It's a good idea to play as much as you enjoy, and let the rating take care of itself.
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well of course, but I want a good amount of games to play, and have the opportunity to get my rating up quickly
Well yea, but my rating is barely even going up.... because I am finishing maybe 1 game a month using that system
It's probably just as good to play 50 rather than 100 but against slightly better opposition, and giving yourself more time.
The more games you play, the less time you spend, so you're effectively lowering your rating against someone who could be spending an hour per move. I can't see your rating going up as quickly as a few higher rated games you focus on.
More importantly, your chess wont improve as much blitzing out a load of moves rather than thinking about each position properly.
Ok, I think I exxagerated my first comment. I mean probably 20 games with 3 days per move time control :) 100 games in 1 day is too much, even for me lol :)
this doesn't sound like the most effective strategy. The problem is that a loss will generally more than counter act a win. For example, I have a game going against a guy rated about 100 pts lower than me. If I win i get 8 pts, if I lose I lose 16 pts. right now with a game of equal rating i will gain/lose 12 pts for a win/loss. So, as your rating goes up, the value of each win diminishes and the value of a loss goes up. Unless you can consistently beat players of a much higher ranking, this seems be a bad plan.
20 game at 3 days per move is better. I personally find the best way to get points is to ask your opponent if he wants to play the game like it was OTB. Even if you could play the first 20 moves like this it will speed things up a lot. Good Luck!
I play one game at a time, I play it very well, and then I move on.
thanks for the responses guys :)
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Pawnpusher i started 40 games together recently, 10 1 day moves and 30 3 day moves. I find it beneficial, except its difficult to give enough attention to each game
Well I just started about 20 games. I am winning or equal in all of them that I just started. :)
I guess you guys were right that if you play too many you can have some bad results. I already lost one game, but it seems I am doing pretty well in my others. Its hard to focus on all the games at once :)
I am currently playing 17 games, and this is quite manageable. I still have time to study, but also enought time to make a plan for the "what-if-they-do-this" moments. I have my desk cluttered with the "blueprints" for each possible move.
I don't cheat ilikeflags
Yes, I'm down to 19 and I feel the same way
Yes, exactly Alex
I just blocked ilikeflags so he won't be commenting here anymore. At least I think that is how it works
Taking on a lot of games can be a little overwhelming (I had about 90 going last month). It all depends on the time you have in your life. It's frustrating to feel that you're rushing the clock and need to make moves in ten games before bedtime so you don't time out, but then realize the next day that you weren't thinking straight because you were too tired :-)
If you suddenly sign up for a whole bunch, and there are a few weaker players in the pool, you might also find that you will win a bunch of the easy ones quickly, resulting in a quick boost to your rating, but that's only temporary - once you start losing those games you deserve to, it will drop back down. If you want your rating to reflect your strength (i.e. you're not trying to "game" the number), be honest with yourself and resign at an appropriate point rather than trying to drag the losing games on - that will limit this false rating spike.
Figure out how much time you think you need or want to spend on an average move, figure out your time-life budget per day, and make sure you're in line with the math. I set an egg timer for 5 minutes each move to try to prevent myself from moving too fast and making obvious blunders - otherwise I'm too tempted to play like it's a 5|0 game. At 5 minutes per move, and an hour a day, you could easily handle 12 games/day; or 36 three-day games. Of course a few games always have obvious exchanges that don't need the full time but there are others that take more, so the average is about right for me.
Good luck!
Hey all,
I am trying to get my online rating up, but because very few people are making any moves, it is happening very slowly. I guess, because of many timeouts that I experienced last summer, I dropped quite a bit and now I am in the process to catching my rating back up to where it should be. Is it a good idea to start about 100 1 day per move games and just win the majority or is it a bad idea because the level of play will go down?