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I haven't played in about 10 years, prior to that I played for about 18 months (when I first learned). in my first hundred games I was winning 60% and reached 1335. The last two hundred or so games I have plummeted and I'm barely winning one out of every three now. why? I don't think I really changed anything.
Ofgeniuskind wrote:
1) not from 19 to 29, simply put no that's not correct. 2) I'm not comparing ten years ago to now; I'm comparing my first hundred games to the last 200 (I've played about 300 recently and was playing much better the first 100). All in about a month's time.
Age lessens your calculating abilities.
Oct 19, 2017
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#4
Hmm well do what everyone says to do,tactics tactics tactics get a premium membership and binge tactics and lesons. Make sure to play long time controls and analyze your games.
I think you should embrace your new skill level: not everyone is meant to be good.
Oct 19, 2017
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#6
the more you win the higher your rating goes the tougher the opposition the more you lose.
sadkid2008 wrote:
granted, but to go from 1335 to 1015? that means there is at least potential for 1335. lol
I think you should embrace your new skill level: not everyone is meant to be good.
Oct 19, 2017
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#8
I could get you in touch with NM Evan Rabin, who offers lessons for 60 dollars a hour ove the internet I'm sure he would a appreciate it, he has been teaching chess for 10 years now.
krikorian12 wrote:
you may habe something here, I play -50 through +400. Isn't that the way to get better, play better opponents?
the more you win the higher your rating goes the tougher the opposition the more you lose.
Johnny6488 wrote:
sadkid2008 wrote:
I think you should embrace your new skill level: not everyone is meant to be good.
granted, but to go from 1335 to 1015? that means there is at least potential for 1335. lol
Those first hundred games might have been a fluke; don't dwell on the past. Your rating at first will not be as accurate, but will become so the more games you play. Rather than being worried about your rating, you should feel excited that you are approaching your true skill level as you play more and more games.
Ofgeniuskind wrote:
ummm.... temping but no thanks. considering I make half that that isn't a good financial choice. lol, especially considering I have nothing to gain from becoming a good chess player. lol
I could get you in touch with NM Evan Rabin, who offers lessons for 60 dollars a hour ove the internet I'm sure he would a appreciate it, he has been teaching chess for 10 years now.
sadkid2008 wrote:
that is true, but I don't think it is a total fluke. I have notice myself just playing worse. I commit more blunders and miss their blunders (idk if that is a blunder, lol). I guess more actually my pay has suffered and rank is just the byproduct. I have never been officially rated by my roommate in Iraq was in the chess club and rated around 1000. him and I were fairly matched; in 5 minutes or less I beat him, without a click he beat me..
Johnny6488 wrote:
sadkid2008 wrote:
I think you should embrace your new skill level: not everyone is meant to be good.
granted, but to go from 1335 to 1015? that means there is at least potential for 1335. lol
Those first hundred games might have been a fluke; don't dwell on the past. Your rating at first will not be as accurate, but will become so the more games you play. Rather than being worried about your rating, you should feel excited that you are approaching your true skill level as you play more and more games.
Ofgeniuskind wrote:
lol, $60 x 5 = $300. that is about what I pay in taxes every week so no, it isn't that serious... lol
It's about 1-5 hours per lesson once a week so.
Johnny6488 wrote:
sadkid2008 wrote:
Johnny6488 wrote:
sadkid2008 wrote:
I think you should embrace your new skill level: not everyone is meant to be good.
granted, but to go from 1335 to 1015? that means there is at least potential for 1335. lol
Those first hundred games might have been a fluke; don't dwell on the past. Your rating at first will not be as accurate, but will become so the more games you play. Rather than being worried about your rating, you should feel excited that you are approaching your true skill level as you play more and more games.
that is true, but I don't think it is a total fluke. I have notice myself just playing worse. I commit more blunders and miss their blunders (idk if that is a blunder, lol). I guess more actually my pay has suffered and rank is just the byproduct. I have never been officially rated by my roommate in Iraq was in the chess club and rated around 1000. him and I were fairly matched; in 5 minutes or less I beat him, without a click he beat me..
If you truly believe that becoming worse is a problem, and that you were better before, then maybe you should try to study yourself from ten years in the past. How did you think back then? What dietary restrictions do you have? Sometimes age is just a matter of the way that you approach things.
sadkid2008 wrote:
I obviously didn't make this clear. I'm not talking about 10 years ago (that was just the back story). earlier this month when I started again I was doing much better than I am now. like 2 weeks ago I was ranked high 1200s, now I'm just blundering like crazy.
Johnny6488 wrote:
sadkid2008 wrote:
Johnny6488 wrote:
sadkid2008 wrote:
I think you should embrace your new skill level: not everyone is meant to be good.
granted, but to go from 1335 to 1015? that means there is at least potential for 1335. lol
Those first hundred games might have been a fluke; don't dwell on the past. Your rating at first will not be as accurate, but will become so the more games you play. Rather than being worried about your rating, you should feel excited that you are approaching your true skill level as you play more and more games.
that is true, but I don't think it is a total fluke. I have notice myself just playing worse. I commit more blunders and miss their blunders (idk if that is a blunder, lol). I guess more actually my pay has suffered and rank is just the byproduct. I have never been officially rated by my roommate in Iraq was in the chess club and rated around 1000. him and I were fairly matched; in 5 minutes or less I beat him, without a click he beat me..
If you truly believe that becoming worse is a problem, and that you were better before, then maybe you should try to study yourself from ten years in the past. How did you think back then? What dietary restrictions do you have? Sometimes age is just a matter of the way that you approach things.
"Most of us are not getting better, but we're not getting better together." --John Samson
Oct 19, 2017
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#20
Johnny6488 wrote:
you may habe something here, I play -50 through +400. Isn't that the way to get better, play better opponents?
The way to get better is to review every game you play, after you play it, to find your mistakes, and to find the better moves that you should've played, instead.
If you just play, without reviewing and learning from your games, you'll find it difficult to improve.