Not that much OTB experience! Occasionally play OTB with family members and played OTB quite a bit in secondary school with my mate that is roughly my level but that's it.
I will try to use all my time! And I figured doing lots of opening prep is good too so that I don't fall for cheap traps...thanks for the advice!
What's your otb rating?
what makes otb so different?
Been playing here casually and decided to join a FIDE-registered tournament in 2 months. 9 games, time control: 3 rapid games, less than 1h and 6 long games with 2h+ time control.
Roughly 60 players in the tournament with average rating of 1750-1800 FIDE.
I am unrated but have a stable 1850-1950 blitz rating on here, 1900-2000 bullet rating and started doing rapid games so my standard rating is 1650-1700 after 1 week of playing it intensely. I think I can add another 50-100 elo points to my rapid rating if I stop playing so fast because I often end up having twice as much time as my opponents by the end of the game.
So my question is, will I most likely fail this tournament horribly with 0.5/9 points or do I have a shot at getting a decent score? Will I be able to get an official FIDE rating? Will I want to leave the tournament after two consecutive losses?
Will update this thread during the tournament!
What tournament?
Agreed that you should NOT withdraw due to early losses.
When I played in my first important rated tournament (Canadian Junior Championship, back in1974) I scored one win, one draw and lost the other seven games. The win was in a late round... so I was still fighting for points despite losing the first several games.
In your first few tournaments, you are mostly playing for experience. So play, play, play... there's no sense "getting experience" at withdrawing from tournaments. It's not a skill that will be useful to you later on.
That chess.com material score counter represents a bad habit anyway. NEVER count the pieces that are sitting beside the board. You should count the material that is still ON the board instead.
What if some player on a different board borrows a captured piece, to fill out a Pawn promotion? If you are counting the material that's sitting beside the board, you'll get the wrong total!
Very good responses!
Yes I figured I will need to keep track of material, pawn promotions, time controls, illegal moves etc but these I believe won't be big problems. Or at least I hope.
Does anyone have an idea of how my performance should be? As the average rating is roughly 1800 FIDE and there will be 9 games?
I will also post my games on here probably!
what makes otb so different?
Besides having to move your pieces manually, you have to remember to hit your clock after your move and to record all the moves. This might sound simple, but when you are in the unfamiliar position of playing OTB under FIDE rules, while trying to play good chess against an experienced opponent, it's not so easy.
@ameraljic: I don't mean to overstate the difficulty of these mechanics. Between now and the tournament, mentally go through the sequence whenever you have a spare minute: move, clock, write down move. The more OTB chess you play, the more it will become automatic. Good luck!
Does an unrated player "win" a tourney?... Or only certain sections?
Can I just show up to an under 1800 section and come home with $$$?
unrated players can win a tournament, however, they usually get a fraction of the total prize fund. it is also very unlikely that you would win an under 1800 section, try for u 1600 if you want to be certain lol.
unrated players can win a tournament, however, they usually get a fraction of the total prize fund. it is also very unlikely that you would win an under 1800 section, try for u 1600 if you want to be certain lol.
Ahh!...confounding 600 pts inflated blitz rating of chess.com! Silman says 400pts lower to USCF then another 200 to FIDE.
what makes otb so different?
Besides having to move your pieces manually, you have to remember to hit your clock after your move and to record all the moves. This might sound simple,
It doesn't sound or seem simple at first but you quickly get used of it and it becomes as natural as breathing.
Agreed. Even in my first OTB tournament in 1970, I had no problem with this. Oddly enough, when I returned to tournament play last year after 25 years away, I frequently forgot to hit the clock. Not sure why that happened, but it has all become natural again.
“How will it go?”
It's chess for blood!
unrated players can win a tournament, however, they usually get a fraction of the total prize fund. it is also very unlikely that you would win an under 1800 section, try for u 1600 if you want to be certain lol.
Ahh!...confounding 600 pts inflated blitz rating of chess.com! Silman says 400pts lower to USCF then another 200 to FIDE.
I am sure that this is some witty comeback somewhere, but i am having trouble understanding it. Can you please rephrase? Are you saying that I am not high rated enough to judge, or that you are better than what i am suggesting you are? Or something else entirely? Thank you!
what makes otb so different?
A LOT!
There are numerous other factors. This is just a few of them!
I am sure that this is some witty comeback somewhere, but i am having trouble understanding it. Can you please rephrase? Are you saying that I am not high rated enough to judge, or that you are better than what i am suggesting you are? Or something else entirely? Thank you!
Something else....I was remarking on chess.com blitz rating vs FIDE rating. IM Silman, who has a following, supposedly said that chess.com blitz players were inflated by 400pts vs USCF. So then USCF is said to be 200 pts inflated higher than FIDE. So that would put me around 1100-1200 FIDE. Eeks.
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