@mlawton@lrz I'm also a middling player. At one point years ago, I had a serious chess problem - I think it was on Chess with Friends - would routinely have 50-80 games on the go at a time. So now I only play in person to avoid that slippery slope. 🤷🏻
@WTL@lrz Wise. I also found that as the number of concurrent games increases, my capacity to focus and/or enjoy decreases. I blunder more when I forget the context and I'm too impatient to fully absorb the position if it's been a while and I've forgotten.
@mlawton@WTL oh cool, are you playing against bots ? I found that setting the difficulty to 1600-1800 is challenging for me, I can beat it but I have to focus at 500%
@lrz@WTL I've been playing the 1300 bot, which I normally beat. It's not a great measuring stick because it goes heavily into a queen attack early and if you defend, it falls way behind in development.
I tend to lose often against the 1500 bot, so I'm somewhere between those two. I've beaten 1600, but usually get punished and anything above that is humiliating.
@WTL@mlawton I get very competitive when I play against other humans (any game, not just chess) and it adds a lot of stress to my life, with the computer I can play relaxed 😎 also I like that I can tweak the difficulty, try different styles repetitively… my goal is to beat it once a day but for that i usually have to lose 20 times 🥲
@lrz@WTL my friend used to say, about golf, that no matter how many poor shots you hit, just one good one was enough to bring you back for more. Same with bot chess. If I can win against a stronger bot, I am filled with hope that I might be progressing. Never mind the previous 10 losses, some in humiliating fashion.
@mike I'm sure you'd have seen the queen finish once you considered the bishop check. I'm with you... if I have the time to manipulate the pieces in consideration, I can find more than I do mentally. I still will blunder, but less often!
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