Aug '24 (edited) • General
On ELO and the simple things in life and in chess.
I'm 600-700 ELO Player. sometimes i go beneath 600. when i play and not thinking on the game, i just lose and lose, I've read that most chess players over evaluate themselves. 500 ELO player's are sure that they play as good as 800's.I'm sure that higher rated player are probably thinking "500 or 800, what's the difference?" but for players at my level, it is a Hugh difference. anyway, i must confess that i too, believe I'm a better player than my ELO is showing.
I have my shortcomings as a chess player. being impatience is one of them. not always applying the basic principals is another one. but, sometimes i am patient, and i do play according to the basic principals and guess what? My game is so much better. i feel like I'm at least an 800!
I played 14 games today, i won 12 of them. some of them because my opponents just blunders at critical game moments, some i won because i was just better. the only two games i lost was 1. I wasn't focused and lost to a Scholar's mate after 6 moves or so. you know, sometimes this things just happening. the other game i lost because I've started thinking about ELO, and about how much of a good day i have in chess and that I'm going for a new best ELO. but i wasn't thinking of the game. so, i lost. I'm one game away from reaching a new High ELO, and on the top of the cake, i had a brilliant move that lead to Mate in my last game before I'll try and go for a new personal best. so, today was a good day to chess:)
anyway, I've just wanted to share my thoughts, thank you for your patients.
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On ELO and the simple things in life and in chess.
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