In live chess should I play my computer(fritz) or online against people.
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rtr1129 wrote:
yup790 wrote:
My main problem is that I don't think. I loose nearly all games to a tactical mistake. This is keeping me below the 1000 mark.
Doing tactics problems is important, and you won't fix your tactical mistakes without doing tactics problems almost every day. Even if you only start with 1 problem per day, that's fine. The important thing is that you get into the habit of improving your chess every day.
I say this because forming a new habit is the hard part. Once the habit is formed, you can do more than 1 problem per day. Psychology research says a successful habit has three parts: (1) A trigger, (2) the action/habit, and (3) a reward.
So do this: At the same time each day, in the same place, get away from all screens (TV/computer/phone/etc), take a few deep breaths, and do 1 tactical problem. Then give yourself a piece of chocolate or candy, or whatever you like. The reward is critical, you won't form a habit without it. Once this becomes a habit that you do every day, start doing more than 1 problem.
However, you also need to have some structure to your thinking process when you play. I am reading this book, "The Process of Decision Making in Chess" by Philip Ochman. You can download it from Amazon for like $8. The way I am using it is, I go through the process he describes on paper. It takes a very long time on paper. The goal is to get faster and faster, and eventually be able to do it OTB.
I would suggest you stop playing blitz and only play Online Chess where you have several days to make a move. First you need to get used to thinking about chess correctly, and that means taking your time. Later on, what takes you 30 minutes to think about now, will become instant. The same way you first learned letters, then words, then sentences.
Give myself a reward? What are we dogs?
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yup790 wrote:
In live chess should I play my computer(fritz) or online against people.
There is no right or wrong here.
Note that it is difficult for programmers to write a strong chess engine that can play convincingly at low rating levels. Many play GM-level moves, then do something stupid, then back to GM moves, to even out their calculated rating. Generally it's better to play a weak engine rather than a strong one, say Fritz 12, dialled down to a low rating. There are notable exceptions, such as Hiarcs.
Personally, I prefer to play people. There are loads around on Chess.com and they all play slightly differently.
no dont play live chess just OTB 90+30 and online chess 5 days per move
On a whim. Although it wasn't exactly deep or perhaps even useful annotation. Here's some free opinions on your last game. Keep in mind i'm not a particularly strong player, and there's probably countless things i've missed.
mattyf9 wrote:
Give myself a reward? What are we dogs?
Yes, exactly! Habit formation happens mostly in the basal ganglia part of the brain, which dogs also have.
Research tells us willpower is a depletable resource. If you try to form a good habit, or break a bad habit, by using only willpower, you are very likely to fail.
Our brains crave creating habits, because it puts our brain on autopilot, and frees the brain to focus its energy on more important tasks.
Here's an example of how it works. You want to start running every morning at 7am. Here's what you do. The night before, put your running shoes and clothes next to the bed, and set an alarm for 7am. Put your reward (chocolate, or whatever) by the door for when you return from your run. Go to bed for the night. When your alarm goes off, get up and put on your running shoes, and walk out your front door. At this point, you can run as little as you like, 10 steps to your mailbox and back is fine. Go back inside and have your chocolate. Repeat this every day, and your brain will take this cluster of "trigger-action-reward" and put it on autopilot. Once you have established this habit, you can start running farther than to your mailbox. The hard part (getting out of bed and getting out the front door) is on autopilot now. Your brain no longer fights against it, it now craves it.
The reason this works is because our brain takes the "trigger-action-reward" cluster and begins to associate the reward with the trigger. There is a famous experiment where a monkey was shown shapes on a computer screen, and if he pulled a level, he would get a drop of blackberry juice. At first, his brain activity would spike only AFTER he got the blackberry juice (the reward). After he kept pulling the level for a while, his brain activity would spike as soon as the shapes showed up on the screen, BEFORE he got his reward.
After a few weeks, when your alarm clock goes off at 7am, your brain experiences the joy of the reward BEFORE you go running, and so you have created this situation where it's now pleasurable for you to get up and go running, and where your brain will have to use its limited amounts of willpower to stay in bed. If you try to stop running now, you may even experience withdrawl symptoms and have a mini bout of depression.
This explains it in a little more detail:
And you can read a book called "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg for even more info on it.
rtr1129 wrote:
mattyf9 wrote:
Give myself a reward? What are we dogs?
Yes, exactly! Habit formation happens mostly in the basal ganglia part of the brain, which dogs also have.
