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OTB?
Hey everyone my rapid peak is around 1100 (though my games swing all over the place lol). I’m wondering if training or playing more over-the-board actually helps with getting more consistent. Anyone here do OTB stuff or have meetups? Kinda curious what the experience is like.
3 likes • 13d
OTB for me is the best way to improve i’ve played tons of over the board tournaments and when i got into online chess my rating shot up.
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@Tanner Olson tournaments probably helped the most because of the seriousness and a requirement to focus for them
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@Nevin Godin-Martin yeah i’d say that’s pretty helpful i wish i had that kind of success with either opening both white and black are pretty much the same for me
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@Nevin Godin-Martin well yeah i’m already way above the skill required i just haven’t tried
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Rapid Peak
New All time High in Rapid Took me a long time to actually push past my previous peak of 2265 which I had set all the way in March and retied in July. I am now only 4 games away from my goal of 2300 and with the way I am currently playing it is very achievable. I hope this is a motivator to everyone trying to improve because I have gone up quite a bit in not a long time by learning what my style is and playing according to that.
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@Nevin Godin-Martin have you ever checked openingtree.com you can see what you’re really struggling with in particular its pretty helpful to visualize
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@Nevin Godin-Martin yeah highly likely it’s not purely the openings but maybe middle games arising from them and you’re lost or you’re simply unlucky quite often in the endgame
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Black Positional Opening (Also Aggressive if you Can.)
I play the Catalan Opening for white; currently around 850+ Elo, I usually win a lot of game with the Catalan Game however whenever I played Black (White moves E4), I lost a lot usually; is there any good opening that I can play?
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I usually play caro kann but french caro or sicilian are all incredibly solid and depends on your playstyle.
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@Nevin Godin-Martin Yeah the dutch is really not that solid i’d say look into the KID but im not sure what your style really looks like
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@Nevin Godin-Martin that’s so real
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@lucas-brown-1429
Avid Chess player Broke 2200 Heading for 2300 and Master
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