Tweets about chess. Husband, father of 4, and aspiring adult improver. DadLifeChess on chess(dot)com and lichess. #chesspunks
Fresno, CA
Joined August 2019
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Joel Rockey ♞ retweeted
Best way to pick up a new opening: learn the bare minimum, and then immediately start playing it.
Don't fall for the fallacy that you can purely "study" your way to opening understanding.
Gotta get your hands dirty. Build your own roadmap, and worry about the details later.
Joel Rockey ♞ retweeted
You can now disable lines in your repertoire! This should make experimenting with your repertoire a lot easier and safer. Play the Sicilian but want to try out the Scandi? Just disable the Sicilian and you won't have to review those moves, or build out that line any further.
Joel Rockey ♞ retweeted
Guess who just re-discovered his first rated tournament success? 😁 @GothamChess, just as Fabiano Caruana, played their first ever rated tournaments at my Chess Club in New York. Levy scored a perfect 4-0 on his first try! Truly impressive! As the saying goes: “And the rest is history!” – at Benidorm, Spain
Joel Rockey ♞ retweeted
I created my first 8,000 flashcards from these 12 books
(plus a few from Winning Chess Exercises for Kids ⭐️)
Stars = most useful books for me.
Joel Rockey ♞ retweeted
My chesscom article, detailing what I found reviewing historical data on USCF ratings and age, has been published. It addresses the following question:
Can Adults Improve At Chess?
chess.com/article/view/can-a…
Joel Rockey ♞ retweeted
The #ChessChamps Tour Finals is fast approaching! 🏆
A week of OTB chess, a fanzone with @chessbrahTV, and $500,000 on the line!
The eight players competing:
@MagnusCarlsen
@GMHikaru
@FabianoCaruana
@AlirezaFirouzja
@GMWesleySo123
@Vachier_Lagrave
@NodirbekGM
Denis Lazavik
Joel Rockey ♞ retweeted
Finally @MagnusCarlsen has become one of just 6 players to have won both the early & late #TitledTuesday on the same day! chess.com/news/view/carlsen-…
Joel Rockey ♞ retweeted
Some random person created a "ChessPunks" channel on youtube in 2020. 🤨
So just created
youtube.com/@RealChessPunks
A place to store content created for the #chesspunks community.
I also plan to launch a chesspunks website next year.
More to come on this topic.
Joel Rockey ♞ retweeted
As much as possible, your training should mimic the context you want to perform in.
So if you want to be great at online blitz, do lots of Puzzle Rush.
If you want to excel at OTB, do difficult problems on a real board.
Joel Rockey ♞ retweeted
Better to not play chess and be thought a patzer than to show up at the board and remove all doubt
