Is my tactics rating decent

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Ashton_Yeager

My tactics rating is now 1307 and a month or two ago was 600.  Is my tactics level good?

lfPatriotGames
BelowAveragePlayer02 wrote:

I don't even play tactics cuz you are meant to "guess" the next move. Its basically like giving me a pile of cards and asking me where the joker is.

 

 

I'm not sure anyone is actually meant to guess the next move. Sometimes guessing might work, but I dont think it's a reliable strategy for improving chess ability. I think what is actually supposed to happen is you are supposed to evaluate all the potentially good moves (sometimes there are many) and pick the one that is the best.                 

Harmbtn

I think your attitude to work hard on your tactics is very good. 600 to 1300 in a short time is excellent progress!

 

Don't worry if you don't see the same improvement in your games yet. It takes time and practice to incorporate your new knowledge and better understanding of tactical patterns to be able to see them when they appear in your games. Your brain is working to rewire itself happy.png

 

wizardinyourbed4days

no ur no good but i still want it like that

BeepBeepImA747

Mine is 1500 get GUD
Jenium

"Good" is a relative term. In any case Tactics Trainer is a nice tool to improve your chess.

ShipDriver_Hand
BeepBeepImA747 wrote:

Mine is 1500 get GUD

You have you much to learn. I am 20 to 0 on my TT and climbing.

LeonSKennedy992

My tactics rating is 2100, and I hardly try.

 

My advice to you is get a BOOK by Fred Reinfeild and study all of the tactics or Judit Polgar's tactics book.

ShipDriver_Hand

Lol, you guys watch meh, you have no clue what my TT rating is gonna be. (if only I got a membership)

LeonSKennedy992
ShipDriver_Hand wrote:

Lol, you guys watch meh, you have no clue what my TT rating is gonna be. (if only I got a membership)

even with premium, the puzzles become quite a challenge.  I am getting 2500 level endgame puzzles now.

ShipDriver_Hand

I see. Well, 5 a day is enough really. In the months to come, I will rise far above you all. Muahaha

LeonSKennedy992

BUY A TACTICS chess book like 1001 ways to checkmate by Fred Reinfeild.....after reading that FULLY, I promise you that you will be a faaaar stronger player.

 

cheers

ed1975

Won't that just drill checkmates? What about all the other kinds of tactics?

LeonSKennedy992
ed1975 wrote:

Won't that just drill checkmates? What about all the other kinds of tactics?

Reading that book increased my rating 300 points.  But yes also buy a normal tactics book that details common themes like deflections, pins, double attacks, zugswang....etc

ShipDriver_Hand
LeonSKennedy992 wrote:

BUY A TACTICS chess book like 1001 ways to checkmate by Fred Reinfeild.....after reading that FULLY, I promise you that you will be a faaaar stronger player.

 

cheers

I know I'm unrated here, but IRL I'm 1786, this book will still help me you think?

btw, I got a have a puzzle rating of 2697 on lichess so, my Tactics are decent. 

Thanks for the book advice, I'm always at a loss to figure out how to get better.