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I'm finally 12 (2 days ago it was my b-day)
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I’m 12 and I’m okay lol
I play against a 12 yo today who is leading the tournament with 4/4 (I have 3,5/4).
He is FM with 2293 FIDE rating.
Hey Pfren do you have any special way to mentally prepare to play against a 12 year old?
Do you play differently, to take advantage of some particular weakness or avoid some particular strength of players that age?
Do you play differently, to take advantage of some particular weakness or avoid some particular strength of players that age?
my impression is the kids who grow up on blitz are comparatively not as good at the endgame, but I don’t know if that still applies at master level.
That is awesome, Andrew. Get yourself a good coach.
Ubik42 wrote:
Hey Pfren do you have any special way to mentally prepare to play against a 12 year old?
Do you play differently, to take advantage of some particular weakness or avoid some particular strength of players that age?
Do you play differently, to take advantage of some particular weakness or avoid some particular strength of players that age?
Indeed my strategy is a little different, especially if this is OTB. They often have average playing strength above what their rating is, but they have a certain weakness. May it be defending under pressure, or having trouble converting a material advantage. I've had wins where even though I may be a pawn down, the position is rather awkward for both sides and the materially advantageous side doesn't really feel like it is up a pawn.
Deviating from a main line in the opening may also catch one of them off guard; I've pulled some rather unethical opening strikes in state scholastic championships.
Another thing that should be considered is that cost-benefit analysis is something that only older people do. 
Younger players (just like how I played 5 or so years ago) may only look at the pros to a certain move or strategy and disregard any possible cons.
Also, don't resign as you would against a patient adult. I'm not kidding when I say that against a nine year old 1600 uscf rated player I was down a queen for a knight after an opening calamity, and still won after setting 3 traps and my opponent fell for all of them out of impatience.
(I may have forgotten a ton since the last time I played an otb chess tournament was 2 years ago. I'm certainly not at 1800+ strength anymore.)
Thanks, good tips. My sense is younger players are maybe comparatively not as good at endgames, not as much emphasis on them as my generation. But I don’t know for sure.
Oct 29, 2021
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Yosef115 wrote:
I'm 10 years old and my rating is 800. So, I I'll be 12, I'll be 1000. Am I right?
Shouldn't be that slow. You will be around 1300-1400 I guess
I got 12 this april and i reacher 1350 peak ratinga nd fell to 1250 very quickly
Ubik42 wrote:
Hey Pfren do you have any special way to mentally prepare to play against a 12 year old?
Do you play differently, to take advantage of some particular weakness or avoid some particular strength of players that age?
Do you play differently, to take advantage of some particular weakness or avoid some particular strength of players that age?
A lttle late response, but anyway...
I just tried to get out of heavy theory, and achieve a technical position, where youngsters don't have much experience. Actually I got nothing, spent a lot of time, and after a few mutual serious mistakes I blundered an equal ending under time pressure.
The boy played extremely well, and eventually was joint winner of the tournament with 8/9 points. Now he is +80 rating points, and well on the road to IM.
Oh yea and I'm 8 and I'm 812 or something in rapid and 507 in Blitz. Is that good??????