there is no elo which can prevent a person from doing something bad.
At what elo are you no longer a bad player?
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Jun 12, 2019
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#203
mariners234 wrote:
Savage47 wrote:
spartakbarnsley wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
I can checkmate with bishop and knight, but only if I’m sober and have at least five minutes on the clock.
I can checkmate with bishop and knight, but only if I’m sober and have at least five minutes on the clock.
tbh most players below master level can't convert that ending. I gave up on learning when I was about 16-1700. I can memorize the moves but it occurs so rarely that I forget when it comes up. Maybe I could learn it now but what's the point? It happens maybe once every couple thousand games and even then you usually have chances to trade into a better ending. I will trade into it if I'm trying to draw though and have yet to lose it.
If you understand the idea you don't have to memorize anything. It's actually pretty easy it's just most books / people who teach it are awful.
Memorize the letter W.
http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2017/05/bishop-and-knight-checkmate.html
Jun 12, 2019
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#204
Ziryab wrote:
mariners234 wrote:
Savage47 wrote:
spartakbarnsley wrote:
Ziryab wrote:
I can checkmate with bishop and knight, but only if I’m sober and have at least five minutes on the clock.
I can checkmate with bishop and knight, but only if I’m sober and have at least five minutes on the clock.
tbh most players below master level can't convert that ending. I gave up on learning when I was about 16-1700. I can memorize the moves but it occurs so rarely that I forget when it comes up. Maybe I could learn it now but what's the point? It happens maybe once every couple thousand games and even then you usually have chances to trade into a better ending. I will trade into it if I'm trying to draw though and have yet to lose it.
If you understand the idea you don't have to memorize anything. It's actually pretty easy it's just most books / people who teach it are awful.
Memorize the letter W.
http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2017/05/bishop-and-knight-checkmate.html
Yeah, actually that is one thing you have to memorize (or be aware of) because the knight is the only piece capable of making the king leave the corner.
nescitus wrote:
Recently I played a serious tournament (team's national league) mostly against 2000+ oposition, being 1900+ myself. One opponent hung a knight for no reason, one dropped a rook to a 2-move tactics in a completely won 4 rook endgame, one traded down into a clearly drawn minor piece endgame instead of a won queen endgame (admittedly the game was messy and the opponent had every right to be tired). I hung a pawn twice because of missing a simple pin, still winning one of those games. One 2150 Elo player restored my faith in chess in the last round, punishing me for passive play with a double rook sacrifice leading to checkmate. Apparently we're all muppets.
Thank you very much for this comment. It was really good for my self confidence. Dziekuje bardzo !
as someone who ranges from 750ish to 1100 skill wise i feel like that range has a very good understanding. I think the beggining elo should be changed. First games i hop into on here these dudes play way way better than someone at starting elo should be. This site is popular i would say 900 ish is a average skill player elo
Mar 9, 2021
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#208
in my eyes
anyone higher rated than me is good
anyone lower rated than me is bad
that's the subjective answer.
Mar 9, 2021
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#210
It's pretty subjective.
I tend to think that 2200 FIDE means you're officially a "good" player (master level). Though, to show how perspective matters, Hikaru Nakamura (2700+ FIDE) said that he thinks 2200 FIDE is still "terrible" at chess.
So it all depends on where you're looking at things.
2300
Mar 9, 2021
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#212
KnightChecked wrote:
It's pretty subjective.
I tend to think that 2200 FIDE means you're officially a "good" player (master level). Though, to show how perspective matters, Hikaru Nakamura (2700+ FIDE) said that he thinks 2200 FIDE is still "terrible" at chess.
So it all depends on where you're looking at things.
To be fair though, Hikaru does come across as being a bit of a ****. 2200 would put you in the top 1% of chess players in the world. For a bit of context, if we transferred that into football (soccer) terms, that would make you a solid player in the lower reaches of the English professional leagues. I played with guys of this level at school and university. While they were nowhere near Premier League level, they might as well have been for all the good it did anyone playing against them. Compared with the casual hobby player, these people are so good at football it's ridiculous. Absolutely on another stratosphere. For anyone to say that they aren't good, even a Premier League player, would be both disrespectful and completely disingenuous. The same goes for 2200 chess players.
May 27, 2021
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#213
notmtwain wrote:
JayeshSinhaChess wrote:
What is the point at which you are no longer a chess muppet. You could still lose to better players, but so will everyone.
Is it 800, 1200, 1500, 2000?
It is 200 points higher than whatever your rating is now.
No matter how good you get, there will always be people who can wipe the floor with you.
/ You are rated 1199 in blitz. Wouldn't you say that anyone rated below 1000 is a muppet?
What if you're the world champ?
2700
Blackhawk1115 wrote:
I think that referring to a certain elo as "bad" is all a matter of opinion, but saying that someone is bad because of their low rating is pretty harsh.
I agree with that on all levels, so I'm not gonna tell because I'm afraid to get criticized over it.
May 27, 2021
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#217
karmester wrote:
It depends who you ask. I'd say around 1600, but a 1600-rated player would probably say 1800, and an 1800-rated player would probably say 2000.
I'd say 2550.
below 3100 is really bad
3250 is bad
3500 is meh
1500 is good
200 is the best
May 29, 2021
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#219
Around 1500 you have put in some effort to learn the most basic concepts .
For example, I'll try to make it easy here...
First steps:
1) Put bishop on one of the two 2nd longest diagonals and just leave it there.
2) Bring knight to a central square that is opposite color of the bishop
3) walk king up close to enemy king
Why is the knight on a central square and opposite color? Because it gives you the most flexibility to hop to a square of the same color... and when they're on the same color amazing things happen...
Ok, so here we go
Now we talk about the bishop's job.
It wants to cage the enemy king on shorter and shorter diagonals, colored green below
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