I added 200 points to my USCF rating after I started doing 30 minutes /day of tactics problems. Went from 1500-1700 real fast.
I recommend www.chesstempo.com. The problems are pretty tough. They let you do rated problems either timed or with no time limit. And you get a breakdown of your success rate. For example, I have 100% scores in problems tagged as "Zugzwang", "Smother", and "Unpinning", with performance ratings in the range of 2100-2300. But I have <50% scores in problems tagged as "X-Ray Attack", "Counting", and "Desperado", with performance ratings in the range of 1400-1800. Based on that, I have some picture of my strengths and weaknesses.
Hello!
I was wondring what methods you used to increase your chess rating. What worked? what did not work?
Thank you