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dfan, you are correct. I've never played in any formal tournaments. However, I do have lots of friends that do, and many are rated ~ 1500. I know that beating p
by jinfiesto 15y ago
dfan, you are correct. I've never played in any formal tournaments. However, I do have lots of friends that do, and many are rated ~ 1500. I know that beating people in informal games isn't really a great measurement of skill, but it's enough to illustrate my point. Additionally, I was born in 1991. I certainly wasn't playing chess before then.
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For the record, I haven't engaged in any serious study of chess end games. I'm not really qualified to comment on how end games might evolve.
- dfan 15y agoWell, your main point is certainly right that a large part of playing chess well is simply avoiding blunders; it is surprising how many games even at the 2000+ level are determined because one player blundered, rather than because the other player made any spectacular moves. Of course, those "blunders" get a bit more subtle as you improve. But it is true that the fastest way to improve (below 2000 or so) is to learn how to stop making stupid mistakes rather than learn new tricky moves.