idk kid why are you still 1300 and 1200 in blitz and bullet, you are only 1600 kid don't get on your high horse.
I dont think bullet and blitz are real chess. Only standard rating have some importance for me. By the way I was 1500 + at blitz, I am under rated now .
I dont understand people who play over 10 000 or 5 000 games here, and they are still 1200, 1300 or 1400 ?? Why they play chess if they dont improve ? What is the point ? Are they stupid for chess or.... ?
Many reasons...
For some its just a game
For some its a way of passing the time
For some like myself, its something to do at lunch
For some, improvement at chess isnt important, they just want to play
I used to love to play Operation. It didnt mean i wanted to be a doctor.
I wish I thought of this reply.
People who play thousands of games and fail to improve typically never analyze their games or study anything. They are just having fun. I normally spend about 3-5 hours to annotate a single standard game of mine. Sometimes even more. Only this way you will realize what your mistakes and flawed thinking patterns are, as well as discover new possibilities.
Basically, there are two main problems here: a) people who don't analyze their games at all b) people who try to analyze their own games, but they don't know how to do it. I wrote a column on this subject a while ago here at Chess.com.
People who play thousands of games and fail to improve typically never analyze their games or study anything. They are just having fun. I normally spend about 3-5 hours to annotate a single standard game of mine. Sometimes even more. Only this way you will realize what your mistakes and flawed thinking patterns are, as well as discover new possibilities.
Basically, there are two main problems here: a) people who don't analyze their games at all b) people who try to analyze their own games, but they don't know how to do it. I wrote a column on this subject a while ago here at Chess.com.
Thanks Natalia. Yeah, chess is hard. None of you did not become a chess master in a few months. You studied hard for years. Chess is too difficult game. Because of that only a few people on the planet carries the title of chess master. But I do not understand how someone cant progress at least, several hundred points if ten years here. Without analysis, only playing chess...
some people are not serious about chess they just want to have fun. i don't understand this because for me it's fun to win! and the only way i can keep winning is by learning more about chess.
And then you have me on the other end of the spectrum. Last weekend at a tournament, I won my first round game. Second round my opponent and I played 15 moves and agreed to a draw, that way we had a 2.5 hour lunch. 3rd round i played the entire 50 move game in 13 minutes and lost (no surprise there). 4th round game? I was going to be the exchange up at move 14, offered my opponent a draw, and a bunch of us went to a chinese buffet. That is how i approach chess...FUN.
some people are not serious about chess they just want to have fun. i don't understand this because for me it's fun to win! and the only way i can keep winning is by learning more about chess.
And then you have me on the other end of the spectrum. Last weekend at a tournament, I won my first round game. Second round my opponent and I played 15 moves and agreed to a draw, that way we had a 2.5 hour lunch. 3rd round i played the entire 50 move game in 13 minutes and lost (no surprise there). 4th round game? I was going to be the exchange up at move 14, offered my opponent a draw, and a bunch of us went to a chinese buffet. That is how i approach chess...FUN.
That made me laugh. Yeah, if you're having fun who cares!
sometimes it can be the one who you are having fun at the expense of :)
Hey Natalia Pogonina is on this thread!!! aw yessss!
I think since chess has become available on the internet there has been a huge shift in playing strength between tournament and non-tournament players. 25 years ago when I was playing tournament chess my rating went up to 1450 before I called it quits in tournaments. The few people with whom I was acquainted with who knew how to play chess but knew nothing about tournament play were no competition for me. Most Class C tournament players could probably beat 90% of those who played casually. Class C in the USCF is the average playing strength of the majority of those who played competitively.
Today I don't believe that to be true. Many here at Chess.com claim they have never played in a tournament and yet they seem to be quite strong. The internet changed all of that.
Everyone should remember though that "weak" is a relative term. The average GM is "weak" compared to the World Champion and it goes all the way down to patzer level. I do know how hard I worked to reach 1450 in tournament play and even though it isn't something to write home about, to accomplish even that goal I think is commendable.
Even though I will never know how high I may have reached if I had continued, I do know that I never had any special talent which I was privileged to see in a few other players who went on to much higher levels.
Some ppl play for fun
Some ppl play for fun
So does Magnus Carlsen.
Why one should care about rating on online chess? I play even if Im sleepy or angry in here. online games tend to bore me as well, since they are not worth so much
weak players are ill people(players) and must be healed(banned).
I dont understand people who play over 10 000 or 5 000 games here, and they are still 1200, 1300 or 1400 ?? Why they play chess if they dont improve ? What is the point ? Are they so unintrested for chess or.... ? What is the point ? People are here 7 8 years playing actively and they are still 1200 ?
i have been here for a month and am near 1400 with a premium membership and i hope to improve till 1600 pretty soon. i agree to you and to the other players who posted they play chess for fun.
If I'm going to work that hard (to reach my maximum chess performance), I want to get paid!
I am here for a half year. I would be ashamed if I dont be about 2000 in three, four or five years. The point of this forum is clear. Read it again, before you answer this post :)
"If I dont be" ??? Those who live in glass houses.......
it took me 2 years of being on this site to reach 2000
"Too much Blitz rots the brain" - Socrates
Too much blitz is contrary to strong analysis and strategic depth. Definitely a brain exercise though. Sprinting vs. marathon. Different beasts. Being good at one doesn't imply strength in the other and might even be deleterious to it.