@pixelatedpr0n said in #4:
> The last position is mate in one for black, is there a mistake in the record?
it's white to move lol
> The last position is mate in one for black, is there a mistake in the record?
it's white to move lol
hello good day
@danbock thank you for your article. i'm also mid 40s, quit chess as a teenager only to rediscover it during the pandemic, and am struggling to improve making the same similar types of mistakes. i'm going to give your suggestions a try.
How did you just "decide" to not care about your rating? I know I'd be better off if I weren't so worried about it, but that doesn't make me any less worried about it.
@madmsk Because it was temporary. I had realistic expectations about improvement, knew how hard it was, and knew that in order to improve I was likely going to have to do a lot of losing first. I care about my rating, but had to decide to sacrifice caring about it in the short term in order to give myself more potential for improvement in the long term.
Thanks. So many commenters on the internet will bluntly assert that anybody below 1700 FIDE can barely play, when as you rightly point out, despite hefty knowledge of chess principles, it is other shortcomings such as those you described which mainly keep us back. Speed of calculation is huge: 2000+ players who berserk me lose half their games.
Very good post my friend, u is a good writter!
One curious about my chess: I'm a 2000+ rating without reason. I literally just play, play, play and learn about openings/puzzles, my endgame is a tragedy and my mid game is a joke. How is possible i be in 2000+ rating?
This is strange for me, because i play a lot of nosense matchs and win without reason!
But, i very like how chess can be cientifical and have a lot of new strategies!
Thanks for this post!
(Sorry for my bad english, i'm brazilian and im trying to written this without translator)
One curious about my chess: I'm a 2000+ rating without reason. I literally just play, play, play and learn about openings/puzzles, my endgame is a tragedy and my mid game is a joke. How is possible i be in 2000+ rating?
This is strange for me, because i play a lot of nosense matchs and win without reason!
But, i very like how chess can be cientifical and have a lot of new strategies!
Thanks for this post!
(Sorry for my bad english, i'm brazilian and im trying to written this without translator)
Hi, Dan. Thanks so much for this inspiring post! I have been 1500 for over 3 years now and time management (playing too slowly) is my biggest issue, so your post here really resonated with me.
I heard about you from Nate Solon’s latest Zwischenzug. FYI if you’re interested in a sweet and easy to setup Anki improvement where your cards are all using a Lichess interface, engine access directly in cards, playable moves, etc. I can’t recommend highly enough this setup created by labbeast (on Twitter). You copy and paste FENs you can easily generate with Chessvision.ai
Anyway, congrats on becoming a top-tier amateur!
I heard about you from Nate Solon’s latest Zwischenzug. FYI if you’re interested in a sweet and easy to setup Anki improvement where your cards are all using a Lichess interface, engine access directly in cards, playable moves, etc. I can’t recommend highly enough this setup created by labbeast (on Twitter). You copy and paste FENs you can easily generate with Chessvision.ai
Anyway, congrats on becoming a top-tier amateur!
Thank you for this post. I'm documenting my own journey on my Lichess blog, and it reassuring to see someone else reaching similar conclusions. Especially, about blitz, identifying your own weaknesses and how "embarrassing" mistakes can make you stronger.
Another commenter asked: why stop caring about rating? Because rating is a shadow of your ability, and will catch up. I know this from similar experience in other competitive activities (fencing, in my case). The results you get this year are from the work you put in last year.
Another commenter asked: why stop caring about rating? Because rating is a shadow of your ability, and will catch up. I know this from similar experience in other competitive activities (fencing, in my case). The results you get this year are from the work you put in last year.