23-09-2025, 07:53 PM
(23-09-2025, 07:23 PM)mogs_me Wrote: there is diminishing returns for studying with the progression and cap largely determined by your degree of exposure to the game as a kid and also some slight aspects of intelligence
so sure, eventually your skill and rating will effectively cap out without a huge amount of boring effort being made. but how does this ruin the game? you can still be “competitive” even if you’re not improving. this is my situation. i still find satisfaction in playing a good game, even if my overall skill is stagnant
to me playing good games without improving feels hollow, you know you've stumbled into some good moves by accident and you are gonna repeat some beginner blunders the next game that make you want to quit. The joy of the game is tied to getting better, at least to a point where you can understand what's going on in the chess board at any time.
