Hey y'all. I'm part of the recent wave of chess players and have decided to make this a hobby of mine. (I mainly play rapid for context). To stay engaged I am using the players league to gauge if I'm improving or not. The reason I'm starting to think this might be a bad idea is my games tend to have a two result out come. I win the game is because they blunder their queen within the first two or three minutes OR I lose in spectacular fashion and got railed the entire time. This bothers me because I feel like I'm not covering the holes that exist in my mid and end game (mainly how and when to be aggressive or defensive and recognizing possible checkmates) . If I get to higher leagues would this go away? Should I try and use different metrics for gauging improvement?
Players League promoting only reflects the amount of games played, not strength or improvement.
Hey y'all. I'm part of the recent wave of chess players and have decided to make this a hobby of mine. (I mainly play rapid for context). To stay engaged I am using the players league to gauge if I'm improving or not. The reason I'm starting to think this might be a bad idea is my games tend to have a two result out come. I win the game is because they blunder their queen within the first two or three minutes OR I lose in spectacular fashion and got railed the entire time. This bothers me because I feel like I'm not covering the holes that exist in my mid and end game (mainly how and when to be aggressive or defensive and recognizing possible checkmates) . If I get to higher leagues would this go away? Should I try and use different metrics for gauging improvement?