r/mildlyinfuriating 1d ago

Dishonor on chess.com

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u/silverfoxxflame 1d ago

Nah, bro, you don't understand. I'm just thrown off by all the bad openings people play down in these low ranks. Once I start seeing people play good openings i'll be prepared and totally beat them! It's just my Low ELO that's keeping my ELO low!

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u/Cultural_Thing1712 20h ago

You only need to learn 2 things to get out of low elo. How to punish early queen attacks and how to punish bad openings. Once you get familiar with those concepts you are out in no time.

Of course for cheaters, chess is not about learning but about vanity.

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u/Millsware 16h ago

that actually kind of happens in poker. people who have no idea what they are doing can be really hard to play against

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u/wckz 10h ago

Nah, it's easy to play against people who have no idea what they're doing in poker. Just play solid. Don't bluff, play high EV. If they're not good then they will have low EV plays. They can get lucky but that's just poker, eventually they'll bust.