What is the difference between 1600 and 1700?

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JackRoach
B1ZMARK wrote:
little_guinea_pig wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:

i still can't play endgames lmao

as in "1600s don't know what the philidor and lucena positions are"

i actually do not remember the philidor or lucena positions

please end me

I also did.

Then forgot.

llama47
B1ZMARK wrote:
little_guinea_pig wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:

i still can't play endgames lmao

as in "1600s don't know what the philidor and lucena positions are"

i actually do not remember the philidor or lucena positions

please end me

What they don't tell beginners is 9 out of 10 times you don't need the lucena position. You can just play something like this:

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I've never used the lucena method OTB or in online blitz (although it's easy to remember, so I know how)

But I have used the philidor rook draw both in blitz and OTB. That's a good one to know.

R and 3 vs R and 3+1 are also very useful to know for both blitz and OTB.

JackRoach
little_guinea_pig wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:
little_guinea_pig wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:

i still can't play endgames lmao

as in "1600s don't know what the philidor and lucena positions are"

i actually do not remember the philidor or lucena positions

please end me

i remember them but I don't know anything about the king being on the short side of the pawn or the long side or whatev

i hate rook endgames

If you hate rook endgames...

Then trade them for knights and bishops, and pawns.

JackRoach
little_guinea_pig wrote:

bruh lol

i want to at least have a chance

What? You want to win?
Be more specific.

llama47

There's another way to do it that's more common which is...

... play risky / bad openings so that you (or your opponent) has a big advantage by move 15... those games rarely reach the endgame.

sndeww
llama47 wrote:

There's another way to do it that's more common which is...

... play risky / bad openings so that you (or your opponent) has a big advantage by move 15... those games rarely reach the endgame.

so that's why I suck at endgames, I never get to practice

JackRoach
B1ZMARK wrote:
llama47 wrote:

There's another way to do it that's more common which is...

... play risky / bad openings so that you (or your opponent) has a big advantage by move 15... those games rarely reach the endgame.

so that's why I suck at endgames, I never get to practice

Because you play blitz and bullet.

llama47

I mean... Rapport got away with it up to 2700, so it's not a terrible way to play.

It's just the higher you go the more of a genius you have to be to pull it off tongue.png

(and I'm sure any 2700 GM can play the endgame "perfectly" -- at least to our eyes it will seem that way)

sndeww
JackRoach wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:
llama47 wrote:

There's another way to do it that's more common which is...

... play risky / bad openings so that you (or your opponent) has a big advantage by move 15... those games rarely reach the endgame.

so that's why I suck at endgames, I never get to practice

Because you play blitz and bullet.

lmao i blew this one easy endgame

 

llama47

"Big oof" -- as the kids say.

sndeww
llama47 wrote:

"Big oof" -- as the kids say.

you are correct

in both ways

sndeww

no i just thought i could win the king and pawn endgame

i had more time than my opponent

JackRoach

But you premoved everything?

sndeww

nope

sndeww

i just forgot i can't win a king + pawn endgame with a rook pawn

JackRoach

Then why did you move your king away?

JackRoach

Oh, well you could have still tried.

sndeww
JackRoach wrote:

Then why did you move your king away?

because it was drawn

MegaCharizardLeo

There is no way to "easily reach a rating". Study hard and you will gradually improve.