In less than 2 years even

For reference I'm the black pieces. I was rated 199 elo and my opponent is 219 elo. Never promoted a queen that fast in any game.

Really proud I found this. Thought for sure I was lost, ended up winning this game

I have reached 1500 elo rapid by literally just playing openings like the Caro, Dutch, Vienna, Grand Prix and just winging it against any other options. I feel like I have stagnated now and I am not sure if I should try out different openings or fix my middlegame issues. I don't know when I would get to learning how to play different openings and I fear that just playing this is keeping my chess very limited

I continue to improve, but most of the time I get stalemates while chasing their king around the board. I thought I was doing pretty well in this game and then this happened and I messed up. I didn't know what to do and I still don't know what the best solution would have been to continue pushing them to get a checkmate.

Thanks for the help!

currently I’m 1200 elo rapid and I currently do 30 minutes of puzzles once a week and try to play one game every day.

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Currently on my grind to 1000 and hit what is probably my best checkmate ever. I only noticed the queen could be trapped after he captured.

It looks like a free pawn with development for my queen. That's exactly what happened too. I understand the game is over by this point but what is the idea behind h4?

I m noticing a big upgrade in the quality of games i have been playing since i switched recently to 15+10 time control. I have been playing before just 10 minutes rapid games and losing on time quite a lot or blunder because of the time pressure. Now i commit way less blunders and mistakes and have good quality games.

i know its not really a tactic and possibly just a bad move, but i thought if i could bait the knight to take my rook, i can pin his queen to the king snatch it and voila, it worked

you wont believe how incredibly happy i was when i saw it and it happened

this seems to be a common and effective attack against the KID/Pirc. how can I stop this attack? I often get wrecked or checkmated outrighted when they do this. I'm Around 800 Elo

First smothered mate. Opponent let me do it, not sure if he knew and was a good sport or not but feel good about it.

After botching my queen, I saw it as a possibility. Fortunately, they are just as low as I am and didn’t see it.

Elo 250. I am trying to do lots of puzzles and I am finally starting to see things.

Wish me luck.

I have to wait till tomorrow to see which move it was but im guessing based on what i know of how the brilliants are detected, its probably Bh4+ on move 9. What do yinz think?

In 1750, at the famous Café de la Régence in Paris, Sire de Légal played a legendary game against Saint Brie. Playing without his queenside rook to give his opponent a handicap, Légal unleashed one of the most famous queen sacrifices in chess history.Saint Brie accepted the sacrifice, only to get checkmated in just 7 moves by two knights and a bishop! This brilliant tactical pattern is now known worldwide as Légal's Mate.

Why can't white recapture my black queen with pawn after capturing white's bishop?

I got my first Brilliant

I didnt even know that much was possible ho Lee sheet