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  • I am usually ahead during the mid-game but get stuck in the end game. What is the best way to advance my end game? I get frustrated and start blundering in the end.

    • Tim

      Make sure you leave yourself enough time – go to a longer time control if necessary. Also you can do endgame puzzles to give yourself more pattern recognition and understanding of strategies.

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  • I have grown a lot since starting this course. On Chess.com I am doing well against bots and puzzles but in live games, I seem to be stuck with people playing well above my level although I am not even at 30% of the level I play against bots. Are many good players playing low or am I missing something?

    • You can adjust the setting in chess.com so that you will be assigned people of ANY level below you and LIMIT it to people no more than 25 points above you. thats what ive done and it gives a good mix of people you are better than , equal to and only slightly better than you. So adjust the settings

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    • Tim

      The bots are far weaker than their rating.. I’m 1100ish and beat 1600 bots no problem. 1800+ is where they’re more challenging for me (losing more than winning).

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