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Sep 18, 2022
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TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
It just feels like I’ve completely stagnated and can’t improve anymore. I’m trying to learn but it’s like always use the wrong idea in the position, or I don’t spot the advantage. How should I try to stop stagnating and start improving
I would reccomend to read a book on chess psychology that covers a lot of fields such as decisiom making etc so you can see what you need to keep in mind while you play
Playing new computer bots also help seeing new connections you hadn't seen before.
The Play Magnus app for example is pretty amazing.
Pouchkine75 wrote:
Batman2508 wrote:
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
It just feels like I’ve completely stagnated and can’t improve anymore. I’m trying to learn but it’s like always use the wrong idea in the position, or I don’t spot the advantage. How should I try to stop stagnating and start improving
I would reccomend to read a book on chess psychology that covers a lot of fields such as decisiom making etc so you can see what you need to keep in mind while you play
You have a great point here @Batman2508, psychology counts a lot in performance, believing in yourself, not letting a loss affect you too much...etc Do you have YouTube recommendations by any chance? Also, in your experiences did you also go through big drop in your Leo rating and then came back or was it always pretty smooth until blocked?
My rating’s very volatile otb, but I’m talking about online rn, as I want to get better at chess in general before really focusing on otb.
Sep 18, 2022
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#6
Pouchkine75 wrote:
Batman2508 wrote:
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
It just feels like I’ve completely stagnated and can’t improve anymore. I’m trying to learn but it’s like always use the wrong idea in the position, or I don’t spot the advantage. How should I try to stop stagnating and start improving
I would reccomend to read a book on chess psychology that covers a lot of fields such as decisiom making etc so you can see what you need to keep in mind while you play
You have a great point here @Batman2508, psychology counts a lot in performance, believing in yourself, not letting a loss affect you too much...etc Do you have YouTube recommendations by any chance? Also, in your experiences did you also go through big drop in your Leo rating and then came back or was it always pretty smooth until blocked?
for me I usually don't let a loss affect me too much. Here where I live, we have a lot of free local 1 day tournaments where sometimes after you finish a round next round starts in 5 minutes, so no time to really recover. For youtube I watch chess dogo sometimes. Online was very crazy elo for me but in otb, it's much more stable in otb usually I will play tournaments for a couple of months where my elo doesn't move much maybe 30 points, and after that suddenly next few events I gain a lot and get like 150 points.
Sep 18, 2022
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#7
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
Pouchkine75 wrote:
Batman2508 wrote:
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
It just feels like I’ve completely stagnated and can’t improve anymore. I’m trying to learn but it’s like always use the wrong idea in the position, or I don’t spot the advantage. How should I try to stop stagnating and start improving
I would reccomend to read a book on chess psychology that covers a lot of fields such as decisiom making etc so you can see what you need to keep in mind while you play
You have a great point here @Batman2508, psychology counts a lot in performance, believing in yourself, not letting a loss affect you too much...etc Do you have YouTube recommendations by any chance? Also, in your experiences did you also go through big drop in your Leo rating and then came back or was it always pretty smooth until blocked?
My rating’s very volatile otb, but I’m talking about online rn, as I want to get better at chess in general before really focusing on otb.
uhh gl with that because many people's online ratings don't even move but otb ratings go higher.
Batman2508 wrote:
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
Pouchkine75 wrote:
Batman2508 wrote:
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
It just feels like I’ve completely stagnated and can’t improve anymore. I’m trying to learn but it’s like always use the wrong idea in the position, or I don’t spot the advantage. How should I try to stop stagnating and start improving
I would reccomend to read a book on chess psychology that covers a lot of fields such as decisiom making etc so you can see what you need to keep in mind while you play
You have a great point here @Batman2508, psychology counts a lot in performance, believing in yourself, not letting a loss affect you too much...etc Do you have YouTube recommendations by any chance? Also, in your experiences did you also go through big drop in your Leo rating and then came back or was it always pretty smooth until blocked?
My rating’s very volatile otb, but I’m talking about online rn, as I want to get better at chess in general before really focusing on otb.
uhh gl with that because many people's online ratings don't even move but otb ratings go higher.
but you need to get better at chess before getting better at otb, isn’t that how chess works?
Sep 18, 2022
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#9
Well, is your goal to get a high otb rating or is it to get a high online rating? Because while both require chess improvement, the methods to do so are different.
