At the moment my puzzle rating is 2115 and my rapid rating is 1575
From what I've seen most people with a 2115 puzzle rating have a higher rapid rating than me and most people with a 1575 rapid rating have a lower puzzle rating than me
Does it mean that I am good at puzzles for a 1575 rapid player, bad at rapid for a 2115 puzzle player, does it mean something else, or does it not really mean anything
How is your timemanagment? Are you really playing rapid, or are you playing blitz speed`? How much time on the clock do you have left when the game is over? Maybe try even slower timecontrol to make use of you calculating skills.
I use the 10+0 time control
Good point about time management, usually I am in time trouble, have much less time than my opponent and have almost no time at the end
You play way too fast
A 10+0 time control and 5 min left at the end.
Blunder after blunder from both sides.
I recommend to switch on move confirmation in your profile: think, make your move, check it is no blunder, confirm.
Stating the obvious in general: solving puzzles ...
a) knowing that there’s a solution
b) having all the time in the world for it
c) no responsibility for the outcome like losing a highly decorated match
... is only too a small extent comparable to competitive chess.
Sorry for confronting you with the truth. This may sound harsh but anyone has to speak it out bluntly. ;)
Puzzles and chess are not really comparable. You can take 3 hours on a puzzle you KNOW has a definite solution. You take 3 minutes on a rapid move and you will probably lose on time. Plus it's typically only a single solution in a puzzle. Many times in chess there are like 3,4,5+ moves that are all good. Plus in chess there isn't always tactics in a positon. In puzzles there is always some tactic ready to go. In puzzles you can play a move that would win, but still lose the puzzle. For instance, if you win the opponent queen instead of seeing an obscure mate in 5, you don't get credit there.
So ya puzzles can be helpful a little bit for chess, but it's not the same thing.
Puzzles = hitting the heavy bag
Chess games = a fist fight
Thanks for the responses
I think I didn't quite express my meaning
There is a larger than normal difference between my puzzle rating and my rapid rating and I was asking for suggestions/insights into that phenomenon that might help me to become a better chess player
I know that I make terrible blunders, but everyone with a rating in the 1500's makes terrible blunders
Perhaps the explanation is simply that I take more time to solve a puzzle than most people with my rapid rating
@bracenoodle the reason is probably very simple:
you just use more time to solve the puzzles than most others.
That's why your puzzle rating is above average.
I must be bad at Rapid too.
@bracenoodleYou might be much better at tactics than at strategy. Strategy can be critical in openings, middle game, and endings. You should decide on which of those your needs are greatest, and give priority to it/them. For this you need books and videos; puzzles won't help.
Most amateur games are won or lost in the middle game. When you look at the analysis graph, you typically see it near the flat line at the end of the opening, but frequently showing a decisive advantage at the onset of the endgame. So the middle game was decisive. Formulating plans, deciding when to attack and when (or how much resources to deploy) to defend, and finding the best attacking or defending strategies, are skills not reflected in or aided by tactical puzzles. Books and videos are required.
