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It's pretty obvious really, slow and steady wins the race. It's just that I read so many posts here about people wanting to hit 1600, 1800, etc. And they spend their time playing speed chess. Slow down people!!!
J
PS. I'm guilty of moving pretty quickly myself, but I don't intend on becoming a great player.
Originally posted by onyx2006I do think slow and steady is the right way to go. That said, I like intermediate goals of 50 points. My goal right now is to get my rating over 1750 and hold it there.... after that I will work on 1800... with an eventual goal of 2000+
Forget books & DVDs - just take one quick look at the open invites:
[b]Rating: 2033 Timebank: 28 days Rating limit: >2100 Game Name: none
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It's pretty obvious really, slow and steady wins the race. It's just that ...[text shortened]... . I'm guilty of moving pretty quickly myself, but I don't intend on becoming a great player.[/b]
Based on my recent spate of games, this will never happen as I am still playing fast and loose against 1400s (and consequently dropping pieces).
Originally posted by onyx2006What's the use in even getting a 2500 rating? Would seem to me there are an terrible number of 2500 rated players who never truly make a living out of chess. hehe Even if they teach, how many people will pay $80 an hour for a chess lesson? I doubt there aren't many. That's why I pretty much quit chess on a competitive level. It just seems a waste of time. Why not go out and do something good for the world? There are a lot of people needing a lot of love out there. If you want to look at a professional player example: GM JOSH WAITZKIN. He doesn't even play competitive chess any longer. He teaches martial arts at the last I heard.
Forget books & DVDs - just take one quick look at the open invites:
[b]Rating: 2033 Timebank: 28 days Rating limit: >2100 Game Name: none
Rating: 1155 Timebank: 0 days Rating limit: none Game Name: SUPERFAST MOVERS!!!
It's pretty obvious really, slow and steady wins the race. It's just that ...[text shortened]... . I'm guilty of moving pretty quickly myself, but I don't intend on becoming a great player.[/b]
Originally posted by zebanoBut, at that point, what have you accomplished? Let's just say you get a 2000+ rating. Once you get there, you'll want to get an even higher rating, and I'm sorry... but eventually everyone has their maximum potential that they are born with genetically. Why worry about your rating? Why not just play for fun? You're never going to be Bobby Fischer. You see, that's why I quit competitive chess. It doesn't work. If I play, I'll just play for fun - win or lose. Because it's just a game. Obsessions are of the devil. It took me a long time to understand all of this. But, the Lord showed me it's just not good to be involved with competitive chess when it incites anger, arguments over who is better, boasting, bad pride, and basically isolation of the human self. It's pathetic I have found. Why not play for fun? Don't worry about your rating. Professional players - I have met - and they are usually strange, obsessed, and lost. The farthest thing from their mind is spiritual well-being. Games are games. When one grows up, it's time to be a man, and think of others and not serve the self so much.
I do think slow and steady is the right way to go. That said, I like intermediate goals of 50 points. My goal right now is to get my rating over 1750 and hold it there.... after that I will work on 1800... with an eventual goal of 2000+
Based on my recent spate of games, this will never happen as I am still playing fast and loose against 1400s (and consequently dropping pieces).
Originally posted by powershakerJosh Waitzkin wasn't a GM last I heard.
What's the use in even getting a 2500 rating? Would seem to me there are an terrible number of 2500 rated players who never truly make a living out of chess. hehe Even if they teach, how many people will pay $80 an hour for a chess lesson? I doubt there aren't many. That's why I pretty much quit chess on a competitive level. It just seems a waste of ...[text shortened]... oesn't even play competitive chess any longer. He teaches martial arts at the last I heard.
Originally posted by powershakeryou're just rationalizing your lazyness to commit yourself to the amount of work you need to do to improve.
But, at that point, what have you accomplished? Let's just say you get a 2000+ rating. Once you get there, you'll want to get an even higher rating, and I'm sorry... but eventually everyone has their maximum potential that they are born with genetically. Why worry about your rating? Why not just play for fun? You're never going to be Bobby Fischer. ...[text shortened]... grows up, it's time to be a man, and think of others and not serve the self so much.
nothing of value comes easily.
Originally posted by powershakerI don't claim to be an expert on genetics, but I'm pretty damn sure there isn't a chess gene. I think that with copious amounts of work and enough humility to realise that you have to unlearn bad habits and so on it's possible, given sufficient time and nothing else to do, to get to any rating you care to aim for. Irrespective of what age you are.
everyone has their maximum potential that they are born with genetically.
Having said that I half agree with a secular version of the rest of the stuff you said, that level of obsessiveness doesn't lead to a well balanced human.
Originally posted by powershakerLOL. I really, really hope you're just a troll. I can't imagine you actually being this way. Note that I'm referring not just to this post, but to all the other nonsensical posts of yours.
But, at that point, what have you accomplished? Let's just say you get a 2000+ rating. Once you get there, you'll want to get an even higher rating, and I'm sorry... but eventually everyone has their maximum potential that they are born with genetically. Why worry about your rating? Why not just play for fun? You're never going to be Bobby Fischer. ...[text shortened]... grows up, it's time to be a man, and think of others and not serve the self so much.
Originally posted by onyx2006Good luck, but don't forget the most important thing, you are doing it for fun, if you go on a mission it can become more like work
Forget books & DVDs - just take one quick look at the open invites:
[b]Rating: 2033 Timebank: 28 days Rating limit: >2100 Game Name: none
Rating: 1155 Timebank: 0 days Rating limit: none Game Name: SUPERFAST MOVERS!!!
It's pretty obvious really, slow and steady wins the race. It's just that ...[text shortened]... . I'm guilty of moving pretty quickly myself, but I don't intend on becoming a great player.[/b]
Couldn't resist. And yes, I sincerely hope that you are just a troll as well. There is nothing morally or spiritually wrong with setting a goal (no matter what it is) and striving to attain it. So, long as said goal doesn't overtly hurt anyone along the way. Chess is perhaps the greatest test of comparative mental skill. And, for me, it is less about being better than someone else, rather than simply acheiving the goals I set for MYSELF. If Chess incites anger in someone, well that person has some psychological issues that need to be addressed. However, people get passionate about things they care about. For instance, if was to tell you that I think your religious dogma is zealous, and pseudo-spiritual, or that (assuming you are Christian) the Bible contains many gross mistranslations and inconsistencies....would that serve to incite anger within you?
I am fed up with Fundamentalists. It is in the human's VERY NATURE to gratify itself. To strive for betterment. To rise above. And that very process in itself is the best way to gratify the Spiritual self. But that is my opinion, and if you have studied Theology, then you will see that OPINIONS abound. Find your own course. If you choose not to play competitively, that is perfectly fine. However, please refrain from comming in here, thumping your Bible and telling us we are sinners. When you pass judgement on someone, you are NO BETTER than the wrong that you percieve.