Does your puzzle rating have any relevance to your actual elo?

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My Highest Puzzle Elo is 3210 so i think that maybe if i play more slow chess and less bullet and blitz would my elo be influenced at all?

-Thanks!

carlsen

Yes, absolutely you should quit blitz and bullet.

TheMidnightExpress12
KingOfBrilliancy wrote:

Yes, absolutely you should quit blitz and bullet.

yeah

blueemu

When you look at a puzzle, you know ahead of time that a winning move is there.

Your puzzle rating is influenced by your ability to spot and impliment tactical themes that you already know are present in the position in front of you. But that's only one of the factors involved in actual tactical play.

First, be aware that winning tactics only exist in winning positions. You will never find a winning tactic in a drawn or lost position. So the number one requirement is the ability to bring about winning positions, so that tactics might start appearing in your games.

To successfully impliment tactics in a game, you must be able to:

  1. Create a situation where you have the advantage on the board.
  2. Develop that edge into a winning advantage.
  3. You must be able to recognize when your advantage has reached winning proportions.
  4. THEN your ability to spot tactics can come into play.

Try reading this. Posts # 4, 7-to-10 and 12. Play over the three sample games on page 1 & 2.

GM Larry Evans' method of static analysis - Chess Forums - Chess.com

Hoffmann713

“Does your puzzle rating have any relevance to your actual elo ?"

Not at all. If the puzzles rating measures anything ( I doubt it, because it can be increased rather easily thanks to its scoring system ), it only measures how well you are able to solve puzzles. An indicator of ​​your playing strength, relative to chess.com players pool, is only given by the playing rating (Glicko, not elo ).

Solving puzzles is useful according to many experts, but it says little about playing skills.

OutOfCheese

The "-1000" thing is BS because there's ppl with 65000 puzzle rating.

ChessMasteryOfficial

If you focus on slow chess (like rapid or classical time controls), you will have more time to think and apply your tactical skills from puzzles, which could help raise your Elo.