Hey guys, this is @Phantom_Beast23 And here is my new blog! It took a while to think of annotations that I use and I also used my background knowledge as well so check it out

Some things I talked about are:

-7 tips on improving

- A famous puzzle

- And some things you can expect while doing puzzles

This took a while ( and when I say that I mean 4 days ish ) So it would mean a LOT if you could check it out! Here's also a link to all my other blogs!

Thank you,

@Phantom_Beast23

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If you're too lazy, you can read everything below lol

Hi, this is @Phantom_Beast23. Sorry, I couldn't post last week as I was outside the whole day on Saturday and I had a lot of homework to complete on Sunday. Anyways, today was supposed to be a blog on bullet that would be starting a 2 blog bullet series. I had actually gotten it all set-up and was halfway through with my first blog of the series, but I felt this was much more important and cooler to talk about. As I'm writing this, I am 2070 in puzzles which I am sitting on as of now.

Also, If you think this is gonna be boring, it's not. My graph, if it's not crazy enough, gets even crazier the more I talk about it, so make sure to read the whole thing. In case you did not know, I have another blog I made that is based on puzzles. I made that blog explaining tips and knowledge I had to offer since, at the time, I had just gotten 30. I actually consider that my best blog yet, so if you want to go read it, here is the link

How YOU Can Improve Your Puzzle Rush! - Phantom_Beast23

Below is my Puzzle graph, from 2016, all the way to 2020.

I would say it's an interesting graph, to say the least. It's obviously hard to tell all the details, since everything is cramped into 4 years, making it hard to tell the ratings. It's easy to get the gist of it though, especially if you look closely at the sides and align them with the points on the graph.

The beginning of the graph shows I began at a 400 rating. At the time, I used to learn chess but didn't like it. Remember, this was almost 5 years ago, so I obviously was a lot younger than before. My rating became 250, but I obviously didn't care at all.

Then, we see a lot of time go by, and after a couple of years, I log on again around October. I decide that my rating looks derpy and I decide to increase it. This was also around the time I started playing in OTB and stuff so I decided to start taking chess more seriously.

As you can see, my rating goes up over a span of 3-ish months and becomes 1000! After a while, it becomes 1144, and I decide to sit there.

I believe this was where I started focusing on my blitz ratings and focused a lot until I got about 1050. After this, I decided to go back to puzzles, and after some hard work, I was able to get 1400! After a while, doing puzzles here and there, and a compilation of some extreme blitz grinds and tilts, I was able to get 1500 in puzzles.

Now, let's dive into my recent uprise for my puzzles rating.

Here's a graph from 1600 to where I am as of now.

It's not too crazy, but the graph doesn't show everything. But anyway, this started when I was 1600, 1608 to be specific. I sat for a while, and after feeling like my puzzle rating wasn't too good enough, I decided to increase my puzzle rating. And things went very well, as I was able to get 1700 in one whole day! I think I sat for a day or two, and I realized my puzzle graph wasn't too amazing, so I decided to push again!

After two days of constant puzzles, I became 1800! I remember I was REALLY happy, as my constant dedication to puzzles and focusing on tactics had paid off. It was great! I thought to myself If I should sit or not, and with the success I had. So right after, I decided to go for 1900.

This path didn't go as well as my previous two had gone. I constantly struggled from the 1830 through 1890 range, but I ultimately was able to reach 1900. I remember I was so tired after, and so I decided to sit for two days and go back to playing blitz.

Two days pass, and I feel like working on tactics again. I was really proud of the way I had progressed. But I knew this was going to be a challenge. A very big one.

Turns out, it was not.

I know right? Crazy! I got all the puzzles correct during my journey to 2000!

Unfortunately, this where I became greedy. Too greedy. I was tempted to sit, knowing what my loss would be, but I still wanted to give it a go. With all the success and ease that had come to get 2000, and I was willing to give it a go to 2100.

Unfortunately, this was VERY costly, I ended up tilting from 2001 to 1596. Yeah, 1596. The tilt was real. Very real. I felt like throwing something and quitting chess. Closing my account. This was the biggest and saddest tilt of my life. I was basically depressed. That's what I was saying about the graph, and how it doesn't show how SEVERE that tilt was.

After going all the way to 1596, I knew that if I went further, I would just go even more down. And I would ultimately go back to where I started. So I decided to stop and take a break. A long break.

The next day, I woke up, with a fresh mind, and after I finished school, I had lunch and started my long, hard journey back to 2000. I made sure I had no distractions, and I made sure I was going to get back to 2000 no matter what. Whenever I felt tilt was about to come, I took a break, stretched around, played in my backyard, and came back.

After I continued this process, I ultimately was able to get back to 2000. This long and hard journey had definitely paid off a ton. Tilting more than 400 points had definitely been painful, and grinding back those 400+ points had been tough, but it had all been worth it

1/26/2021

After writing what feels like a 100 point graded essay, I feel like this is my most personal blog as I'm sharing my experiences, but I do want people to know how severe tilt can be and how to manage it.

I'm currently 2018 now, and I'm also not doing as many puzzles as before. I'm probably going to start grinding later in the year, but I feel like I've done enough for now.

Anyways, at the beginning of the blog, I said I would recommend some tips withs managing, so here they are

If you feel tilt coming, take a break
When you've tilted a sever amount of points, tell your self to stop, and take a break
Sometimes, watching chess players do puzzles can give encouragement
Play another time control, or chat with people, as long as something can give you a mental break.
Don't get greedy. It's not worth the risk

I actually plan on making a future blog on handling tilt and managing what comes after it, so stay tuned for that! These tips are basic, but they're all you need to avoid and handle tilt.

Here's a puzzle from one of my attempts:

It's a nice basic pawn endgame, using the decoy method to promote without getting allowing the king to snack on the pawn later.

Anyways, that's basically it for this blog, I truly hope you enjoyed it if you came all the way here took me a good amount of time to make this, so I appreciate all the support

It's a pretty crazy story that I wanted to share but it goes to show how you should never give up no matter how hard or how depressing things get.

I also recently made a YouTube channel which can be found below!

And as always, make sure to check my other Blogs, They're pretty good as I take my time and effort to do them! I also hope to get Top Blogger soon so your support would be much appreciated!

Thank you,

@Phantom_Beast23

A special shoutout to @Roger436 for getting top blogger! His blogging skills are amazing! Very well deserved! A link to his blog - https://www.chess.com/blog/Roger436

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