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Originally Posted by Shandrax
For me it didn't get better with practice, in fact after a certain age, it gets worse. On the other hand, I can play chess almost without any calculation. Needless to say I prefer closed positions where everything revolves about pawn structures. I can produce 20 top-engine moves in a row, but when it gets complicated, I will inevitably make a red move and blow it. That's why I basically retired about 10 years ago and worked as a trainer. Back in the day I was known to outplay FMs and even IMs on a regular basis and yet losing the game with a single gross blunder in the end.
Wow, you'd hate me at the board. I'm usually the one on the other side of that. Plus based on loleuro opinions of USCF ratings I'm barely 2000.