[Hardcore Lulzists: Part 5]

[Hardcore Lulzists: Part 4]

Apologies for the shorter chapter. I had a busier week, and I'll make up for it with the next installment in the next few days.

[Hardcore Lulzists: Part 3]

"Tywin watched the fire through his goggles. He stared forlornly." These are great.

What year is the Mustang? I'm picturing a '71.

Yep, a '71 Mach 1.

I watched Diamonds are Forever the day before I wrote Chapter 1, so there you go.

[Hardcore Lulzists: Part 3]

9.5/10 Believable until this part

Honestly, I just got tired of writing out Tywin's lines :/

[Introduction and first question (Chess)]

2020 USCF and a bit of teaching experience, so take this FWIW.

1.e4 e5 is the golden standard of beginner openings. King pawn and open games use a lot of the "classical" concepts taught to early players: occupying the center with pawns, developing one's pieces, castling early... etc. The moves follow naturally (i.e. 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4).

Honestly though, openings for younger/beginner players generally don't matter nearly as much as teaching the proper opening concepts. It doesn't matter if a beginner can rattle off 10 moves of theory if they don't understand the resulting position. Just teach players how to get into an open, acceptable position and go from there.