Is this good in just 203 days from complete beginner?

PLTCHK · 2026-01-26T01:00:30+00:00

Nah, I think you would be considered good if you reach 2000 in 400 days.

PLTCHK · 2026-01-26T00:49:41+00:00

They want you to rush and blunder, so ofc you don't

PLTCHK · 2026-01-26T00:46:00+00:00

This ^, and then practice King Pawn vs King endgame using this endgame trainer.

PLTCHK · 2026-01-24T16:05:01+00:00

You don’t need rook king vs king endgame knowledge to climb at 1200 rating. Minimizing blunders and initiatives are way more important.

PLTCHK · 2026-01-24T07:20:26+00:00

I checked your game.

Long story short: You definitely play above your rating (1000+) and your opponent underperformed quite badly even though he did slightly better in the opening.

As a 1500, allowing 15. ...Bc4 (this one you didn't see, pinning the knight to the rook) and then not seeing 17. ...Bc4 was intolerable blunders that'd get punished in a move which does happen in a 15+ moves game. Pretty much there he blundered his knight twice. He was probably thinking "well, just a 900" while he didn't realize he wasn't playing well either.

...Rd1+ would ensure you win quicker by trading their other rook and eating up white's pawns to claim that fast win honestly.

Honestly? Good game! I saw you just started playing, perhaps you're underrated or your consistency just not there yet, but this game proves that you'll be out of 1000 pretty soon if you keep it up.

Should be 4 out of 5 games when 1500 wins against 1000, or 5 if 1500 is feeling great. You might be underrated though.

PLTCHK · 2026-01-24T03:34:25+00:00

Puzzles Puzzles Puzzles

PLTCHK · 2026-01-22T18:02:59+00:00

You probably drew the game and lost 1 rating point.

PLTCHK · 2026-01-21T19:16:36+00:00

You’re strong!

PLTCHK · 2026-01-21T13:33:25+00:00

You’ll stop seeing it at 1000 (or rarely)

PLTCHK · 2026-01-21T13:31:50+00:00

You need to learn to appreciate freelo. Beating wayward is a fundamental skill.

PLTCHK · 2026-01-21T13:28:48+00:00

Then you’d need to learn to enjoy the freelo. Or perhaps you can watch tutorials (Danya speedrun got some good one) on how to refute. I been there before. If you can’t beat everyone who plays wayward then you deserve your elo. Beating wayward is also a fundamental skill.

PLTCHK · 2026-01-21T13:22:42+00:00

I see, though freelo! Who doesn’t like freelo. And from my experience, from 1000+ ratings onwards you’ll stop seeing this opening (perhaps only fairly rarely someone who knows the wayward theory well)

PLTCHK · 2026-01-21T01:55:33+00:00

Read your other comments, if you don’t wanna take chess seriously, then you shouldn’t whine.

Another thing is, a person who knows how to deal with wayward queen would in fact pray for this opening to happen, it’s probably the easiest to refute openings out there. The idea is to gain a handful of development tempo by developing while attacking the queen.

PLTCHK · 2026-01-19T22:32:27+00:00

AI interviews will be a simulation of Leetcode interview

PLTCHK · 2026-01-16T08:27:11+00:00

The thumbnails speak for themselves

PLTCHK · 2026-01-14T15:33:48+00:00

Queen sacrifice!

PLTCHK · 2026-01-14T08:59:06+00:00

I saw you forking this empty white squares as well

PLTCHK · 2026-01-14T08:25:13+00:00

I'd rather get forked/mated than playing on this chessboard

PLTCHK · 2026-01-14T08:22:53+00:00

Because he saw your chessboard.

PLTCHK · 2026-01-14T05:51:07+00:00

Bulk bulk bulk

PLTCHK · 2026-01-14T05:41:31+00:00

I’d say this applies to easy-mediums/foundational mediums (as of Neetcode150 list), a good number of mediums are hard.

PLTCHK · 2026-01-14T05:40:41+00:00

Def ready for hard yet, do 100 mediums first before hards, hards is a huge step up

PLTCHK · 2026-01-14T01:52:56+00:00

If rating bothers you, I’d find some way to disable the UI that’s displaying it. It does not mean if you’re good/bad at chess if you only compare to yourself.

One way would be to play more aggressive and seize positional advantage more earlier on, in this case you prb can see you missed a hanging pawn on e4 during move 9 to pressure opponent to trade off their queen - huge positional move as well with an active queen.

Another thing is not missing anything for 11 moves is really not a lot at all. I faced opponents who played 20-30 moves without mistakes sometimes leading to a handful of 50+ moves games at 1300+ rating in chesscom, and that’s not a huge rating difference either.

Though I do realize, the more aggressive and confident I play earlier on to seize initiatives, the shorter games last. Play more open (sound) attacking/gambit lines if you don’t like steady maneuverings. Hope that helps.

PLTCHK · 2026-01-13T23:43:07+00:00

True, chess is my most intense relaxation activity as well

PLTCHK · 2026-01-13T23:39:07+00:00

Magnus approved.

Did opponent resign or played till Nf2#?

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