i dont agree with you
Reason #1: people from chess.com who create dummy accounts on lichess and troll lower rated player so that people on lichess seem weaker... That's the main reason why I don't play people who have less than 200 games history anymore...
@ThePracticeGuy said in #10:
> There are already a million blogs like this, so why bother making another one?
With all due respect in the world, there are Millions of People who read useful blogs like this, and They Still DON'T Put Them In Practice, my friend...
(in my opinion, Noel's blogs are just quality content, they have helped me a lot with not only my chess but also my daily routine)...
> There are already a million blogs like this, so why bother making another one?
With all due respect in the world, there are Millions of People who read useful blogs like this, and They Still DON'T Put Them In Practice, my friend...
(in my opinion, Noel's blogs are just quality content, they have helped me a lot with not only my chess but also my daily routine)...
Right!
@SebastianVettel523 said in #14:
> With all due respect in the world, there are Millions of People who read useful blogs like this, and They Still DON'T Put Them In Practice, my friend...
> (in my opinion, Noel's blogs are just quality content, they have helped me a lot with not only my chess but also my daily routine)...
What makes this one different than all the other ones?
> With all due respect in the world, there are Millions of People who read useful blogs like this, and They Still DON'T Put Them In Practice, my friend...
> (in my opinion, Noel's blogs are just quality content, they have helped me a lot with not only my chess but also my daily routine)...
What makes this one different than all the other ones?
@SocratesUnlimited How would you distinguish between a plateau due to not being smart enough versus a plateau due to a gap in knowledge & practice? "Smartness" is a convenient excuse for someone who is resigned to their lack of progress. It's so vague as to be unhelpful.
For example, if someone blunders simple tactics in half their games, how would being "smarter" help them? Would it give them the discipline to run through the checklist of all possible threats before making a move? I don't think so. Likewise, if someone loses many games to opening traps, what they're missing is knowledge of those traps, and not "smartness".
"Smartness" might make it easier to remember openings, to calculate tactics, or to generate creative moves. However, I don't see what stops Average Joe/Jill from improving in any area of chess with self-reflection and directed practice. At a certain level it might be harder to improve without putting in a lot of effort, but that doesn't mean it's impossible, or that a magic quality like "smartness" is required.
For example, if someone blunders simple tactics in half their games, how would being "smarter" help them? Would it give them the discipline to run through the checklist of all possible threats before making a move? I don't think so. Likewise, if someone loses many games to opening traps, what they're missing is knowledge of those traps, and not "smartness".
"Smartness" might make it easier to remember openings, to calculate tactics, or to generate creative moves. However, I don't see what stops Average Joe/Jill from improving in any area of chess with self-reflection and directed practice. At a certain level it might be harder to improve without putting in a lot of effort, but that doesn't mean it's impossible, or that a magic quality like "smartness" is required.
@SocratesUnlimited said in #5:
> One reason is missing:
>
> I am simply not smart enough.
>
> Chess requires a specific kind of intelligence. If you lack it, you can try as long as you want. You will not become better as you are. It is painful to realize that your cognitive capacities have limits. But the brain is not so much different from our body. We can run 100 m in 30 seconds, but only a few of us will succeed in doing it in 15 sec, let alone 10 sec. As a 63 year old guy .... forget it. No big deal. We have less problems to accept our limits of the body. Accept your cognitive limits as well. Enjoy your beeing on a plateau since five years. In chess nobody talks about the cognitive limits all of us have. People make money by not mentioning it, giving us the illusion, that everything is possible in the world of chess, if we only pull the right strings. Not so.
Actually that is not true, from what I see if you try your best every day you will succeed. However you might think : there are a lot of people who try their best so why are they not the best? there are 2 reasons : 1. they give up because they think their progress is slow
2. they play their best but are not actually interested in chess
3. they play their best sometimes don't
> One reason is missing:
>
> I am simply not smart enough.
>
> Chess requires a specific kind of intelligence. If you lack it, you can try as long as you want. You will not become better as you are. It is painful to realize that your cognitive capacities have limits. But the brain is not so much different from our body. We can run 100 m in 30 seconds, but only a few of us will succeed in doing it in 15 sec, let alone 10 sec. As a 63 year old guy .... forget it. No big deal. We have less problems to accept our limits of the body. Accept your cognitive limits as well. Enjoy your beeing on a plateau since five years. In chess nobody talks about the cognitive limits all of us have. People make money by not mentioning it, giving us the illusion, that everything is possible in the world of chess, if we only pull the right strings. Not so.
Actually that is not true, from what I see if you try your best every day you will succeed. However you might think : there are a lot of people who try their best so why are they not the best? there are 2 reasons : 1. they give up because they think their progress is slow
2. they play their best but are not actually interested in chess
3. they play their best sometimes don't
It's soo helpful
@ThePracticeGuy said in #16:
> What makes this one different than all the other ones?
Are you making a difference to the chess community?
I mean, chill... content like this is useful for people who really loves chess and want to improve...
> What makes this one different than all the other ones?
Are you making a difference to the chess community?
I mean, chill... content like this is useful for people who really loves chess and want to improve...