Research tells us willpower is a depletable resource. If you try to form a good habit, or break a bad habit, by using only willpower, you are very likely to fail.
Our brains crave creating habits, because it puts our brain on autopilot, and frees the brain to focus its energy on more important tasks.
Here's an example of how it works. You want to start running every morning at 7am. Here's what you do. The night before, put your running shoes and clothes next to the bed, and set an alarm for 7am. Put your reward (chocolate, or whatever) by the door for when you return from your run. Go to bed for the night. When your alarm goes off, get up and put on your running shoes, and walk out your front door. At this point, you can run as little as you like, 10 steps to your mailbox and back is fine. Go back inside and have your chocolate. Repeat this every day, and your brain will take this cluster of "trigger-action-reward" and put it on autopilot. Once you have established this habit, you can start running farther than to your mailbox. The hard part (getting out of bed and getting out the front door) is on autopilot now. Your brain no longer fights against it, it now craves it.
The reason this works is because our brain takes the "trigger-action-reward" cluster and begins to associate the reward with the trigger. There is a famous experiment where a monkey was shown shapes on a computer screen, and if he pulled a level, he would get a drop of blackberry juice. At first, his brain activity would spike only AFTER he got the blackberry juice (the reward). After he kept pulling the level for a while, his brain activity would spike as soon as the shapes showed up on the screen, BEFORE he got his reward.
After a few weeks, when your alarm clock goes off at 7am, your brain experiences the joy of the reward BEFORE you go running, and so you have created this situation where it's now pleasurable for you to get up and go running, and where your brain will have to use its limited amounts of willpower to stay in bed. If you try to stop running now, you may even experience withdrawl symptoms and have a mini bout of depression.
This explains it in a little more detail:
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/02/an_excerpt_from_charles_duhigg_s_the_power_of_habit_.html
And you can read a book called "The Power of Habit" by Charles Duhigg for even more info on it.
Let me guess, you're a 3rd year Psych Major.
mattyf9 wrote:
Let me guess, you're a 3rd year Psych Major.
No, even better! I'm just someone changing my bad habits. It really works.
I am a getting slower and so lasting longer, still need to work on opponents candidate moves.
However, I often have little purpose with my moves. I need to develop plans. What is the best book on planning, I have Winning chess strategies, think like a grandmaster and amaters mind.
Is it good practise to play fritz on 1300(lowest)
my trainer sad once wea Gm's dont think faster then normal chess player for example look how fast he made a plan no after 20-30 years out of what opening we know where the fight will be what is his plan from looking at so many games not because wee find moves fast.
i reccomend studying endgames endgame endgames
quoteing capablanca "In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and end game must be studied in relation to the end game."
rtr1129 wrote:
EAPidgeon wrote:
I recommend you familiarize yourself with openings with many transpositions and that are common.
Sorry, but this is bad advice for his situation. No one below 1000 needs to spend 1 second on specific openings.
I agree. And at some point you should first become familiar with pawn and piece structures which result from openings rather than memorizing the moves. This free video should be very helpful.
http://www.chess.com/video/player/pawn-structure-101-every-opening-explained
" I need to develop plans. What is the best book on planning,"
Chess Mentor has several excellent courses. It teaches you principles, and asks you for the best move. It them gives you feedback ==
that is a bad move because.....
he might be right who has learned how to attack on the qeenside without looking at the bennoni or looking at pal benko games he might not look at oppening theory but the plans at oponenings
The best way to train a thinking system is to practice it while playing online chess. This gives you time to go through the whole process without having to worry about time trouble. I recommend making a list and going down the list of all the things in your system that you want to train. The most important thing is to get in the habit of checking ALL checks, captures, and threats… no matter how silly they might first appear.
qrayons wrote:
The best way to train a thinking system is to practice it while playing online chess. This gives you time to go through the whole process without having to worry about time trouble. I recommend making a list and going down the list of all the things in your system that you want to train. The most important thing is to get in the habit of checking ALL checks, captures, and threats… no matter how silly they might first appear.
Yes! Agree 100%
qrayons wrote:
The most important thing is to get in the habit of checking ALL checks, captures, and threats… no matter how silly they might first appear.
Bingo!
Should I play fritz or online live/correspondance. I don't want my rating to lower(I play people who are 200 higher than me)
well the thing is play correspondence chess and use kotov system of thinking even doe the system is shit its a great way to train yourself.