so on January 1st, 2022, I made a goal for myself. it was too reach 2400 rapid. This goal seems very possible, especially when your 2300 rapid on January 1st and you have 1 year to get 100 points. but the idiot i am, after around 9 months, i went down in rating. Then i looked at all my other ratings, and they barely have any progression either. I'm stuck. did anyone experience this, and how do you overcome this? I'm literally thinking of quiting
my peak was 2200+ in rapid and blitz and that was the point when I stopped tryharding. I've realized that to climb 100 points might be possible but would require some serious work. To climb 200 points to reach 2400 points is not impossible but close to it, as my visualization is just not good enough. I tried to train my brain to get better but I only made minor progress.
Now I am a happy 2000-2200 player who just plays for fun, and actually I am happy with it.
For you it seems a different and also similar story. You seem to have the capacity to reach 2400 (like me 2300). But then again: what do you want to achieve? When you are 2400 you are close to a titled player, but you would still need to improve.
If you really want to have a title, then you can try to push towards it, otherwise you just can relax and have fun playing casually as well. Just my thoughts...
Now I am a happy 2000-2200 player who just plays for fun, and actually I am happy with it.
For you it seems a different and also similar story. You seem to have the capacity to reach 2400 (like me 2300). But then again: what do you want to achieve? When you are 2400 you are close to a titled player, but you would still need to improve.
If you really want to have a title, then you can try to push towards it, otherwise you just can relax and have fun playing casually as well. Just my thoughts...
@BTRex2010 said in #1:
> so on January 1st, 2022, I made a goal for myself. it was too reach 2400 rapid.
Kinda hard to do if you dont play on that time control.
And i suppose you train with the same dedication (which is nearly 0).
You see, The way rating is displayed, at least accuratelly, its not by just ranking up. You do have to spam games (100 or more) to get an average performance with decent accuracy. So the rating you had at the beggining of the year was not accurate, since you had only a handful of games judging by the graph (30 or less).
The rating that you have right now is the most accurate of the 2, as it is the average, not peak nor rock bottom performance.
Now, if you want to get 100 extra points or so, you do not have just to play some 10-15 games and win all, i mean, you do get the rating if you acomplish that, but again, its the peak rating, you have to spam at least another 100 games to maintain that and get an average performance.
You just dont train and get 100 extra points out of the blue in chess , it doesnt happen like that.
If you do improve say 15%, the gains are not immediately visible. You do have to play 100 games at least, and you should see 15 extra wins. You only see improvements when you, well, improve, and spam. Else the improvement is invisible.
So you have now a more or less accurate rating. Study a couple of hours a day for a couple of months and then spam 100 (but i would suggest 200 at least) games. If you improve, you should see it in your w/d/l ratio and your average rating.
I mean, you just wont improve by doing nothing and not playing enough.
> so on January 1st, 2022, I made a goal for myself. it was too reach 2400 rapid.
Kinda hard to do if you dont play on that time control.
And i suppose you train with the same dedication (which is nearly 0).
You see, The way rating is displayed, at least accuratelly, its not by just ranking up. You do have to spam games (100 or more) to get an average performance with decent accuracy. So the rating you had at the beggining of the year was not accurate, since you had only a handful of games judging by the graph (30 or less).
The rating that you have right now is the most accurate of the 2, as it is the average, not peak nor rock bottom performance.
Now, if you want to get 100 extra points or so, you do not have just to play some 10-15 games and win all, i mean, you do get the rating if you acomplish that, but again, its the peak rating, you have to spam at least another 100 games to maintain that and get an average performance.
You just dont train and get 100 extra points out of the blue in chess , it doesnt happen like that.
If you do improve say 15%, the gains are not immediately visible. You do have to play 100 games at least, and you should see 15 extra wins. You only see improvements when you, well, improve, and spam. Else the improvement is invisible.
So you have now a more or less accurate rating. Study a couple of hours a day for a couple of months and then spam 100 (but i would suggest 200 at least) games. If you improve, you should see it in your w/d/l ratio and your average rating.
I mean, you just wont improve by doing nothing and not playing enough.
@BTRex2010 said in #1:
> so on January 1st, 2022, I made a goal for myself. it was too reach 2400 rapid. This goal seems very possible, especially when your 2300 rapid on January 1st and you have 1 year to get 100 points. but the idiot i am, after around 9 months, i went down in rating. Then i looked at all my other ratings, and they barely have any progression either. I'm stuck. did anyone experience this, and how do you overcome this? I'm literally thinking of quiting
Dear @BTRex2010 , for me it seems you are a bit to impatient. Why do i say this...
Looking at your FIDE stats - for example at your last blitz-tornament in september 2022, you performed at about 1500 ELO FIDE. In the standard time-control tournaments in may and august of the same year you performed at about 1150 ELO FIDE.
So... Just to be kinda "realistic" (if that is even possible) for me it seems you still need to get to the level of an "average club player" before reaching out to the stars. Currently you seem to benefit from your skills in playing fast, but at a certain level, this is simply not enough.
You are definitely on your way and also you are only 12 or 13 years old - it won't take too much time if you train wisely and hard, for sure.
