| General Chess Discussion - Is Magnus better or Kasparov better?#13 Most people that think Magnus is better hold the view knowingly or unknowingly that the most current great at whatever the sport or game is to be considered greater than any in the past. There are mer… | CarnusMagelsun |
| General Chess Discussion - Is Magnus better or Kasparov better?#12 angstg you have some good points For the GOAT conversation It goes Kasparov number 1 no question in my eyes as well. Fischer was very impressive though and do not discount the reasons he very much is … | CarnusMagelsun |
| General Chess Discussion - Rating spread between rapid and blitz#6 sorry to spam but yeah the answer is right in the start of the question. "I’m working hard analyzing games and trying to understand situations to try and keep improving" There it is that is the key th… | CarnusMagelsun |
| General Chess Discussion - Rating spread between rapid and blitz#5 This is a more difficult question than I first assumed because The size of the playerbases are very different. So to be honest there is no real normal. There is some kind of coefficient that describes… | CarnusMagelsun |
| General Chess Discussion - Rating spread between rapid and blitz#3 Look at the percentile distribution for a normal spread. 2200 is top 2 percent for rapid top 3 percent for blitz but I can tell you that the people at 2200 blitz are much better players than the peopl… | CarnusMagelsun |
| General Chess Discussion - Anyone else find themselves failing on "easier" puzzles?#4 I have seen videos of strong players doing puzzles, They sometimes find the best move extremely quickly and then check other lines to make sure. It is interesting because as a weaker player I am think… | CarnusMagelsun |
| General Chess Discussion - Anyone else find themselves failing on "easier" puzzles?#3 A puzzle requires you to find the best move. If you don't really know which move is best than you may try a move that has potential but is not the best. Throwing in some obvious puzzles to keep the so… | CarnusMagelsun |
| General Chess Discussion - If you're a 1700 player and you beat a 2400, why does your elo only increase by about 12?#2 There has to be a good reason for this. I assume it is to keep the matchmaking more accurate. | CarnusMagelsun |
| General Chess Discussion - When shall I start practicing opening and theories?#5 Blindfold is right really just practice while you are playing. But honestly I think some of the fun is openings so learn what interests you. | CarnusMagelsun |
| General Chess Discussion - At what point of the game do you calculate? and until when?#16 Toscani your reply is pedantic in a way. When a chess player asks how many times do you calculate a game they are not looking for "Technically every move is a calculation at least of 1 ply" Despite th… | CarnusMagelsun |
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