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Diffrence between a gm and 1500 rated chess player

Does gm look board diffrently. What are the basic differences between them and us. How they play what is going on their mind when they play a chess game.

Does gm look board diffrently. What are the basic differences between them and us. How they play what is going on their mind when they play a chess game.

Now we waiting Masters to answer this...

Now we waiting Masters to answer this...

A 1500 player is closer to being 0 rated than a GM is to 1500..

A 1500 player is closer to being 0 rated than a GM is to 1500..

1500 players blunder more often tham GMs. That's the most significant difference.

1500 players blunder more often tham GMs. That's the most significant difference.

What It Takes to Become a Chess Master by Andrew Soltis
"... going from good at tactics to great at tactics ... doesn't translate into much greater strength. ... You need a relatively good memory to reach average strength. But a much better memory isn't going to make you a master. ... there's a powerful law of diminishing returns in chess calculation, ... Your rating may have been steadily rising when suddenly it stops. ... One explanation for the wall is that most players got to where they are by learning how to not lose. ... Mastering chess ... requires a new set of skills and traits. ... Many of these attributes are kinds of know-how, such as understanding when to change the pawn structure or what a positionally won game looks like and how to deal with it. Some are habits, like always looking for targets. Others are refined senses, like recognizing a critical middlegame moment or feeling when time is on your side and when it isn't. ..." - GM Andrew Soltis (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093409/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review857.pdf

What It Takes to Become a Chess Master by Andrew Soltis "... going from good at tactics to great at tactics ... doesn't translate into much greater strength. ... You need a relatively good memory to reach average strength. But a much better memory isn't going to make you a master. ... there's a powerful law of diminishing returns in chess calculation, ... Your rating may have been steadily rising when suddenly it stops. ... One explanation for the wall is that most players got to where they are by learning how to not lose. ... Mastering chess ... requires a new set of skills and traits. ... Many of these attributes are kinds of know-how, such as understanding when to change the pawn structure or what a positionally won game looks like and how to deal with it. Some are habits, like always looking for targets. Others are refined senses, like recognizing a critical middlegame moment or feeling when time is on your side and when it isn't. ..." - GM Andrew Soltis (2012) https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093409/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review857.pdf

@Hellochess987 said in #1:

Does gm look board diffrently. What are the basic differences between them and us. How they play what is going on their mind when they play a chess game.

GMs have mastered the game to a very high level which means, that they will find and exploit almost every inaccuracy of yours.
On the contrary, you don't even know about your inaccuracies (i don't even talk about blunders here).

Here's an analogy:

For an average club player (1500 FIDE, which is more or less about 2000 on Lichess) playing against a GM is more or less like playaing roulette.

Say for example you have round about 50% chance to make a "good" move that doesn't backfires.
Then in your next move again you have the chance of 50% and so on...

This will mathematically lead to the following, for making a few "good" moves in a row (which means to play a good game):
1 good move: 50%
2 good moves in a row: 25%
3 good moves in a row: 12,5%
4 good moves in a row: 6,25%

The more opening theory you know, the later the game begins.

You see how fast this can go wrong...

Have fun!

@Hellochess987 said in #1: > Does gm look board diffrently. What are the basic differences between them and us. How they play what is going on their mind when they play a chess game. GMs have mastered the game to a very high level which means, that they will find and exploit almost every inaccuracy of yours. On the contrary, you don't even know about your inaccuracies (i don't even talk about blunders here). Here's an analogy: For an average club player (1500 FIDE, which is more or less about 2000 on Lichess) playing against a GM is more or less like playaing roulette. Say for example you have round about 50% chance to make a "good" move that doesn't backfires. Then in your next move again you have the chance of 50% and so on... This will mathematically lead to the following, for making a few "good" moves in a row (which means to play a good game): 1 good move: 50% 2 good moves in a row: 25% 3 good moves in a row: 12,5% 4 good moves in a row: 6,25% The more opening theory you know, the later the game begins. You see how fast this can go wrong... Have fun!

Lichess 1500 or FIDE 1500 - it's a big difference. GM and 1500 is like sun and earth.

Lichess 1500 or FIDE 1500 - it's a big difference. GM and 1500 is like sun and earth.

Easy.

Beginners: 100-1000 chunks
Experts: 10k
GMs: 50k
Carlsen: 100k

are the usual scientific estimations.

The more chunks the better the assessment.

Easy. Beginners: 100-1000 chunks Experts: 10k GMs: 50k Carlsen: 100k are the usual scientific estimations. The more chunks the better the assessment.

Carlsen v Nepo... not a Carlsen v A Monkey.. 0 inaccuracies, 0 mistakes, 0 blunders.

Carlson would thrash a 1500 without even looking at a board.. in fact, he beat loads of 1500s without looking at a board.

There’s no way of assessing the difference and is quite frankly a pointless exercise and an even more pointless question.

Carlsen v Nepo... not a Carlsen v A Monkey.. 0 inaccuracies, 0 mistakes, 0 blunders. Carlson would thrash a 1500 without even looking at a board.. in fact, he beat loads of 1500s without looking at a board. There’s no way of assessing the difference and is quite frankly a pointless exercise and an even more pointless question.

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