If all youre playing is speed chess, then what did you expect but uneven results?
I'm getting worse and worse
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Why do you care so much about your rating? At this point, why not simply switch to unrated, problem solved? Two questions I would like an answer to, thanks in advance.
Well, specifically I've been playing 10-10 games, which isn't speed chess. And I do care about my rating a lot because part of me feels that it reflects my playing strength. And I haven't thought of thinking about switching to unrated, but it seems like a good idea.
Do you analyze your games? If you arent analyzing your games you could be making the same mistakes over and over again.
Nov 18, 2021
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10 minute games are pretty fast, that time control is actually designated as blitz by FIDE. Now of course, there are even faster games out there, but only a minority of people are able to progress playing 10 minute games and shorter (some can, but majority get stuck with a lower rating).
Apart from that, playing games alone might get someone over 2 000, but others have to work hard on their chess besides playing games. Should you take a break? Perhaps, if you feel bad, it might do some good.
If you wish to improve I would try somewhat longer games that give you more time to think. But you have to decide if you wish to explore this option or you really like 10 minute games and are not ready to play longer ones. You don't have to play many games per day, it is better to play 1 or 2 and analyze them then to play more shorter, lower quality ones and don't analyze those at all.
It is ultimately your call what you wish to do. In any case, good luck.
Thanks I mean yes 10 minute games are generally fast and I think that long games are really those 30-minute ones. Unfounruntly, I don't have much time to play some of those.
Also I don't have the unlimited version so I'm only able to analyse one game a day 
Nov 18, 2021
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Well, there are free tools out there that you can use. For instance I've used pgn Chessbook (I have some computer issues now, so I have linux only but when I buy new PC I will probably use it again). I actually think that it is somewhat more reliable than depth 18 stockfish we have here. There are certainly other free tools as well.
As for the lack of time, well, you can even play one 30 minute game per 2 days. Quality beats quantity. Just make sure to get as much from that game by looking at it afterwards. Or you can play one 15|10 game instead of a few 10 minute games.
You dont need an engine to analyze games, you can just play through the game and think about what you or your opponent should of done differently. Also if you know what opening was played in your game, you can do a youtube search and watch some videos about the opening you played. Engines can be useful too but its a bad idea to rely too much on them.
Nov 18, 2021
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jamesstack wrote:
You dont need an engine to analyze games, you can just play through the game and think about what you or your opponent should of done differently. Also if you know what opening was played in your game, you can do a youtube search and watch some videos about the opening you played. Engines can be useful too but its a bad idea to rely too much on them.
Well it all depends. If you just run through the game for a few minutes, then engine is useless. If you use it and try to understand the idea from time to time (but you need to sometimes let go when you don't really understand the idea behind an engine line) or to check out some lines you've discarded during the game, it can be useful. Generally the more time you allocate to analysis, the analysis will be more rewarding.
Yeah and like once a play a game I havn't really been going back to look at the mistakes; I've just been playing lots of games. But I think now, I'll try to get some quality games over quantity and deeply anazlie each game. And I'll probably also take a bit of a break, too.
Nov 18, 2021
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Uživatel Shpitzi0186 napsal:
Thanks I mean yes 10 minute games are generally fast and I think that long games are really those 30-minute ones. Unfounruntly, I don't have much time to play some of those.
Also I don't have the unlimited version so I'm only able to analyse one game a day
you can analyse even when you dont have the unlimited version... it only won't show you nicely what were the mistakes at the first sight but you can still going through the game and it will show you how approximately good is the position every move and what would the engine play... just go through the game like that and find moments when the position rating fell down fast and that was the mistake... that's how otb players analyse games... not with something what would say to you immedietly where did you do a mistake but with a strong engine and one move by another... on cc probably isnt the best great engine but if you only want find the biggest mistakes in a 10 min game its surely enough so you dont even need to rewrite it to fritz or stockfish or something like that...
Shpitzi0186 wrote:
Yeah and like once a play a game I havn't really been going back to look at the mistakes; I've just been playing lots of games. But I think now, I'll try to get some quality games over quantity and deeply anazlie each game. And I'll probably also take a bit of a break, too.
Play longer games to improve, that is really the only way. Either that or stop playing for a few days and instead practice visualization. With strong visualization you can improve pretty fast in my experience
I also have only one game per day to analyze and that isnt an excuse for not improving. What helps me when I find myself in similar situation as yours is restricting my games. By that I mean playing ONE and only one game per day. Take it as serious as I can and give my best. Analyze it after its finished, it doesnt matter wheter it was a win, draw or loss. There is always something new to learn. Once I stabilize my rating and get back to what I think is my current level I go back to my normal way of playing. Maybe try this for a week? Its somewhere between taking a break from chess but still doing it just enough to not get rusty. When Im in that mode, I dont skip doing puzzles daily. If I have more time I read a chess book or watch a video that is chess related somehow. I hope this helps you and I wish you best of luck! :)
Yeah and I think one of my biggest problems was that I would lose a game and try to make up for it with a win, and at the end of the day I would end up losing six games. I definitely am going to need to take this one game at a time.
nklristic wrote:
jamesstack wrote:
You dont need an engine to analyze games, you can just play through the game and think about what you or your opponent should of done differently. Also if you know what opening was played in your game, you can do a youtube search and watch some videos about the opening you played. Engines can be useful too but its a bad idea to rely too much on them.
Well it all depends. If you just run through the game for a few minutes, then engine is useless. If you use it and try to understand the idea from time to time (but you need to sometimes let go when you don't really understand the idea behind an engine line) or to check out some lines you've discarded during the game, it can be useful. Generally the more time you allocate to analysis, the analysis will be more rewarding.
Well in my response I said they are useful so I know all that. The larger point I was making was that you can still analyze games when engines arent available.....just use your own head, youtube, books, databases and the like.
Nov 19, 2021
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jamesstack wrote:
nklristic wrote:
jamesstack wrote:
You dont need an engine to analyze games, you can just play through the game and think about what you or your opponent should of done differently. Also if you know what opening was played in your game, you can do a youtube search and watch some videos about the opening you played. Engines can be useful too but its a bad idea to rely too much on them.
Well it all depends. If you just run through the game for a few minutes, then engine is useless. If you use it and try to understand the idea from time to time (but you need to sometimes let go when you don't really understand the idea behind an engine line) or to check out some lines you've discarded during the game, it can be useful. Generally the more time you allocate to analysis, the analysis will be more rewarding.
Well in my response I said they are useful so I know all that. The larger point I was making was that you can still analyze games when engines arent available.....just use your own head, youtube, books, databases and the like.
Of course, you are correct. People have analyzed their games without engine for years. But he doesn't even have to. There are free tools out there, and these tools can be even more reliable than desktop Stockfish on depth 18.
Nov 19, 2021
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You're overthinking which is causing your brain to divert itself and spend more RAM on worrying instead of focusing on finding the good move. When we are anxious and have worry, that supercomputer of a brain is taking away part of it's capacity. Do you see what I'm saying? Take care. Take a deep breather. And OVERCOME
Try doing the puzzles I find they help me a lot
I play a lot of chess, mostly rapid. My highest rapid rating was around 1650. But for the last five-six months, I've been in a huge slump. I'll usually lose a lot of games and end up frustrated at the end of the day. I've had short bursts of success, but I lose more games than I win. My rating has been slipping, (I'm at 1506 now) and I'm wondering if it's even worth it at this point because I'm pretty busy. Should I just take a break or focus on something else completely? And why has this slump been so long?