Just got absolutely destroyed in the endgame. I can’t let that happen again, lol.
Just like putting in Golf… the most important part. Look at the best player in the world Magnus Carlsen, if he gets to the endgame most people fold mentally because they know he’s the best endgame player by far.
Just went through one of your games. I would say the number one thing you need to learn is tactics. You had several opportunities to win material with simple tactical moves. You can destroy your opponents at your level with pretty simple tactics. I would recommend that you research chess tactics. They’re easy to learn and implement and will improve your ratings immensely.
I’m throwing Bullet into the mix too now, lol. So Bullet, Blitz, and Rapid.
I felt and did noticeably better today in the endgame. Limitless already working on my weak spots. A lot more mindfulness, and things on the chessboard making a lot more sense. I have yet to look into chess material or tactics. I’m mainly self-teaching myself by analyzing my own games, looking at where I went wrong, which moves lost position, how I missed checkmate, what I could do better, etc. I tend to be a hands-on type of learner, and the best type of learning for me is experiencing. Also, I’ve made some queen blunders, but I don’t get very frustrated or tilted. I just intend to do better next time.
I’m noticing more confidence on the chessboard today. A lot less doubtful about the moves I make. Even though they’re not the best, lol.
I’d avoid bullet… practice doesn’t make perfect, practice makes permanent.
Try “blitz” but with a 5+5 time control. Go to “more time controls”
you’ll get an even amount of time throughout the game without having all your time skewed towards one section (open, middle, end, whatever)
Did Mind’s Eye intrigue you for chess?
It’s funny you say that, lol. Today I started off playing a bunch of Bullet games, then took a break.
During that break, I realized that Bullet is heavily geared towards your ability to instinctively recall pattern recognition and intuition. It would make more sense for me to start with the longest time control that I can play (Rapid) and work my way down. I attribute this insight to Limitless.
After that, I went back and played a Rapid game. I lost, but I noticed a big difference. My calculation is getting deeper and more natural. For the first time, I had an instance where I automatically went into calculation beyond just a 3-4 move trade. I don’t think I’ve ever done that while playing chess. I also notice that I’m more aware of how my pieces are placed in relation to each other. A lot of interesting things happening.
I think that’s smart. You can also mix in some untimed practice games against the bots on chess.com.
Chess is fun when you’re winning, rofl.
Me too. I started with blitz but it was too fast for me for calculation. Maybe later after i have more practice. At the moment iam playing rapid 15-10 only with a nice cup of tea. Enough time for deeper calculation and going into the moment. No stress.
Amen, lol.
Chess feels a lot smoother, and I’m intuitively making better moves.
Today I played a game with 0 mistakes, blunders, and misses. I’m not sure if I’ve ever done that. When I reviewed the game, it gave me an estimated rating of 1700, rofl. Interesting stuff, lol. It’s nice to see, but there was no endgame because the opponent resigned.
Wow, I’m pretty speechless right now. I just played a game, probably the craziest game I’ve ever played so far in chess. I wasn’t able to close it out with a Rook and a King. I can never allow that to happen again, lol. I’m going straight to an analysis board to practice this until I’ve mastered it, no exception.
My next step is to master the Rook + King endgame. An interesting observation about that game is that upon review, I had a 100% opening accuracy, rofl. That’s kind of wild, and I don’t think I’ve ever had that before. I’m attributing it to Limitless.
Adding some screenshots in my journal while these things are fresh:
I’ll replace tomorrow’s game time towards mastering the Rook + King endgame, and log how long it takes me.
there are engines where you can practice basic endgames like this. the engine will try as hard as it can to salvage a draw, but you have a winning position so you get to practice technique. Check this out on LiChess. Overall LiChess is a better improvement tool than Chess.com.
I decided to do it now, while the momentum is hot.
I spent around 20 minutes messing around on the analysis board at https://www.chess.com/analysis.
Then I spent around 10 minutes reading this article: “https://www.chess.com/terms/chess-rook-king-checkmate#why-rook-checkmate-matters”. This article is so quick, efficient, and easy to understand, that I went back to my analysis board and can say that I now fully understand the Rook Mate and have mastered it. I might not be able to do it in the least amount of moves, but I can without a doubt be confident that in a Rook + King vs King situation like today - I will get the job done.
I am attributing the article as a Limitless manifestation, as well as the manifestation of the chess lesson and ability to quickly learn it.
free puzzles. the “endgame” ones are the best. Limited pieces. Simple calculation. endgames which have checkmates, tactics, etc.,
