Well I am having trouble hitting 1600 but maybe that is because I do not study chess!!
That seems to be the hardest for me. Studying the finer points of the game. I'm quite well with spotting basic tactics and I know my opening theory fairly decently.
Back when I was studying, I was doing really well. But I stopped doing that and was just playing in my leisure time. So most of my knowledge these days is in openings and tactics. I should probably pick up a book on positional play.
Chess really is a science, and so, it takes either dedication or brilliance to understand to such a level!
Thank you, every one, for congratulating me for my success of being 1800+. But now it's over, now I am a 1800-, I hope I will stay 1700+ though.
It has been nice to know how it feels to be in the heights for a while. I hope I will return one day with a little more weight on my feet. To once again cross the 1800-line, but this time stay there.
But I have to face reality. My rating perhaps was 1800+ but my skill? Nope.
Don't worry if your rating comes down... 'Whatever goes up, comes down' but I think we should change our perspective to read that sentence as 'Whatever goes up, should go further up'😉
BTW, my target is that my rating here should beat my Year of Birth... 🙂
Don't worry if your rating comes down... 'Whatever goes up, comes down' but I think we should change our perspective to read that sentence as 'Whatever goes up, should go further up'😉
BTW, my target is that my rating here should beat my Year of Birth... 🙂
Thank you. Seems that I'm here again! For a while anyway.
Originally posted by ChessJester Well I am having trouble hitting 1600 but maybe that is because I do not study chess!!
Good job!
The reason you are having trouble hitting 1600 is that you are playing opponents of similar rating as yourself.
A quick inspection of your graph shows you are not trying to pad your rating level.
I think the rating calculation should be adjusted so that wins verses players 100 lower then your current should be seen as unrated.Loses should get rating points deducted except if the player has less than 20 games.
At least with this new rating system we wouldn't see so many of these threads.
Originally posted by bill718 Well done! Keep studying and playing, and 2000 may be within
your reach.🙂
You have high thoughts of me... This is probably the highest I will get. (Have i said this before?) I will never reach 2000, never. I have to reach 1900 first... 🙂
I will cross the 1800 barrier soon, this time from above.
Originally posted by FabianFnas I will cross the 1800 barrier soon, this time from above.
Just start playing better, and perhaps you'll stay. At another site (where the ratings seem inflated) I had a run of consistent results against players in the 1900s (all wins), and few upsets against players above that, and some timeouts against a 2400+ with the result that I peaked over 2100. Two weeks ago I was back down to 1998 where I hadn't been in two years. One win and I'm back over 2000 (comparable to over 1800 here).
I'm above 1800!
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