Originally posted by RahimKI finally quit, went back to school and ended up with a 40 hour a week engineering job. I’m sitting here bored out of my mind which explains why I’m poking around in the forums. I’d rather be home doing something constructive like cleaning dog turds out of the back yard.
I'm missing the job part right now. Working 3 days a week, and looking for real work.
Bored out of my mind most of the time.
Originally posted by RahimKYou must be kidding right? You have got zero moves made for nearly a 100 days. Guess what happens when you go for 100 days without a move made?
Well after a good long rest, Chess has sucked me back in.
.....Start out slowly, take the rust off and get back to normal.
R K
Originally posted by z00tI'm starting slowly. Solving tactics and looking over games, I can tell i'm not even close to my normal strength yet.
You must be kidding right? You have got zero moves made for nearly a 100 days. Guess what happens when you go for 100 days without a move made?
I'm not going to jeopardize my hard earn rating just like that. Then Wormwood would have a huge lead! Can't let that happen 😛
It'll take some time but I have started solving tactics again and reading chess books and looking at games.
That's a good start.
What happens after 100 days? Nothing!
Originally posted by wormwoodI know, I seen you on there. Whats with the % tries?
well you just try and we'll see. 🙂 I'm at around 1620 now, what's your handle?
I just signed on as a guest and went through 20-30 problems. Figuring out the system.
If you get it wrong you lose a lot of points right? So it's better to take your time and solve it then just guess quickly and get it wrong.
I find the rating kind of strange still. Was reading about it.
The show the position and then 6 seconds they move. Then you get 3 free seconds. I don't follow the rest of it.
If you solve it within 9 seconds you get points?
Then after 9 you lose points?
I'm working on the Reinfield 1001 combinations puzzles with fritz. I went though 20 of them yesterday.
Get CTS account later on.
Originally posted by masscatAnd i'm finding and an engineering job.
I finally quit, went back to school and ended up with a 40 hour a week engineering job. I’m sitting here bored out of my mind which explains why I’m poking around in the forums. I’d rather be home doing something constructive like cleaning dog turds out of the back yard.
How ironic!
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Originally posted by RahimKthe % depends on how much problems you get right. my experience is that you'll reach the highest rating with about 66% success rate. that is, by risking it. but I've found out that 83-85% rate gives me best improvement speed over time. raising my session percentages from 66% to 83-85% dropped my rating 120 points, so there is a trade off. but it's been worth it.
I know, I seen you on there. Whats with the % tries?
I just signed on as a guest and went through 20-30 problems. Figuring out the system.
If you get it wrong you lose a lot of points right? So it's better to take your time and solve it then just guess quickly and get it wrong.
I find the rating kind of strange still. Was reading about it.
The sho nations puzzles with fritz. I went though 20 of them yesterday.
Get CTS account later on.
you have 6 seconds before they move, then 3 second to get the full points, and 10 additional seconds (on average) to get a neutral score. after that you'll lose points. but not as much as by failing the problem.
your rating will fluctuate wildly when you start, because of the high RD (just like on FICS), but the RD will soon come down to 30, 20 and even 14-15 for long daily sessions. at that point the gains/losses will be very small, less than 1 point, so no 'lucky' or 'unlucky' strikes will affect your rating. only a consistent change in your performance will.
Originally posted by wormwoodso you get point depending on the problem rating?
the % depends on how much problems you get right. my experience is that you'll reach the highest rating with about 66% success rate. that is, by risking it. but I've found out that 83-85% rate gives me best improvement speed over time. raising my session percentages from 66% to 83-85% dropped my rating 120 points, so there is a trade off. but it's been wort ...[text shortened]... cky' strikes will affect your rating. only a consistent change in your performance will.
So it's like you playing OTB, If you are 1400 and the problem is 1600 and you win you get 1-0 result and 24 points?
You draw , 1/2-1/2 = 4 points?
You lose 0-1 = -8 points?
And the times are like:
3 seconds solve or less = 1-0.
13 seconds = 1/2
more time = 0-1.
Is that right?
I spent 40 seconds on 2, 1550 problems and got them right, and lost a few points. Then I made a mistake on purpose and lost 150 points. So I'm guessing it's much better to get all of them right and take your time instead of guessing. Plus it's just a rating.
I was just testing it out to see what kind of puzzles they had.
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Originally posted by RahimKyea, sort of like that. every problem has a maximum gain, which will depend on your RD and the difference between its rating and yours. then, depending on the speed you solve it, you'll get a score between 1.0 and 0.0, which will be used to calculate how much of that max gain you'll get. 0.5 represents the neutral score, which will get you 0 points no matter what the maximum gain was.
so you get point depending on the problem rating?
So it's like you playing OTB, If you are 1400 and the problem is 1600 and you win you get 1-0 result and 24 points?
You draw , 1/2-1/2 = 4 points?
You lose 0-1 = -8 points?
And the times are like:
3 seconds solve or less = 1-0.
13 seconds = 1/2
more time = 0-1.
Is that right?
I spent Plus it's just a rating.
I was just testing it out to see what kind of puzzles they had.
the 10 seconds for 0 gain is only for a problem rated exactly the same as you. for every 20 points of rating difference you get 1 second more time. so if you're 1500 and the problem 1600, you'll have 6+3+10+5*1 = 24 seconds to solve for a neutral score.
it's not optimal to get all of them right, because often your educated guess will be correct, and very fast and give bigger gain. so there's a differential equation, which will have a maximum at some point. empirically I know it's around getting 2 correct fast and failing one, which gives about 66% success rate.
the problems' ratings are adjusted similarly from the initial 1500.
Originally posted by wormwoodInteresting. After these educated guesses, do you go back and do the problem unrated or look at the solution?
yea, sort of like that. every problem has a maximum gain, which will depend on your RD and the difference between its rating and yours. then, depending on the speed you solve it, you'll get a score between 1.0 and 0.0, which will be used to calculate how much of that max gain you'll get. 0.5 represents the neutral score, which will get you 0 points no matte ...[text shortened]... 66% success rate.
the problems' ratings are adjusted similarly from the initial 1500.
Just to make sure you full understand it?