i have a few chess questions

@RemRus said ^

I offer very little. Learn to think two moves ahead. Puzzles can help with this.
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I do my puzzles but I cant spot any in games :sob idk why

im at 2500 puzzles rn and i got to like 2700 twice

but when i play game my mind js turns off ig idk

[Event "casual rapid game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/P4yTzkNR"] [Date "2026.08.30"] [White "Coach_Demon"] [Result "1-0"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1 g3 d5 2 Bg2 Nf6 3 d3 Bf5 4 Nd2 e6 5 a3 Nc6 6 Ngf3 Bc5 7 b4 Bb6 8 Bb2 O-O 9 O-O Re8 10 b5 Ne7 11 c4 c6 12 Nh4 cxb5 13 Nxf5 Nxf5 14 Bxf6 Qxf6 15 cxd5 exd5 16 Bxd5 Qe5 17 Bxb7 Rab8 18 Bf3 Nd4 19 Re1 Ba5 20 e3 Nxf3+?? (-5.32 --> 0.45) ...
If you had thought for more than ~10 seconds, do you think that you might have played 20...Bxd2 ?
In a 15+10 game, you could average 22 seconds per move and have enough time for 75 moves.
“... The fact that a position is offered as a puzzle to solve, profoundly changes the attitude of the chess player. ...
... the (justified) expectation of the puzzle solver: there is one — probably rather special — move that clearly surpasses the alternatives, and will bring big profit. ...
... in the great majority of choices we have to make in a game ... we never get alerted when some special move is available. ...” - IM Willy Hendriks (2012)

[Site "https://lichess.org/3KK4OufO"] [White "Coach_Demon"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 d5 6 Bb5 Nd7 7 O-O Bc5 8 Bg5 f6 9 exf6 Nxf6 10 Re1+ Kf7 11 Bxc6 bxc6 12 Ne5+ Kg8 13 Nxc6 Qd6 14 Nxd4 Ne4 15 Be3 Bxd4 16 Qxd4 c5 17 Bf4 Qxf4?? (-3.02 --> 4.28) ...
The first 17 moves were played at an average rate that would have exhausted jkqwq's time before move 33.

@jkqwq said ^

I do my puzzles

Were is your puzzle rating?

@RemRus said ^

I do my puzzles

Were is your puzzle rating?
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uh 2520 my best was 2700
lichess hides puzzle rating when ur game rating is too low compared to your puzzles

@kindaspongey said ^

[Site "https://lichess.org/3KK4OufO"] [White "Coach_Demon"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 d5 6 Bb5 Nd7 7 O-O Bc5 8 Bg5 f6 9 exf6 Nxf6 10 Re1+ Kf7 11 Bxc6 bxc6 12 Ne5+ Kg8 13 Nxc6 Qd6 14 Nxd4 Ne4 15 Be3 Bxd4 16 Qxd4 c5 17 Bf4 Qxf4?? (-3.02 --> 4.28) ...
The first 17 moves were played at an average rate that would have...

yep, i really dont know how to manage my time, i assume its something that will come naturally as i play more games though.

@Bishop1964 said ^

@jkqwq
I randomly choose one of your games which you played on this site.

https://lichess.org/3KK4OufO/black

I have the following remarks to this game.

Move 8. ... f6 ?? . You played this move in 3 seconds. Playing f6 is very rarely a good idea in the opening, especially when your king is in the middle of the board.

• I guess you miss some opening and general chess knowledge

Move 17. Your opp...

thanks for reviewing it. im aware the tactics are obvious but i just cant seem to find them when actually playing a game!

@jkqwq said in #17:

... i really dont know how to manage my time, i assume its something that will come naturally as i play more games though.

I do not think that anything is likely to work very well in 10-minute games.
"... Most internet players think that 30 5 [(30 minutes with a five second increment added every move)] is slow, but that is unlikely slow enough to play 'real' chess. ... Many internet players are reluctant to play slower than 30 5 so you might have to settle for that as a 'slow' game." - NM Dan Heisman (2002)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627010008/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman12.pdf
That was back in 2002. These days, you might have to settle for 15+10.

@kindaspongey said ^

... i really dont know how to manage my time, i assume its something that will come naturally as i play more games though.

I do not think that anything is likely to work very well in 10-minute games.
"... Most internet players think that 30 5 [(30 minutes with a five second increment added every move)] is slow, but that is unlikely slow enough to play 'real' chess. ... Many ...

I play 15+10 on chess com, my concern is whether I'll eventually get faster