A titled sparring partner for King of The Hill

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FormerProdigy

Hikaru's Decathlon is going to take place, with many variants featured there: https://www.chess.com/news/view/hikarus-chess-decathlon-mgg

But the entry conditions include 30 rated games in the mode (King of the Hill in this case). Alas, the challenges are either unlimited, or limited to 400 points. My provisional rating is ridiculously high, which means that I have to go for unlimited challenges. Out of the six King of The Hill games which I have played there so far, only one was a real fight. I would like to play more balanced games. Would any titled friend like to play about 10 King of the Hill games with a time control 3+0? (By friends I mean real-life friends, friends from Chess.com and people whom I follow on Lichess. The three groups largely overlap. Given that I don't accept messages, other people are hardly able to contact me.)

MagnusCarlson202020212022
I FOUND A GM IN THE CHESS FOURMS. Please add me as a friend. I want to talk on how you got so good
FormerProdigy
MagnusCarlson202020212022 wrote:
I FOUND A GM IN THE CHESS FOURMS. Please add me as a friend. I want to talk on how you got so good

Sorry, I mostly add as friends real-life friends. If there were million non-GM per one GM and 0.1 % of non-GMs would ask GMs such questions, they would be very busy. I am already now playing too much online chess.

I know no big secret of chess improvement and even most of the little secrets have been published. One needs talent, passion for chess and systematic work in the right direction. As for the latter, it makes sense to study games of the best players with good word explanations by strong players, to read good books or watch quality chess videos, to focus on all parts of the game, not just on the opening, to play preferably against similarly strong or somewhat stronger players, analyze your games and work on the areas where you lose most points (which can be Sicilian Defence, rook endgames, strategy or whatever else, to give just a few examples of what I mean), to play over-the-board and not only online. And not to play too much bullet, as it mostly does not help one to become a better player.

FormerProdigy

The topic is no longer that relevant, as I have played 18 (mostly irrelevant) games in a bullet King of The Hill Arena and lost one bullet game and 800 rating points, partially also because of my poor mouse skills. I still need to play 6 games to reach the entry quota, though.

FormerProdigy
lza78 wrote:
FormerProdigy wrote:

The topic is no longer that relevant, as I have played 18 (mostly irrelevant) games in a bullet King of The Hill Arena and lost one bullet game and 800 rating points, partially also because of my poor mouse skills. I still need to play 6 games to reach the entry quota, though.

its better to train with strong KOTH players even though they are not titled players

but in chess.com it is hard to find such a player...go lichess instead (no offense to chess.com)

Yes, you are right, but the problem is that to enter a tournament from Hikaru's Decathlon, one needs to play 30 King of The Hill games here. Given the circumstances, it seems harder to play 10 RELEVANT KOTH games than 30 KOTH games.

FormerProdigy

Thank you!

Anonymous27165
Haha on lichess i’m a 2300 in KOTH but im not titled…. :( nor am I your friend lol. Best of luck in the decathlon