When does it get hard

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I thought of this question, more and more recently. When I was a young player the opening was difficult, then middlegame. Most of us can play the open and not think too much, but that happens also. The question is, when does the game get difficult, for you? 

Don’t come at me with “depends on the position” because that is basically the same question. lol

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It gets hard at 500 rapid, or 400 blitz & bullet.

I don't know, middle game might be the hardest for me. But I don't care. I love to experiment with moves even if I don't know if they're good or bad. I could NEVER play the same over and over in every game. I can only play by intuition.

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TheDestroyersOf_all87 wrote:

It gets hard at 500 rapid, or 400 blitz & bullet.

I don't know, middle game might be the hardest for me. But I don't care. I love to experiment with moves even if I don't know if they're good or bad. I could NEVER play the same over and over in every game. I can only play by intuition.

You could have just said eff off? I mean, really? 500? 400? 

I am 1450 in the rw. As long as you’re not “playing” around you should be able to hang with a 12-1400. When I was young and competitive I bounced around 1600 for a few years. The ratings here, currently, are a joke, to say the least. Don’t give me that “pool” BS either.

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LillyWhiteAce wrote:
TheDestroyersOf_all87 wrote:

It gets hard at 500 rapid, or 400 blitz & bullet.

I don't know, middle game might be the hardest for me. But I don't care. I love to experiment with moves even if I don't know if they're good or bad. I could NEVER play the same over and over in every game. I can only play by intuition.

You could have just said eff off? I mean, really? 500? 400?

I am 1450 in the rw. As long as you’re not “playing” around you should be able to hang with a 12-1400. When I was young and competitive I bounced around 1600 for a few years. The ratings here, currently, are a joke, to say the least. Don’t give me that “pool” BS either.

Do you have a fide elo? Opening as black against e4 has been hard for me

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I think it depends on the position
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LillyWhiteAce wrote:
TheDestroyersOf_all87 wrote:

It gets hard at 500 rapid, or 400 blitz & bullet.

I don't know, middle game might be the hardest for me. But I don't care. I love to experiment with moves even if I don't know if they're good or bad. I could NEVER play the same over and over in every game. I can only play by intuition.

You could have just said eff off? I mean, really? 500? 400?

I am 1450 in the rw. As long as you’re not “playing” around you should be able to hang with a 12-1400. When I was young and competitive I bounced around 1600 for a few years. The ratings here, currently, are a joke, to say the least. Don’t give me that “pool” BS either.

I was never competitive. I don't care what my elo is, I'm comfortable at my level. Also I play for fun and adventure. I simply have zero ambition and I don't set myself goals. What that means: No pressure and no expectations.

Also having to deal with long covid which causes brain fog and fatigue, it makes calculating and concentrating extremely demanding. So it's not that easy as you make it to be. Your comment comes off as hostile, rude and mean. I don't care what you're shouting at me, I enjoy playing chess simple as that. You don't enjoy it. I don't know you that's why I know that! XD

You're the perfect example why I despise humanity.

The rapid stats say I'm better than 46.5% so I'm almost in the middle. Yeah very easy to get to 1200 when half of the users are 500-600...

1460 in the rw? What does rw mean? I only know otb (over the board / beard / goatee). And what you mean with "pool" I also don't understand. But who cares. You deserved that lblock you tosser

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The game gets difficult after I've made a mistake.

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I think chess gets hard when you stop focusing on your own moves and start thinking seriously about your opponent's plans as well. Learning the rules is fairly straightforward. The challenge comes from having to calculate, evaluate positions, and make good decisions while your opponent is trying to do the same thing.

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came for the title
disappointed

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That moment when you've finished your development and you're looking at the position going "now what?".

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TheDestroyersOf_all87 wrote:
LillyWhiteAce wrote:
TheDestroyersOf_all87 wrote:

It gets hard at 500 rapid, or 400 blitz & bullet.

I don't know, middle game might be the hardest for me. But I don't care. I love to experiment with moves even if I don't know if they're good or bad. I could NEVER play the same over and over in every game. I can only play by intuition.

You could have just said eff off? I mean, really? 500? 400?

I am 1450 in the rw. As long as you’re not “playing” around you should be able to hang with a 12-1400. When I was young and competitive I bounced around 1600 for a few years. The ratings here, currently, are a joke, to say the least. Don’t give me that “pool” BS either.

I was never competitive. I don't care what my elo is, I'm comfortable at my level. Also I play for fun and adventure. I simply have zero ambition and I don't set myself goals. What that means: No pressure and no expectations.

Also having to deal with long covid which causes brain fog and fatigue, it makes calculating and concentrating extremely demanding. So it's not that easy as you make it to be. Your comment comes off as hostile, rude and mean. I don't care what you're shouting at me, I enjoy playing chess simple as that. You don't enjoy it. I don't know you that's why I know that! XD

You're the perfect example why I despise humanity.

The rapid stats say I'm better than 46.5% so I'm almost in the middle. Yeah very easy to get to 1200 when half of the users are 500-600...

1460 in the rw? What does rw mean? I only know otb (over the board / beard / goatee). And what you mean with "pool" I also don't understand. But who cares. You deserved that lblock you tosser

'Pool' I think is related to the playing field, it's one of those words that is slightly annoying to explain in this context. I do agree that their reply was not needed, btw.

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thereturnofthesnowfox wrote:

That moment when you've finished your development and you're looking at the position going "now what?".

So…as soon as the middlegame begins? I like this answer. 

like, how to attack? Where are my tactics?

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Usually when I wake up

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When I have to think about the queen

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TenGolf-TPOT wrote:

When I have to think about the queen

400 answer lol

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chesssblackbelt wrote:

Usually when I wake up

😭

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Crazy bro 💀

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Open positions

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TenGolf-TPOT wrote:

Open positions

Dawg

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TheDestroyersOf_all87 wrote:
LillyWhiteAce wrote:
TheDestroyersOf_all87 wrote:

It gets hard at 500 rapid, or 400 blitz & bullet.

I don't know, middle game might be the hardest for me. But I don't care. I love to experiment with moves even if I don't know if they're good or bad. I could NEVER play the same over and over in every game. I can only play by intuition.

You could have just said eff off? I mean, really? 500? 400?

I am 1450 in the rw. As long as you’re not “playing” around you should be able to hang with a 12-1400. When I was young and competitive I bounced around 1600 for a few years. The ratings here, currently, are a joke, to say the least. Don’t give me that “pool” BS either.

I was never competitive. I don't care what my elo is, I'm comfortable at my level. Also I play for fun and adventure. I simply have zero ambition and I don't set myself goals. What that means: No pressure and no expectations.

Also having to deal with long covid which causes brain fog and fatigue, it makes calculating and concentrating extremely demanding. So it's not that easy as you make it to be. Your comment comes off as hostile, rude and mean. I don't care what you're shouting at me, I enjoy playing chess simple as that. You don't enjoy it. I don't know you that's why I know that! XD

You're the perfect example why I despise humanity.

The rapid stats say I'm better than 46.5% so I'm almost in the middle. Yeah very easy to get to 1200 when half of the users are 500-600...

1460 in the rw? What does rw mean? I only know otb (over the board / beard / goatee). And what you mean with "pool" I also don't understand. But who cares. You deserved that lblock you tosser

This is absurd and uncalled for. If I cared to block you from my threads I would, but whatever. 

You despise humans and I am an example of why? Haters gonna hate. Be a hater all your life. Good luck!!! With that. 😊

1450 OTB. Rw means real world, as opposed to Cc corrupt ratings. Don’t act like an idiot…I know you’re not.