@mdinnerspace do you realize how hurtful your words can sometimes be?
@Shryder I found the part in that video I posted where he talks briefly about chess coaching and how he feels it's a bit of a gravy train. It is at the 1 hour 5 minute mark.
How come you only play people <= 1500 RK then
@NeverBeenTimid when you're gonna brag about something... better make sure it's not faked first
And 90% of players are 1500? ... which means they are new and unrated. Having never played before, they resign in a few moves. Timid never posts a challenge, but waits in the lobby to click on new players (correspondence only.) Never a live game. Sports an astounding record of 73 wins and just a few losses, all for an established <1500 player for years in live games.
This is what is commonly known as artificial manipulation of a rating. In a few variants as RK,, lichess does not monitor such behavior nor enforce abuse. Apparently, for good reason, it proves difficult to enforce cheat detection and manipulation of ratings (which is not against any specific rule, but is recognized by everybody.)
I've undoubtedly crossed a fine line. Naming this member as conducting himself in such a manner. This being said, 2Q1C has repeatedly admitted to his trolling, makes mocking posts of the disabled, is proud of posting porn at CC, boasts of his being banned at CC for dozens of infractions, starts a 2Q1C wannabe Team with the explicit purpose of multi-accounting to harass members here. Enough said. Outta here.
No human chess player learned chess alone; they read the rules, and then found a book or online source.
Probably the only player to learn chess alone without reading or learning any openings, endgames, etc. is AlphaZero, because all it knew was the rules, and it found out everything by itself.
@InnateAluminum maybe you can say the top-tier players didn't learn alone, but obviously many many casual players learned without reading any of that stuff
@farmersrice Ah yes, sorry, of course. There are many players who just play casually for fun and never read any opening theory or whatever.
A few "prodigies" learn chess just by watching a few games at an early age. Same for music and math. They need not be taught anything. They are able to pick up an instrument, or play the piano, with zero instruction. Math prodigies simply spill out the numbers, with no book learning.
Book learning definitely helps though. Sometimes after reading a book something inside you just clicks and you start playing a lot better. I think it was a few weeks after finishing "My System" that I managed to break into the top 10 players in the world.
I don't think you can learn chess just by watching. Can you understand complex endgames just by watching? I doubt it. You need someone to explain it to you. Whether that's a book or a person.
@NeverBeenTimid Book learning definitely helps though. Sometimes after reading a book something inside you just clicks and you start playing a lot better. I think it was a few weeks after finishing "My System" that I managed to break into the top 10 players in the world.
You're a World Top Ten? Does that mean you may be able to play Magnus Carlsen?
ex top 10. Does he play Racing Kings?