André
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André posted an update a year ago
Hey everyone, it’s great to see all those success messages! I’m also enjoying the stonewall and the Owen’s defense a lot and managed to break 1000 Elo after hovering around 900 for a while. I’m winning >57% of the games with white and >54% of the ones with black currently so I think I can go quite a bit higher still.
But anyway, I’m just writing…
James E, Christophe and 3 others1 Comment-
oh, wow!! Thank you for this, I don’t understand why I didn’t check this before.
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André posted an update a year ago
Heya Nelson, hi everyone!
Nelson, I love your youtube content and also got a few of your courses in the past which helped me a lot to get started with chess. Your teaching style really appeals to me and b1500 totally lives up to my expectations so far!
Having said that I got two question I would love to hear your opinion on if you get a chance:
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Hey mate, I find myself in the same boat sometimes – and I’ve given up playing when tired or distracted (I just get too angry when I lose) so I’ve started doing something low key, like a few puzzles or watching YouTube
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Great questions, Andre.
1) I have absolutely noticed a huge difference in my own games as well when I play tired vs well rested. I think it’s about 200 ELO difference for me personally (2200 ELO when I’m tired vs 2400 when I’m rested). That being said, I think you can still learn while tired, just go into it knowing that you will probably…
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