I've consistently been a 800-1100 level player since I first learned to play the game in 4th grade. Noone in my family cared about being good at chess, and as an adult I had other games I rather get good at.

And as a result I mostly play 800 elo and below family members and I'm happy to lose to any friends who are better. The amount of study and months of practice to catch up is unappealing, I just call them a giant fucking nerd and we go play melee.

But a 500 v 500 elo chessgame is mind boggling to me, they appear to have a tenious grip on the rules, and a fractured understanding of cause and effect.

[–] Evolith@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was chess club president for several years back in my high school. Now, as a 500-rated player and lifelong Mario Party connoisseur, I can guarantee you that both games feel like RNG even if I put the neurons to use.

[–] SlippiHUD@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I recognize your truth.

I just can't comprehend it. Even Mario Party has strategies to manipulate the RNG in your favor.

Bonus stars come from a set of categories, and it picks so many at random to award. But you can play to win as many categories as possible to maximize your chance at bonus stars.

The dice rolls are solvable, to minimize your chance of getting bad spaces. Sure you can't always avoid a bad space, but if space x ahead of you is bad, and you have dice that can't roll that number, pick those dice. Or if all your dice can roll that number, pick the one least likely to do so.

[–] Evolith@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Sure, you can spend the last turn choosing a split path direction to pick a red or happening space for a better chance of that possible bonus star if you've been mentally counting the spaces everyone lands on like counting cards in blackjack. An x% chance of reaching the star next turn with double dice if nothing ridiculous happens. The usual.

You can also win most of the minigames among your couch buddies and still end up rolling 1s and 2s for movement in the first 4 rounds, just like queuing up on Lichess against other 500s for 4 straight games as black and dealing with Wayward Queens. Yeah, you remember how to play against it by the fourth match, but it's better just to treat it like a dice game lol

[–] luciferofastora@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago

I sacced my king, which means I no longer need to worry about checks or mating threats 😎

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you play it loose during the opening and make some light blunders your opponent will overestimate their superiority and more likely blunder in the late game.

I am joking but also i am not. My lichess data confimed it.

[–] EmbarrassedDrum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

yeah it's good, but not in intention. like, if you made some mistakes in the beginning just don't resign and still give your best.

everything might happen.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I feel like that's true for any competitive game or sport. Keeping your mental together is the strongest skill in your arsenal.

[–] EmbarrassedDrum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

agreed. overall in life, too.

[–] Sakychu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago

A win with 1 King is the same as a win with a King, a Queen and 3 Pawns!