Thanks for your insight. I really want to stop playing as I don't want to devote my time to it (leave it to professionals). Yours and comments from other high rated players do help me. It is hard to stop though, it is like mental masturbation - useless but fun activity that requires no effort to get things done.
Thanks for your insight. I really want to stop playing as I don't want to devote my time to it (leave it to professionals). Yours and comments from other high rated players do help me. It is hard to stop though, it is like mental masturbation - useless but fun activity that requires no effort to get things done.
I wish chess was like mental masturbation, at least...
LOL thanks guys, make my day 
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| Category | Rating range |
|---|---|
| Grandmaster | 2600 and up |
| Senior master | 2400–2599 |
| Master | 2200–2399 |
| Expert | 2000–2199 |
| Class A | 1800–1999 |
| Class B | 1600–1799 |
| Class C | under 1600 |
this is the chess chart i am under 1600
if you are a grandmaster say it!!!
in the coments pls
pls
class c
yep my rating weird but class c
i didnt earn this rating
I just started and have been smoked in the first three games I've played. What is the best path for rapid improvement ?
The game is infinite. Rarely does anyone, likely even Magnus Carlson, believe he is "good" enough. And how does one even define "good?"
If one wishes to improve, they must study the game which includes tactics, strategy, openings, middle and end games. And analyzing ones mistakes, along with master games is quite helpful. Would also recommend a coach. Chess.com has been a wonderful site for me.
maybe you understand that chess is a waste of time and they should have done something else more enjoyable with their lives
I resent that
Is this still valid considering you used to start at around 1200 (correct me if I'm wrong) and now you start at around 700. Seems a lot harder to climb that way?
Is this still valid considering you used to start at around 1200 (correct me if I'm wrong) and now you start at around 700. Seems a lot harder to climb that way?
If you mean for this site, then yes it is valid.
I started on here in October 2020 and now have an 1800 rating. But I have played for a few years. When I was younger I looked up to the guys who had 1600's, 1700's and 1800's ratings and thought they were gods on the threshold of chess greatness. As you climb you realise that is not the case. The real gods don't play in the sand pit.
I now look at the guys in the 2000's and think how awesome it would be if I somehow got to that level of chess awareness. Maybe someday I will get a coach (I have never had one), and maybe one day I will study games, but I am way too old to ever be good.
Thanks for your insight. I really want to stop playing as I don't want to devote my time to it (leave it to professionals). Yours and comments from other high rated players do help me. It is hard to stop though, it is like mental masturbation - useless but fun activity that requires no effort to get things done.