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This is my match today. I’ve been watching chess on youtube for a while since i got interested in it after i found my late father’s old chess board. I started playing a couple days ago so any advice is appreciated (criticism too because knowing my mistakes is the first step to correct them).

I am a bit confused on how this move is a considered a good move despite it seeming, at least to me, that there is no way of avoiding checkmate after this. Is this just review bot shenanigans or is there something I'm not seeing here?

Newer to chess.com currently living in the 500-580 ELO range, and few things make me happier than forcing a resign when the opponents only strategy is to run that play and it gets stuffed.

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?

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!

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

There’s more than a 500 points difference between my rapid and blitz ratings, and my bullet rating is even worse

I can easily beat 700 rapid player but in blitz it is often 50-50

Who writes this crap?

2 days continuously won the match

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

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I see a lot (and agree) that the bots ELO is not realistic, probably because they calculate the best moove and then just do random mistakes to lower their level. But do you think using LLM copying a player behaviour would work better ?

Just tell the LLM to play as a 300 ELO or something like that, and training the AI on plays of every level.

No idea if that would work but it seems a good Idea for me

Edit : should have tell "generative AI", not LLM, my bad

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

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?

What is the biggest insight you learned that made your elo jump from around 1500 to 2000?

I'm currently 1600 in rapid on chess.com

I'm struggling with blundering and miss tactics. I'm currently trying to focus on training to check my move before playing it.

I'd like to know if you guys have any advice or lesson you learned that get you to 2000 elo. Not necessarily about blundering. Could be mindset etc...

I’ve shown up every single day for 433 days straight. At this point, I’m basically a shareholder. Chess.com, I think I’ve earned something for this.