But first reach 1500 ELO FIDE in standard-chess (which is in my opinion represents an "average club player"). By reaching this level, you will have learned the skills needed to play much stronger in the lower time controls, so your desired rating will come to you anyway.
Good luck and have fun!
> so on January 1st, 2022, I made a goal for myself. it was too reach 2400 rapid. This goal seems very possible, especially when your 2300 rapid on January 1st and you have 1 year to get 100 points. but the idiot i am, after around 9 months, i went down in rating. Then i looked at all my other ratings, and they barely have any progression either. I'm stuck. did anyone experience this, and how do you overcome this? I'm literally thinking of quiting
Dear @BTRex2010 , for me it seems you are a bit to impatient. Why do i say this...
Looking at your FIDE stats - for example at your last blitz-tornament in september 2022, you performed at about 1500 ELO FIDE. In the standard time-control tournaments in may and august of the same year you performed at about 1150 ELO FIDE.
So... Just to be kinda "realistic" (if that is even possible) for me it seems you still need to get to the level of an "average club player" before reaching out to the stars. Currently you seem to benefit from your skills in playing fast, but at a certain level, this is simply not enough.
You are definitely on your way and also you are only 12 or 13 years old - it won't take too much time if you train wisely and hard, for sure.
But first reach 1500 ELO FIDE in standard-chess (which is in my opinion represents an "average club player"). By reaching this level, you will have learned the skills needed to play much stronger in the lower time controls, so your desired rating will come to you anyway.
Good luck and have fun!
@aescht said in #2:
> my peak was 2200+ in rapid and blitz and that was the point when I stopped tryharding. I've realized that to climb 100 points might be possible but would require some serious work. To climb 200 points to reach 2400 points is not impossible but close to it, as my visualization is just not good enough. I tried to train my brain to get better but I only made minor progress.
>
> Now I am a happy 2000-2200 player who just plays for fun, and actually I am happy with it.
>
> For you it seems a different and also similar story. You seem to have the capacity to reach 2400 (like me 2300). But then again: what do you want to achieve? When you are 2400 you are close to a titled player, but you would still need to improve.
>
> If you really want to have a title, then you can try to push towards it, otherwise you just can relax and have fun playing casually as well. Just my thoughts...
I'm thinking of trying to keep improving when im young, and once i reach around 30-40 years old, ill just play for fun. But the thing is, i cant improve- making me think that i should just play chess for fun
> my peak was 2200+ in rapid and blitz and that was the point when I stopped tryharding. I've realized that to climb 100 points might be possible but would require some serious work. To climb 200 points to reach 2400 points is not impossible but close to it, as my visualization is just not good enough. I tried to train my brain to get better but I only made minor progress.
>
> Now I am a happy 2000-2200 player who just plays for fun, and actually I am happy with it.
>
> For you it seems a different and also similar story. You seem to have the capacity to reach 2400 (like me 2300). But then again: what do you want to achieve? When you are 2400 you are close to a titled player, but you would still need to improve.
>
> If you really want to have a title, then you can try to push towards it, otherwise you just can relax and have fun playing casually as well. Just my thoughts...
I'm thinking of trying to keep improving when im young, and once i reach around 30-40 years old, ill just play for fun. But the thing is, i cant improve- making me think that i should just play chess for fun
@BTRex2010 said in #5:
> I'm thinking of trying to keep improving when im young, and once i reach around 30-40 years old, ill just play for fun. But the thing is, i cant improve- making me think that i should just play chess for fun
Funny thing is that I'm around 40 years old. I feel totally accomplished and don't have a strong drive to improve.
When you are young, I understand that thriving for more might be more important. But then again, what do you want to prove? To whom? You are an extremely good player already.
> I'm thinking of trying to keep improving when im young, and once i reach around 30-40 years old, ill just play for fun. But the thing is, i cant improve- making me think that i should just play chess for fun
Funny thing is that I'm around 40 years old. I feel totally accomplished and don't have a strong drive to improve.
When you are young, I understand that thriving for more might be more important. But then again, what do you want to prove? To whom? You are an extremely good player already.
If you're thinking of quitting, what are you playing the game for anyway? Just to "improve"? You should presumably be playing the game because you like it (not just because your number keeps going up and up).
@MrPushwood said in #7:
> If you're thinking of quitting, what are you playing the game for anyway? Just to "improve"? You should presumably be playing the game because you like it (not just because your number keeps going up and up).
I mean like quitting playing competitively. I will still play chess, from time to time, to have fun
> If you're thinking of quitting, what are you playing the game for anyway? Just to "improve"? You should presumably be playing the game because you like it (not just because your number keeps going up and up).
I mean like quitting playing competitively. I will still play chess, from time to time, to have fun
@BTRex2010
You are judging your serious chess improvement with these online ratings? That's terrible if it's the case.
You are judging your serious chess improvement with these online ratings? That's terrible if it's the case.
@BTRex2010 said in #8:
> I mean like quitting playing competitively. I will still play chess, from time to time, to have fun
u r a goat dont quit <3
you need to play more smh stop playing ultra
> I mean like quitting playing competitively. I will still play chess, from time to time, to have fun
u r a goat dont quit <3
you need to play more smh stop playing ultra
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