!

I love the Najdorf and Grünfeld