Not to be sour grapes, just looking for an explanation. I opened a chess.com account in 2008. I didn't know a single opening or that they even had names or there were books to read, etc, I just knew which pieces moved where. The only name I'd ever heard was Bobby Fischer and that was because of the movie. Within a few months of here and there casual play I got up to 1300+ on pure instinct (check my profile and you'll see)
Well Covid and the Queen's Gambit renewed my appreciation and gave me time to start fiddling around again. Within a week I had lost so much I was down to 800. Then I started watching a bunch of videos and tutorials and doing puzzles, but the next week I dropped to 600...and am now struggling to break above 500. Granted I'm playing too much and playing tired and distracted sometimes, but I just got beat by a <400 player!
I'll admit, I'm perplexed. I see some really weird moves played at this level. Did I lose all my marbles, has the influx of popularity just surpassed me...or is it something else? The reason I ask about cheating is because I'll see a mistake and a bunch of time passes before they take what is is obviously a very good move that I just blundered.
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Not to be sour grapes, just looking for an explanation. I opened a chess.com account in 2008. I didn't know a single opening or that they even had names or there were books to read, etc, I just knew which pieces moved where. The only name I'd ever heard was Bobby Fischer and that was because of the movie. Within a few months of here and there casual play I got up to 1300+ on pure instinct (check my profile and you'll see)
Well Covid and the Queen's Gambit renewed my appreciation and gave me time to start fiddling around again. Within a week I had lost so much I was down to 800. Then I started watching a bunch of videos and tutorials and doing puzzles, but the next week I dropped to 600...and am now struggling to break above 500. Granted I'm playing too much and playing tired and distracted sometimes, but I just got beat by a <400 player!
I'll admit, I'm perplexed. I see some really weird moves played at this level. Did I lose all my marbles, has the influx of popularity just surpassed me...or is it something else? The reason I ask about cheating is because I'll see a mistake I made and a bunch of time passes before they take what is is obviously a very good move that I just blundered.