The Main Way to Improve Your Chess Game, No Matter Your Rating
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"I don't care what you guys think about basically anything. I just want donations."
😂😂😂 Classic Ben
Damnit. So authentic and 💯 that I'm now absolutely compelled to donate. Wait a second. Oh, I see what he's doing. Ben going all Obi-Wan on us. "There's levels to this.” Well played. Well played indeed.
When they tell you who they are, believe them.
@@wizzykin people don’t own you nothing. Now go back watching some popular channel where fake people will make you believe that they love you. But don’t forget, reality always hit you back.
I think, Ben and me can be soul mates, though I'm not sure he has a soul. 😆
Classic Jew
I think another problem is people are so obsessed with finding the BEST way to get better at something that they never do anything. I see this with art, chess, coding, business, fitness....you name it. People will spend all this time doing research and never actually *do* the thing because they are afraid of "wasting time".
Facts.
There are people who speak and people who do. To become anything you must not speak, you must do.
@@Tom-ge4yh How about if I want to be a speaker?
100% me. Any time you spend planning the thing is time you spend not doing the thing.
@@srikrishnan1708 Damn. All facts.
It's true, just like the phrase “The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.”
The pros make it look easy at the highest level because the game becomes like a second nature eventually
I play blindfold games in a park sometimes for fun. Some people ask how I learned to play without seeing the board. Granted, I play like literal garbage... but most of them don't know this.
I didn't really "learn" to play blind fold, though. I've just played so many chess games and played for so long that I can kinda visualize positions I've stared at from prior games. Yes, there are a few tricks I did learn that helped this, but for the most part the trick is that I played thousands (if not tens of thousands) of games.
If you think blindfold chess is impressive, try this: Imagine you get home from work. At your front door close your eyes, open your front door, and walk to a random room in your house. Would you mess up a few times at first? Almost surely. But eventually you'd be able to do it because you've done it so many times with your eyes open. Eventually it becomes more like a habit and less like a memory.
For obvious reasons, please do this safely... I don't want someone to break their neck because they have stairs in their house. 😂
For a very small portion of the population, this is actually impossible. They cannot actually visualize things in their head. But most people can do it. So why is blind fold chess so impressive?
I've already done that a few times, just trying to move around and do stuff with my eyes closed. Just to see if I could. As you say, it's easier as you go.
Didn't make me good at blindfolded chess though, no surprise
I love, Ben; I'm gonna go get high and play chess with renewed vigor.
Been makes openly laugh
What if this was ben replying to ben in secret 😳
I'm Ben. I hate you all. Except the first guy if he gets me high
😂😂😂😂😂
Ditto.
Came for chess advice, got life advice
I was literally about to say the same thing 😂
Great minds think alike
I started when I was 21… I’m 28 now and hit peak blitz ELO of 2361. I just fell in love with it and played nonstop and watched a ton of videos and eventually you start piecing it all together.
I started playing in November 2020, am 1485 atm
I’ve only been playing for about 2 weeks now. Is there a moment when something in your mind just clicks and everything begins to make more sense?
@@DHinrichs there will be many moments like that. Learn the opening principles.
@@DHinrichs when u stop caring about rating, and u start caring more about the concepts of chess, the principles of each section of the game, the drive to learn more, the time u put in to learn, thats when u start seeing a noticeable difference.
do you have videos on that or strategy that are good? thank you@@sethrose1325
I really only want to study like 4 minutes a month and get a GM title. Is there ONE book or ONE video that can take me from 199 to 3199 in 19 minutes?????? I'm also 99 and started running yesterday, can I win the Olympics with 2 minutes of training a year??? Short cuts is my style, hard work is for the peasants.
Cheat
For peasants 😂
Dang, man, just do what Ben says about chess, I just blindly repeated his advices and patterns and such, and my rating jumped from 800 to 1400 in blitz. Also keep in mind that the better you are, the harder it gets to get better, exponentially, like at 800 it was enough to know couple of openings and don’t fall for the tricks, which is frustrating because it takes caution, you can play a whole game with zero blunders only to mess it all with one wrong move. At 1400 about half the time you get a person who knows openings and at 1500 it takes effort to win every game, you really have to struggle for every win but that’s where it becomes interesting on another level. Chess is hard so it’s no wonder you can’t just get better. Also I’m high by the way. Getting high becomes harder too the longer you stick with it so make your own conclusions here
once you get passed the first few dozen games you're going to be winning/losing about 50%, because thats how rating matching works. It doesn't matter what ELO you are, you're only going to win/lose a lot in a row when you're finding your initial ELO
@@spyseefan975 Sometimes also when you overcome some plateau via learning or just something "clicking in". But in general you are right.
