Chess

[Corpsey]

I've noticed that after I've been playing chess for about an hour my mind switches into chess mode and i start viewing everything around me in terms of making moves, clicking things into place etc

I had a similar thing when I was obsessed with call of duty, after playing it I'd be in some sort of hyper problem solving mode

 

[Corpsey]

To put it another way, I now see Dissensus as a board, and I am working on pinning suspended reason to luka so I can take version out of the game

 

[Corpsey]

Can a chess person tell me how I should have checkmated here (I stalemated by moving the rook to E8)

 

[JubeWalrus]

Don't think there's any one move you could have made, it would have to be a series

 

[Corpsey]

Me on the chess.com app trying to understand checkmate vs stalemate

 

[JubeWalrus]

Vaguely remember chess.com having endgame lessons or puzzles that helped me when I played a few years ago. Worth checking

 

[mixed_biscuits]

Already spending circa 3 hours a day playing balatro now I've got chess.com on the go

Where will I find time for Proust and my fleshlight?

Listen to Proust audiobook at the same time and become world's top intellectual.

 

[subvert47]

Can a chess person tell me how I should have checkmated here (I stalemated by moving the rook to g8)

There were loads of ways. For instance:

a) 1 Rd5 Kg4 2 h3+ Kh4 3 Rf4 mate (my first thought)
b) 1 Rf5 Kg4 2 Ne3+ Kh4 3 Rd4 mate
c) 1 Rdf8 Kg5 2 Rg3+ Kh6 3 Rh8 mate
d) 1 Rf5 Kg4 2 Rdd5 h4 3 h3 mate (which is quite nice)

But if you want to be especially careful, throw in 1 b4 first to rule out the stalemate and then win with the rooks at leisure.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Extremely kind of version to like this both times I've posted it in this thread.