@Avetik_ChessMood said in #1:
Having multiple accounts to cut out losses is in principle not allowed by lichess. The only reason allowed to have multiple accounts at lichess is to have a split between games played with your own name and anonymously.
So be careful with what you recommend although I fully understand your logic.
Do you know that a lot of information about playing-strength can be found in "Chess Insights Analytics from our own games"?
It gives information about how your perform against openings, color, opponent strength, time-trouble, time-control .... You will see each time that the playing-strength can fluctuate heavily (often hundreds of points).
One last interesting experiment I am now busy with is to check the difference in playing-strength between playing your normal opening-repertoire and playing unknown openings. I found out that for myself the gap in games of 2 minutes + 1 second was almost 300 rating-points (+2600 compared to + 2300). I think this tells enough about how important openings are today.
Having multiple accounts to cut out losses is in principle not allowed by lichess. The only reason allowed to have multiple accounts at lichess is to have a split between games played with your own name and anonymously.
So be careful with what you recommend although I fully understand your logic.
Do you know that a lot of information about playing-strength can be found in "Chess Insights Analytics from our own games"?
It gives information about how your perform against openings, color, opponent strength, time-trouble, time-control .... You will see each time that the playing-strength can fluctuate heavily (often hundreds of points).
One last interesting experiment I am now busy with is to check the difference in playing-strength between playing your normal opening-repertoire and playing unknown openings. I found out that for myself the gap in games of 2 minutes + 1 second was almost 300 rating-points (+2600 compared to + 2300). I think this tells enough about how important openings are today.
This is actually pretty smart
I can attest to this even just in general. No matter the game you play, if you are feeling off or just generally not up to playing, forcing yourself to play will almost always end up bad. Then if frustration comes and you want to get back what you lost or end on a good note, you end up losing even more due to said frustration. "Just one win and then I'll quit for the day" for instance.
Burnout can be a thing too where if you start out good and then want to keep playing to keep the momentum, you may be losing the edge and not realizing it due to getting worn out mentally and/or physically. Then you lose what you gained at the start as the losses stack up and the mood can drop which leads to more.
So it's kind of a trial and error of figuring out around how long you play your best at something, then watching yourself and the time spent.
Burnout can be a thing too where if you start out good and then want to keep playing to keep the momentum, you may be losing the edge and not realizing it due to getting worn out mentally and/or physically. Then you lose what you gained at the start as the losses stack up and the mood can drop which leads to more.
So it's kind of a trial and error of figuring out around how long you play your best at something, then watching yourself and the time spent.
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I have found the strongest players inspiring because they don't mind losing if it has been a result of maximising the challenge they set for themselves which will increase their understanding.