Why 100 ELO plays are so difficult?
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SilenceCe
7 days ago
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Hello, been studying puzzles, openings, played against 600 ELO players ( even defeated them), but why 100 ELO sometimes can be much harder? For example, this game: https://www.chess.com/live/game/168025363678
even if I won it still feels like I'm learned nothing at chess, my elo is less than 0, etc
Maybe I have to think 5-10 moves ahead? But in this case it will take too much time
I play only 15+10
You don't need to think 5-10 moves ahead. Even I, a 2000 don't think 5-19 moves ahead! It's more simple than that. Just don't hang your pieces. Always ask yourself after your opponent's move: "What is my opponent threatening?" If you see anything, then resolve that. And just take your opponent's hanging pieces. This alone should take you to 400+. And 15+10 is a perfect time control, you don't need to change that.
And where did you defeat 600 players? I only see 10 games on this account, none of them against a 400+ player.
SilenceCe wrote:
Hello, been studying puzzles, openings, played against 600 ELO players ( even defeated them), but why 100 ELO sometimes can be much harder? For example, this game: https://www.chess.com/live/game/168025363678 even if I won it still feels like I'm learned nothing at chess, my elo is less than 0, etc Maybe I have to think 5-10 moves ahead? But in this case it will take too much time I play only 15+10
The game is not really that hard, I won't say easy either, realistic towards your level. Because there are lot of varieties in chess positions that you haven't yet exposed yourself. You actually missed several chances to attack black king before the game ended (but I leave it to you to find them) due to, let's say PANICK (admit it). It gave you some blindspot to think clearly.
Now you study yourself how to handle connected pawns like this
So in the future you might be more relaxed. Diagram is from your game.
In short you can reduce the number of attacking pawns by means of exchanges, capturing first, blockades with your pawns, etc. Don't wait until it approaches 2nd/7th rank. In theory the closer pawns to promotions squares the harder it is to handle.
Yes diagram shows you can counterplay directly by attacking the King. But focus on pawns play first, because you can't always have chances to counterplay...
Coz they play crazy style, non of the moves you expect them to play. And in the end, you are the one surprised. I find it beautiful. =]
ive been a 100 elo rated before, and at that level, everybody is equally rated. everybody makes mistakes that you can exploit to get a very easy win. it really comes down to who can see their opponent's mistakes first.
at that rating, you just gotta relax, and remember your opponent is not really smarter than you. they're probably just as confused as you. just take your time, double check your moves, and wait for them to slip up.
good luck on your journey up B).
Fet wrote:
And where did you defeat 600 players? I only see 10 games on this account, none of them against a 400+ player.
Wow pretending to be nice now?
#10 you can, if you lose some games on purpose (sandbagging)
Your rating is unstable because your account is new and you haven’t played much. Play more and you will have a better overview on which rating range you can beat and which not.
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