I think I have said it before, but something I have found is that if you worry about losing, you lose more often… I have got to my best rating completely not caring if I win or lose, the pressure gets taken away, and suddenly my time management is better (I like blitz best) and I am creating more brilliant moves 2 brilliant moves this week compare to 2 In the last 2 months!!!) and I am generally playing much better. Btw I am just a tad below 950- best In I don’t know how long!!! Keep grinding everyone!!

So the idea is that the person who blunders the least usually wins at chess…. Not always. This was a 950 rated game… and I was black, and he ended up resigning As I effectively took all his pieces… and I had 8 blunders- usually I have zero or maybe 1 or 2… but 8??? The blunders were actually just a potential fork that we both missed over a period of 8 moves each!!!

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Apparently not… I think this is the first time I willingly sacrificed my queen knowing it was a good move.. either a win, or a capture of his queen…

Anyone else think that the new rating systom on chess.com is rubbish?? Seems to be causing a lot of confusion too!! I am showing as 4500 now, wheee as I would have only been c.1900-2000 on the old style rating…