@koeivoet lol you need a doctor bro
Opposite for me. For me it took years to hit 1100, but less than a year to hit 1600. I actually started trying properly, which I THOUGHT I had been doing, but I realised I still wasn't following the principles every single game. After that it became smooth sailing. Hard to improve before you realise just how bad you are, which I did not. Also realised that my opponents are just as bad as I am, and that nobody knows theory at my level beyond move 4. Play reasonable moves and don't blunder free pieces, and that's all you need. Theory does not matter at all, because people just memorise moves instead of actually learning their openings.
@@spyseefan975 you have stagnation sections, but if your skill actually changes your rating will adjust because you will win more than lose vs that level
A quick update from Belgium: your old pal Luc Winants died this week. I remember you playing blitz games with him, that must have been during Lost Boys or Steinweg back in the days when we all were still young.
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Ik weet niet zeker of Ben deze berichten leest, hij heeft een editor die het TH-cam kanaal beheert.
I am a teacher and one of the lessons I try to communicate to my students is to learn to embrace failure. Failure is an opportunity to learn and get better. Failure is a blessing. Figure out what you did wrong and how to improve next time. I don't get better at chess by studying the games I win. I get better by studying the games I lose.
Embracing failure is easier said than done, however I think one of the best ways to doing it for anything in life is to enter rated tournaments/competitions, have a go, and then return home to work on improvement with renewed vigour.
In comparison to "failure" at competition, the silly "failures" at home will suddenly feel a lot more palatable and be less of a big deal or even meaningless, and thus be a springboard for real gains.
For those who only practise or play at home, it's difficult to escape the mindset of failure feeling like a bad thing. But as soon as one recognises that there are bigger stages to fail on and swallow one's pride with, nothing in the comfort of home should feel like a setback again.
You should technically analyze both. You still want to see the errors you make during your wins. Allows you to collect more data.
These are my absolute favorite Ben clips. This is so immensely valuable.
You learn by doing. Play games, but after the game use an engine or have someone help you analyze, find out what you did wrong that game, and basically make sure you never make that kind of mistake again if you can help it.
Chess is about making fewer mistakes, and mistakes that are less bad, than your opponent makes. You're not looking to find an impossible miracle move that doesn't even exist in the position, that wins every game of chess, you're looking to avoid making mistakes and play sound moves that do not lose.
So practice not making the kinds of mistakes you do make, by doing games, and learning what mistakes you made, then make sure you do not make that mistake in the next game.
Make other, different mistakes, and then learn from those. Until you stop losing to people of your current rating. That's getting better, by removing the stuff that makes you worse.
Now that was smart advice.
As a new player to chess, that's one thing that's definitely struck me as different. Most games have some sort of "make something out of nothing" mentality where you can always pull something crazier and crazier off in order to win the game. I get that playing chess against humans still lets you do some goofy things that don't work against computers, but in general, the weird thing about chess for me is that it's more about not swinging the eval in the wrong direction with your moves and recognizing / capitalizing when the opponent does that.
Avoiding mistakes is obviously very important, but I've found that it's good to apply pressure on the opponent too. If you are making some sort of threat on every move, it becomes more likely the opponent commits an error at some point.
Ben is the father figure we didn't deserve, didn't ask for, or even wanted, but we got him anyway.
The truth hurts
Ben's right, getting high > college. See, I understood the message.
Best choice ever
@@DekarNL Getting high and reading reddit for two hours on how to get better at chess
Ben is literally a practical philosopher, and he is good at it!
That's a very deep and honest opinion, and a very good advice. Respect.
This is soooo true. I'm 37 and kind of coming to these realizations recently. Great video Ben.
Most people I know that are really good got there by going over their games to understand why they lost. Everybody else just fires up the next game to forget about that last loss
Getting better at something is a byproduct of doing it. Just do what you enjoy doing and it will make you better at it! Put the goal back on enjoyment and watch your skills explode.
