Today I'm leaving chess.com permanently

do one troll

How about just ban the bstds? Why should I have to switch my chat off, so they can be allowed to abuse people, insult and troll them? F this liberal BS of appeasement.

No you're not.

U can call me Nostradamon.

Online opponents are way way way stronger than any OTB opponent especially if it's blitz or bullet. The blitz pool is the strongest of all the chess pools 2300 blitz is like 2200 imo. The best way to overcome them, is to study constantly and eventually you will destroy them. You also need to focus on consistency of your play. 1400's are bad and so are 1700's they just seem good. If your playing awfully stop playing until your playing better. Playing badly reinforces bad chess habits. I would say I haven't done any classical time controls I'm certain otb classical players are super strong but they probably have tons of computer lines prepared, so I wouldn't really call that strength. Strength= amount of moves played with minimum book.

What is anyone going to talk about with strangers during a chess game that's so important?

"Hi"?

"A/S/L"?

"Nice move"?

You're not really going to miss anything important by having the chat off. But it sounds like you're already receiving a lot of aggravation by having your chat on ...

Has to work both ways, no? Or only you should be allowed to abuse? This must be the most boneheaded ... Oh wait.

More boohoo.

How to make adults cry:

Step1: let them play chess.com

skibler 123

Loser.

Another dramatic exit by someone no one cared about or knew was on the site anyhow.

This is all you people say, don't like being abused, trolled, turn chat off, that's your answer.

No. My answer was to grow a thicker skin. Hence,

Boohoo

Yes, I do see what you mean. After reading the past four days on this thread, it appears some just need to work harder. Working smarter isn’t happening. C’mon all you 3rd classers, you can do it!

Today I will eat bacon and egg..... which is just as important to tell people as the original post.

Three cheers and three cheers more!

Cap

We will miss you

It's a shame the OP felt the need to close their account instead of making some simple changes but I can understand how someone like the OP who has clearly worked hard to improve would become disillusioned. I'm not bashing this website and everyone can get a lot out of it for free but the moderation and customer service side is very inconsistent. Questions in the support and feedback forums that go unanswered is poor as is removing features without giving any notice. It seems the attitude is like it or lump it which isn't the friendliest approach especially for paid subscribers.

No!

No one will miss this guy.