Who here is afraid to play FFA due to having inflated ratings (~2200)?

As of this moment, my FFA Rapid rating is 2195 (obviously inflated), which according to the leader board ranks me #202. I'm now afraid to play FFA Rapid, not because I'm afraid of losing points, but because I don't know how to play those fancy 2400+ FFA openings where opposites bring out their queens and do all those crazy mating patterns as if it's teams. I'm afraid that my opposite, upon seeing my near 2200 rating, will think I know how to play the fancy opening, and then be disappointed that I have no idea. I hate it when I play with an opposite who plays poorly (especially those who do not know to cooperate), so wouldn't want to be a bad across.

I guess the solution is I should just try to learn the fancy openings, but I prefer FFA to teams because I enjoy a lengthier game with end game than the quick mates with the early queen opening. 

Anyone feels the same way??

teams over FFA

play hyper bullet

its better

To learn how to play the "fancy" opening, play teams mode and you will learn how to. 

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why lol, it is true, I am 2475 in ffa

I hate it when in FFA they play like in TEAM, and they avoid taking each others pieces.

I should be~2000 in FFA Rapid but i don't play as it's too long

IKR

Me too

1) I was in the same state of mind but after something like 300 games above 2100 I learned how to resist this Blitzkrieg Two Queens Out Bullsh1t Opening. With 2 knights, etc. Of course if your opp defends himself badly, you finish usually 3rd and even sometimes 4th if before dying he eats for 5-10 pts and you nothing.

2) play SOLO, it's much better for this reason... I switched mainly to Solo even if I still play FFA a lot.

3) in FFA it's quite natural to cooperate in the beginning, during the 1st of the 3 stages (when all 4 players are still there), everything else is counterproductive and only ppl under 1900-2000 don't know that. But the worst form of teaming is when the 2 opps have eatable queens (and don't care) and/or make the assisted checkmate with 2 queens on one of the flanks.

To prevent that, I formulated some suggestions here:

https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/ideas-to-prevent-teaming-in-ffa

and here: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/a-new-proposal-ffa-solo-ratings-points-system

Learn by watching. Spectating games is a great resource for players who know enough to analyse on the fly. When you feel confident, join some games where the rating minimum is 100-200 points below your current, then put some of your strategies to use.

Also, and I know this isn't exactly a set strategy, but be comfortable in the fact that ratings are meant to fluctuate. Good players sometimes lose (I recently lost over 400 hyperbullet rating points in from losing ~10 games). Yes, it makes you sad when it happens, and yes, you get more serious about gaining back the points, but the reality is that if you play at a 2100-level, your rating will always average back out to ~2100, until you improve.

Another note: I thought for a long time that solid play=solid results in every game, and that you should play the same no matter the opponent (as is the case with 2-player), but I've shifted that mindset recently and started to play to my opponents' rating. If the player opposite you is higher-rated, and seems to know what he is doing, use that as a strength. If your opposite is clearly a poorer player, acknowledge that the assistance you'll get will be mostly circumstantial, meaning you need to wait for him to unknowingly initiate double-attacks, etc. Leave your options open in this case.

Also play to your adjacent opponents' ratings. It's easier to mate a 1800 than a 2100, so try some more-easily defended attacks - it may not be worth the time/material investment if you know they'll shut it down, but the poorer the player, the more likely it is that he'll be oblivious.

you havent played teams a lot if you think all teams games end in 10 moves with double queen mates

i'm 1698 in FFA lol

Bruh

my rating in standard ffa is 1720 which is way underrated but i dont like ffa that much anyways so i dont care

bump.