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How I passed from a struggling 1900 player to 2400 player (My 3 secrets)

How I passed from a struggling 1900 player to 2400 player (My 3 secrets)

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๐Ž๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐ž (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•)โฃ
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โŒI was a working adult (school teacher) who didnโ€™t have much time to study chess.โฃ
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โŒI didnโ€™t have a plan or methodology to improve or any clue.โฃ
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โŒI felt tons of frustration because I had the same level for over 5 years (1700-1900 rating points)โฃ
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โŒI wanted to quit chess many times because I felt I had enough.โฃ
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๐Ÿ™„Actually, I took some pauses that lasted weeks because I started to feel anxiety about losing points.โฃ
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๐Œ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ:โฃ
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โœ…I am a 2300 rating player, and last year, I reached my peak (2400)โฃ
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โœ…I became a chess.com certified chess coach.โฃ
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โœ…I have clarity about my weaknesses, I know what works for me and what does not.โฃ
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โœ…I donโ€™t get frustrated anymore, I REALLY love to play chess and discover new things every day.โฃ
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โœ…I reached a level where I can help others to avoid stagnation. โฃ
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๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ž๐โฃ
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๐Ÿ.๐†๐ž๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ณ๐จ๐ง๐žโฃ
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I changed my opening repertoire to get exposed to new ideas in the middlegame, I had a transition from 1.d4 to 1.e4.โฃ
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๐Ÿ.๐€๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž, ๐Ÿ๐จ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐.โฃ
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I was a busy person and, to be honest, I had other things apart from chess. โฃ
Still, I wanted to improve. โฃ
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In the beginning, I was discouraged because I couldnโ€™t find a methodology that suited my situation.โฃ
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I spent several months trying to find a method that addresses my specific weaknesses.โฃ
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Once I found something that worked for me, I started to notice the process. โฃ
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๐Ÿ‘.๐’๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉโฃ
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I didnโ€™t find a method overnight. It was tough. โฃ
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When I was about to give up, I decided to hire coaches.โฃ
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In the last 4 years, I have worked with 1 GM, 1 IM and 2FM. And I am glad that I took that decision. Otherwise, I would have been doomed to stay on 1900-2000 forever.โฃ
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๐˜ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ. โฃ
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I have beaten titled players in rapid, blitz and bullet games.โฃ
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But I donโ€™t want to share this because I want to brag about it.โฃ
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โญI just want to encourage you to do much better and aim higher.โฃ
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This upcoming year I will try to reach 2500+ on chess. com and to get a title of NM. โฃ
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J๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ˆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ.โฃ
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So, for everyone who is just starting or is stuck on the same level, keep going, commit your process, and all the efforts will pay off in the end.โฃ