DONE WITH ONLINE CHESS (RANT)
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thedelcai
14 hrs ago
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#61
Chess is at its core a game of loses. We lose, because we try to play when tired, or angry or we lose simply, because we played terribly. Most of the time people will peak at a 50% win to loss ratios, which means you will always lose half the time. Yes people cheat, yes they now use resources like you tube, but you can aswell. This may help. One you need to play long time controls only, two always look to see whats his next move with this piece? Three the reason your angry is that you likely enjoy the game, but mad at the difficulty of it. All understandable if you still dislike the game theres no shame in quitting either. I would help you to improve if you wish good luck.
"DONE WITH ONLINE CHESS" - well, bye
Unless you’re playing bullet….you’re completely wasting your time….too easy to cheat with chess online.
13 hrs ago
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#68
#6, i'm a bit late, but no, chess isn't "waste of life". If you don't enjoy it, that doesn't mean that no one can enjoy it. For example, I love it, and I enjoy it, and i am not alone.
12 hrs ago
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#69
Also, i've seen one of your games. Don't resign when your opponent moves d4 xd
HeckinSprout wrote:
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.
Hey Sprout and I have studied this line when I did study this opening on Lichess and I would've ran this line at the time, but as you said, anger chess is not the best chess if you actually want to improve... Wasn't in the right headspace and went against theory in spite of it.
2 hrs ago
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#71
I won this game against a player whose chess.com rapid rating was 102 at the time
Fetoxo wrote:
Also, i've seen one of your games. Don't resign when your opponent moves d4 xd
I did that to just drain my ELO, lets just say yesterday was NOT a good day....
2 hrs ago
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#73
You should not do that to make your rating go down. I'd like to have an extremely high chess.com rating someday
2 hrs ago
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#74
Rooks4Rock wrote:
HeckinSprout wrote:
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.
Hey Sprout and I have studied this line when I did study this opening on Lichess and I would've ran this line at the time, but as you said, anger chess is not the best chess if you actually want to improve... Wasn't in the right headspace and went against theory in spite of it.
Well, it sounds like you have a lot of things you are trying to figure out right now, which only adds to the stress. Whether you decide to still play online or concentrate on otb, I think you should checkout Chessbrah's building habits series. Here's the playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibDX4ReEikQ&list=PLUjxDD7HNNThwCNW3f36RZcMxPwQIjYae
HeckinSprout wrote:
Rooks4Rock wrote:
HeckinSprout wrote:
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.
Hey Sprout and I have studied this line when I did study this opening on Lichess and I would've ran this line at the time, but as you said, anger chess is not the best chess if you actually want to improve... Wasn't in the right headspace and went against theory in spite of it.
Well, it sounds like you have a lot of things you are trying to figure out right now, which only adds to the stress. Whether you decide to still play online or concentrate on otb, I think you should checkout Chessbrah's building habits series. Here's the playlist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibDX4ReEikQ&list=PLUjxDD7HNNThwCNW3f36RZcMxPwQIjYae
Thanks Sprout, I will check it out and see what I plan to do moving forward.. I appreciate your help
MaestroDelAjedrez2025 wrote:
You should not do that to make your rating go down. I'd like to have an extremely high chess.com rating someday
Says as he already has an extremely high chess rating... good grief...
I don’t understand why people start forums like this one. The OP said that he has played on chess.com for about three months. This means that he has less experience than scores of millions of other players. Then he complains that his rating is lower than that of scores of millions of other players. It seems to me that his rating is just where it should be.
if he wants to have a higher rating, then he needs to put in the effort to become a stronger player.
play slower time controls. Learn basic opening principles. Learn basic positional concepts. Learn basic endgame principles.
Instead of playing rapid games against other beginners, spend a couple weeks with a good instruction book. Reading Reinfeld’s Complete Chess Course or Chernev’s Logical Chess Move by Move should add several hundred points to a beginner’s skill level.
mikewier wrote:
I don’t understand why people start forums like this one. The OP said that he has played on chess.com for about three months. This means that he has less experience than scores of millions of other players. Then he complains that his rating is lower than that of scores of millions of other players. It seems to me that his rating is just where it should be.
if he wants to have a higher rating, then he needs to put in the effort to become a stronger player.
play slower time controls. Learn basic opening principles. Learn basic positional concepts. Learn basic endgame principles.
Instead of playing rapid games against other beginners, spend a couple weeks with a good instruction book. Reading Reinfeld’s Complete Chess Course or Chernev’s Logical Chess Move by Move should add several hundred points to a beginner’s skill level.
I never said once that I am upset that my ELO isn't insanely high. (Keyword: Insanely) If you refer to some of my previous replies to others, I actually was looking to be 200 to 400 before entering a chess club. Also, I am pretty sure you would understand as a National Master why people would make posts like these because for others, its not as easy for them to pick up the game as say compared to another person. For example, I have been playing for three months, but I could guarantee a likely win against any of my friends or family in chess (except my dad lol, even though i have got him good a cpuple times) and they have been playing for literal years!! How do I know this? Because the past three months I have been living and breathing chess. Playing and studying as much as I can, endless hours... to the point where I am always thinking about it, so I am sure you would understand...
I agree it is frustrating esp. since there are quite a few cheaters in low ratings pool . Being an experienced player I encountered quite a lot of cheaters at lower than 1000 rating - I still won most but did draw and lose to some of the cheaters.
However, the enjoyment of the game will be lost if you are bothered with losing or cheaters - just enjoy the game
