Quote (CheatEngine @ Sep 20 2021 02:02pm)
I'm fascinated by chess and the chess craze fully caught me, but I can NOT for the life of me get openings down. Memorization is not my thing. I am the first player to ruin the whole game by moving out a pawn when I should've moved a knight out, or knight when I should've moved bishop, self-sabotaging as early as 2-3 moves into the game
So I'm like 1000 ELO. But here's the weird thing. In mid-game and end-game, I can see plenty of moves ahead and know what to do at probably ~1800 ELO or better. It's probably because there's less options, yeah? Forced moves, sacrifices, positional advantage, I have no problem with any of that. Good at puzzles, too. Is that normal - do you really just have to put in the time to learn openings?
People tend to overestimate their skill, if you don't mind me asking what is your next couple moves in this situation as black?
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Moat people can't even grasp how much skill is required to hit 1400 1600 1800 2000 2200 2400 2600 2800. Like no idea. What you probably imagine a 2,800 player knowing is probably more like 1800.
This post was edited by Costello on Sep 20 2021 01:26pm