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I Went Full Berserk in the 24 Hour Marathon and something bizarre happened

Your blogs are excellent. On this one, I like how you focused only on the marathon, and disengaged yourself from your rating. I find worrying about rating is my biggest problem with chess: it is what causes the most compulsive, obsessive behavior. If I just focus on games, I'm much better off. But I basically never play rated blitz tournaments on Lichess because I'm concerned about the impact on my rating. I should get over that.

I've never berzerked, but analysis in 2022 showed that it tends to help when there's a large rating difference. In these cases, the result will likely be the same anyway, and you move on to your next game quicker. When the rating is similar, it makes sense to invest more time in changing the outcome. Still, playing all-berzerk was probably better than no-berzerk, especially that doing so put you in a more comfortable time control. I, like you, have problems with 2-minute bullet: it's in an uncomfortable spot between moving quickly and calculating, and since I'm a slow calculator, that puts me at a disadvantage.

https://lichess.org/@/jmviz/blog/when-should-you-berserk/rQdcB4QB

Your blogs are excellent. On this one, I like how you focused only on the marathon, and disengaged yourself from your rating. I find worrying about rating is my biggest problem with chess: it is what causes the most compulsive, obsessive behavior. If I just focus on games, I'm much better off. But I basically never play rated blitz tournaments on Lichess because I'm concerned about the impact on my rating. I should get over that. I've never berzerked, but analysis in 2022 showed that it tends to help when there's a large rating difference. In these cases, the result will likely be the same anyway, and you move on to your next game quicker. When the rating is similar, it makes sense to invest more time in changing the outcome. Still, playing all-berzerk was probably better than no-berzerk, especially that doing so put you in a more comfortable time control. I, like you, have problems with 2-minute bullet: it's in an uncomfortable spot between moving quickly and calculating, and since I'm a slow calculator, that puts me at a disadvantage. https://lichess.org/@/jmviz/blog/when-should-you-berserk/rQdcB4QB

I always focus way too much on my rating (I play varients). I like how you showed that you don’t have to worry about your rating all the time and you can just focus on what you want to do otherwise if you are in a tournament. In tournaments, I always play more cautiously because it’s rated, and I don’t want my rating lowered from one tournament, I got really inspired from this. Thanks for posting this in your blog!

I always focus way too much on my rating (I play varients). I like how you showed that you don’t have to worry about your rating all the time and you can just focus on what you want to do otherwise if you are in a tournament. In tournaments, I always play more cautiously because it’s rated, and I don’t want my rating lowered from one tournament, I got really inspired from this. Thanks for posting this in your blog!

@ElyneLee said ^

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The blog is very interesting, entertaining, and funny. Halfway through, I thought I was reading a script for a short film.
Congratulations on your trophy.

@ElyneLee said [^](/forum/redirect/post/ITI35qtE) > Comments on https://lichess.org/@/elynelee/blog/i-went-full-berserk-in-the-24-hour-marathon-and-something-bizarre-happened/dzX3lOUS The blog is very interesting, entertaining, and funny. Halfway through, I thought I was reading a script for a short film. Congratulations on your trophy.

I'm just glad there is someone else in the world that likes warm water.

I'm just glad there is someone else in the world that likes warm water.

What a lovely blogpost! But what was your final rank, surely not 499?

What a lovely blogpost! But what was your final rank, surely not 499?

is your rank 500 if I may ask?

is your rank 500 if I may ask?

@shivanshbagdia said ^

is your rank 500 if I may ask?

HIII. my rank is #254
I just realized i forgot to put my final rank in the blog ahahaha. thanks for commenting!

@shivanshbagdia said [^](/forum/redirect/post/z0MlHD5n) > is your rank 500 if I may ask? HIII. my rank is #254 I just realized i forgot to put my final rank in the blog ahahaha. thanks for commenting!

@MillenniumBug said ^

What a lovely blogpost! But what was your final rank, surely not 499?

Hi! My final rank is #254
only after i read yall comments i realized i forgot to put the final rank. thanks for reading and commenting the blog ️

@MillenniumBug said [^](/forum/redirect/post/lE6gYmek) > What a lovely blogpost! But what was your final rank, surely not 499? Hi! My final rank is #254 only after i read yall comments i realized i forgot to put the final rank. thanks for reading and commenting the blog ️