In my eyes 900 is achieved when you know how to move the pieces and have some clue of how to move, developing, etc. They don;t have any "depth" of the game.
Anything above 1500 is decent for me and 1000+ is intermediate. In my opinion, "good" players are 2400+.
First piece of advice, play longer games. I know playing a 10 minute game may be "exciting" but it means you have less time to actually contemplate your position and spot the patterns that you learn by taking your time, you mention missing and messing up positions, this comes down to seeing every aspect of the board, which is harder to do if you are under time pressure, play 30 minute games, you will be surprised what you spot with that extra time up your sleeve.
Second, Focus less on studying lines, focus more on fundamentals, at this level you want to play sound and justifiable moves and let your opponent mess up. At the level you are playing at, if you are trying to pull off complex traps, you aren't focusing on the basics.
Finally, ignore people like MarkofGreatness.
Advice from a 900 is rather funny, as they usually have no idea what they're talking about. I'll give you my two cents:
-Tactics - these help your game and can honestly increase your rating quickly. Also, you need to be aware on hanging pieces on both sides of the boards. Not blundering single-handedly improves your play.
- 10min Chess w/ mixing in SOME 30min Chess - Quicker chess helps you develop systems and get more familiar with your opening. Longer time controls will develop analysis skills
- Analyze your games for mistakes and use the reasoning of why the engine preferred a move, and how it alters the position
-Middle game planning - look at some grandmaster games (agadmator covers them well) and start plan development so you know what you are doing.
- Work on your endgames - this is clean-up work and this site has Drills that can help you
With all that being said, good luck!
Thank you for the feedback, I'm not really sure how one sees the rating of posters either. Is 900 a good rating?
I'm just curious, whats up with MarkofGreatness judging from the comment about him/her? As a new person here, I've no clue what to make of that comment.
Tactics - I do just fine non-timed and catch the hanging pieces. Timed, I can miss maybe 1/3 of them that could be a game changer. Similarly, pretty much no mistakes in non-timed games. Timed, I can make some missteps that are costly. Though technically I lack the sharp checkmate ability but am improving over time.
10 vs 30 minute chess - Now I'm confused on which to do if at all. Technically I've never timed my games before but 30 minutes sounds far more accurate than 10 minutes. But I tried the 10 minute ones just to see how I'd do implementing my [weak ability for] sharper checkmates without reducing the opponent to just the king and 2 other pieces.
Analysis - I analyze everything and even diverging lines just to what might have happened. Read above and a poster was right, I over-analyze things in general.
Middle game - That's actually pretty solid for me when I'm not in 10 minute games.
End game - That's pretty solid when I gradually wear them down then checkmate the isolated king...but I'm assuming any novice can do that. My current project is to improve my weak ability to do sharp checkmates when the board is still moderately populated.
You have yet to play a 30 minute game on this site and yet you are here talking about 30 min being more "accurate". With a 404 Blitz rating from 10 min games, chances are that you're not much better at 30 min games.
To be frank(I'm trying to help you), nothing you have is "solid". You'll see it in your 30 min games; and by tactics, I don't necessarily mean hanging pieces; I mean ways to get hanging pieces, such as forks, pins, skewers as well as the mating sequences.
And no way is your endgame technique "solid"; it takes a lot of learning and principle; I highly doubt that you can even mate with two bishops and king vs king. You might have difficulty with rook and king versus king.
By the way, to answer your question about seeing rating of the posters, you just have to click their user as it shows on the forum and their info pops up, including their rating.
Lastly, I bet that you miss 75% of Tactics and you don't even know it. Chess is crazy.
Maybe I'm not as good as I think I am, maybe I am. All I know is the issues from the 10 minute games do not show up near half as often when not timed. Its natural to be skeptical of the newcomer and rightfully so but who knows what the truth is. Honestly 2 bishops + king is my favorite one to mate with but you don't know me well, no one really does...maybe not even myself. I guess the secret is out, I prefer bishop pair over knight pair. But yes thank you letting me know how to see peoples' ratings on the forum.
