Leo, how on earth are you so good at Chess?

[Leo Gura]

I have a rating of 3500 when I play with anal beads

[Leo Gura]

Do any of you guys know how to contact Levy from GothamChess? It would be fun to see him analyze one of my games.

Edited January 5 by Leo Gura

[AtmanIsBrahman]

2 hours ago, Value said:

@Leo Gura My daily Chess rating is 1327 on chess.com - 96th percentile according to their stats.

A lot of people have made an account on chess.com and played a few games. The percentile isn’t that accurate, and that rating is more or less average for people who play chess a decent amount. But then again, chess skill is relative. There will always be people who are better and worse for 99.9% of us.

[The Crocodile]

1 hour ago, Leo Gura said:

I have a rating of 3500 when I play with anal beads

Oh fun fact Destiny is into that and there was a leaked video of him sucking some guy's dick.

[AtmanIsBrahman]

35 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Do any of you guys know how to contact Levy from GothamChess? It would be fun to see him analyze one of my games.

You would have to be more famous, or more good

In all seriousness though, one exception Levy made was covering Tyler1’s chess journey where he got to almost 2000 elo from scratch in less than a year. It was of course helped by Tyler being a somewhat famous LoL streamer. 
 

 

[Leo Gura]

22 minutes ago, AtmanIsBrahman said:

You would have to be more famous, or more good

He analyzes 600 ELO games from randos.

Edited January 5 by Leo Gura

[AtmanIsBrahman]

52 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

He analyzes 600 ELO games from randos.

That’s true, he does that for “guess the elo.” You could submit a game, but the chance of it being featured would realistically be low. I’m sure he gets hundreds of submissions.

[Bobby_2021]

9 hours ago, integral said:

I dont have any idea what im doing when playing chess and im at 2300, every time i play its all a mess, i see all my blindspots but have no idea what im blind to.

2300 is superb rating. But it is true that you see a new world with +300 increase. Imagine the world that Stockfish or Alpha zero sees. Those might have ratings of 5000+.

@Leo Gura Have you ever played classical? I am getting a mental breakdown even looking at your fischer random games. I just don't have the operating principles to play it. Plus, you are not supposed to memorize openings anyway in classical. Just play and see what comes out of it. 

[Leo Gura]

14 minutes ago, Bobby_2021 said:

 

@Leo Gura Have you ever played classical? 

Not since teenage years.

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I just don't have the operating principles to play it.

Huh? It's pure chess. All the principles apply other than lame memorized openings.

Edited January 5 by Leo Gura

[Leo Gura]

22 hours ago, Tealeave said:

@Leo Gura Ever tought about playing Go? Way more interesting, more system-thinking, less analytical brute force logic ... and way more complex then old borng chess

https://online-go.com/

 

I don't know enough about Go to know if I would like it.

[NoSelfSelf]

You guys misunerstood the openings,its not about just memorizing 10-15 moves, its about the ideas behind why those moves work.Its about learning the structure of the positions, so you can understand the plans that transition to follow up.It all helps you understand chess,good opening programs are full of information to see the depth of each move.

If i know 10 openings and you know 1, im better just because i know more about the structures/positions/ideas that transfer to the random position, from openings i dont even know.

Lets say i know opening number 1 really well,some random opening can have similar ideas,so its on me to connect the dots and create the same plans from them and that makes you a better player overall...

[Dodo]

On 04/01/2025 at 0:10 AM, Leo Gura said:

Massive neural connection, bruh.

Wojack post nut clarity 

[NoSelfSelf]

22 minutes ago, Kairos said:

@NoSelfSelf I find it easier to understand and remember openings but ENDGAMES are fucking hardcore chess man 

 

I understand , i have million of things to learn before focusing on the endgame ",100 endgames you must know "covers you to a certen point ,its all steps not overwhelming yourself with titled level endgames.

[Thought Art]

4 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

I don't know enough about Go to know if I would like it.

You likely would.

[integral]

5 hours ago, NoSelfSelf said:

You guys misunerstood the openings,its not about just memorizing 10-15 moves, its about the ideas behind why those moves work.Its about learning the structure of the positions, so you can understand the plans that transition to follow up.It all helps you understand chess,good opening programs are full of information to see the depth of each move.

If i know 10 openings and you know 1, im better just because i know more about the structures/positions/ideas that transfer to the random position, from openings i dont even know.

Lets say i know opening number 1 really well,some random opening can have similar ideas,so its on me to connect the dots and create the same plans from them and that makes you a better player overall...

That’s definitely true, and Leo can benefit from that, memory becomes a thing after a certain level where regardless of whether you know how openings work you find yourself in bad positions after the opening consistently. And then you gotta fight to survive right out of the opening.

Like how are you gonna play the Sicilian without knowing an opening repertoire on it? At some point when the skill levels get high enough you’ll get destroyed constantly in the opening unless you learned that specific opening.

Another issue is it’s really boring repeating the same moves over and over again.

The opening is the part where you think the least. And if you ever try to be creative, you get destroyed. Unless you’re highly skilled at opening. 

There was this one opening line that I had memorized by accident because it just stuck in memory and one out of 10 games I played was a free win basically. I will get an outrageous advantage in the opening cause my appointment would fall for a complicated trap.

You could spend your time memorizing every opening trap and every 3 to 4 games you play you’ll just get free huge advantages.

 

[integral]

2 hours ago, Thought Art said:

You likely would.

The problem with GO is there’s no hype train on social media making it fun.

Board games are social games. 

Edited January 5 by integral

[NoSelfSelf]

1 hour ago, integral said:

That’s definitely true, and Leo can benefit from that, memory becomes a thing after a certain level where regardless of whether you know how openings work you find yourself in bad positions after the opening consistently. And then you gotta fight to survive right out of the opening.

Like how are you gonna play the Sicilian without knowing an opening repertoire on it? At some point when the skill levels get high enough you’ll get destroyed constantly in the opening unless you learned that specific opening.

Another issue is it’s really boring repeating the same moves over and over again.

The opening is the part where you think the least. And if you ever try to be creative, you get destroyed. Unless you’re highly skilled at opening. 

There was this one opening line that I had memorized by accident because it just stuck in memory and one out of 10 games I played was a free win basically. I will get an outrageous advantage in the opening cause my appointment would fall for a complicated trap.

You could spend your time memorizing every opening trap and every 3 to 4 games you play you’ll just get free huge advantages.

 

I think in every opening, since a slight change of opponents set up ,move order,tempi can be what it seems like its always the same thing, while in few moves oh snap im losing and opponent has initiative.Im glad i get the line i memorized, but usually i dont so remembering how ideas work helps me.

Other thing is that like puzzles learning openings before playing just puts your mind in the right way of thinking for chess.

I was more talking about transfer to other gametypes like fisher random,learning openings helps if you dont look to just memorize, since programs shows whole games and how its played to give you a whole picture of how to play...

Edited January 5 by NoSelfSelf

[Bobby_2021]

Totally agree that opening theory ruins chess. But hey I don't like change.

[NoSelfSelf]

15 minutes ago, Bobby_2021 said:

Totally agree that opening theory ruins chess. But hey I don't like change.

It ruins chess if you are professional on your level its irrelevant.

[TimStr]

12 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

I don't know enough about Go to know if I would like it.

It's mindblowing! I recommend you give it a try.
I started playing Go about 3 years ago and I fell in love with the way it made me expand my mind. Playing Go is like having infinity on the tip of your tounge. Or on the tip of your finger, rather. It's the most beautiful game that exists.