I've been playing chess for over 40 years.......and I still suck. My brother is rated around 2000 though.
I have a more mechanical mind, and his is more analytical......we are just geared differently.
You don't sound very good at mechanical work, then.
How about us older guys of 70 years+ who just enjoy the game. I have never played in any formal sense e.g. tournaments, and until recently had not played a game for 3 decades. One day I just decided to teach chess to two of my grandkids (who are doing well). I discovered internet chess, particularly chess.com and have a great time. The grandkids made up my silly avatar(?) name.
some people arent smart enough to be good at chess
Meanwhile a 2000 rated player is wondering why scrubs like me are rated 1600.
Knight forks get players well into the expert range. Sometimes it's a chore remembering that bishops can move backwards. I still don't know what the hell to do with rooks.
Then how are you rated 1809? I know what to do with rooks and bishops and am rated lower than you
You only think you know what to do with them. The more you know the more you realize how much you don't know.
People are careless and don't even take the game seriously, simple as that.
Come on! They probably worked really hard to get the third digit in their rating, so please cut them some slack.
People rated 500-600 are so ridiculously horrible at chess that they hardly know how to move the pieces and that's it! I mean 500?! If a 500 player plays just a few games he will get 1000+ rating very soon I think.
Come on, do all the five fingers of your hand have the same height?
What I don't understand is how some players have 10k + bullet games and are only rated 950.
They may have a thing about latex and enjoy the beatings.
Maybe..maybe...they...just...enjoy....playing...chess...
Horrors!
Chess is not for enjoying!... it's for... comparing e-dick measurements.
Mine's bigger than yours!
Amusingly, it looks like the OP has been banned for cheating.
ironic, maybe the op was rated in the 500-600 range?
In reply to "iamsecond"
I like how you conviently place yourself on your chess ladder and make the circumstances meet your own ego.
The better question is how would a 2650+ rated player look at your ratings scheme 1700+ (near expert) while basically claiming the stupidity of lower rated players below you.
Albeit your ignorance clearly there is no clear way of judgement because of course a 2500 has the same curve differential as a 1700 over a 900. So you may not be blundering pieces but you're blundering your position, but is that fair of someone to say of you, just because you didn't make the right move? Houdini (3200) could essentially technically make a claim, but it's hard to define right and wrong until you find a clear mate.
Tennis to me is the closest thing to chess.. it takes natural talent and experience.. and how you play depends on factors that take the game from feet to inches, added spin, increased speed on the ball, and constant precise changes to your game that REQUIRES tremendous experience and dedication beyond talent. The first time you play tennis you won't under any circumstance play like a pro player, just like when you first play chess. You need to develop the skills and understanding of the game to perform
I truly think the people who make these kinds of threads are insecure and feel threatened so they need to eliminate competition of people who at any level of "intelligence" would start off chess below 1000 rating. It goes to show how the OP managed to get banned that this kind of personality would make such a stupid thread.
I've been playing chess for over 40 years.......and I still suck. My brother is rated around 2000 though.
I have a more mechanical mind, and his is more analytical......we are just geared differently.
You don't sound very good at mechanical work, then.
Why whould you say that?
You'd be very surprised to know just how wrong you were.
Chess players as a rule seem to be rude as hell.
I'll not be posting here anymore.....
Knight forks get players well into the expert range. Sometimes it's a chore remembering that bishops can move backwards. I still don't know what the hell to do with rooks.
Then how are you rated 1809? I know what to do with rooks and bishops and am rated lower than you