Should I head to TACTICS or ENDGAME?

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Avatar of Ramned

Hey. Today I was stunned to find I could reach 2240 on the tactics trainer and solve a 2300+ rated problem. But my OTB is only 1600-1700....so 2240 must be inflated, but does anyone know how that compares in general to the chess.com population? Should I concentrate my studying to tactics (right now I'm doing 40 problems / day) or should I shift more to endgame study (right now I'm doing about 1-2 lessons / day from Silman's Endgame Course)?

I'm rather pleased on such a high score for tactics, someone just come in and burst that ego for me. How good is 2240 really for tactics?

Avatar of RyanMK

That is a good score on tactics. I belive that you should continue doing tactics (maybe 25-30/day?) and increase engame study a little (5-10/day?).

Avatar of noodlex

Do both. Conserve a little bit of time for some tactics and then spend the rest of the time on endgame.

Avatar of peldan

I have a rating of 1500 OTB and I, also, have a tactics trainer rating of 2200+. I figured the ratings where just inflated. I think until I reach something like 2700+ I should probably continue to study as much tactics as I possibly can because it is still due to tactics that I lose my games.

Avatar of Abarai

What is OTB?

Avatar of TheOldReb
Vegeta2 wrote:

What is OTB?


 You have a FIDE rating and don't know what OTB is ?  hhmmmmm

Avatar of gumpty
Reb wrote:
Vegeta2 wrote:

What is OTB?


 You have a FIDE rating and don't know what OTB is ?  hhmmmmm


LOL
Avatar of Whipster

Well, Internet ratings tend to be wildly inaccurate, though I practice my tactics on www.chesstempo.com, where I think the ratings are slightly more realistic.

Avatar of KillaBeez

2250 is inflated, but still pretty good for tactics trainer.  I suspect your OTB rating may be a little deflated at the moment

Avatar of razorblade12

on chesstempo they have started to do endgames as well!

Avatar of chAmPheSs

You should do a bit of both. Both endgame and tactics are important. All masters could play the endgame and efficiently use tactics.

Avatar of jakeegli2

how do you find tournaments to get a OTB rating