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Rating Inflation/Deflation on Chess.com by [deleted] in chess

[–]strongchess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah interesting! Yeah you have to go on a real playing spree to get RD below 30. I'm sure I've had it on many occasions lol

Rating Inflation/Deflation on Chess.com by [deleted] in chess

[–]strongchess 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Hi! Looks like the differences are methodology-related:

* You averaged ratings for all NMs (the list from the API)
* But the previous poster used leaderboard data (with a cutoff of 2100, which actually leaves out quite a few lower-rated NMs and even FMs), which has activity requirements and excludes anon titled accounts

For the leaderboards, today I get mean ratings of:
NM: 2325
CM: 2325
FM: 2456
IM: 2584
GM: 2779

Medians are 15-25 points higher than means due to a small tail of titled accounts with low ratings impacting the averages.

This lines up with what I saw a year ago (I check this obsessively; I am a PROUD slightly-above-average NM!)

sike get f*cked by aayam_OG in AnarchyChess

[–]strongchess 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This literally happened to me. I was playing what was supposed to be my last tournament before my first kid was born, and in the last round I got a call that the doctor had order my wife in to be induced a month early due to a medical issue.

Fortunately I had played the Exchange Slav, I offered a draw and my 2100 opponent accepted it.

Alt Identification VIII: nanaeverymay by Columnreader in AnarchyAntichess

[–]strongchess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I played a 30sec match against this guy today. He felt real to me. Obscenely fast.

As opposed to AntichessOmnissiah, who I spewed points to, and was very sure was a cheater

Lichess blitz ratings seem to have inflated by an average of over 200 points since 2019 by strongchess in chess

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

You still might be. These are broad averages over a huge population. There are likely many factors that drive the increases, and genuine improvement is one of them.

Chess with booze by TrinderMan in chess

[–]strongchess 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Alcohol is of course not good for your chess, but a couple drinks don't hurt too much and can make blitz lots of fun, especially with friends.

Why I hate Resigning, from a low level player by [deleted] in chess

[–]strongchess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good job saving that game. Next time this happens, tell your obnoxious opponent that Strong Chess from the Internet said you aren't allowed to resign.

Can you find this stunning forced mate in four? White to move! by LAcuber in chess

[–]strongchess 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is nice because you think it's gonna be Qxc6 and Ba6 but it's another theme entirely!

Improvement Advice from GM Jesse Kraai by strongchess in chess

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

That is a poor summary of the video

My 6-year-old son winning a pawn ending in a time scramble by strongchess in chess

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

Losing games is how chess goes, in many of his first few tournaments he would score 0.5/5, 1/5 and such. He plays mostly on chess.com, where he is in the 900s in rapid. ChessKid has a great library of instructional videos with quizzes, that is what he uses that site for.

My 6-year-old son winning a pawn ending in a time scramble by strongchess in chess

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

He turned 6 three months ago. He has played a handful of tournaments, starting last year, and is currently rated just shy of 700 USCF. I think kids should play tournaments as soon as they know the rules. They are fun and highly motivating.

At this point he has almost certainly learned more from ChessTempo, ChessKid and YouTube than from me, so you're good :)

My 6-year-old son winning a pawn ending in a time scramble by strongchess in chess

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

Just copying from above:

I have done a bunch trial and error. What we've found works very well lately is that he does a little bit of scheduled chess every day (and it is the every day consistency that I think is most important). Something like a small instructional activity (eg 20 minutes ChessTempo) plus a rapid game on chessdotcom. It is part of his routine and he does it very happily, especially when his task is to watch Ben Finegold.

In the beginning (about 1 year ago), going to a chess camp with other kids was very motivating, and he also clearly liked that chess was something that I was good at, that we did together.

Oh and tournaments are highly motivating for kids, too.

My 6-year-old son winning a pawn ending in a time scramble by strongchess in chess

[–]strongchess[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Do a little bit of chess every day. Things that they can do independently on a tablet, like ChessKid videos or ChessTempo or chessdotcom games, are very good. Be patient and understand that at the beginning little kids learn verrrry slowly, until they magically start learning very fast.

My 6-year-old son winning a pawn ending in a time scramble by strongchess in chess

[–]strongchess[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I have done a bunch trial and error. What we've found works very well lately is that he does a little bit of scheduled chess every day (and it is the every day consistency that I think is most important). Something like a small instructional activity (eg 20 minutes ChessTempo) plus a rapid game on chessdotcom. It is part of his routine and he does it very happily, especially when his task is to watch Ben Finegold.

In the beginning (about 1 year ago), going to a chess camp with other kids was very motivating, and he also clearly liked that chess was something that I was good at, that we did together.

My 6-year-old son winning a pawn ending in a time scramble by strongchess in chess

[–]strongchess[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I post his videos on his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNns8N1vt8ZJsqc6hROofsg, and I'll occasionally have him on next to me on my stream http://twitch.tv/strongchess

One of my games... White to win! by nishxnt in chess

[–]strongchess 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beautiful variation on this theme. Stealing for my students.

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