A surprise review of "The Good Place"! I love that show, I totally cried watching the last episode
I'm with you except the "love chess" part, actually you gotta hate chess so much that you desperately need to beat it & finally be free of it
that was why Ding Liren was so depressed after becoming WC. He realized that even that wasn't enough to break free from chess'' evil spell and that he would actually have to KEEP PLAYING
With only 1 life, people in general want to impress others, looking for a shortcut to wealth, perceived happiness or how badass they can be. Trying to optimize your learning path by evaluating your options is actually quite smart relative to pursuing the first path forward. Finding something of value to pursue is a high order question. Do you think younger Ben would have been any different if he would have 10x the resources available to him back then?
I expected tips on how to thing about chess moves, not philosophy of life. Didn't do anything for me. However, Ann Cramling video's on how to calcultae in chess and how to find best moves were really useful and did help my game.
You ask a difficult question; that is, how should we think about chess.
Obviously, we need to know about basic strategy and tactics that can be applied to any position. This knowledge, along with proper opening preparation and endgame play, can be derived from reading chess books, watching chess videos, and playing through grandmaster games, as Larry Evans has suggested.
Working with Stockfish also helps because tactically speaking, Stockfish never blunders. Better still, Stockfish has the capacity for excellent positional evaluation as well.
Grandmaster games, blunder-checked using Stockfish, teach us the why of chess. Each move involves Yasser Seirawan's concept of space, force, and time, to which I would also add mobility, square weaknesses, pawn structures, king safety, and initiative.
When we play, we must consider both sides of the board and check for our opponent's threats. We must always look for checks, captures, threats, and potential sacrifices. We need to play actively either by threatening something or improving our position. Playing passively is a sure way to lose. Also, never take anything for granted and never play a move we know how to refute, as Fred Reinfeld admonished.
In addition to opening monographs, Watson's four-book series on Mastering the Chess Openings, and books dedicated to endgame play, four chess authors will help you strengthen your game. For a foundational understanding, refer to Lev Alburt's Comprehensive Chess Course, spanning six volumes. For intermediate-to-advanced training, refer to Jacob Aagaard's many books. To build tactical strengthen, follow the advice in The Woodpecker Method by Alex Smith. Finally, to take your game to the next level, study Artur Yusupov's ten-book series, Boost Your Chess, Build Up Your Chess, and Chess Evolution. These books are difficult, so be prepared.
Ultimately, our chess talent will be limited by our native intelligence, our ability to memorize, our capacity for pattern recognition, our skill at calculation, and our willingness to work hard. The deeper we can see into a position by visualizing, calculating, and evaluating, all in our mind without moving the chess pieces, the stronger we will become. Good luck!
You ask a difficult question; that is, how should we think about chess.
Obviously, we need to know about basic strategy and tactics that can be applied to any position. This knowledge, along with proper opening preparation and endgame play, can be derived from reading chess books, watching chess videos, and playing through grandmaster games, as Larry Evans has suggested.
Working with Stockfish also helps because tactically speaking, Stockfish never blunders. Better still, Stockfish has the capacity for excellent positional evaluation as well.
Grandmaster games, blunder-checked using Stockfish, teach us the why of chess. Each move involves Yasser Seirawan's concept of space, force, and time, to which I would also add mobility, square weaknesses, pawn structures, king safety, and initiative.
When we play, we must consider both sides of the board and check for our opponent's threats. We must always look for checks, captures, threats, and potential sacrifices. We need to play actively either by threatening something or improving our position. Playing passively is a sure way to lose. Also, never take anything for granted and never play a move we know how to refute, as Fred Reinfeld admonished.
In addition to opening monographs, Watson's four-book series on Mastering the Chess Openings, and books dedicated to endgame play, four chess authors will help you strengthen your game. For a foundational understanding, refer to Lev Alburt's Comprehensive Chess Course, spanning six volumes. For intermediate-to-advanced training, refer to Jacob Aagaard's many books. To build tactical strengthen, follow the advice in The Woodpecker Method by Alex Smith. Finally, to take your game to the next level, study Artur Yusupov's ten-book series, Boost Your Chess, Build Up Your Chess, and Chess Evolution. These books are difficult, so be prepared.
Ultimately, our chess talent will be limited by our native intelligence, our ability to memorize, our capacity for pattern recognition, our skill at calculation, and our willingness to work hard. The deeper we can see into a position by visualizing, calculating, and evaluating, all in our mind without moving the chess pieces, the stronger we will become.
Good advice. My rating is currently about 750. But implementing this, I hope to earn my grandmaster title by this date next year.
