No he answered pretty much exactly what I was asking.I'm not entirely sure. What @Bogart listed is the exact breakdown (probably FIDE recognized?), but it more comes down to how I feel about the competition at each level.
Everything under 1400 kind of blurred together for me. Then I spent a lot of time trying to scrape my way out of the 1450-1500 range, had a quick development leap, thanks to changing my philosophy a little, and now I've hit a similar difficulty at the 1590-1640 range.
So those are tiers that feel significant to me. With a rating system so fluid, and with the effort it takes to move ahead, you will probably find similar rating levels that become milestones of sorts for you.
The 2020 Candidates has started. There were no wins for White, but Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) & Wang Hao (China) managed to win with Black pieces & grabbed the lead.
@Harbour Dog I realized the reason I move pieces so fast is because I have the move animation set to "none," so the moves are like SMACK...SMACK...SMACK
Also found this for you; Sicilian Defense tree:
Also, this one is kinda neat:
I wouldn't be me if I wasn't fussing with something trivial.Sounds like more "fussing?" haha
That Sicilian chart is going in my analysis folder. Even though I have a sense of where openings are headed in most games, I don't keep a strong awareness of the relation between them. They are all discrete to me.
"Top seed Fabiano Caruana defeating Kirill Alekseenko in 34 moves, while Maxime Vachier-Lagrave defeated second seed Ding Liren in 37. Anish Giri was in deep trouble against Wang Hao, but managed to miraculously save a draw in the end." The Candidates Round 2: Caruana and Vachier-Lagrave score[TBODY] [/TBODY]
GM Nepomniachtchi Ian ½ - ½ GM Grischuk Alexander
#2 seed Ding Liren has zero points. He's going to have to play like Harbour Dog to force a tiebreak.
I'm aufheben89 on Chess.com anytime someone wants to play.
I put in a friend request to you. I'll pm you if I start playing. I'm doing puzzles and lessons now.I'm aufheben89 on Chess.com anytime someone wants to play.
I put in a friend request to you. I'll pm you if I start playing. I'm doing puzzles and lessons now.
"The battle between pre-tournament favourites Ding Liren and Fabiano Caruana ended up favouring the Chinese, who responded convincingly to Caruana's provocative play in the opening (see below) to get his first win of the tournament after back-to-back losses in the first two rounds. The remaining games finished drawn, which means Wang Hao, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave are sharing the lead on 2 out of 3.
1.d4d52.c4c63.Nf3Nf64.Nc3dxc45.a4Bf56.Ne5e67.f3Bb48.Nxc4O-O9.Kf2" The Candidates Round 3: Ding bounces back, beats Caruana
Harbour Dog, why is 9. Kf2 better than castling?
I wouldn't be me if I wasn't fussing with something trivial.
I’ll be on tonight. I have some new weapons to throw your way.Not sure how I missed this before
Every now and then I feel like doing analysis instead of playing. When I do, I go back over the three openings that I've gone in depth on and memorize/improve my notes, and if I still have energy after that I check to see whatever the last opening was in a game I played and start analysis on that one.
I’ll be on tonight. I have some new weapons to throw your way.
I think we’re on opposing sleep schedules. I went to bed at 3:30 AM.Excellent! I slept in until 6:50 this morning; full of spit and vinegar.
Thanks a lot, HD. I really appreciate it. The following would be bad advice for you or other 1600+ players.
My goal is 1000 and one thing I do when learning an opening is finding old, simple variations of it that I fully understand. The second advantage of this is most players use whatever variations the AI or 2600+ players are using now so this forces them into a different looking variation than they're used to seeing so they can't just trot out their memorized AI or GM moves.
I think we’re on opposing sleep schedules. I went to bed at 3:30 AM.
Thanks! One of the two main Sicilian variations I push towards is the Bowdler Attack (B20) played by Staunton. One of the two main English variations I push towards is the Great Snake Variation (A10) played by Petrosian.I think that's great advice for anybody! If you understand your opening, that goes much, much, farther than just memorizing it. And if you decide on a "simple variation" and commit to it, then as you use it more and more, you learn how to play all the applicable lines that arise from it on your own. And one thing I learned is that "the applicable lines" change as the strength of opponents changes. One of the two main Sicilian variations I push towards is the old main line. It's simple, but not incredibly popular at the moment.
Thanks! One of the two main Sicilian variations I push towards is the Bowdler Attack (B20) played by Staunton. One of the two main English variations I push towards is the Great Snake Variation (A10) played by Petrosian.
I played this tonight against Harbour Dog but got burned trying to transpose into the Modern Defense.Thanks! One of the two main Sicilian variations I push towards is the Bowdler Attack (B20) played by Staunton. One of the two main English variations I push towards is the Great Snake Variation (A10) played by Petrosian.