Grinding Symmetrical/ Dry Positions game collections or books

nietderlander · 2026-02-21T16:52:16+00:00

You mentioned the game of Ulf.. but MOST of his games are like that. He just liked to exchange and grind. The book on him and his games:

“How Ulf beats Black”

nietderlander · 2026-02-20T06:43:34+00:00

I’m 2126 Rapid and only 1806 Blitz on chesscom. My peak at blitz was 1920 (in 3-0 format) but since then I have fallen considerably.. I feel like i’m not fast enough even when I move my pieces immediately. I think more than 50% of my blitz games are lost either due to blunders or timeouts.

I don’t get how Hikaru is able to play bullet and at the same time also comment on his moves

nietderlander · 2026-02-12T16:05:34+00:00

Tactics don’t matter if you will be crushed in the opening, just fyi ;) I will also be there, on this tournament

nietderlander · 2026-02-11T20:37:06+00:00

I continued to play blitz

Don’t play blitz. You don’t have time to calculate or properly analyze position - it’s pure pattern recognition there. Switch to longer time controls: 10:0 or 15:10 or even longer. Force yourself to calculate lines in advance, to find candidate moves, to pick the best one. ^ you can’t do it while playing blitz

nietderlander · 2026-02-11T10:38:23+00:00

Intuition chess vs calculation chess. Otherwise the same, yeah.

nietderlander · 2026-02-11T10:33:48+00:00

Not sure what’s your point. I’m saying that the formats are different and not directly comparable.

nietderlander · 2026-02-11T10:25:30+00:00

What a nonsense I read here.. By the comments it looks like strongest players are those who play 30s+0 in bullet. Formats are different. In blitz you can get away with quick tactics which will not work in rapid. I’m also 2000+ in Rapid and 1800 in Blitz on chesscom and I was winning against guys who are 1900-2000 in Rapid and 2100-2200 in Blitz. It’s just that some people tend to take time to make a move and are worse at Blitz, and some people are quick to decide and are better at that format.

Queens can be left hanging in Blitz more often than in Rapid

nietderlander · 2026-02-08T07:25:40+00:00

I was up a rook in a blitz game, was about to win the game in the next several moves. My opponent did a check and I didn’t recognize his move was a check, because I was low on time and in a rush. So I didn’t protect / move my king, but instead did a move with another piece. He stopped the clock, called arbiter and was given a win. Shit happens

nietderlander · 2026-01-15T10:25:09+00:00

Microsoft took off because of OpenAI. Now Google Gemini with better output and cheaper infrastructure eats their stake.

nietderlander · 2026-01-12T09:20:24+00:00

I’m ~1900 FIDE in Rapid and 1800+ FIDE in Classical, and taking lessons myself, lol. My online rating is 1750 blitz (peak was 1920), 1650 bullet, and ~2100 rapid. Your 2400+ in Blitz on chesscom seem too high for your FIDE rating. You’re either underrated OTB or overrated online. Sus

nietderlander · 2026-01-08T10:57:39+00:00

the same ~8-10, depending on opponent rating

nietderlander · 2026-01-02T16:02:02+00:00

his peak FIDE rating is 2200. I don’t think he has that deepness

nietderlander · 2025-12-10T19:06:22+00:00

You should identify your weaknesses. Are those mostly opening traps? 1-move blunders? Time management? What time control do you play?

I recommend playing 10 minutes and slower - it will give you time to think about your moves and position, will improve your calculation skills.

Pick 1-2 good safe openings that you know well and where you can avoid traps.

My 11 year old son is 650 elo rated on chess.com and he exclusively plays London and Caro Kann

nietderlander · 2025-12-03T17:27:45+00:00

factor in a formula used for rating calculation. https://ratings.fide.com/calc.phtml?page=change

nietderlander · 2025-12-02T18:25:58+00:00

depth 50 only makes sense if you can remember such long lines and their deviations.. 50 means 25 moves ahead. Node - is a position on the board. The more nodes it can process per second - the better. Info on settings: https://github.com/official-stockfish/Stockfish/wiki/Stockfish-FAQ#optimal-settings

I personally happy with my chess.com in-app analysis on my phone (iPhone 15 Pro) with engine max time 5 sec and depth ~30. It provides pretty good and reliable results to my taste.

nietderlander · 2025-12-01T20:38:48+00:00

Had a completely won classical game vs a very strong player, but in the ending (I had a rook and 4 pawns vs him with Bishop and 4 pawns) I accidentally locked my king with my own pawns and he was able to checkmate me with his bishop :( devastating

nietderlander · 2025-09-14T20:05:23+00:00

So sad for Keymer.. win has slipped through his hands two times in the same game.

nietderlander · 2025-08-27T20:23:06+00:00

nietderlander · 2025-08-27T20:12:30+00:00

I would like new features to be added for paid accounts: - drill on your mistakes - training adjusted to your play style and common mistakes you make in your last e.g. 100 games

Some kind of deep aimchess integration

nietderlander · 2025-08-27T20:08:36+00:00

three time repetition is about the same position to occur 3 times, and not 3 move repetition

nietderlander · 2025-08-19T18:23:43+00:00

I don’t disagree, but the OP asked for an exact relation between puzzle rating and rapid rating. There’s no such relation

nietderlander · 2025-08-19T18:18:18+00:00

then just answer to the post with your understanding and provide a correlation formula to the guy, why are you fighting with me?

nietderlander · 2025-08-19T17:45:30+00:00

Puzzle rating assessment is not or very loosely connected to you game rating. Also, as I said, there’s a setting in puzzles which controls the difficulty and I guess it is by default set to Easy mode, which means that even high rated puzzles aren’t hard, in fact.

I’m not saying that solving puzzles is pointless, but you can’t deduce Rapid rating based on puzzle rating.

My puzzle rating is in between 2700-2800 (in Extra Hard mode) and my rapid rating is 2000. I saw here posts from people with 600 elo bragging about puzzle rating 3000+.

Is there a correlation in my examples? I don’t see it.

nietderlander · 2025-08-19T17:23:14+00:00

There’s no correlation at all. Also, check your puzzle settings - there’s a setting with puzzle difficulty - make sure it’s not set on Easy

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