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.
Chess is very interesting in that it can play itself at some stages or for some time. Develop or improve a piece and consider yourself playing good chess automatically, while it is actually the piece itself that merely shows its power. It is the other way round with musical instruments; they will not play themselves. So I think all this rating stuff and blitz action below GM level is deceptive. And the poster fell for it.
Your texts are poetry, indeed. :) I've always preferred instrumental music, so no need for lyrics here. In a recent game of Girya vs. Hausernot (ECCW 17) the former, having the advantage of ELO 2500+ vs 2000+, lost control of her army twice and then walked into a checkmate. If sh* happens easily at such a level of practice, training, talent and experience, the rest of us can only fool ourselves. Also, some people ask what to do only to look for an opinion (corroboration) that suits the plan they have actually made up already.
I have seen that you played many blitz game and you are trying to improve your blitz rating. I suggest that you also play game at 15 minutes or more time control. This will help you improve your calculation and chess understanding. Do you also study basic endgames and strategies appropriate for your level? I suggest you also study them. Try chess tactics app like chess tactics pro.
Some more tips to help lessen blunders
1. Always look at the whole board to see piece positioning
2. Always study your opponent's last move
3. Before you make a move check if there is a tactical drawback.
5. Solve easy problems for pattern recognition
6. Solve harder problems for calculation improvement
7. Stay composed and don't let losing frustrates you
I'm also going down in rating and I don't know why. This is despite doing tactics every day and regularly checking my games to see where I went wrong. I'm also studying a book of Morphy's games.
I'm also going down in rating and I don't know why. This is despite doing tactics every day and regularly checking my games to see where I went wrong. I'm also studying a book of Morphy's games.
Try a book that breakdown basic strategies,tactics and endgames. That book might to advance for you. I think it will be more beneficial for novice if they have a basic book that break down strategies in to a theme. Try The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess. It break down things like bishop vs knight, rook on open files, king attacks, endgame, tactics etc.
Chess is very interesting in that it can play itself at some stages or for some time. Develop or improve a piece and consider yourself playing good chess automatically, while it is actually the piece itself that merely shows its power. It is the other way round with musical instruments; they will not play themselves. So I think all this rating stuff and blitz action below GM level is deceptive. And the poster fell for it.