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Anyone knows a good (AI) chess coach who gives feedback?
Ideally connects to my online chess accounts and gives usable feedback. Leave some suggestions if you used some
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@Scott R Okay so I checked it out and it seemed like the advice and coaching were kinda basic. I didnt buy it yet but it just told me "25 out of 25 last games had a blunder", like what am I supposed to do with this? I also did some drills after that where it asked me what the best move was in those positions I made a mistake but dont need to pay 12$/month for that... If I missed something or should check a different tool let me know
1500 Baby!!!
I did it! I finally broke 1500!!!! Check out this #chess game: jari1985 vs Davitow - https://www.chess.com/game/live/171170406862
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Chess update
Played a game and lost it some minutes ago. I feel like chess has become different for me. I'm questioning if I truly need to invest my time with it, just to see some numbers on a screen go up or down. I feel like chess is much more than this. Chess is about something that helps you in real life, since it rewires your brain to better use logic, spatial reasoning and all the other benefits of it. It's also the people we got to know during our journey into this mysterious and fascinating world (of chess). I personally feel like this post will resonate with many of you, and even if it does not, still it'll be a post worth reading. Farewell to a game that has accompanied me for 3.5 years. I had quite a fun ride with chess, to be honest. I hope everyone feels the same about their chess journey.
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Do you stay in the community still with commenting or leave entirely?
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I looked at a couple of your games. What happened is you made blunders, got frustrated and resigned early. It happens. But heres some things to solve I found out: 1. You make tactical blunders too frequently and ignore opponents threats, likely because you play waaay too fast. Use intuition for simple positions but always calculate and expect opponents forcing moves. 2. You snap take pieces, when it doesnt benefit you. If you have good pieces, try to keep them and hold the tension. Let your opponent trade into you. 3. You resign too early. In one game you were down a piece but had counterplay. Keep playing and dont feel bad when it happens. Hope this helps
I genuinely can't get past 1850 and its so annoying
The second I get to 1850 and play a game, I immediately get insane opponents who never blunder or make mistakes, makes me feel like theyre hired by chess.com to keep me from reaching 2k lmao Been there for 2 months now, I was never used to plateauing but maybe thats just my potential I reached. 2000 would be really nice though. I play as best as I can, analyzing, calculating, taking my time etc but sometimes I cant just cant do anything since they dont make mistakes, but eventually I do. If you want you look at my games and see if I have a bottleneck or any weakness I need to work on
I genuinely can't get past 1850 and its so annoying
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@Justin Davito I do get short on time playing 15 +10, but I have to say I procrastinate quite a bit too. Might be worth giving a try unrated atleast
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@Kasper Johansen Yes thats so helpful, i'll be on my way, cant believe I missed this
Why you should consider lichess
Here are a list of reasons you should consider playing/supporting lichess. I will preface by saying I've been a chesscom premium member for 3 years and not just a hater. I've given them around $250 for their features - far fewer cheaters. Chesscom announces hundreds of thousands of cheaters per month and on Lichess in 4 years I've been notified of 1 cheater. On chesscom I get messaged monthly or more about players I play. And word is that lichess has as good or better cheat detection - They offer around the same or more features for free than chesscom offers with diamond membership all the way to insights. Especially with the taketaketake partnership you can see brilliants and other crazy achievements (which came out before chesscom even released this in the last week) - Lichess also offers the new tutor feature which is totally free. This feature is essentially aim chess premium which is owned by chesscom and costs $8 per month - With the new taketaketake partnership they also offer AI coach reviews which is a big thing with chesscom diamond. This is also free - Lichess offers 100+ updates every single month for free whereas chesscom maybe implements 5 a year that we know about - Lichess posts all their spending and where donations go so you can see what your donations pay for - All puzzles on the site come from actual games on the site - Opening explorer and analysis are free - You can use your in game mistakes as puzzles and even replay your games against stockfish at key moments to learn how to convert - You have puzzle themes for free - You can create studies with annotations. Key for coaches. Most coaches I've worked with or talk with use lichess to coach even if they play on chesscom - You can view unlimited master games whereas on chesscom you have to pay to view certain famous ones - The broadcast page is better as well. This is very evident if you ever follow top tournaments. Almost all commentary teams use lichess - You can customize engine strength
Why you should consider lichess
2 likes • Jun 20
I think most people dont care enough to switch to a better platform simply because of friction, friends play there, they started there as a beginner etc, also most of them are casuals, they dont play often, and chess.com appeals to them because of their UI and gamified progress. Only reason I play there is because 2000 rapid is a nice clean achievment over 2000 lichess (rating inflation is usually higher on lichess) But yeah I completely agree, chess.com is ass, many cheaters and basic features behind a paywall.
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Dan Sh.
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Financial freedom on top | 1850 rapid Chess.com

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