skill issue 
DONE WITH ONLINE CHESS (RANT)
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21 hrs ago
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#43
Well, the last of my two cents... if your plan is/was to become a master, so others might pay you to teach them, my understanding is that you'll likely need years of study and practice, not months. Good luck.
21 hrs ago
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#44
Someone spends a day in the batting cages and wants to be sent up to the major leagues right away
Clockwork_Nemesis wrote:
Someone spends a day in the batting cages and wants to be sent up to the major leagues right away
I can see how your metaphor can relate to my situation but I never said I wanted to become a master or a pro... I said i wanted to be at least 200-400 so I can enter a chess club without fully getting my butt handed to me by others and have more knowledge of the game before I get into a club with say people who are typically 400-1000 ELO.... my plan would be after about 2-3 years of being in a club, expand out to minor tournaments here and there locally around me. I don't want to become the next chess prodigy; I just want something that could possibly make me a side income if I ever chose to do so...
20 hrs ago
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#46
It’s a good plan. For the money aspect of it - it’s easier to win a little money in the lower class sections of tournaments earlier on your journey. Once you get to 1500+ USCF rating it gets harder to win money in tournaments. Even harder to make money outside of tournaments (tutoring, sponsors, etc.) unless you have a title. But OTB is a lot more fun than online. Online is a good place to practice though. Don’t worry about your online elo. Just gain experience, whether you win or lose.
Clockwork_Nemesis wrote:
It’s a good plan. For the money aspect of it - it’s easier to win a little money in the lower class sections of tournaments earlier on your journey. Once you get to 1500+ USCF rating it gets harder to win money in tournaments. Even harder to make money outside of tournaments (tutoring, sponsors, etc.) unless you have a title. But OTB is a lot more fun than online. Online is a good place to practice though. Don’t worry about your online elo. Just gain experience, whether you win or lose.
Thank you Clockwork and you are right, this is the best thing i could do and now that you say that, do you think I would be better off (theoretically) just dominating the lower class tournaments until say I earn enough to maybe save up to get out and get a kickstart to my life? Chess is really my only hope besides getting a real job and I already cut grass around my neighborhood but that isn't really pulling in enough for me to be satisfied necessarily... I really do need to take a breather and step back from chess and come back when I am better mentally...
thedelcai wrote:
You could also donate blood or rent out your backyard for dog parties.
LMAO thats wild but I hate needles and drawing blood... so that is a definite no
Not skill issue
thedelcai wrote:
XDDDDDD
18 hrs ago
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#53
3 months at your elo score is normal. Hope you hang in there and continue to practice.
yeah bro i agree this game is trash. It's so hard to actually improve.
18 hrs ago
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#55
I took a look at a bunch of your games. You aren't losing because of your opponents. You are losing because you are playing badly. Even when not confronted with the wayward queen attack, many of the games have you sacrificing pieces that don't pay off. You blunder. You miss opportunities to capture free pieces.
A big part of chess is controlling your emotions. Without being in a good headspace, you will not be able to improve. That goes for online and OTB. You can't play anger chess. If you feel yourself starting to tilt, step away, take a walk. Limit yourself to a handful of games per day. If you lose 3 in a row, stop for the day.
Also, here is the defense to the wayward queen attack. You just have to remember 3 or 4 moves. And at that point it's an easy win. Basically free elo for the taking.
18 hrs ago
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#56
Dealing with gambits is part of chess, you are seeing the wayward queen attack because at your level that is the only 'trick' they know. If you get better you'll run into gambits that are actually good.
You should be happy they are playing that against you. It makes it easier to defeat them. If you don't know how to refute that attack I suggest watching a youtube video from a good master player to learn from.
I also suggest if you wish to improve your chess playing, to watch one of the very good 'speedruns' from Naroditsky or Rosen or other master players that explain what they are doing and WHY they are doing it. Not the gimmicky "I can get 2000 elo in a day" ones but the ones where they are educating their viewers. I am a 1500 Rapid player and still learn a lot from those videos.
Lastly. If you are not having any fun, then don't play. It is a game. You are not trying to become a Grandmaster. You are not trying to make a living off the game, so relax and either have fun and play, relax and play or relax and don't play.
I hope this helps.
18 hrs ago
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#57
I know everyone said this but I am just saying I am new and I am enjoying it a lot! Maybe I got 10 losses in a row but who cares? It's not like if you get so many losses you are gonna get kicked out of chess.
Chess is a game of patience, strategy and mental ability. Whether online or over the board it can be fun. But if your online experience is bad, I suggest participating in tournaments near to you and make a fide rating. That way to can officially play chess otb, but remember you have to practice a lot.
16 hrs ago
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#60
Arush_135 wrote:
I know everyone said this but I am just saying I am new and I am enjoying it a lot! Maybe I got 10 losses in a row but who cares? It's not like if you get so many losses you are gonna get kicked out of chess.
Chess is a game of patience, strategy and mental ability. Whether online or over the board it can be fun. But if your online experience is bad, I suggest participating in tournaments near to you and make a fide rating. That way to can officially play chess otb, but remember you have to practice a lot.
102 Elo Almost 100 Can I Get To 1020 Elo.