Previously when I lose a game I want to get back the point as fast as I can which leads me to further lose in many games because my thinking is on the point instead on the board. Now I have calmed down and will not look at the point any more, this will help me to win after a lose.
good fucken thinking cuz (Y) (Y)
The rating system is flawed. Your rating can fluctuate considerably irrespective of you. Online rating basically means nothing. But there are people here, who intentionally play only lower rated opponents, because they want to please their ego.
Ideally if you have equal amount of wins and loses, this means you are doing everything correctly and eventually will improve.
Ideally if you have equal amount of wins and loses, this means you are doing everything correctly and eventually will improve.
@GoneWildChess is absolutely correct. Rating means nothing. I used to have an account on Chess.com where I openly tried experimental openings and attempted theory modification to improve my understanding of chess as a whole. Consequently my rating dropped to about 1000... however, that did not mean that when I played my 1400 friends I lost. I was still a 1400/1500 player because I was focusing on the game and my play instead of the numbers next to my name. The only time rating would really be relevant would be if you're trying to get a title.
More on topic I'm glad you've seen through the superficial aspect of competitive chess and will continue focusing on your gameplay and how to improve it. My motto is generally "Study more, play less."
More on topic I'm glad you've seen through the superficial aspect of competitive chess and will continue focusing on your gameplay and how to improve it. My motto is generally "Study more, play less."
The true meaning of chess. One could write an essay or two on the topic.
It's a wonderful thing to see where we have not seen before, but there's always more to be seen, and then again more.
Ratings are meaningless, all numbers as well. We made them up; we've created our hell.
Even the board itself is a lie; this game we're playing was born out of mind. It can be tuned and refined, if it's your desire to mine, but remember that with space there is time.
It's a wonderful thing to see where we have not seen before, but there's always more to be seen, and then again more.
Ratings are meaningless, all numbers as well. We made them up; we've created our hell.
Even the board itself is a lie; this game we're playing was born out of mind. It can be tuned and refined, if it's your desire to mine, but remember that with space there is time.
We choose to make some things valuable, the paper of the money we use isn't so expensive we made them...
You're right, it's a matter of values.
What do you value? A higher rating, or a higher ability? Or something else entirely?
To hold in higher esteem the values of understanding, knowing, seeing more-in short- to value "chess improvement" independent from a rise in rating is perhaps more noble than to value merely the number, but so what? We still want to climb higher, become better, even in all ways, or don't we?
Small steps, grinding away at things, mining, digging deeper, WORKING to get better, these are very common goals, but in the end we fear change, we don't want to hatch from our comfortable wombs.
It is precisely the difficulty of overcoming obstacles, whatever they are for you, that makes them valuable and "worth" striving for.
What do you value? A higher rating, or a higher ability? Or something else entirely?
To hold in higher esteem the values of understanding, knowing, seeing more-in short- to value "chess improvement" independent from a rise in rating is perhaps more noble than to value merely the number, but so what? We still want to climb higher, become better, even in all ways, or don't we?
Small steps, grinding away at things, mining, digging deeper, WORKING to get better, these are very common goals, but in the end we fear change, we don't want to hatch from our comfortable wombs.
It is precisely the difficulty of overcoming obstacles, whatever they are for you, that makes them valuable and "worth" striving for.
we are all improving together by playing and challenging each others but our ratings are not and this is unfair !
Arpad should be hanged for this injustice he created.
Arpad should be hanged for this injustice he created.
just saying
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