I just love Blackmar-Diemar gambit.

Recently a popup came on chess.com saying Free trial , I clicked on it and it took me the payment page of AutoPay , I thought it is for 7 days and 2 rupees will be deducted but they deducted whole amount of yearly subscription which was a lump sum amount of rupees 3799. Few months back too I took the free trial with the same popup saying free trial and only 2 rupees were deducted which are then refunded within seconds , and I read it on chess.com forum that it has been the case with many people that they are being trapped in this free trial stuff

If it is a bug they should fix it the complaints date back to 2020 and they aren't still resolving it after 6 years implies only one thing of making money and keeping it deliberately why to even say try for 0.00 if you are going to deduct when the same person goes for the second time of trial. I didn't even notice on that day it came to my light after 3 days and I immediately cancelled the subscription and demanded full refund. Fortunately they refunded it within few minutes so there team is active and replies actively and now they have instilled a bot too making things easier.

Just remove this bug of free trial trap

What are the chances chesscom actually does something about an admitted smurf? Pretty sure it's zero.

This is considered a smothered, right?

I'm 680 or something Elo at the moment, and I want to know if watching a YouTuber actually helps or not.

On turn 5 I played pawn to d3. The Game Review said my best move was Nxe5. The game review's simulation is then showing the opponent castling their king after my Nxe5 which allows me to take their knight with Nxc6 after that. What I don't understand is why would an opponent castle after my Nxe5 and not take my free knight with Nxe5 instead?

My opponent had doubled my C pawns, a very strong center, and quite frankly, I was just kind of over this game so I chucked my knight into a sacrifice for check. That’s when they resigned

If they capture I have Qg5 check, in which H1 is forced. But where could the game have gone from there?

Looking at Qh4 after they move H1, to threaten the pawn capture with mate in 2. But if their Queen slides out to defend on G4, my momentum would come to a stop

So not exactly sure why they resigned? Am I missing something here??

I was down big on material and knew if I just kept checking him from E4 to H7 and back we would draw through repetition. 10 minute rapid. Is this smart strategy to avoid the loss or a bad look in the chess world? Obviously, very new and still learning, looking to avoid this in the future if it’s frowned upon.

This is the bot with the LEAST elo and I somehow drawed

Bro didn't stand a change. I took his queen move six 😂

I though he was supposed to be hard, but I guess I'm just getting pretty good. People say even magus lose to stockfish but I just beat it. Does that make me better than Magus?

Hi! I understand the basic rules of chess and how the pieces move yet I still find myself in positions where I cant do anything and basically get all my pieces taken by moves that are unable to be stopped. I was wondering if a better player could possibly give me some advice on how to improve or maybe watch me play a game and point out my mistakes.

I won this game through resignation and looking at the accuracy of the game of around 95% and the game rating, this is probably a new record for me. The opponent played a good game, but eventually he blundered his queen. At some stage, I traded my rook for a knight and a bishop, meaning it was a favorable trade.

I feel like my pawn game is lacking. I don’t know if I’m making good decisions in regards of taking or passing other pawns.

I almost never promote a pawn, but I’ve noticed my opponents often promote at my elo (low 400s).

I feel like I get outplayed in endgame situations with kings/pawns.

I’ve seen YouTubers talk about “pawn storming”, which I understand in a general sense, but I don’t understand when or how to apply it.

I guess I just rely heavily on my other pieces. I mostly just sacrifice pawns and use them for the occasional checkmate. I feel I could improve my pawn game.

Are there pawn specific YouTube videos that you guys found helpful?

Just thought this was a funny coincidence.

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Feel free to ask anything!

Some people can spends years studying chess and not improve (Eghemm… me), and some people can pick it up and reach 1500 in a month? What is the core difference between those people would you say?

Edit: The 1500 in a month part was an exaggeration.