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Damien M posted an update
Just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience, I was around 800 when starting the course and gradually worked my way up to 1235 over 6 months. Since then I’ve had huge losing streaks and am down to low 900 in just a couple of months. It seems most of my opponents are playing much stronger than before and the 900’s are not playing any weaker than 1100 plus??? It’s been extremely frustrating to say the least and I really don’t know what I’m doing differently because I’ve played Stonewall and Owen’s Defence the whole time.
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There isn’t a huge difference between 1100 and 900. Just keep playing solid and do your blunder checks. Also, you may need to address your mental state and stop playing when you get on a losing streak and don’t throw away elo when you are tilted. Believe me I know, I dropped myself 100 points last Sunday rage queuing and losing 7 in a row *lol*
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Also, you may want to pick new openings. The only part about the course I didn’t really like was Nelson spent a couple of chapters telling you to “Do these fundamental things” and then recommended two openings that didn’t do any of those fundamentals. I’d look into the London for white (super easy to learn, super safe and can play against almost anything). Black is a little harder, I’d look at the Caro vs. E4 openings and the reverse London against everything else.
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Thanks Nate!
I agree the Stonewall and Owen’s Defence go completely against opening principles but despite that I was having really good success with them. Was so weird how all of a sudden I wasn’t. It might be good to try out the openings you suggested to mix things up and maybe coming back to the Stonewall and Owen’s I’ll have fresh eyes and new ideas for when they don’t play typical moves.
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