There is much more to chess than tactics -- strategy and endgames, for instance. Tactics do help, but it's not everything; try to vary your study with other stuff.
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where would you suggest studying those? any great websites, or things on chess.com?
GrAy_MaTtEr wrote:
If you look me up in the chess tactics my top rating has been 1916, but on live chess i cant break 1400 does anybody have any tips? I try to apply the tactics to my games, and i'm not completely oblivious to position. But no matter what I do my games always end horribly
That's a nice tactics trainer rating. Remember though you are getting a rating from a system that allows you to start with a superior position. Getting good positions in games is another thing entirely. Keep working on tactics, analyzing your games, middle game, end game, and openings. Notice openings was last. 
If you look me up in the chess tactics my top rating has been 1916, but on live chess i cant break 1400 does anybody have any tips? I try to apply the tactics to my games, and i'm not completely oblivious to position. But no matter what I do my games always end horribly