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Just do 20 minutes of puzzles every day and 40 minutes of reading Nimzowitch Alekhine Capablanca etc… This is how you get good. As for getting better than good… who knows
And play a 30+20 game every other day… analyze without engine
Simple
@@ordro107 I agree with your general idea, but Jan Gustafson has said that modern theory shows that My System is just wrong. So I think Nimzovitch is off the list. Plenty of other authors have survived the test of time.
@@aarons3014 Well, Jan gustafson talks about theory in very top level GM plays that doesn't apply to 99.9% of chess players. At a local tournament, any opening/system will be as viable as anything else. So, dont be discouraged to read or learn from older players even way back like Morphy. They played better and knew more than most club players will ever be.
@@manfrom20xx13 Expert level is about 93%, right? That's a lot of people. You can study great games, but why study bad ideas?
You guys are doing the thing ben was talking about
Bro, he's spitting straight facts. Not only is he teaching us how to actually get better chess but also in life
TDLR: if you want to get good at chess, stop watching and go play and study chess
“I don’t care what you guys think about basically anything, I just want donations”
😂😂😂 You sir just earned a sub
I love the comment " There's a book about that" - which proves exactly what Ben meant. People - myself included - are addicted to read and plan about being successful and about how to put in the work without actually doing the work. I have 200 self improvement books on my kindle. I haven't even read more than 5. I am addicted to searching for more books, possible THE book that solves all my problems and does the work for me without even having to do it myself. Meanwhile I fail at all goals I set for myself because I want to figure out how to achieve them first.
@@jemand8462 self-help books are the worst genre in books haha. Most of them are glorified blog posts that could have been just a few pages, and they all have the same message.
@@KeepChessSimple that’s very very true. Sometimes however you have to look at things from multiple perspectives and examples to both understand it and remember it.
This was how I became a neurosurgeon! Stop asking others how to do it, just jump in there and start doing it! Maybe you make mistakes along the way, but that’s life!
I'm glad that I wasn't your first patient.
Imagine the mistake being stitching the cranium back on and realise you've left the brain out.
Oo shit, sorry bro. 😂
Love Ben - I agree with you about not being paralysed by indecision. I think asking better players where to focus your efforts is useful. Nobody seems to like the fact the answer is ‘train your tactics properly by calculating to the end’ and study a few basic endgames = 0>1500
They’d rather watch endless opening videos.
I watched so many people earn degrees while getting high every day. Just study high, take the tests high, and get high scores.
So by not watching this video got it !
Honestly this was some great advice, when I “started” playing chess I played one or two games in a month and I would only watch chess content and tutorials the rest of the time and I thought I was improving. If there’s someone that currently is in the situation that I was at the beginning please stop and just play the game if you actually like the game
I first thought I’d find you a bit annoying / not sympathetic, and now I’ve transitioned to the point that I not only just saved this video in my chess video play list, but also in my philosophical / motivational playlist. Now I finally got the point and recognise the quality of your videos.
To quote a Great Master, To master anything, Do It Every Day.
which master said that?
@@DarkSideChess Robert Anton Wilson
very true. if you look at neural networks, they are modeled in a way vaguely representative of how our brain neurons work, and they are told "here are the rules, now practice, and each time you succeed you will be rewarded" same principle applies to people. the only difference is a computer can do this millions of times in an hour with perfect memory retention and no emotions to get in the way, but your opponents likely aren't doing this millions of times in an hour with perfect memory retention and no emotions to get in the way, so just practice and have fun 😊
more clips of him talking about life and stuff like this pls
Yes!
I'm a software engineer and the coding example is spot on. I see many people asking how to get better at coding. They expect that there is some magic course or book out there that will make them a good enough programmer to earn six figures a year without actually doing the hard work to learn the craft.
Thank you for your words. I urgently needed that. I've finally been playing chess every day again for months, but I'm practicing more tactics and playing a game of correspondence chess every now and then. Apart from that, I often look for tips on how to get better.
However, I should dare to play rapid chess games against real players more often. More practical practice and more experience.
"People don't do stuff, they just talk about it." Pure truth!
One man came to Mozart and asked him how to write a symphony. Mozart replied, “You are too young to write a symphony.” The man said, “You were writing symphonies when you were 10 years of age, and I am 21.” Mozart said, “Yes, but I didn’t run around asking people how to do it.”
