Unsolicited chess advice and puzzles. Shameful gamestyle. @lularobs’s chess dad… WMILTTI = Why must I lose to this idiot? - a quote(?) by Aron Nimzowitsch
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Why must I lose to this idiot? retweeted
5 Dec 2025
Told a colleague I once played Rachel Reeves at chess - he thought I said Rachel Riley. That’s all i have to say on the matter.
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4 Dec 2025
Listening to the latest @chessfeelspod (yay!) and reflecting that my rating would be much lower if 18-1900s didn’t take weirdly long in non-forcing positions…
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11 Nov 2025
Seems like Sevian and Lodici came dressed as each other for today’s game #2025FIDEWorldCup
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5 Nov 2025
Random bit of chess trivia - my opponent last night played the game that Kasparov rated the most exciting he ever saw!
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5 Nov 2025
From last night’s game - I played 18.Nxh5 which is OK but not best. I rejected 18.Qxh5 because of 18…Bg7 with pressure for Black on the h-file, but I should have looked deeper - what would have happened next?
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5 Nov 2025
Just got to 3/3 OTB this season after a win against a 2200 ECF opponent - not sure what’s going on but quite happy for it to continue for a while!
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14 Oct 2025
Another OTB win with Black last night, opponent around 2000 ECF. What did I play here?
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6 Oct 2025
First OTB game of the new season. Turns out that sometimes (very occasionally) we beat IMs…😀
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7 Oct 2025
Computer doesn’t have it in the top 3 moves but I was pleased with Kh8 here - I want to sort out my central pieces, this sidesteps annoying checks on the light diagonal. Also, why doesn’t Kg7 do the same thing?
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Why must I lose to this idiot? retweeted
6 Oct 2025
First OTB game of the new season. Turns out that sometimes (very occasionally) we beat IMs…😀
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15 Apr 2025
My 2025 so far OTB:
5 wins 3 losses no draws
vs 2200 : 0/3 (was winning two of them)
vs 1900-2100: 5/5 (was losing two of them)
Performance: 2233
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24 Feb 2025
Had this position as White against a 2300 ECF with 20 seconds on the clock - guess what I played…
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Why must I lose to this idiot? retweeted
10 Feb 2025
Won tonight’s OTB game quickly and smoothly - 21 moves as Black against ECF 2000. Not many key moments but this is the position after White’s move 11, what’s your evaluation and what would you play here as Black?
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29 Jan 2025
(I’m well aware that 2200 is probably more likely)
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