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@DJCavana Just 2 questions, to better unserstand your situation:
1) What are you currently doing to overcome your plateau? => What is your current training schedule you are consistently holding on to?
2) Are you also playing OTB? If yes, what's your FIDE/national rating in OTB classical chess?
Bye
1) What are you currently doing to overcome your plateau? => What is your current training schedule you are consistently holding on to?
2) Are you also playing OTB? If yes, what's your FIDE/national rating in OTB classical chess?
Bye
1. I work on my openings in the morning, right now I am learning new systems because I was bored with my old ones but I have basically finished learning them all now. I solve tactics daily (not on lichess), around 30 a day but it can vary - sometimes 0 and sometimes 300 (yes 2 days ago I went a bit crazy) :D. I play blitz now instead of rapid because rapid takes too long. I play sessions of 6 games, and at the end of each session I go through my games to see what I am doing wrong. I find weaknesses but I have trouble fixing them, I have noticed patterns of lots of blunders and missing easy tactics even though I solve tactics daily!
Though before I made this account, I was just playing and not analysing, but I have finally realised that I can't get any better without analysing my games.
2. My FIDE is around 1500 and my national rating is around 1600.
Though before I made this account, I was just playing and not analysing, but I have finally realised that I can't get any better without analysing my games.
2. My FIDE is around 1500 and my national rating is around 1600.
@DJCavana said in #3:
> I play blitz now instead of rapid because rapid takes too long. I play sessions of 6 games
6 blitz games would easily allow for at least 2 rapid games, which would prove more valuable to improvement.
> because rapid takes too long.
Learning happens when you *think*, not when you guess. And thinking needs time.
> I go through my games to see what I am doing wrong.
Is that really you finding the mistakes, or is it the engine?
> I have noticed patterns of lots of blunders and missing easy tactics even though I solve tactics daily
You cannot see what you don't look for. And in blitz, you don't have enough time to look for them at every move.
If you want to be fast, go slow. ;-)
> I play blitz now instead of rapid because rapid takes too long. I play sessions of 6 games
6 blitz games would easily allow for at least 2 rapid games, which would prove more valuable to improvement.
> because rapid takes too long.
Learning happens when you *think*, not when you guess. And thinking needs time.
> I go through my games to see what I am doing wrong.
Is that really you finding the mistakes, or is it the engine?
> I have noticed patterns of lots of blunders and missing easy tactics even though I solve tactics daily
You cannot see what you don't look for. And in blitz, you don't have enough time to look for them at every move.
If you want to be fast, go slow. ;-)
@nadjarostowa said in #4:
> 6 blitz games would easily allow for at least 2 rapid games, which would prove more valuable to improvement.
I think 5+3 blitz is better because 5+3 is a time control between blitz and rapid.
You have time to think during the game. But at the same time, you don’t have enough time to sleep over the board.
Also, it helps to develop your intuition, ability to make fast and practical decisions, and many other important skills for becoming a better chess player.
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> Is that really you finding the mistakes, or is it the engine?
I use the "request computer analysis" to easily find the place where I made a big blunder. I look at the opening and compare it with my file.
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> You cannot see what you don't look for. And in blitz, you don't have enough time to look for them at every move.
That's a good point I hadn't thought about.
I think 6 5+3 blitz games is better than 2 rapid games for me right now, because with my new openings I need experience so the more games the better. But I think you should play at least 5 rapid games a week, because OTB is much longer and you should not forget how to think for a long time.
> 6 blitz games would easily allow for at least 2 rapid games, which would prove more valuable to improvement.
I think 5+3 blitz is better because 5+3 is a time control between blitz and rapid.
You have time to think during the game. But at the same time, you don’t have enough time to sleep over the board.
Also, it helps to develop your intuition, ability to make fast and practical decisions, and many other important skills for becoming a better chess player.
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> Is that really you finding the mistakes, or is it the engine?
I use the "request computer analysis" to easily find the place where I made a big blunder. I look at the opening and compare it with my file.
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> You cannot see what you don't look for. And in blitz, you don't have enough time to look for them at every move.
That's a good point I hadn't thought about.
