I stick to rapid mainly..... Near 1500 games and thousands of puzzles. If your not where you want to be and feel you should be then either train harder and/or train smarter. And analysing games everyone makes a big difference to me. 👍 My volume so far is because I enjoy the game, my elo would be higher if I trained smarter 😆
How many games before I am not trash
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Jun 19, 2022
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🤣 that's the learning process in play. My progress has had many periods where I get worse. My puzzle progress is like a rollercoaster. Realising we don't get it is a step nearer getting it 👍
Jun 19, 2022
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Puzzles are good, playing bots are good to a degree. Playing and losing whole games makes it difficult to stay positive, also difficult to work on weaknesses, positional play is good
Jun 19, 2022
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#7
Playing weak bots to drill openings and targeting the bots blunders (weak bots have many) is good for training
"You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player." - Capablanca
Until you are good, play 15|10 rapid instead of blitz.
Play rapid, and before every single move(even if it is common sense) check that you are not blundering anything. Try to look from your opponent’s perspective and see what they can do.
I think the saying is Checks, Captures, Threats...check for them every turn.
Jun 21, 2022
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Mikewrite wrote:
I think the saying is Checks, Captures, Threats...check for them every turn.
That's probably a great idea. Just getting in the habit if slowing down and checking for those things!
Jun 21, 2022
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I've been playing for 8 years and I'm still trash. So maybe that's not a good way to look at it.
Jun 21, 2022
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ChessPlayerMatt123 wrote:
I've played over 400 blitz games in the last month and I'm still embarrassingly terrible. I've watched videos, I've read forums, I've done exercises - but I still blunder constantly, I still have no clue how to actually execute any sort of checkmate that takes more than a couple moves, I miss M1 regularly. I've really been trying and I simply am not getting better. Is there some way of looking at the board or something that I don't know about? Does it come with experience? If so, how many hundreds of more games do I need to play before I stop embarrassing myself?
Stick to rapid my friend, they are longer games, but if you want to improve then play 10+ minute preferably as long as 30 minutes! Use that time and learn from the game!
That's cuz it will take u time just as supreme gamer girl it took her 8yrs man to reach 1400 we not all blessed but all can be done in time
Jun 21, 2022
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I'd be happy to get on a Classroom on Chess.com with you and see if we can get you on a better chess journey. Nobody likes to lose and not feel any progress!
-Jordan
Jun 21, 2022
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G, dont worry about missing mate in 1 below 500 in rapid. The sole thing i'd focus on is making sure you arent giving your pieces away for free. Check if all your pieces are defended. Check if your opponents pieces are defended. Practice that for a bit.
about 1000
Jun 21, 2022
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What you need is 3 things:
1) Opening principles: In the opening, you want to:
- control the central squares (e4,d4,e5,d5). This will restrict the mobility of your opponent's pieces.
- Get your pieces out safely and preferably toward the center.
- Castle as early as possible.
- Don't move the 3 pawns in front of your castled king unless you absolutely have to. Playing h3 is acceptable but not more than that.
- Keep your rooks on the 1st rank.
- Keep your queen safe. You can't afford to lose her.
2) Tactics. Do lots of problems with forced mates, pins, forks, skewers, etc. Until you're comfortable with them.
3) Basic endgames. You gotta get used to concepts like opposition to win king and pawn endgames.
Also, you should play longer games, so you can really think about the moves you're making. Every move counts. 15+10 is good.
With these tips you can reach 1000.
Blitz is the worst way to learn chess. It doesn't hone your skills if you're new. Rapid allows you to actually analyse each move you make. Personally, I used to play 10 minutes and I lost pretty often. I recently swapped to 1 hour games (30 and 30) and my skill has skyrocketed.
Take your time making each move and ensure you know what piece is protecting what, what is unsafe, how you can be checked and so on. There will be times that you do all of that and you have no idea what the next move to make is. The way I envision it is, where are my pieces now and how do I get them to where I want them to be without compromising my position.
Review games, and look at every single risk you took. Oh, and avoid playing "Hope Chess". Those are silly attacks that you either hope your opponent doesn't see or can be easily blocked in 1 move. Blitz will make you take up that habit.
Also, play people better than you every now and then and avoid playing people who are absolutely terrible.
Study at least 1 opening, use it a lot and see all the possible threats that arrive with it. The last and final thing is the hardest one that I'm still working on right now. Try and look a few moves ahead at least 2 or 3. What risks arise and such. All these things are what enabled my progress in chess to become steeper.
I've played over 400 blitz games in the last month and I'm a joke. I blunder constantly, I still have no clue how to actually execute any sort of checkmate that takes more than a couple moves, I miss M1 regularly. Is there some way of looking at the board or something that I don't know about? Does it come with experience? If so, how many hundreds of more games do I need to play before I stop embarrassing myself?