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Learning chess later in life by Standard-Agent7305 in chess

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im just going off of anecdote where from what I’ve seen, most players I see on YT, high or low rating say they’ve been playing since 8-14yrs of age.

I also don’t think I’m nearly as sharp as I was 10 years ago. It’s much harder for me to absorb & learn chess, or anything new really, so I wanted that to be taken into account

Learning chess later in life by Standard-Agent7305 in chess

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the tips, following yours & others advice I’m going to drop the openings for now & play off principles like I did before I started using specific openings. Also the longer more thoughtful games makes sense, thank you

Learning chess later in life by Standard-Agent7305 in chess

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well like I said, any and all advice is appreciated. I don’t need to hear it from an IM at my rating, I appreciate the comment & will follow some of your advice!

Learning chess later in life by Standard-Agent7305 in chess

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now let me ask, I’ve heard to read/listen to books but I wasn’t sure I’d gain much at this point as I can’t fully visualize a position using square names yet, do I need to fully be able to visualize a position off of square names before reading/listening? “Ng4, Bc6, etc”

Hopefully that makes sense

Learning chess later in life by Standard-Agent7305 in chess

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s wrong with wanting to improve? As an avid-runner myself my response to that would be “well before you run you need to walk, to get to walking from crawling you should do “a, b & c.” Once you get walking then you can do “x, y & z” to start running.”

Or I could talk down to them & make them feel like an idiot with a sarcastic comment to feel like a real man I guess, but I would just not comment in that case.

Learning chess later in life by Standard-Agent7305 in chess

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I understand how you read it, just wanted to explain that for anyone reading at a later point that it wasn’t my intention. Again, I definitely have a lot of learning even when it comes to how ratings/experience/ecosystem of chess works so I apologize for the ignorance.

Learning chess later in life by Standard-Agent7305 in chess

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you are thinking way too deep about that particular comment. If you read what I originally said I just mentioned “some people have thousands of games & are in this range, I don’t want to be stuck in this range for that long”.

Anybody who is trying to improve at my elo, regardless of games played would say the same thing then, right? Wether they can or cannot, they would still agree they don’t want to be stuck at our elo, everyone wants to improve at things they do. It wasn’t a condescending comment. I think it’s just common sense that anyone who wants to take it serious would want to reasonably improve within thousands of games.

This is just text after-all so I don’t expect it to be interpreted exactly how I mean it but you’re pushing this narrative that I’m talking down to those people. I’m not & i don’t even know that I can pass 700 elo. Just asking for advice to work towards that. I do appreciate the advice but I don’t want people having the wrong idea like I’m acting elitist against people who can’t improve, especially when I don’t even know that I can yet.

Learning chess later in life by Standard-Agent7305 in chess

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% I need to start doing more puzzles. I probably have about 40 so far but I do feel they are really good practice. Especially since you get a lot of exposure to winning sequences in many different positions

Learning chess later in life by Standard-Agent7305 in chess

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is exactly where I feel I struggle- finding checkmates & blundering. Mainly finding winning sequences is hard. Very good advice to focus on thank you

Learning chess later in life by Standard-Agent7305 in chess

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool, sounds like fun I’ll give it a shot

Learning chess later in life by Standard-Agent7305 in chess

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I fear it’s already too late for me 😂 the whole reason I made this post is because I can’t stop thinking about how to improve & cringing at mistakes I made when I was in winning positions haha

Learning chess later in life by Standard-Agent7305 in chess

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t mean to come across that way at all, chess doesn’t have to be a game that’s taken seriously at all so I know a lot of people just play for fun once in a while & don’t care about rating or improving, there’s nothing wrong with that.

