m (→Fabrice's chess games) |
m (→Tournaments I won) |
||
(12 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
= Chess = | = Chess = | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''''Chess'''''—the royal game—will retain its crown until it gets solved. There is still some margin to get there since only miniature versions (known as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minichess minichess or microchess]) have been. | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Openings == | ||
+ | |||
+ | A big part of "serious" chess is the opening theory. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Links === | ||
+ | |||
+ | * [https://www.chess.com/openings Openings on chess.com] | ||
+ | * [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/rerolpxe Opening explorer on chessgames.com] | ||
== Fabrice's chess games == | == Fabrice's chess games == | ||
− | I'm currently (since {{thisday|9|February|2015}}) playing on the fantastic, free-software platform, [http://en.lichess.org/ lichess] (see '''[http://en.lichess.org/@/laussy en.lichess.org/@/laussy]'''). I won my first tournament there on [[4 January|4]], [[January (2018)|January]] [[2018|(2018)]] in the [https://lichess.org/tournament/NLHnyNXS U1700 Blitz Arena], following a streak of terrible losses allowing me to compete in such low-rated competition. | + | I'm currently (since {{thisday|9|February|2015}}) playing on the fantastic, free-software platform, [http://en.lichess.org/ lichess] (see '''[http://en.lichess.org/@/laussy en.lichess.org/@/laussy]'''). I won my first tournament there on [[4 January|4]], [[January (2018)|January]] [[2018|(2018)]] in the [https://lichess.org/tournament/NLHnyNXS U1700 Blitz Arena], following a streak of terrible losses allowing me to compete in such low-rated competition. I first broke the 2000-rating barrier on {{thisday|18|March|2020}}, with an admittedly very [https://lichess.org/@/laussy/tv#86 poor game], against an opponent who managed to promote a second queen and who missed a mate in 1, but which was however starting from a 1994 rating, allowing to pass this long-time objective. My current record is '''2057''', achieved on {{thisday|30|March|2020}}. |
+ | === Tournaments I won === | ||
+ | * [https://lichess.org/tournament/gMMG2HrK U1700 Bullet Inc Arena] on [[25 May|25]], [[May (2018)|May]] [[2018|(2018)]]. | ||
+ | * [https://lichess.org/tournament/da1CngiV U2000 Bullet Arena] on [[23 June|23]], [[June (2019)|June]] [[2019|(2019)]]. | ||
+ | * [https://lichess.org/tournament/oF3gnNGN U2000 Superblitz] (2nd) on {{thisday|27|November|2021}}. | ||
+ | * [https://lichess.org/swiss/euWVC6Hp Chess@UAM] on {{thisday|16|October|2024}}. I regularly win such tournaments when I am the top player but this one had two stronger players (one being Diego). | ||
=== Sicilian defense === | === Sicilian defense === | ||
Line 66: | Line 82: | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz0mg7n1xuQ Grandmaster Chessbrah plays blind bullet]. It is interesting how they anticipate the same moves. | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz0mg7n1xuQ Grandmaster Chessbrah plays blind bullet]. It is interesting how they anticipate the same moves. | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Gallery == | ||
+ | |||
+ | <gallery perrow=3 widths=200px> | ||
+ | File:Papa-PlayingChess-Apr2006.jpg|[[Raymond|Papa]] playing chess, {{thisday|10|April|2006}}. | ||
+ | File:JuliaChess-7Jan2023.jpg|[[Julia]] with a board she made herself, on {{thisday|7|January|2023}}. | ||
+ | </gallery> |
Contents |
Chess—the royal game—will retain its crown until it gets solved. There is still some margin to get there since only miniature versions (known as minichess or microchess) have been.
A big part of "serious" chess is the opening theory.
I'm currently (since 9 February (2015)) playing on the fantastic, free-software platform, lichess (see en.lichess.org/@/laussy). I won my first tournament there on 4, January (2018) in the U1700 Blitz Arena, following a streak of terrible losses allowing me to compete in such low-rated competition. I first broke the 2000-rating barrier on 18 March (2020), with an admittedly very poor game, against an opponent who managed to promote a second queen and who missed a mate in 1, but which was however starting from a 1994 rating, allowing to pass this long-time objective. My current record is 2057, achieved on 30 March (2020).
My first game. I was waiting for someone to send me a parameter for a computer code by email, and started playing crappy blitz chess on the internet. I decided this was a loss of time and decided to play at least 10 minutes games (as compared to lightning that go 1 or 2 minutes in all) and to analyze them. During my first game came the parameter by phone, disrupting me quite a lot, but I won anyway as starting from a neutral rating, I was matched against an easy opponent.
(For storing, not own-content related)