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Pterodactyl159
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Man tabletop is such a different beast. Everyone plays super weird shit in club. I have had like 2 normal games.
Just bust out some obscure gambits (not Englund) or fuck it, just play the Polish, no one knows what to do is that.
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Pterodactyl159
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That’s what I was thinking, some crazy gambits. I’ll donate a pawn if it gets me out of a bunch of opening theory. I had a gambit account on lichess that was 100+ higher rated than my regular account.
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I wanna play more OTB, but I think I've come to the conclusion that this is as good as I'm gonna get. I can't devote a shitload more time to training and theory and puzzles and deep analysis on games, I've got too many fucking hobbies. Gonna have to settle for 1500/1600 online and just be happy I'm better than 95% of players.
It does have its perks - you run into people every once in awhile who are like "oh, you play chess? I used to play a lot, I'll beat you around a bit" and then go 0 and 15 against you before you take pity on them and fold up the board.
It does have its perks - you run into people every once in awhile who are like "oh, you play chess? I used to play a lot, I'll beat you around a bit" and then go 0 and 15 against you before you take pity on them and fold up the board.
Gankak
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Im about an 1800 player, and I ran into a guy who "played in prison" and wanted to play me for 100 bucks a game and give me queen odds. I just laughed at him and said no
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Playing weird shit evens the playing field if you don't study openings intensely and are good at tactics/endgames. So a lot of the A-players who are tactics focused basically trash on opening theory immediately, which is the sort of player that tends to show up at clubs. If you have a club with a lot of experts and masters you'll probably find more mainline game play going on.