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It feels like I’m underperforming (probably not) but it feels like it. I had to take a break from chess for a while because I became to tilted I’m not going anywhere yet everyone thinks I’m good. I’m beating puzzles well above my level up to the 1000s (old puzzle system) I’m at 300s and I’m noticing I’m getting more great moves than my opponents. I can beat the bots up to about intermediate level with no help. It feels wrong and I don’t know what’s wrong. I know I do sometimes quit prematurely and make moves too fast but it doesn’t feel like that’d be my downfall.
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I guess I also quit early even on winning or even games
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At your level, you need 1)

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1) blunder check (always ensure you don't just hang a piece); 2) confidence (don't quit after merely losing a piece - below 1000 there's high chance opponent will later blunder and let you recover); 3) experience (keep playing humans, bots don't teach you nearly as well).

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I was testing openings with the bots and how high of a level I could beat bots what the little past games thing doesn’t tell you is that I had all my bot games in just an hour or two from each other I rarely play bots if you look at the history of my games
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*not from each other. All of them were within done an hour or two
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*im so tired i didn’t even notice my spelling error at first it’s 5am god help me
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Testing openings with bots is a flawed idea - bots simply don't play like humans. They default to "best" responce but make mistakes on purpose. If you want to just try moving pieces for an opening (to memorize it better), try "Analysis", you can move for both players while seeing what engine thinks of those moves. And again, don't be afraid of playing humans, you lose nothing substantial and gain more experience.

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Oh and it's important play well rested. You neither play in full power nor learn if you don't get enough sleep, water and food. Health above another hour or five of games or forums.

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@1

"I became to tilted" ++ Whenever you lose a game, stop playing and analyse it first.

"I’m beating puzzles" ++ Overrated.

"more great moves than my opponents" ++ You do not win by great moves, you lose by mistakes.

"make moves too fast" ++ Take time to think.

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Usually I do go analyze (don’t have premium so I gotta do it manually to the best of my ability) the issue is despite the break for analysis I still sometimes get tilted and end up losing elo over a course of a 5 game loss streak
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Thinking about it my 3 biggest weaknesses are 1) I hyper fixate on a plan sometimes causing a blunder 2) I tend to not blunder as much but I do miss good moves more often I notice on my games I usually only have 2-0 blunders (still horrid ik don’t say it’s still bad) but sometimes double the misses 3) I move too fast in general there’s no reason I should be playing 15/10 then finishing with 14:30 on the clock
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Just. Go. To. Sleep. Now.

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Bots have a much higher rating than they actually are, and puzzles rating is expected to be ~1000 over rapid rating, so you might actually be a bit low although it might be different at lower ratings
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I have a plan to fix my woes I notice 95% of my losses are from A: an early resignation B: tunnel vision / lack of board vision I need tips to help with that.

On that subject I’m not without my own ideas I’m going to start taking AT LEAST 10sec per move and taking a small meditation / excise to calm my main pre game
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So what you have to understand about bots is they seem to play to a higher level than they are rated. But after a while of playing well they make blunders on purpose to drop their rating. So playing bots doesn't really help you to learn to play humans. I've beaten the Andrea botez bot (rated around 1800) but I am actually playing below my best against humans (around 1500 level where as my best is 1600 so far) so tldr bots can help with practicing openings ect but they are not a replacement for playing humans.

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BioCode636 wrote:

Hi,

I'd really suggest you apply things you learn in your practice against bots and your puzzle solves in your game, but that's not the only way to learn. There are tons of resources out there to help you learn strategies that can win you games. A great investment would be ChessMood, It offers resources tailored to your skill level and is a great place to start learning. ChessMood is an online chess course designed by grandmasters! It would help you out a lot as a beginner but is suitable for all skill levels.

Link to ChessMood: https://chessmood.com/?r=NationalChessBlasters

Good Luck!

Thanks for the advice, I’ll try the service out

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#18 good idea, every game at you elo is decided by who hangs more pieces, so just practicing vision and simple puzzles to cut down on hanging pieces should help a lot
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My recommendation is to try different chess approach.

I looked at several of your chess games and I saw several issues.

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1) I have noticed you don’t use your time very well.

Some of your games are 15 min games wand you finish with 14 mins left on your clock.

What is worse is you sort of know this is a problem you have.

How do we fix this? Well I have 2 different option to fix this bad habit.

Option A - I recommend for you to play Hyper Bullet games

A Hyper Bullet game is a 30 Second Game with no increment.

Every one has told you to play slower and you yourself know you should play slower, but even though all of this is know their is still a part of you which continues to play fast.

So I am not going to tell you to play slow because it just going to result in same previous cycle.

Instead, I am going to tell you to play crazy fast.

Your going to have to move so fast that your going to get disgusted by moving fast and maybe finally at that point you will appreciate longer time controls so you can play slower and have time to think.

Option B - The Alternative idea I have to fix your problem is to set a pre-determined time limit.

Most of your games seem to be either lost or won by move 10.

My recommendation is to study openings and try to figure out what your first 3 chess moves are. Once, you figure out the first 3 moves you want to play. You play these moves instantly against your opponents. Than starting at move 4. You wait 1 entire min to make your move.

Move 1 to 3 - Played instantly

Move 4 - Wait 1 min - Than play move

Move 5 - Wait 1 min - Than play move

You should be able to do the above all the way down to about move 20 before you start running low on time. If you can reach move 20, it would be massive achievement for you because it would mean you went double the move distance vs. your average chess game.

The result of the game (Winning or Losing) wouldn’t even really matter at that point because you would have achieved something which you normally on average don’t achieve which would mean you are making great chess progress.

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2) Another issue I have found in your games is you get super focused on your attacks. It seems like a tunnel vision where you get so fixated on your attacking plans.

In a lot of your games, you created a great attack which won material. Instead of trading off the pieces and try to simplify the game with your extra material you ended up continuously attacking, until you ultimately slipped up letting your opponent win.

To fix your Tunnel Vision & Aggressiveness, I don’t want you to attack or create a plan which involves attacking the entire chess game.

Instead, you will aim to play purely defensive.

Your only plan will be to stop your opponents plan.

You will seek to stop your opponents attacks before they have even started thinking about how to attack you. The art of prophylaxis and preventive defensive measures.

Created and Mastered by the Ex-World Champion Tigran Pestroian.

Often know by the Nick name “Iron Tigran” - His defenses were as tough as Iron.

Iron Tigran excelled in positional understanding, defensive prowess, and his impenetrable fortress like playing style.

His opponents often grew angry and frustrated in their attempts to break thru his defensive. This frustration and anger often lead his opponents to become exhausted and weary which Iron Tigran used to ultimately bring them down!

In order to achieve this style of play style I am recommending for you.

You will have to learn a temporary opening known as Caro Kan.

This opening is compact with virtually no weakness.

- Extremely difficult to play against.

- Extremely difficult to master!

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Just play lots of games against people and don't blunder/blunder check before every move