Chess Beginners

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A community for beginner's playing chess.

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This is a safe space for chess beginners, this includes your opponent, be respectful. Even if your opponent is not hanging around here

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I watched the first minutes of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYrvclbqRM8&t=887s and quickly won this Blitz game

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In most recent games, the opponent just attacked aggressively in the first 5 moves and I am somehow not able to defend correctly.

Also, the opponent is usually not playing "stockfish moves", so I have the feeling they wouldn't stand a chance moving that early that aggressively if their opponent wasn't me.

(10+0 rapid at >900, <1000 ELO)

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This set is not the cheapest plastic set you can get but I got it because I wanted plastic (moisture robustness) and wanted a set that still feels valuable. A numbers chess board that is foldable was a plus.

Overall I like the set, most astonishing is the sound and feel of bringing a chess piece to the board, of course it’s not the wooden experience of a chess cassette but it feels and sounds right.

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What do you think, is it fun for you to watch the absolute Top of Chessplayers play, while having an ELO around 800? Are you watching the big matches and big tournaments?

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