I think more people are analyzing their games these days. It is easy to hit the analysis button after a game
Players on here seem to be getting stronger.
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@aksuited I agree with #1 #3 I don't analyze but people are deffinetly getting stronger to stay at the same elo you have to learn just as fast as your opponent and more people are learning too quickly if you don't get better you drop in elo that's usually why I do the setting -25+ all since I get paired with the players that figure things out fast
May 2, 2024
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I think it's logical to imitate players rated above 2000. Their games are available for study, and improvement is what everybody wants.
I don't know why this is the case, but I've found lower level oponents (<1000) busting out like 8 moves of good principles/theory in openings where I was trying to surprise with unconventional sacrifices or gambits... I guess engines have a lot to do with this improvement, analyzing games is now as easy as never before.
May 2, 2024
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For example, it seem a higher percentage of players on here are able to get 70-80 moves in during a 3 minute game. Also, it seems players are not blundering pieces or allowing checkmates as often as they used to.
Players are certainly getting better at blitz. The newest ~2020 boom of players play it far more than any boom of players that came before. They can play long games extremely quickly and without outright hanging pieces or checkmates, while avoiding time pressure and staying cool when they do get into time pressure.
Tactically though, I'm not so sure. The newest boom of players (the ones not dropping off) are surely starting to do puzzle practice and other good tactical habits, but so I guess the answer is also yes, but it's far more noticeable in the blitz world, at least I suspect.
If you take a look at chessgoals.com, the ELO-Fide relationship seems to have inverted. Up until around 1900 ELO, it seems that FIDE and chess.com are closely correlated. Above 1900, chess.com ratings begin to outpace FIDE and USCF ratings once again. It seems allowing massive numbers of new players to begin at ratings as low as 400 has deflated the global rating average.
Luckily, this new shift gives the playerbase a more accurate way to guesstimate their actual playing strength in terms of accepted rating formulae like FIDE and USCF. It wasn't long ago that chess.com blitz was ~300 points higher than FIDE.
Oh I didnt know that, I thought it was 400 points across the board.
That actually explains a lot.
May 2, 2024
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#13
I play mostly blitz. It is interesting how the chess com ratings correlate to USCF and FIDE ratings. These days I am surprised when someone hangs a piece.
@aksuited I am not surprised when a 2200 hange piece we all suck(including me) lol
Chessgoals.com gives some pretty significant evidence that player strength has been trending upwards.
I just won my first game based on end game knowledge.
Before I won all games on blunders.
Blundered myself in this game, but the opponent didnt caught it.
So yeah blunders are still a big thing around rating 1000 (rapid).
May 2, 2024
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#18
I know I make a forum about this but some American started blaming me for AI.
Ai that's new I thought it was stockfish
Yes, I believe players are getting stronger these days.
GM Hikaru Nakamura actually mentioned this recently on one of his streams - that players are improving faster and playing more accurately at newer stages of the game.
Engine analysis and online playing are both a part of it - players are able to play many more games in shorter amounts of time, and analyze at a much higher level, than they've been able to in the past.
When I was new to chess, it was an over-the-board game - and analyzing was something that you did on your own, or with another person (which meant that often things were missed, and conclusions were wrong).
These days, anyone with an internet browser can get instant analyses and ideas from a 3000+ strength engine. The learning curve is shrinking away.
It seems the players on here are getting faster and stronger. For example, it seem a higher percentage of players on here are able to get 70-80 moves in during a 3 minute game. Also, it seems players are not blundering pieces or allowing checkmates as often as they used to. I wonder if other players on here feel that way. It just seems you have to really grind out the victories. Also, other players punish mistakes right away.