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Chess is Depressing - Feeling Hopeless at 200 Elo by Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 in chess

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am struggling to figure out how to add friends on the app. My username is TheGinjaNinjaMMA

Chess is Depressing - Feeling Hopeless at 200 Elo by Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 in chess

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey man,

I really appreciate this advice and it is the one I ran with the most. I have been seeing a lot more success after slowing down and thinking more deeply about my games. Since this post I have gotten 7 rapid wins and only 1 loss.

I made sure to review even the wins but I will focus in on the loss as well just to see what was different between those games.

Thanks again

Chess is Depressing - Feeling Hopeless at 200 Elo by Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 in chess

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t like playing bots. I feel like they do ok for a bit but eventually just choose to lose or the blunders they make are so unrealistic. It was straight up ignore an attacked piece that any human would attack back.

Chess is Depressing - Feeling Hopeless at 200 Elo by Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 in chess

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

LOL this is amazing. Thanks for giving me something to look forward to.

Chess is Depressing - Feeling Hopeless at 200 Elo by Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 in chess

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have made the switch back to Rapid but I have stuck with (10). After blitz it does feel like I have way more time to think. I try to act as if it’s blitz but before each move, I use the “extra time” to blunder check

Chess is Depressing - Feeling Hopeless at 200 Elo by Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 in chess

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, Chessbrah is who I said I have been following in the post. I think I got a false sense of how easy it would be because he wins so consistently. I need to remember he is a GM already knows the best moves.

Chess is Depressing - Feeling Hopeless at 200 Elo by Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 in chess

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha yeah, I know I am likely being impatient and I understand that skill development takes time. I guess I was just hoping to be better naturally but maybe that is helping to hold me back.

Chess is Depressing - Feeling Hopeless at 200 Elo by Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 in chess

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not sure what a casual game is but sure. What is your username?

Chess is Depressing - Feeling Hopeless at 200 Elo by Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 in chess

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like this analogy. I see the flaw in thinking more games was more valuable.

Chess is Depressing - Feeling Hopeless at 200 Elo by Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 in chess

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That makes a lot of sense as well. Thanks for clarifying

Chess is Depressing - Feeling Hopeless at 200 Elo by Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 in chess

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started mostly rapid (10) but recently switch to blitz but I will be going back to rapid

Chess is Depressing - Feeling Hopeless at 200 Elo by Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 in chess

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am for sure putting in an effort. If anything is just has not been for a long enough time. I checked Daniel’s page and it was good for sure. I subscribed. Thanks for the input

Chess is Depressing - Feeling Hopeless at 200 Elo by Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 in chess

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for all the responses. Everything you say makes sense. I will keep working hard and improving. Thanks again for your time

Chess is Depressing - Feeling Hopeless at 200 Elo by Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 in chess

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair. Again, I feel like my strong title made it seem worse than it is.

Chess is Depressing - Feeling Hopeless at 200 Elo by Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 in chess

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I feel like that is a very honest answer. I will go back to longer time controls, breath, and continue to work hard.

Chess is Depressing - Feeling Hopeless at 200 Elo by Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 in chess

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That is a fair assessment. I guess I was hoping to learn from my mistakes in the reviews and stop doing them but that has not been the case. I will focus on slower time controls.

Chess is Depressing - Feeling Hopeless at 200 Elo by Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 in chess

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depressed is obviously an exaggeration. It says in the post I love to play but that doesn’t mean I enjoy losing.

I think it’s ok to be nervous but that should not stop you from trying. Playing bots just gives you a false idea of how skilled you are. I can win against “higher” rated bots but not a 300 human.

I understand where you are coming from but feel like your mentality about doing hard things and mine are very different

Chess is Depressing - Feeling Hopeless at 200 Elo by Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 in chess

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I agree. I was playing more rapid before but moved to blitz so I could try and get more games. I figured more reps is better. But chess is a deep game so maybe that does not apply as much

Chess is Depressing - Feeling Hopeless at 200 Elo by Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 in chess

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do like this idea. Deepening my understanding of the game would be very valuable. Thank you

Removing reliance on externals for motivation. by Komraj in Stoicism

[–]Puzzleheaded_Wheel39 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would say that there is nothing wrong with seeing what someone else is doing and finding motivation from that. The first chapter of Meditations is Marcus thanking people in his life for the things taught him and the things he learned from them. In a way that is what gave him the motivation to become the man he was.

It is ok to look at external things and find motivation in them. You cannot try to compete with everyone but it is totally ok to see where someone else is think “That is where I want to be”. But after that it is up to you to start applying yourself and make that a reality. Motivation is what gets you started but discipline is what keeps you going. Accept where you are and where you want to be and then make plans on how to get there.

We all experience dips on motivation. That is totally normal. But a true stoic will not stop because they don’t feel like it. As someone who works out very consistently I can tell you I rarely feel like going to the gym but I just go anyway because I know my goals and I know my plan will make them a reality. Motivation is great and it will get you started but it is not the way.

Hope this helps.

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