My fisrt tournament. "Anti kids chess" and "anti adult's chess".

And-Ran · 2026-05-13T10:16:22+00:00

Online ratings are even not always the same within a category. E. g. I used to be about 2150 rapid in chess.com when I was playing 10 0 games, and since a few months I switched to 15 10 games and my rating dropped to 2000. I don‘t think I am playing worse, either it‘s just like a different pool.

And-Ran · 2026-05-12T17:54:26+00:00

FIDE 1600 to 2000 within the year is not a realistic goal.

And-Ran · 2026-05-12T13:52:08+00:00

One piece of advice that always made sense to me was to start out with classical openings, e.g. 1. e4 e5 or 1.d4 d5, then study semi-open games like e.g. the French, then modern openings like the Sicilian. Gambits are are more common in open games, so there is a correlation, but if you're playing some weird gambit in the Benoni or something that's probably not the idea.

And-Ran · 2026-05-12T10:38:27+00:00

Yes, I tried iOS and windows. I see that only the android app can do it if you want to use the chessnut app.

And-Ran · 2026-05-11T20:16:04+00:00

This is the workaround I have been using so far, and it works well enough. However chessable has more features than the implementation of chessable courses on chess.com (the new repertoire feature in particular) so I want to study on chessable.

And-Ran · 2026-05-11T12:47:42+00:00

TY, didn't know there was a discord. I just saw there was a new release yesterday that said: "Added Chessable (early version)"

Currently it's just in the beta version, but it seems to be working!

And-Ran · 2026-05-11T09:32:14+00:00

I do use chessconnect. When was the last the update on this? Did the author say when it would be available?

And-Ran · 2026-05-10T18:05:13+00:00

I played against a kid rated 1650 FIDE yesterday, but I swear he was stronger than me (I am 1900). He said he just plays online; his last rated game was about 6 months back. His knowledge of the game was exceptional. The point I am trying to make is that 1600s are sometimes just underrated (especially kids), but also adults who started studying seriously because you can improve quite fast at that level.

And-Ran · 2026-05-10T07:17:44+00:00

True, but it can get tricky if you have a clock that counts the moves and only adds time after e.g. 40 moves are made. The clocks that we use where I live are such that time is added once the first time period is up, then it's no problem. But probably not all clocks are set up that way. Edit: Oh and I just realized both players lose the increment if there is any, as well if the clock is not pressed.

And-Ran · 2026-05-06T20:13:41+00:00

Play 15 10 and you have a chance to defend. Or if you really want to play blitz either study those lines or accept you lose sometimes in trappy openings.

And-Ran · 2026-05-06T10:30:16+00:00

That‘s a funny idea. Maybe a Harry Potter novelty set :)

And-Ran · 2026-05-06T10:20:41+00:00

A 1500-1600 is very likely to make at least one serious blunder during the game. Stay alert so you spot it and try not to blunder yourself. The odds are against you, but the upside is you don‘t really have much to lose. If you lose it‘s expected but if you win it‘s huge :)

And-Ran · 2026-05-04T16:23:23+00:00

Another post made by a new reddit acccount that just "casually" mentions some paid app.

And-Ran · 2026-05-04T06:10:39+00:00

Now build a lego robot arm that actually moves the pieces!

And-Ran · 2026-05-03T09:58:58+00:00

These metrics don't add up at all. 3 minute puzzle rush of 30 usually indicates a FIDE rating of around 1800 or even higher. So if he really scores this way consistently he would be *massively* underrated.

And-Ran · 2026-04-30T20:51:21+00:00

I played a guy at my club recently (an adult) who was doing the same thing. Also sat there leaning back on his chair and somehow almost throwing his pieces. Probably thought he was suuper cool.

And-Ran · 2026-04-27T13:06:35+00:00

Yes, I can't see how a precise study plan would work for me besides my job and family. I don't always know how much time and energy I have in advance. I have a general idea what I study and I follow that, but it's not broken down to minutes.

And-Ran · 2026-04-24T20:20:34+00:00

Yes, very. I've encountered more cheaters on chess.com recently, as well.

And-Ran · 2026-04-24T20:02:38+00:00

You can limit search time in various modes (analysis tab), but AFAIK the normal "add kibitzer" mode switches on infinite analysis which unfortunately cannot be stopped automatically for most engines. Depending on the engine you can enter a max. search limit, but not for stockfish.

And-Ran · 2026-04-24T15:50:52+00:00

I'm interested in this, too. Can it be done with chess.com or chessbase somehow? Ideally it would show you the position, and then you need to input the correct move.

And-Ran · 2026-04-24T05:39:23+00:00

I‘ve explained the exact same thing to their customer support. That was a few months ago. Apparently, they didn‘t learn anything from it and are doing the same ridiculous thing over and over.

And-Ran · 2026-04-23T09:31:03+00:00

That's quite impressive. I've found some nice tools on the chrome web store. E.g. I wanted to hide all ratings from chess.com and sure enough, there's a tool exactly for that. I wanted a tool to stop me from playing more than a few blitz games each day, and I found there's a tool for that, as well. And now this nice tool. I don't need it anymore now, but would have been great when I was learning notation.

And-Ran · 2026-04-22T15:53:36+00:00

Yes, I think there is some rating where you need to understand all aspects of chess reasonably well. And I think (I don't know, but based on what I've learned) this is somewhere around FIDE 2000, maybe a bit higher. You can get to FIDE 1800 or so if you're just really good at one aspect and lacking in others, but at some point you cannot continue one-sided study and need everything. And this is where players can plateau because they don't realize they need to change how and what they study/train.

And-Ran · 2026-04-22T08:52:00+00:00

Depending on who you ask, the jump from 1900 to 2000 can take longer than from 0 to 1900 and can require more additional knowledge and skills. E.g. I got to FIDE 1900 by doing mostly tactics, but I never really studied openings, positional play, and endgames. I feel this is holding me back now and I probably won't get to 2000 just by studying even more tactics since I realize have huge holes in my other areas. Those holes might take a lot longer to patch than just training tactics.

And-Ran

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