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Kamil P posted an update
Hey Nelson, I’m still early in the course (module 2) and I love it. My peak rapid rating is 1489 and now I’m 1435 having dropped below 1400 multiple times over the past few weeks/months. What I struggle the most is that once in a while I play a perfect game, steady, growing my advantage from the start, estimated rating by chess dot com of 2200 and accuracy of 95% which makes me feel great, but then I lose 5 games in a row and usually by getting to a winning position and then blundering a piece in one move or making a mistake that a 500-rated player would do and I lose. I’d like to learn how to be more consistent because as we all know chess is a cruel game and you can play 30 moves like Magnus and then one slip-up and the game is lost immediatelly. Does anybody relate to that? Love your content Nelson and looking forward to the rest of the course!
Daniel O, Zachary P and 2 others3 Comments-
This is me…
I’ll play a game or two on bullet at 89-91% accuracy, estimated rating between 1600-1900, then will have 2-3 in a row with inexplicable errors through the entire game.
Happens less in blitz and rapid for me, but time pressure makes me do bad things.
Also, I tend to compound my mistakes. Once I make one, I get annoyed and struggle to get resettled
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Literally just lost 5 in a row after attaining my best bullet rating in 2 months (1021) because sometimes I log in and it’s like my mind’s not in it. So frustrating. Really hoping this course can help me figure out why sometimes I see everything super clearly and sometimes it’s all like another language.
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Yeah Kamil, that’s one of the main things that separates the really strong GM’s from everyone else. They are able to play the best moves consistently game after game. What I have found is that the type of opening sometimes affects my accuracy. It’s easier to play good games in opening/middlegame positions you’re familiar with as opposed to unfamiliar positions. Also just reminding yourself every move that you need to play accurately.
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