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disadvantage of playing too much online chess!!

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cyberwarior
hi guise I am cyberwarior I am an intermidiate player and working hard for improving my chess. In my house there is no one to play chess with me on real board that is why I have started playing on chess.com.in one month I have improved my self by solving tactics, puzzles and studying openings, middle games and endgames and get good at online chess and I was happy also but this get change into a nightmare when I play on real board I had started loosing each and every game even I was playing with beginners I was not able to see a single tactics and blundering my pieces this is very frustrating and disappointing please help me to get out of this.
ActuallySleepy
Set your online games up on real boards to analyze them. Based on your ratings here I would consider you a beginner.
ActuallySleepy
Oh and quit playing so much bullet and blitz, longer time controls are better for learning.
masterfowler

to me it seems the main disadvantage is that it actually makes people care about their online rating😕...rallrating is just a number...you might have an 1800 rating by beating lots of 1200s but that doesnt mean you are at 1300 strength even...play to learn...thats what this site is about☺ imo that is

4xel

Opening theory is theory, there is one time to learn it, and one time to apply it. It's completely normal that you struggle at first, you just need more practice.

 

As for tactic, if I present you a position and say "solve this tactic", no matter how hard it is, with brute force, you will eventually get it. Now, in a real game, no one is here to shout you there's a tactic. Being able to find tactics and to calculate lines is one skill, knowing when to pause and calculate is another (and you need to developp both).

 

Also, while training tactic, the emphasis is often put on the attack, punishing your opponent's mistakes, but in actual play, good defense and avoiding blunders weights much more toward winning, so ideally, before each move you make, you should check that it does not enable a tactic for your opponent, that's the efficient way to use tactic.

Chassazzle

You can play daily chess online and set up a real board according to that game - try to find every move on the real board first! It takes a while but eventually you´ll improve: it´s only a question of habit, your 2dimensional computer-screen vision will adjust over time! 

Also, real-board playing includes a lot of other stuff like direct response of your opponent (mimic, gestual, even verbal). Psychologically it´s something else. Keep playing and you´ll improve!

Good luck!

Chassazzle
AlkinKing hat geschrieben:
Oh and quit playing so much bullet and blitz, longer time controls are better for learning.

That is soooo true!