“They weigh in” classic comedy
3:37 this man is my soul animal. Fk yeah
Get good
- Ben Finegold
Ben demonstrating he has wisdom as well as wit.
I think what you said is insightful, but a crucial question that remains unanswered is people who want to get better aren't sure how to start. For example, a chess player wants to improve, doesn't care about ratings or anything, but has no idea where to go. Some people look at openings, some people look at endgames, as a novice chess player, one does not even know where to begin to the path of improvement.
You can't focus on how easy or hard something is. If something is worth doing, assume it's hard. Playing an instrument is hard; writing books, coding, and getting in shape are all hard. Do something hard in life. Overcome.
This is the best general advise I've ever heard on TH-cam
Well said, Ben. 👍You get better by working at something, learning, taking criticism on the chin, Whether playing chess, writing fiction, playing an instrument, being a good person. I’m curious: Has anyone written books (fiction or non fiction) about how chess and playing chess relates to philosophy or broader cultural ideas?
As a young man in college, during finals season, I appreciate this lesson
Ben is talking about passion. Something NOT easy to have.
Thank you for giving it as it is. Life is about passion. That's why when my youngest son started learning the piano, I told the piano teacher that my son will not do piano exams and that she should rather teach him a new piece of music each week. That's 52 pieces of music in a year and not 6 exam pieces.
The real chess was the games we played along the way.
Love this guy. So wise. I've followed a good amount of this advice after going through some struggles. I'm now doing very well both at Chess and in life. You're like a Buddha.
This advice seems to me like the definition of someone giving “tough love”. Thanks for the wise words👍❤
Ben, I'm new to chess and have little time for it, and actually don't even like it, but I want to be a grandmaster. Which book should I read to make me a grandmaster?
Good
Read Think like a grand master by Alexander kotov. I think It should help, idk why people think is so hard, just read the book.
I recommend Self Hypnosis for Dummies.
2:35 bruh the chat
I like this a lot.
We spend too much time asking questions and not enough seeking answers.
Good advice lol i feel for anyone who has a hard time understanding sarcasm. In terms of asking for advice I'd just like to add a bit I read somewhere - Ask for advice from people who are where you want to be.
Yea it's nice to ask close family and friends but if they have never done the thing you want to do, they're going to be limited in the amount of help they can give. Their advice shouldn't necessarily be disregarded though, I think it's always good to have multiple perspectives. Just keep in mind which ones actually apply to you and your life. And always be honest with yourself.
This was helpful - thanks!
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LIFE CHANGING ADVICE!
But they won’t change…
What a coincidence, I also watched the Good Place within the same timeframe as Ben, finishing it a few days ago, haha. Combining that with winning a game just now because of always play bishop F1, while my opponent incorrectly sacked the exchange, I think I'm on my way to being a GM... Well, trying is the first step to failure anyway 😅
Love a direct message and delivery!! This is how I am.
Its not necessarily true that just doing it will make you better. If you keep doing it wrong you'll never get better. Musicians will know this especially that it doesn't matter how long you practice if you suck at practicing. So yes asking people does help you get better because those people can point you in the right direction and help you learn how to practice more effectively.
You know what, that is some of the realest shit I've ever heard on chess and as a TH-camr generally
What a fuckin legend
Ben Finegold is wise AF
With all that being said Ben, what opening should I play?
😂😂😂This is hilarious! Saw this video and subscribed to your channel instantly!
They DID wrap up "The Good Place" quite nicely. :-)
That was a good comparison to Chidi with his indecisiveness! 😊
Loving the game, and playing a lot will get you to your "natural level" which is determined by your inborn talent, something you cannot change. After you reach this level, you can love the game and keep playing it five hours a day, and in ten years you will not be better; in fact you might be worse, because you are older. But it is possible to rise about your natural level, and that is what a good teacher should be about. Nothing in this video is about this.
The purpose of asking questions is to learn how to perceive their own experience. Ben grew up in a chess family so there's so much experience there to pull from that he's forgetting about.
You have to actively seek out failing to succeed. If you’re failing it’s even more opportunity to learn. That’s what your mentality should be. Stop caring about your rating. Focus on the process. The results show up by themselves. Do lots of puzzles, analyze your games (without an engine) and read books , do Chessable courses if you want. So many ways to get better. If there was an exact formula it wouldn’t be interesting. People just want validation and they don’t like that things are hard they want instant gratification and validation. And when they don’t get it they cheat bc they feel entitled to something
This advice is very liberating.