In my eyes 900 is achieved when you know how to move the pieces and have some clue of how to move, developing, etc. They don;t have any "depth" of the game.
Anything above 1500 is decent for me and 1000+ is intermediate. In my opinion, "good" players are 2400+.
I guess its a more nuanced thing to say one rating is good enough to give advice on certain advice. Maybe the best advice changes from level to level. I'm also assuming the lighthearted comment on MarkOfGreatness was a joke then.
Play THOUSANDS of games and follow the sage wisdom of the other posters. 15/10 games give you much longer to visualize the board and avoid blunders. Studying lines is great if you are a 2000 level player but at our level you just have to be careful and follow the flow of the game, Tactics also help a person to begin to see more complex and useful methods for using your pieces. Most importantly have fun and don't get too hung up on your rating. It will improve if you slow down. Yeah and ignore the jerks!
First piece of advice, play longer games. I know playing a 10 minute game may be "exciting" but it means you have less time to actually contemplate your position and spot the patterns that you learn by taking your time, you mention missing and messing up positions, this comes down to seeing every aspect of the board, which is harder to do if you are under time pressure, play 30 minute games, you will be surprised what you spot with that extra time up your sleeve.
Second, Focus less on studying lines, focus more on fundamentals, at this level you want to play sound and justifiable moves and let your opponent mess up. At the level you are playing at, if you are trying to pull off complex traps, you aren't focusing on the basics.
Finally, ignore people like MarkofGreatness.
Advice from a 900 is rather funny, as they usually have no idea what they're talking about. I'll give you my two cents:
-Tactics - these help your game and can honestly increase your rating quickly. Also, you need to be aware on hanging pieces on both sides of the boards. Not blundering single-handedly improves your play.
- 10min Chess w/ mixing in SOME 30min Chess - Quicker chess helps you develop systems and get more familiar with your opening. Longer time controls will develop analysis skills
- Analyze your games for mistakes and use the reasoning of why the engine preferred a move, and how it alters the position
-Middle game planning - look at some grandmaster games (agadmator covers them well) and start plan development so you know what you are doing.
- Work on your endgames - this is clean-up work and this site has Drills that can help you
With all that being said, good luck!
So is the advise I've given wrong?
Hi people, hi OP, there is a part in chess competition, that is not chess at all. I think, members who post in here to seek advices for repeated blunders, chronicle blindness and such, should be left alone with chess training and chess books advices.
Out of my own experience, here some of the things that might influence what I'd call here, the "attention span quality".
_ Sleep. Quality sleep helps tons. Bad sleep, broken sleep, shortened sleep, makes fertile ground for blunders.
_ Be hydrated.
_ Avoid having too much stuff to digest in your stomach: digestion drains oxygen your brain needs.
_ Personal issues: You just had a fight with a family member? Something went side way at work/school? Something is weighting on your heart? Maybe it's not the best time to start a chess game.
_ Identifying our flaws in thinking routines: we all do have got some sort of thinking routines, that are maybe not fit for a chess game. Try meditate on how you deal with things, mentally wise, and see if you can adjust your thinking process for chess games. I know it's vague, but it's hard (for me) to be more precise than that.
_ Mind the time: of course, if you're playing a daily game, it goes without saying, that playing moves like it was a blitz, is a terrible idea: correct that if it's the case. Try force yourself into contemplating the board for a minute ot two AT LEAST before playing ANY move. Keep an eye on your watch or such if you need. I promise that'll help much.
Voilà, good luck.
P.S. don't play a move while you're talking to someone or someone is talking to you. If phone, chat or real life.
I have had some issues with that in the past and recurring with mental state and at times hydration. Basically brain fog from medical issues and at times lack of hydration. I'm guilty of trying to play some of those 10 minute chess games while talking to other people too (not that I had a choice to put it off or not, they wanted to talk then). When I mind the time and non-timed, my errors are minimal. Also I'm a bit too cautious so when I got to this website I was using those 10 minute games to work on weaknesses "timed games" and "sharper checkmates". Though maybe there were no sharper checkmates to be had at the time?
