You should try this game I invented where you blow bubbles into a drink then the bubbles come up and you try to eat the bubbles. This should become your new hobby from now on.
I hate chess now.
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Jul 2, 2022
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donnelleraeburn wrote:
I hate chess now
"You can hate me now
But I won't stop now
'Cause I can't stop now"
- Chess, probably
Jul 2, 2022
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#24
donnelleraeburn wrote:
I'm honestly gonna delete my account, soon.
“You had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”
- Scrooge, probably
Jul 2, 2022
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AhPhoey wrote:
TheMsquare wrote:
People who don't like chess can keep it to themselves.. so that there is more content on chess for us to talk about rather than threads like these an other irrelevant subjects
The poor guy deleted his account out for you just now. What more do you want from him??
That account was gone over 2 years ago.
Jul 2, 2022
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#20Chupathingy21 wrote:
Used to love to play chess, win or lose, but since Ive come back to the game and really tried to get better (aka. all of chess.com features + outside reading) I have started to lose the love i used to have for the game. Through all of the study, I seem to have gotten worse at it. Any tips that might help before I walk away from the game for good?
Whatever material you're studying, it's the wrong material. In your case, I see two immediate problems.
1) Your time controls are way too fast; You don't have enough time to think about your moves. Stop playing 3-minute games. Stop playing 10-minute games. I'd recommend at least a 20-minute time control, minimum.
2) You're still dropping pieces. You need to learn the most basic tactic of counting (as described by Dan Heisman). By the "counting tactic", I mean that for any considered capture (either offensive or defensive), you have to determine if the capture is safe. (It has to do with the number of attacking pieces versus the number of defending pieces, but it can even get more complicated than that.) I used to waste time posting a link to Dan's lesson on the counting tactic, but nobody paid attention to it. If you're really serious about learning it, you'll find the link.
Appreciate the info/analysis, but i was more thinking of general things i can do to enjoy chess again. Thanks though.
Jul 2, 2022
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Chupathingy21 wrote:
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#20Chupathingy21 wrote:
Used to love to play chess, win or lose, but since Ive come back to the game and really tried to get better (aka. all of chess.com features + outside reading) I have started to lose the love i used to have for the game. Through all of the study, I seem to have gotten worse at it. Any tips that might help before I walk away from the game for good?
Whatever material you're studying, it's the wrong material. In your case, I see two immediate problems.
1) Your time controls are way too fast; You don't have enough time to think about your moves. Stop playing 3-minute games. Stop playing 10-minute games. I'd recommend at least a 20-minute time control, minimum.
2) You're still dropping pieces. You need to learn the most basic tactic of counting (as described by Dan Heisman). By the "counting tactic", I mean that for any considered capture (either offensive or defensive), you have to determine if the capture is safe. (It has to do with the number of attacking pieces versus the number of defending pieces, but it can even get more complicated than that.) I used to waste time posting a link to Dan's lesson on the counting tactic, but nobody paid attention to it. If you're really serious about learning it, you'll find the link.
Appreciate the info/analysis, but i was more thinking of general things i can do to enjoy chess again. Thanks though.
Oh, okay. You asked for tips - I assumed you meant improvement tips. If you just want ideas on how to make chess fun, I'd say play some over-the-board chess. (That might be a little hard these days with Covid.)
People who don't like chess can keep it to themselves.. so that there is more content on chess for us to talk about rather than threads like these an other irrelevant subjects