VectorBoy

Often times when I run analysis in engine or play regular games, there are slight moves of the queen when it doesn't seem she is in danger. I understand it's to create threat, but maybe I just don't get the basics of chess attacking. I need help identifying when slight moves are beneficial. Another idea in that category is king moves. I'm a very offensive player, but yet I get my ass kicked because I can't aim when I strike, I just move my pieces in on safe squares and hope it does damage.. This part just stumps me and I feel as though I have no creativity in the department of attacking. Any advice is appreciated, thank you.

Something I've personally found upsetting is the lack of quality in video games. My arguement is that in older video games (like super nintendo, ps1) there was only so much they could do in the graphics area, so companies really had to focus on how good each game actually was. If anyone develops for a gaming company, I'd love your opinion, but do you guys feel like many games are visually nice, but lack content?

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Credits to Constantine de Castro

I play Black.

[pgn][Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2011.08.17"] [White "kawabunga36"] [Black "tomthecat44"] [Result "0-1"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f3 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Qd3 c5 7.O-O-O Nbd7 8.e4 c4 9.Qd2 Qa5 10.e5 Bb4 11.a3 Bxa3 12.Nb1 Bxb2+ 13.Kxb2 Qb5+ 14.Kc1 Ne8 15.Be7 Nb6 16.Na3 Qa4 17.Kb2 Nc7 18.Bxf8 Kxf8 19.Ra1 Nb5 20.Nb1 c3+ 21.Nxc3 Qb4+ 22.Kc1 Nxc3 23.Ne2 Nba4 24.Rxa4 Qb1# 0-1 [/pgn]

6. .. c5

I think a blunder on my end. After BxNb3 it's either blow up my king's position

Example here: racoon boxer (credit)

I'm happy with a more black & white stencil. Anything works.

Please and thank you!

Specifically interested int he 2d Physics one and the Starting your Own business.

First 3 have been computer related, but as time progresses I'll put other things down too (I'm a nerd, whoops).

I do it out of courteousness.

Also, when I browse reddit from a reddit-users computer, I use incognito so I don't mess up their visited links history.

Some background: I've been working with computers since I was a kid. I don't know programming languages, and I don't necessarily want to learn them either (my school is training me in PHP, but I'm not interested in programming). I am familiar with internal troubleshooting because I've owned my own computer for quite a long time and have had a lot of practice using and navigating a computer. I can assemble and disassemble a computer, no problem. Problem is that every job I see wants specific traits (be able to program THIS, we want WEB DESIGN!, xml-vector14 programmer needed!). I don't know where to go with my ability because I can't write down exactly what I'm good at, because simply p