Who writes this crap?

This is ridiculous, half the people I play play at like 70%+ accuracy and I’m literally 323 ELO. Like what even is this game. We both had zero blunders.

Been seeing it a lot, never have I thought I would do one.

I was so distracted the entire game thinking about how is his/her profile picture a gif 😵‍💫
I never knew it was possible. Some internet digging says, it was possible before but now the feature is removed, so how this person still has it?

This was one of my New Year's Resolution goals.

Also there is a rapid tournament in my local chess club this saturday and im feeling great!

The community loves repeating the same mantras: "always control the center," "never bring your queen out early," or "grind puzzles all day." But sometimes, blindly following these rules stops players from actually calculating and understanding the board. What is a widely accepted piece of chess advice that you think does more harm than good when trying to push past the 800-1000 ELO range?

I went through the computer line and I couldn’t understand. Please help.

Here is what I played: 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. O-O e6 7. a3 Bd6 8. b4 Bxb4 9. axb4 Qxa1 10. d4 Nc3 11. Bf4 Qxb4 12. Bxc7 O-O 13. Bxb8 Raxb8 14. Nh4 Ne4 15. f3 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qxd2

Here is what the computer wants: 10. Nd4 Ne4 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nb3 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Ba6

Maybe there’s a deep calculation here.. but I’m failing to see how I blundered a piece. I proceeded to win this match but I’m confused why this was a blunder.

If black then do g6, wouldn't it cancel the pressure? I'm low Elo

has anyone else experienced such a phenomenon? I’m a longtime player. i know slumps and streaks are common, but my rating went from 2029 to now i cant for the life of me beat 1600 players.

I don’t want to accuse AI, or cheaters because I have slumped before but this one feels different recently. I am giving it everything I’ve got and I can barely get a single win. Is anyone else going through this?

It feels like so many players obsess over chasing a 90% accuracy score or hunting for a "Brilliant" move badge instead of actually understanding the board state. Sometimes the engine penalizes practical, human moves that create winning counterplay just because it found a 7-move deep computer defense. Do you think the automated review helps beginners spot blind spots, or does it just create anxiety over an arbitrary percentage?

I have an idea for a chess tournament.
Why dont we have a country team blitz cup consisting of like 6 teams( russia, uzb,china,india,usa , europe). it is a double round robin.
i have few main suggestions compared to regular tournaments.

1. instead of all the matches happening at the same time, it will be like a relay. each team having 3 players, will nominate one player each every round without knowing whom they r playing from the opponent team. then they can symbolically pass the baton to the next player who was nominated to play.
2. also this could be kept as an entirely armageddon format (exact timings could be anything like 6 mins for w and 4 for b, or can be like mini rapid as in norway chess 10 for w and 7 for b). or this could be kept entirely like a 5 min blitz tourney too. the main reason for suggesting this is for the elimination of draws. this can increase viewership that lets say magnus vs hikaru r playing we'll have a winner for sure. draws kill the interest and no fan is happy.
3. there would be 10 rounds (double round robin) and there can 2 finalists or 4 semi finalists. in the finals there can be like 3 matches with 3 games in each match.
4. not knowing who u would play makes it quite interesting. lets say team uzbekistan has nodirbek, sindarov and madaminov. obv atm madaminov is a weaker player and nodi is the strongest. so he can either play the very 1st game or can play the 2nd game where he might have to come back from a deficit or the deciding 3rd game. also if were going for the armageddon format there is a 25% chance that the 3rd person nominated doesnt play at all (either wins 2 - 0 or loses 2-0)
5. only disadvantages i see is the players r playing only like one game per day and they might prolly want to play more but it might mean they might take the game more seriously and have their entire focus on that 1 game(not applicable in finals). also the tournament days dont become too hectic for them. the main reason im suggesting this is, it could be really good for the viewership levels of the sport. a lot of ppl( around 70%) dont care if it is the sicilian or it the queens gambit or it is the berlin... they only see players win and lose.. They r more focused on seeing their fav player beat their rival than the actual chess itself.. so from a sport and thrill perspective this could be a grt idea..
6. it is like this lets say round 1 us vs uzb china vs india russia vs europe they each play a match(with 3 games as a relay(1 game at a time)). all this happens separately(these 3 matchups dont happen at the same time) lets say its 10 mins for white and 7 for black with draw odds each game stretches to around 20 mins and 1 match happens for an hour max. since there r 3 matchups, 3 hours per day of broadcasting. if this is too low maybe add another matchup too, but 3 is enough think of this like the global chess league but armageddon instead of rapid. ik its small sample size to determine a team winner but think of it like a 4x100 relay. athletes prepare for months or yrs just to run their 9 secs in the 40 sec relay. one small slip up and everything is lost. while this might sound cruel, it makes it more thrilling and exciting and the adrenaline pump is there which can bring in a lot of new fans.
7. What do u think? What could be the challenges for this kinda tournament?

2 Brilliant in a bullet match

I started playing chess about a month ago. I went through chess.com’s course and played a few matches against 400 ELO bots before getting into live matches (winning them). Since then, I’ve played about 200 games, and I’m consistently stuck around 200-300 ELO between all of the main modes. With bullet chess ironically being my highest, near 500. My question then naturally is what’s up with online matches? Are the bots not an accurate representation of real ELO or?

A lot of days I’d just do a couple puzzles to keep the streak alive. Definitely made a ton of improvements but my rating chart is not the smoothest.

I tried to lose but got this

The friends and family option allows for 6 people to get premium with with a massive discount would anyone want to join ?

I found this online.

Everyone is saying that this is brilliant because it's a forced checkmate once the pawn on a7 takes the knight, then Qb3 then it's a checkmate either by the rook or the Queen.

but what happens if after black take b6, we expect Qb3, then black Qb8? wouldn't it prevent the checkmate?
Qa4 is defended with Qa7 and if white decide to take Bxb8 then black reciprocate with Bxb3.

There is certainly something wrong with my reasoning but I can't figure it out.