Man, people in this thread need to chill. Guys, we all love chess, let's just play the game.
Yeah
People are being called bafoons. I have noticed this in other forums too. Seems like march is a bad month in the chess.com forums
Getting good at chess is a mystery to me. I just play for funzies and i seem to be improving little by little cuz it's fun. I guess enjoying helps?
Guys I'm 200 elo on chess.com is that good someone please reply
You "feel like you're pretty good"
Your rating suggests that you suck
Which is more likely to be accurate?
sounds like we are in the same boat...please feel free to challenge me for a fair friendly match.
400 is very bad . . .
The best two books for a beginner like you are . . .
Hi,
I feel like I keep up well with my chess counterparts in the mid 1000's for most of the game. I usually lose the endgame but can hold my own for quite a while. As for people in my rating range, I am winning most of the time. However, my rating is only 400. What should I study to boost my elo quickly?
Well I held my own against Hikaru for 40 moves once, but that don't make me a grandmaster.
I'm no expert by any means, but focus on improving the areas where you are week, puzzles and studying tactics should help, chess is a complicated game, and can be a cruel one, doesn't matter if you dominate the early stages or the middle game, if your check mates you in the end, or forces a draw or stalemate, that's fair, even if it doesn't seem to, being able to draw and stalemate are also skills, and not being able to checkmate or take advantage of your position and development in the endgame, that's a weakness.
But, if you can hold your own against higher rated players, then I'm sure you can improve in the areas where you might lack something. Also, while it would be nice t say that elo doesn't matter, it matter to most of us, but due to the design of the rating system, if you play enough games, your elo will eventually reflect your skills better, it "autocorrects" itself.
In the end, even if it sounds cheesy, what matters is that you keep enjoying the game.