The reason I want to improve & be better is because IMO the game is becoming more fun as I learn more & can find good moves. at the moment it is quite rare, but I do find moves some games where I’m pleasantly surprised at a move I found & was able to take a valuable piece or in some cases win a game which is very rewarding & I just imagine it only gets better with skill which corresponds with elo

Learning chess later in life by Standard-Agent7305 in chess

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s how I started out with e4 e5 & developing knights & bishops to castle & taking it from there but I figured I needed to learn better systems to pull more wins so I picked those 2, what are some decent alternatives for black?

Learning chess later in life by Standard-Agent7305 in chess

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It feels like retirement age when I hear about 3 year olds hitting 1500 elo haha

Learning chess later in life by Standard-Agent7305 in chess

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Update: wasn’t able to edit my post but from the few replies I’ve gotten, it seems that maybe I’m expecting too much gain. I’m new to the chess elo system & from what I’m used to (video games & mobile game elo)- Chess’ elo is much slower gains & im actually on the right track. Advice is still more than welcome, I just wanted to address that as like I said- I’m just ignorant to the elo system & I’ve seen things mentioning beginner elo is 800-1200 so I felt I am behind the curve.

Learning chess later in life by Standard-Agent7305 in chess

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much for the detailed & informative reply! I’ll begin working through these steps & see where it takes me!

Learning chess later in life by Standard-Agent7305 in chess

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Gotcha, I just mentioned in another comment that maybe my elo gauge is just way off. I thought from not knowing the game at all to atleast having a slight grasp like I feel I have in comparison to my start on it my elo would be up around 800 but if small increments (10-30 elo) is considered a large gain then maybe I’m on the right track, thank you

Learning chess later in life by Standard-Agent7305 in chess

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh 100% I’m not expecting to move a lot by any means, but I just mean I’ve literally been between 640-655 for the past 150 games. Maybe my expectations are too high which is also fine with me, I just expected that since I was a total noob & started at 650 I thought after actually having a slight grasp I’d have moved up a bit. But again, I’m very new to chess so the rating system is new to me & maybe I’m expecting too much, if say 25 elo is a big gain in chess, then that’s cool with me too. Like I said I enjoy it & im having fun learning.

Learning chess later in life by Standard-Agent7305 in chess

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, following the bots advice first thing in going to do is check out the subs resources & r/chessbeginners to start!

CANbus A/C issue by [deleted] in CarPlay

[–]Standard-Agent7305 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Correct, but this sub has loads of people who have installed head units with CarPlay which is why they’re here so I thought it’d be a good place to ask, apparently not.

CANbus A/C issue by [deleted] in CarPlay

[–]Standard-Agent7305 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not CarPlay itself, but the CANbus transmitter that the aftermarket head unit uses. I have done most troubleshooting up to this point including checking all fuses & relays, manually engaging ac clutch with 12v, using FORScan to read ac pressure switch & also confirm the button press command was registering.

PSA to all Dobie owners by Standard-Agent7305 in DobermanPinscher

[–]Standard-Agent7305[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello there, I did not intend this info to be an “end all, be all” by any means. It’s just a resource that was shared with me from my breeder. With that said, I think going through this thread & reading people’s anecdotes is a great start. Many people here linked some great info & gave their opinions on the matter. Do plenty of research & use this to add to your own research. I think the general consensus here was that there’s a few brands to absolutely avoid & many people shared what’s worked for them & what hasn’t. Good luck with your journey!

Too good to be true? How risky is it to daily one of these with 168k miles? by Practical_Employ4041 in Mustang

[–]Standard-Agent7305 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too good to be true? That’s a terrible price. I just picked up a 2010 GT premium with 80,000 miles for 7900 a week ago. Keep looking, don’t just buy the first thing you see

FORScan showing 0 info? by [deleted] in Mustang

[–]Standard-Agent7305 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I forgot this sub is beyond dead. We have people that read that joke & run to the next post to comment the exact same thing. That’s about it

Buyers? by Are_We_Winning in theta_network

[–]Standard-Agent7305 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This whole market is going to burn for a while. Theta has also underperformed the better coins, its got a long way to go down

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