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Jerry G posted an update 11 months ago
I am so disappointed In myself. I was making progress. Passed 500……… Just lost so many games In a row I am down to 430………. I don’t Understand what happened. I was almost 700. Then started to do a Blunder list ………. went down to 350………. Climbed back up to over 500….. Now falling back down………… I should be better.…
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At that level, you’re almost certainly blundering full pieces, or missing capture of your opponent’s blundered pieces. If you can’t do both those checks every move, use a longer time control. Beyond that, follow Nelson’s principles in this course. You’re probably just hurrying / impatient / tilting.
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Keith posted an update 11 months ago
This puzzle has me duped. Over my head.
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Went back and worked the puzzle. My first thought was to see if the queen could be trapped. That was the answer. The queen coming back to the first rank set the trap. This enabled the pawn pushes which didn’t allow the black queen to hide. After the black queen takes the white pawn there is no where to hide and moving the rook next to it…
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It wasn’t easy for me. I moved the pieces around till I found the right combo. Then it all made sense. Hope this helps.
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Tim posted an update 11 months ago
I’m about 850 Blitz (1200 Rapid), and in the past 10 games I’ve played, two people have clearly not known that en passant is a rule.. very obvious situations where they thought about what to do and played some very inferior move instead.. kind of blows my mind that you wouldn’t first learn all the rules, especially at a reasonable level (not…
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I see it from time to time (and I forget about en passant myself occasionally). It is a good thing that when a pawn is taken en passant Chess.com pops up a little bubble that says en passant is a legal move with a link to the tutorial. Just think of it as doing a good deed by teaching other players about the rules of…
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Jerry G posted an update 12 months ago
I can beat the bots ranked 1200 ELO but have trouble reaching 500 ELO….. Any guesses why that is ?
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The Elo ranking for the bots is mostly a made up number; a 1200 Elo rated bot does NOT play like a 1200 Elo rated human. Or even a 500 Elo rated human. The bots blunder in much different ways that a human would and humans play things the bots never would.
Also, what time controls do you use? Are you playing 10 minute games against humans but… Read more
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Jerry G posted an update 12 months ago
I just played a game at 99.1 % accuracy. I feel It might be a long time before I do that again lol.
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Jerry G posted an update a year ago
So lol after watching the ( Blunder section of this course. My ELO went from almost 700 down to about 300. I have been analyzing why? I have come to a few conclusions. I am slowly Inching back up to 500. I am learning that ( Calculating everything ) Is the only way. Before every single move. I go through the Blunder Check List. I look at what…
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are these 5 minute games. I normally play 10 minute games and am over 900 elo but in 5 minute games are just over 500.
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10 minutes is too short for good learning, IMO.. I do blitz once I think I have so openings down and want to explore many responses to it more rapidly. Otherwise 15 min is probably better if you’re still blundering.
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Nelson suggested 10 minutes or longer back when he did his live feed.
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Joseph posted an update a year ago
I Beat Azeez!
Finally feel good about a game. Won against a bot rated at 1100 with checkmate ! My fated play was 2450 for what its worth. Main takeaways, no blunders.
Course ideas that i employed to win.
Pinning the knight in the Owens defence.
Trading off pieces when ahead in material.
Activating my king for the…
chess.com
darkqloud vs. Azeez-BOT Chess Game
darkqloud vs. Azeez-BOT. darkqloud won by checkmate in 37 moves. See the game, move by move.
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Correcting typo. Rated play not fated.
Also 1450 not 2450.
It appears my blunders were only hiding until I typed this.
Need to work on my blunders check
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cool beans
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Jerry G posted an update a year ago
Help My fellow chess ,,,, Um what are we ? Anyway lol. I am embarrassed. I have been playing chess Sooo Much for about 6 Months straight. This course Is helping me NOT blunder. However I can play a game and NOT blunder BUT lose or have No attacking Ideas. I am only at about 500. I was at 700 Prior to this course. However I am positive Myself…
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Have you analyzed your games afterwards to see what the computer would have done ? In chess.com the game review is good, however the self analysis lets you look at areas where the advantage was won or lost by small or large amounts and then lets you see what the better move along with the counter moves could have been at many or few levels ( your choice ).
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hi happy to review one of your games, what’s your user name
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Share the link to a game that it’s not obvious to you where you went wrong.. generally you can find it with reviewing or analyzing.
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Danny P posted an update a year ago
I missed the brilliant move here. Wish i could hafe seen it. Anyone notice it ?
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Qxg6
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Jerry G posted an update a year ago
My rating has dropped from about 700 to 400 after following the Blunder check list Nelson provided. Is there any explanation for this anyone can think of? I know he said it gets worse before It gets better… Is this what he meant ? Any help or Input would be greatly appreciated.
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Could be a number of things.
1. When learning something new it is common to go backwards for a while because you’re thinking about a lot more than before and it takes a while to sort it all out.
2. How did you determine initially 700?
Are you using the same criteria?
Could it be you have been playing cheaters?
There is no way having more…
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My progress? You’ll like this one. I was playing a 1000 rated not. Doing pretty well, up 7 points mid game. Then it hung a knight that I could take with my queen. Checked all across the board and yup, The queen was safe , all my other pieces were safe so I took it. It’s queen flew all the way diagonally across the board to checkmate my…
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Not not. BOT
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Don’t look a gift blunder in the mouth
( or something like that ).
They happen all the time and our ability to spot them and take advantage of them can make all the difference.
Some games I’ve lost ( to people ) prove that point. In analyzing those games afterwards I’ve noticed that the other person blundered and unfortunately I didn’t see it…
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Just came across something that may help . If you haven’t visited module 10 I suggest listening too what Nelson says in 10:1. Makes sense to me
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