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Venkat R posted an update
Hello Nelson, I’m done with all the modules, and tested my skills. I previously used to blunder pieces away by not having enough defenders (stage 1), and then by not checking whether a discovered attack from opponent wins an undefended piece (stage 2). Now, what happens is I make a blunder (or a mistake) by not checking if the opponent will have a tactic that wins a piece. In other words, my opponent comes up with a clever tactic and wins a piece, and I don’t last past the middle game. Is this because my opponent is too strong?
Stuart and Andrew3 Comments-
Depends what you mean by “clever tactic”. Most of the time you’ll be able to notice the tactics if you’re familiar with them (pin, fork, skewer, discovered check, etc…). If it truly is an amazing tactic then maybe you’re opponent is too strong, but I’m guessing that’s pretty rare. Hope that helps!
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I wanted to play as Guest on chess.com and picked “Intermediate” and let it choose an opponent. Not sure what rating range of that is or the rating of the player.
I later created a new account in chess.com and it gave me an initial rating of 1200. I played two games and won them both! On the second game, I blundered a piece, if the opponent played the right sequence of trades he would have gotten a free bishop, but he missed as well and I escaped with a win.
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If you’re unsure of your rating on chess.com then it is very likely 1200 is quite a bit higher than you will want to be starting at. If you are fairly new to it then either 400 or 800 rating would likely be the best place to start. Though without seeing your games or knowing your history I cannot really say.
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