The only surefire way to get good at chess I know is to lose games. I'm pretty sure the less you lose the harder it is to improve.
Sir i totally get what you're saying, i do things to improve at chess but after getting stuck at a point you seek for others suggestions to know where you are lacking and what you're doing wrong but taking examples of their experiences and that's what i want. But i did learn something from this video. Maybe i am focusing too much on ratings and not paying attention to what changes i have gained over the time.
Chess is not about choosing what clothes fit you (what opening, strategy, end game should i play?). It is making your body fit in whatever clothes you currently have (what your opponent does, you try to counter). Memorizing doesn't work. Responding to the attacks 99% of the time does.
12 year old: How to get better at chess?
Finegold: get high.
The question is basically, “How do I skip the phase where you have to grind out not just wins, but losses in Chess?” And obviously, anyone who knows how to improve at something properly, will tell you that there is no other way. There are no true shortcuts. That phase is essential. And the next steps will be obvious when you’ve played enough or worked long enough on something.
This is Ben's best advice ever....the end was hilarious!
I don't know why the algorithm brought me here but I'm glad it did.
It's true, just like the phrase “The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.”
The pros make it look easy at the highest level because the game becomes like a second nature eventually
A lot of people spend too much time trying to find the best way to do something when in reality they should just start. I personally took peyote and drove to the desert
But.......but.......every series of gameplay, and every strategy, are dependant on specific responses. And if you are anything like me, I have a hard time memorizing alternatives. How many steps in advance do I need to remember, in order to play intelligent chess?
I feel like I received a really precious advice today. Ty Ben, you're a good man
I literally searched "how to improve in chess", this is one of the first videos that came up and you spent 5 minutes lecturing me on if I want to improve my chess game I'll need to do research and not think about getting good... But i'm literally doing that now?
Bro I’m just getting back into chess at 50!!
18 is spring chicken!!
To get better one must learn, study, study study n more study. Naturally there is a limit but one must natural interest.
TH-cam is the absolute best place to start.
Works for me.
Opening is a bit overrated. How many openings can there be?
I find that copying ur opponents opening for several moves frustrates them n stops them from developing their original attack plans 😂😂😂
I got smothered mated and went on a long chess losing streak so i quitted
Im not even gonna attempt playing anymore it’s too complicated for me understand
Man this was a rollercoaster
Wow, I came to receive some tips to improve my level of play in chess and I ended up with deep existential contemplations about my life, how I face situations, and what I have achieved up to this day
Came here to improve chess skills. Left with an improved life. 🙏
1:11 "work hard...go do it"? Respectfully, You don't know. Chess IMs and GMs--those who were strong players as kids--have NO IDEA (or nearly no idea) how to help adult beginners make substantial improvements (e.g., break 2,000 USCF within 5 years). Ben and others do not know WHY adults have difficulty; and they do not know WHAT those adults need to know/learn to improve (substantially) other than a few generalities: "learn tactics; study your own games; go over master games but guess the move..."
Tbh, I'm not sure anyone knows that. Like, I started 5 years ago at 35 and can't for the life of me stop making stupid one move blunders the instant I get under time pressure. I have a tactics rating over 2700, can get 33 in puzzle rush, know a decent amount about openings, and have taken lessons with good coaches and done all the exercises and tactics they assign. But man, I get below a minute on the clock and I just hang stuff out to dry. It is so frustrating, and I feel like I'm just physically not fast enough or don't keep the right type of board information in my head or something.
It's not like I'm terrible. I have a 1650 rapid rating, but even at that time control, I lose so many games to one move blunders.
I've tried most of the advice I've seen and it just doesn't seem to address the problem.
Just do it - original quote - Ben Finegold
People don't want to solve their problems, they want to feel like they know how to solve their problems.
now the question is, are there people doing the work and ALSO asking those question? probably yes. Also are there people doing the hard work and not improving for long periods of time? Also probably yes. So then what is the answer for those people?
Probably the best mindset for anything
Ben clearly doesn't know about StackOverflow
“ I just want donations.” ~ Ben Finegold, February 2023.
unironically said "people always give unsolicited advice". But I'm being nitpicky, speach is more motivational than david goggins, and doesn't have the cheese which I appreciate.
A someone who is not scared of picking a new random programming language when he wants to implement something for fun and need I relate though. Just say "hey I'm gonna do this in java" and if it sucks well it sucked and you know a little bit of java.