I think 6 5+3 blitz games is better than 2 rapid games for me right now, because with my new openings I need experience so the more games the better. But I think you should play at least 5 rapid games a week, because OTB is much longer and you should not forget how to think for a long time.
@DJCavana said in #5:
> But I think you should play at least 5 rapid games a week, because OTB is much longer and you should not forget how to think for a long time.
When I play rapid, it never feels like I can think for a long time. :-)
> But I think you should play at least 5 rapid games a week, because OTB is much longer and you should not forget how to think for a long time.
When I play rapid, it never feels like I can think for a long time. :-)
@mkubecek said in #6:
> When I play rapid, it never feels like I can think for a long time. :-)
It's not that long to think, but compared to blitz it is long.
> When I play rapid, it never feels like I can think for a long time. :-)
It's not that long to think, but compared to blitz it is long.
Take a look at your opening repertoire. Don't waste your time with crap openings such as the Bowdler Attack and the London System. Play mainline, popular openings for a while. Trying to be obscure to catch your opponents unprepared will only get you so far.
Consider thematic correspondence chess as part of your program. That is a good way to play many games at once in your openings, and be pretty sure to get to the middle game in good shape. Most games are won or lost in the middlegame, or at least achieve a winning advantage there.
Consider thematic correspondence chess as part of your program. That is a good way to play many games at once in your openings, and be pretty sure to get to the middle game in good shape. Most games are won or lost in the middlegame, or at least achieve a winning advantage there.
The biggest improvements to my game happened when I started doing these things:
1. Played longer time controls, including correspondence chess here on Lichess. (By taking more time thinking about each move, I gave myself the opportunity to play thoughtfully and with calculation rather than by reflex.)
2. Narrowed my opening repertoire to very specific responses to lines that are played against me.
3. Combined with #2, I always analyzed my games to understand how I could have played better in openings I play consistently. This way, even if I start an opening only knowing it 5 moves deep, over months and years, I could find or remember the best move 10-12 moves deep for all the lines that I play.
4. Did endgame puzzles and worked on endgames. The number of lost games you can outright draw or win because of superior endgame technique is completely underestimated.
5. Never resign. Unless you are playing against the highest levels of opponent or engines, resigning is leaving rating points on the table. You never know when an opponent will make a catastrophic error which lets you back into the game. If you resign, you also deprive yourself of playing losing positions in tricky ways that will force your opponent to play accurately to preserve their advantage.
6. Accepting the state of the game as it is, not how I want it to be. This is game management. Sometimes, you can have an amazing position where you have a crushing advantage, but through inaccurate play, you give it away. I used to try to force a win at all costs, and end up losing a drawn game. A much better psychology would be to accept the fact that the game is drawn, and spend my time analysing the game to understand how I could have preserved and increased my advantage instead.
1. Played longer time controls, including correspondence chess here on Lichess. (By taking more time thinking about each move, I gave myself the opportunity to play thoughtfully and with calculation rather than by reflex.)
2. Narrowed my opening repertoire to very specific responses to lines that are played against me.
3. Combined with #2, I always analyzed my games to understand how I could have played better in openings I play consistently. This way, even if I start an opening only knowing it 5 moves deep, over months and years, I could find or remember the best move 10-12 moves deep for all the lines that I play.
4. Did endgame puzzles and worked on endgames. The number of lost games you can outright draw or win because of superior endgame technique is completely underestimated.
5. Never resign. Unless you are playing against the highest levels of opponent or engines, resigning is leaving rating points on the table. You never know when an opponent will make a catastrophic error which lets you back into the game. If you resign, you also deprive yourself of playing losing positions in tricky ways that will force your opponent to play accurately to preserve their advantage.
6. Accepting the state of the game as it is, not how I want it to be. This is game management. Sometimes, you can have an amazing position where you have a crushing advantage, but through inaccurate play, you give it away. I used to try to force a win at all costs, and end up losing a drawn game. A much better psychology would be to accept the fact that the game is drawn, and spend my time analysing the game to understand how I could have preserved and increased my advantage instead.
I am quitting chess I'm done.I can't overcome my goddamm
Plateau for months.im fed up of analyzing and being a chess nerd I'm really fed up
Plateau for months.im fed up of analyzing and being a chess nerd I'm really fed up