Im a 1250 is it okay because everyone seems to clown on us
Chess strength is relative, as is what we consider good.
For someone who is an expert level, or even higher intermediate, 1 250 is not too impressive. However for someone starting out and tying to get better, 1 250 rated player is Garry Kasparov.
Generally there is no point in stressing about the rating too much, and these type of questions are more or less redundant.
Idk about others but my two cents -- in my mind, a 1200 has gotten a lot of basic stuff down about chess. Sure there's a lot of room to improve, but that can be said about p much everyone. I feel like 1250s can come up with interesting ideas.
I remember when I was somewhere close to my level, I played my friend who was 1600 at that time and I lost of bunch of times, but he told me that he thinks it's not a huge difference between us. I didn't believe him at the time, but when I was 1600 I realized what he means, as I felt similarly.
Idk about others but my two cents -- in my mind, a 1200 has gotten a lot of basic stuff down about chess. Sure there's a lot of room to improve, but that can be said about p much everyone. I feel like 1250s can come up with interesting ideas.
I remember when I was somewhere close to my level, I played my friend who was 1600 at that time and I lost of bunch of times, but he told me that he thinks it's not a huge difference between us. I didn't believe him at the time, but when I was 1600 I realized what he means, as I felt similarly.
wrong, a 1200 on this site can barely make 2 moves without hanging pieces every other move.
Okay, cool. I must be 1200. I looked through my recent rated rapids and lots of pieces were hung. Someone rated 1897 hung a queen against me, but that person must be overrated too; the queen hang indicates 1200 level.
(15 games after playing me, that person is rated 1900).
Idk, I dug up a game I played a while ago against my 1200 rated friend.
My friend hung mate at the end, thus proving your point! /s
26...Ba6 the position is still equal, but it's a nice idea, imo.
Challenge accepted....I created a game where each player hangs a piece on every other move. On move 20, all of the pieces were gone.
I couldn't find a way to calculate the centipawn loss but I ran the accuracy, I got 46.2 to 53.1.
Im a 1250 is it okay because everyone seems to clown on us
Chess strength is relative, as is what we consider good.
For someone who is an expert level, or even higher intermediate, 1 250 is not too impressive. However for someone starting out and tying to get better, 1 250 rated player is Garry Kasparov.
Generally there is no point in stressing about the rating too much, and these type of questions are more or less redundant.
Anyway, I agree on principle with this comment. I also think that many people forget the nontrivial amount of knowledge it takes to get to 1250.
Im a 1250 is it okay because everyone seems to clown on us
Chess strength is relative, as is what we consider good.
For someone who is an expert level, or even higher intermediate, 1 250 is not too impressive. However for someone starting out and tying to get better, 1 250 rated player is Garry Kasparov.
Generally there is no point in stressing about the rating too much, and these type of questions are more or less redundant.
Anyway, I agree on principle with this comment. I also think that many people forget the nontrivial amount of knowledge it takes to get to 1250.
Of course, 1 250 rated player is not a beginner anymore. Those who try to look at the differences between certain ratings will see that for instance 800+ rated player (by the way, I am talking about rapid) already knows principles and tries to implement them (with various degree of success), so 1 250 rated player for sure knows principles, and knows a little bit more plus blunders less.
As for blunders, nobody is immune, not even super GMs, especially in faster games (but blunders happen even more when under pressure, and those are not the same as out of the blue piece hang in equal or better position).
As for blunders, nobody is immune, not even super GMs, especially in faster games (but blunders happen even more when under pressure, and those are not the same as out of the blue piece hang in equal or better position).
Yes, exactly. And I think 1200 is about the level, iirc, that unprompted piece hanging becomes pretty uncommon.
This is the problem: higher rated players see a piece hung in a position they think is simple, but may not be for a lower rated player. So they scream, why do the lower rated players hang pieces for no reason? But the truth is there may have been other reasons for the piece hang and the lower rated player may need to work on something quite different.
Just for fun, here's a recent rated rapid game of mine with an unprompted piece hang 16...Bc4.
(Well, it was a premove because my opponent assumed I would capture....but still)
I agree, at that level (especially when talking about longer games, that I play), people can go through a game or 2 without hanging a minor piece or more (pawns are excluded from this claim, and simple tactics as well, as I don't count them as a piece hanging, they are more complex than just leaving a piece to be taken).
I have to admit that was a funny blunder, but I don't think it's fair to account such fast games because well, that blunder isn't that much of a chess issue, it is more trying to save time and falling prey to a bad premove, because of unexpected move by opponent. I want to say, even this blunder is somewhat understandable.
I have to admit that was a funny blunder, but I don't think it's fair to account such fast games because well, that blunder isn't that much of a skill issue, it is more trying to save time and falling prey to a bad premove, because of unexpected move by opponent.
(Haha, well, it was a 10 minute game, and my opponent had 8:03 on the clock.)
But yes, it's true that sort of stuff doesn't happen often.
I have to admit that was a funny blunder, but I don't think it's fair to account such fast games because well, that blunder isn't that much of a skill issue, it is more trying to save time and falling prey to a bad premove, because of unexpected move by opponent.
(Haha, well, it was a 10 minute game, and my opponent had 8:03 on the clock.)
But yes, it's true that sort of stuff doesn't happen often.
Ouch. Oh my, I thought it was a bullet game. I have premoves disabled because of things like these. Though a few times I came to regret it, even in 60|0 or 30|0 games.
Im a 1250 is it okay because everyone seems to clown on us