hi chess is so fun
Why are 1200s so good
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11 hrs ago
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#63
BMWash73 wrote:
Sargon_Three wrote:
Detach yourself mentally from your or your opponent's "rating".
If all you're doing is playing for a rating, it becomes a serious grind and won't be fun anymore.
This line of thinking is why so many young men in particular - struggle with life.
You have to know where you rank in any situation, know what you have to do to move up, and work relentlessly to attain that move upwards.
You need to be honest with yourself about where you rank, and ELO tells you that you are not good, well, you are not good. Identify what needs to be done to improve, one thing at a time, and see that measurement improve.
Thats not just chess, its life.
You're right when it comes to training. Knowing your level and your weaknesses is key, for all sorts of reasons. But it's not just about rating. Some people are simply good at performing under pressure, while others—who aren’t any less skilled or knowledgeable struggle to show it. Traits like stubbornness in calculation are insanely useful and something you need to bring to a solid level.
Choosing the right resources and topics really depends on your actual playing strength.
That being said, Elo is just a summary of past results. In single games, it hardly matters. I don’t even want to know how many times I got into worse positions just because I underestimated someone based on their rating. The thing might also work exactly the other way around and one might overestimate the opponent.
In my first game against a GM everything he played made sense to me, because I was assuming that a GM must play very strongly. After he took half an hour for a move I realized that it was me who had outplayed him - despite a 750-rating difference (I still went on to mess up badly and lose).
From outside it always looks strange when my students are underestimating or overestimating an opponent, but I made this experience and so has everyone else.
4 hrs ago
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#64
Just bcuz they are better than 1200s, I'm 1000s and my opponent's game rating usually 1700s or higher, and some of them used to be 1500s but they lost their elo for some reasons
39 min ago
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#65
@ChanMan4 1200-1300 is really hard thing, you need experince and find your strengths and use them
ok