Gotham chess on YouTube, for sure. Andrea Botez has a beginner’s guide to chess I used with my daughter. After that, Daniel Naroditsky and his speed run series are great learning tools. youtube > books imo.
I started playing about a month or so ago. Trying to get to 1000 now. Sitting at 700. Mostly playing 10 mins. It's frustrating sometimes because some times I'm on a roll and I'll hot 70-80% accuracy easy and then the next day I derp out and it's 40-50% those games. All part of just getting used to what exactly works I guess.
My go tos have been Kings Indian and Caro Kann for black and Vienna for white. Basically just whatever I learned watching GothamChess YouTube videos
Nonsense. I’ve been slowly losing my skill while only playing trashed 5 minute games (often under the influence of agadmator chess breakdowns and thinking psssh, that looks easy enough)
St. Louis Chess has a ton of stuff online. I think in this day and age it’s easier to learn that way, unless you plan on setting shit up over the board and slogging through puzzles. Also, the puzzle options on the app you have are also a great option.
I've played a fair bit against the bots on the Chess.com in app since I'm out at sea a good bit and internet is limited. They're pretty fun and I think theyve helped me get better. I beat the 1300 level bot and had the 1400 on the ropes just now before derping it away.
Going up against the Magnus app is also good action. Getting skull fucked by like a 13 year old always puts things into perspective.
I can win a game and I’m like oh cool, i lose a game i shouldn’t have and I’ll stew about that shit for days
I played in my school’s chess club so went to tournaments and shit. I have a game that will haunt me until the day I die. I pissed away a winning end game at state that would’ve gotten me first place for the closed section, but I didn’t see it and instead finished fourth. Our first board player was apoplectic that I didn’t see it OOTB. And when I looked back at the position, I could see why I was so mentally fragged at that point, though. Tournament chess is next level shit. It takes such a mental toll. A couple days will have you feeling like you ripped multiple blunts in a row.
My strategy of just trying to eliminate the other players pieces until they’re decimated does not seem like a long term winning strategy! with that being said I should’ve gone up more than 10 for beating someone ranked like 130 points higher than me
The king's indian is refuted by stockfish. this is highly relevant for all of us soon to be 2800 GM's
The danish gambit is my favorite opening to play. it’s objectively trash. but when it works… *chefs kiss*
My best bud lives and dies by gambits and it treats him quite well. I always give him fits when we play, though, because I’m super passive.
I’m a 1.d4 player and I have a lot of success vs the King’s Indian. You can get a large attack pretty easily.
Would you say that you were giving the impression that you weren’t tense or even fully concentrating on the game in critical positions?
Thats not inflated. The question mark means you havent played enough games for them to accurately give you a proper rating. You just have to play more games and it will level out. There is a slight inflation between lichess and chess.com but its like 50ish maybe 100 points not several hundred. Having said that lichess is waaaaay better than chess.com
Definitely for blitz and classical. But I’ve played a lot on Rapid obvi, and I still think that’s way too high. I have a Square Off Pro that I can play against an AI and the ~1350ELO computer is a struggle for me, splitting wins against that bastard. Computers play different of course, but it gives me pause to say I’m a 16something player.
Depends what level you are I think. Basic Kings Indian avoids the basic gambits and gets your king to safety. However can be susceptible to attacks like the Fried Liver and players that know how to attack. However at the sub 1000 range if you just think of Gotham’s basic advice you can be pretty successful and rise quickly. As the amount of players that can lead a successful attack without blundering is low. But that is coming from a 698 on Chess.com and 1072 on Lichess for Rapid. Haven’t played blitz or bullet as I would get crushed on time.
Was +6 up and got nervous and blundered my queen in a time scramble because bullet chess is sweaaaaaty
Anyone play puzzle rush? Think I enjoy that more than actual games. Could be because I’m on a losing streak.
The joys of chess, feel invincible when you are on a winning streak and then it all evens out it seems eventually.
Just hit my peak blitz rating on chess.com, over 1350 now. The 5-0 blitz arenas seem to be a great way to bolster one’s rating. Players seem soft for their ratings in them.
Idk getting to 1,000+ is about learning one good opening with white and one for each of 1.d4 and 1.d5 against black. I’d recommend gambits because you can win fast, it’s more tactic based, and frankly more enjoyable if you’re in it for fun. Next steps are to learn basic tactics, pawn breaks and some common end games. I’d think that could get one to 1300-1500 on chess.com