Sep 18, 2022
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#10
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
Batman2508 wrote:
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
Pouchkine75 wrote:
Batman2508 wrote:
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
It just feels like I’ve completely stagnated and can’t improve anymore. I’m trying to learn but it’s like always use the wrong idea in the position, or I don’t spot the advantage. How should I try to stop stagnating and start improving
I would reccomend to read a book on chess psychology that covers a lot of fields such as decisiom making etc so you can see what you need to keep in mind while you play
You have a great point here @Batman2508, psychology counts a lot in performance, believing in yourself, not letting a loss affect you too much...etc Do you have YouTube recommendations by any chance? Also, in your experiences did you also go through big drop in your Leo rating and then came back or was it always pretty smooth until blocked?
My rating’s very volatile otb, but I’m talking about online rn, as I want to get better at chess in general before really focusing on otb.
uhh gl with that because many people's online ratings don't even move but otb ratings go higher.
but you need to get better at chess before getting better at otb, isn’t that how chess works?
Not exactly? Online and otb and very different.
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
It just feels like I’ve completely stagnated and can’t improve anymore. I’m trying to learn but it’s like always use the wrong idea in the position, or I don’t spot the advantage. How should I try to stop stagnating and start improving again?
May I ask how did you reach 2200, what did you do to get there? I wish I stagnated at 2200, I am rated 1900 rapid, 1800 blitz
Sep 19, 2022
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#13
Pouchkine75 wrote:
Sorry guys, catching up, what is different with the online and OTB rating? I didn't know methods would differ to progress. If that can help everyone else, any tips welcome.
@TheSwissPhoenix, I see that you want to improve online rating before going into OTB more seriously, if I understood. But shouldn't you focus on OTB then? A chess club sounds like a good start, if online and OTB are different as everyone seem to say here then maybe it's not as important to see your online rating go up to improve your orb? Hope I make sense.haha
Batman2508 wrote:
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
Batman2508 wrote:
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
Pouchkine75 wrote:
Batman2508 wrote:
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
It just feels like I’ve completely stagnated and can’t improve anymore. I’m trying to learn but it’s like always use the wrong idea in the position, or I don’t spot the advantage. How should I try to stop stagnating and start improving
I would reccomend to read a book on chess psychology that covers a lot of fields such as decisiom making etc so you can see what you need to keep in mind while you play
You have a great point here @Batman2508, psychology counts a lot in performance, believing in yourself, not letting a loss affect you too much...etc Do you have YouTube recommendations by any chance? Also, in your experiences did you also go through big drop in your Leo rating and then came back or was it always pretty smooth until blocked?
My rating’s very volatile otb, but I’m talking about online rn, as I want to get better at chess in general before really focusing on otb.
uhh gl with that because many people's online ratings don't even move but otb ratings go higher.
but you need to get better at chess before getting better at otb, isn’t that how chess works?
Not exactly? Online and otb and very different.
don’t you have to get better at chess to improve at both of them tho? My final goal is to improve otb I thought improving online was a step along the way
Sep 20, 2022
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#16
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
Batman2508 wrote:
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
Batman2508 wrote:
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
Pouchkine75 wrote:
Batman2508 wrote:
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
It just feels like I’ve completely stagnated and can’t improve anymore. I’m trying to learn but it’s like always use the wrong idea in the position, or I don’t spot the advantage. How should I try to stop stagnating and start improving
I would reccomend to read a book on chess psychology that covers a lot of fields such as decisiom making etc so you can see what you need to keep in mind while you play
You have a great point here @Batman2508, psychology counts a lot in performance, believing in yourself, not letting a loss affect you too much...etc Do you have YouTube recommendations by any chance? Also, in your experiences did you also go through big drop in your Leo rating and then came back or was it always pretty smooth until blocked?
My rating’s very volatile otb, but I’m talking about online rn, as I want to get better at chess in general before really focusing on otb.
uhh gl with that because many people's online ratings don't even move but otb ratings go higher.
but you need to get better at chess before getting better at otb, isn’t that how chess works?
Not exactly? Online and otb and very different.
don’t you have to get better at chess to improve at both of them tho? My final goal is to improve otb I thought improving online was a step along the way
I dont think so
Just don't play online is my opinion
Sep 20, 2022
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#17
To be honest I just become better by playing more games, by getting myself immersed in a certain position, or simply by analyzing my games.
Sep 24, 2022
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#18
Batman2508 wrote:
TheSwissPhoenix wrote:
It just feels like I’ve completely stagnated and can’t improve anymore. I’m trying to learn but it’s like always use the wrong idea in the position, or I don’t spot the advantage. How should I try to stop stagnating and start improving
I would reccomend to read a book on chess psychology that covers a lot of fields such as decisiom making etc so you can see what you need to keep in mind while you play
Sounds lame but I actually can’t agree less
if I had to say something rn it would be to stay calm in ur games
It just feels like I’ve completely stagnated and can’t improve anymore. I’m trying to learn but it’s like always use the wrong idea in the position, or I don’t spot the advantage. How should I try to stop stagnating and start improving again?