Chess for finance
I'm a PE associate looking to further my chess game - currently about 1100 blitz on chess.com.
Teach me chess and I'll share all I know about recruiting, IB, PE.
This is for NYC.
:)
I'm a PE associate looking to further my chess game - currently about 1100 blitz on chess.com.
Teach me chess and I'll share all I know about recruiting, IB, PE.
This is for NYC.
:)
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May I suggest lichess as a better place to play
blitz is pretty much all about practice and people that climb the ladder always play the same opening moves and almost know all the strongest variations of it allowing them to increase their Elo quite quickly. That type of chess is more about instinct, therefore I always recommend playing longer games at first to develop the speed you take to process moves and respond to them. I try to always have games with multiple friends going on over few days/week where we each try to find the best move before playing.
I play on Lichess and played competitively growing up, PM if interested!
Thought when reading the title this was going to be about putting chess in your resume or joining a chess club to get a good job in IB/finance
Jane Street is supposed to be really big into bughouse, however that is largely about a rapidly changing landscape where you cannot possibly hope to completely process, as the moves on the other board will change things. They are also all about HFT and market making, not IBD or PE.
FWIW, my official number from back in HS was about the same.
Anyone play Go? I hear that's next level ish
Learning to play it recently. Currently studying Joseki, way too many variations...
I used to play go on https://www.gokgs.com/
Great game
Chess is for NERDS
REAL BIG BALLERS play League of Legends
Dota 2 > LOL
True
Why is that?
Seconded - game mechanics are just so much better
1v1 me bro
Would love to see some actual discussion in the thread rather than PM me. Kinda defeats the purpose of a forum :)
Have not played in a few years but I get into chess now and again.
I recommend "play winning chess" by Sierawan as a good place to start for the basic concepts of the game. Once you have the basic concepts down it's tactics, tactics, tactics.
I noticed significant improvement after studying "winning chess tactics" also by Sierawan. Think it is important at this level to do lots of tactical problems.
Also worth checking out "Rapid Chess Improvement" by De La Maza (?). It is controversial but if all you care about is improving your elo then this will definitely help. Again it's all tactics.
Once you hit the 1300-1600 level you can start adding in more study of basic openings (don't need much at this level) and strategy/positional game but in my opinion tactics are still king here.
I don't really have the time to play any more but every now and then I will break out my copy of Chernov's (?) logical chess move by move and play out some games on the board. In the book he goes through games of grandmasters and explains the thinking behind each move. This is to me absolutely fascinating and in many ways more enjoyable for me than actually playing. I definitely recommend that book as does almost every other chess player I have come across.
Can't comment on much else as this is as far as I got...writing this makes me want to play again though. It really is a great game.
Hey man, thanks for the write up. Can you write a bit more on why that book is controversial? Also what is the difference between strategy and tactics in chess?
Tactics = individual moves or combinations of moves. The fork (one piece attacks two or more pieces simultaneously) and the pin (attacking a defending piece and "pinning" it to a more valuable piece who would be compromised should the defending piece move) are two basic tactics in chess.
Strategy = evaluating entire positions and setting up long term goals. Trying to control the center of the board, opening/controlling space on the board, or closing a board down are all examples of strategy.
In general, beginners and novices benefit the most by understanding and deploying tactics, as they are more direct and easier to understand. You can easily explain a fork or discovered attack to a complete neophyte, and said neophyte can easily incorporate these tactics into their game and improve their play almost immediately. It's much more difficult for a novice to understand and properly deploy strategies like controlling diagonals with a fianchetto or closing the board down with certain pawn structures.
Starcraft 2 is basically chess with more pieces.
My man
I'm rated 1600 if you'd like to play.
1400 on blitz. High of 1550 a month ago.
1800 on LiChess, ~1400 USCF.. down to play as well
I have a bullet rating of 2200 and a blitz rating of 2136, I went to the top collegiate school in the country for chess and I am a current full time teacher in chess . If you are interested, let me know. :)
I'm interested. Share some backstory please!
Made it to 1800 Blitz on Yahoo Chess! as a kid. Now, I'm a fucking patzer who can barely hang around 1800 on Lichess 'Rapid'.
The game is one of my true passions. Growing up, playing 10,000+ blitz games truly shaped my personality. I dream of cracking 2200 to become master. Just hope I can get there before I'm too old!
Hey chess dudes. Any interest in a NYC meet up. Drink some beers, move some pawns , trade some rooks.
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Lmk I can get this set up!!!!!
BSB
This sounds like a set up. The last time I participated in something like this I woke up feeling drugged with a sore ass and one less kidney.
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Yeah... come play at Marshall
Based in London unfortunately, hit me up if you guys are coming to Europe tho!
I'm interested - hope others are as well.
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