Is that normal or I'm just horrible on chess?

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Rodrigo-Moraes


I'm losing many games in a row... This is kind of ok, I'm kind of new to ~550+-

But my thing is, what's really happening about this ELO, is that normal people are making 70% AVG?

I'm studying problems here on chess.com, but still don't understand how ELOs 500 that we hear a lot that they are horrible (apparently like me), are so damn strong.

Coach_Kashchei

They are also very weak and blundering on every move.

The accuracy numbers don't mean anything because they don't take into account complexity of the moves.

80% accuracy in a game of 500 rated players on cc and 80% accuracy in a game of two GMs are completely different.

Rodrigo-Moraes
Coach_Kashchei escreveu:

They are also very weak and blundering on every move.

The accuracy numbers don't mean anything because they don't take into account complexity of the moves.

80% accuracy in a game of 500 rated players on cc and 80% accuracy in a game of two GMs are completely different.

That's actually makes sense.
Now I think I get when people say: "the accuracy is not the measure" if the player and opponent are making obvious moves, that doesn't necessary means this is good chess. Even being 80%
I still find it hard, but I will eventually figure out how to escalate the ladder of ELO.
What I don't want is to be like a guy I saw that has 14,000 games and is still 500.
I have 1,300 it's more than I wanted, that's why I'm now doing more and more puzzle / problem solving

Coach_Kashchei

If after 1300 games you're still a 500-rated player then there is something really wrong.

EmTat
Coach_Kashchei wrote:

If after 1300 games you're still a 500-rated player then there is something really wrong.

Yeah. 💯

Ricardo185211

Try playing longer time controls to give yourself more time to think.

Fr3nchToastCrunch
Coach_Kashchei wrote:

If after 1300 games you're still a 500-rated player then there is something really wrong.

A lot of people don't want to hear this, but there is unfortunately some truth to it. It took me just under 500 games (not including games against bots, in which case the total would be 501) to hit 1000, and some people might even consider that to be a high number of games to reach it.

In any event, it really isn't as hard as some people make it out to be. I may not be a great player, but I'm definitely far from the braindead patzer I was two years ago.