Sure, an obsession for "sharper checkmates", like an obsession for anything else, can only damage your open mindness to solutions on the board. I glad I could help you identifying some sources of your chess problems. Good luck.
I'll strike sharper checkmates off my list then. If they happen they happen. It was just a weakness I knew existed and well maybe its not a viable strategy for me ever. Nothing wrong with just grinding them down I guess.
I only blundered it because I was going for improving my weakness in live play (not practice) rather than what should have been done namely grinding them down. One only looks as good as their weakest link shown so I guess I'll have to come back to chess.com for live games once I'm even better at grinding down in practice games. For clarification, I'm only looking at maybe five opening systems not the whole body and overwhelming myself.
First piece of advice, play longer games. I know playing a 10 minute game may be "exciting" but it means you have less time to actually contemplate your position and spot the patterns that you learn by taking your time, you mention missing and messing up positions, this comes down to seeing every aspect of the board, which is harder to do if you are under time pressure, play 30 minute games, you will be surprised what you spot with that extra time up your sleeve.
Second, Focus less on studying lines, focus more on fundamentals, at this level you want to play sound and justifiable moves and let your opponent mess up. At the level you are playing at, if you are trying to pull off complex traps, you aren't focusing on the basics.
Finally, ignore people like MarkofGreatness.
Advice from a 900 is rather funny, as they usually have no idea what they're talking about. I'll give you my two cents:
-Tactics - these help your game and can honestly increase your rating quickly. Also, you need to be aware on hanging pieces on both sides of the boards. Not blundering single-handedly improves your play.
- 10min Chess w/ mixing in SOME 30min Chess - Quicker chess helps you develop systems and get more familiar with your opening. Longer time controls will develop analysis skills
- Analyze your games for mistakes and use the reasoning of why the engine preferred a move, and how it alters the position
-Middle game planning - look at some grandmaster games (agadmator covers them well) and start plan development so you know what you are doing.
- Work on your endgames - this is clean-up work and this site has Drills that can help you
With all that being said, good luck!
Thank you for the feedback, I'm not really sure how one sees the rating of posters either. Is 900 a good rating?
I'm just curious, whats up with MarkofGreatness judging from the comment about him/her? As a new person here, I've no clue what to make of that comment.
Tactics - I do just fine non-timed and catch the hanging pieces. Timed, I can miss maybe 1/3 of them that could be a game changer. Similarly, pretty much no mistakes in non-timed games. Timed, I can make some missteps that are costly. Though technically I lack the sharp checkmate ability but am improving over time.
10 vs 30 minute chess - Now I'm confused on which to do if at all. Technically I've never timed my games before but 30 minutes sounds far more accurate than 10 minutes. But I tried the 10 minute ones just to see how I'd do implementing my [weak ability for] sharper checkmates without reducing the opponent to just the king and 2 other pieces.
Analysis - I analyze everything and even diverging lines just to what might have happened. Read above and a poster was right, I over-analyze things in general.
Middle game - That's actually pretty solid for me when I'm not in 10 minute games.
End game - That's pretty solid when I gradually wear them down then checkmate the isolated king...but I'm assuming any novice can do that. My current project is to improve my weak ability to do sharp checkmates when the board is still moderately populated.
You have yet to play a 30 minute game on this site and yet you are here talking about 30 min being more "accurate". With a 404 Blitz rating from 10 min games, chances are that you're not much better at 30 min games.
To be frank(I'm trying to help you), nothing you have is "solid". You'll see it in your 30 min games; and by tactics, I don't necessarily mean hanging pieces; I mean ways to get hanging pieces, such as forks, pins, skewers as well as the mating sequences.
And no way is your endgame technique "solid"; it takes a lot of learning and principle; I highly doubt that you can even mate with two bishops and king vs king. You might have difficulty with rook and king versus king.
By the way, to answer your question about seeing rating of the posters, you just have to click their user as it shows on the forum and their info pops up, including their rating.
Lastly, I bet that you miss 75% of Tactics and you don't even know it. Chess is crazy.