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Hey Improvers! I’m NM Dane Mattson, Coach Dane. This forum is dedicated to chess improvement questions you have, either about general improvement or about specific questions you have about positions or games. I’ll be monitoring this forum along with NM Jeremy Kane and others, and we’ll do our best to help out! We also highly encourage the community to share their perspectives and thoughts - I’m sure in many cases, the community will have even better insight than we do
orewamonkeydluffy2013
6 min ago
The "Accomplishments and Celebrations" forum is a great way to celebrate and share your own chess achievements / progress. Are there other members of the Improvers Club that have supported your chess journey that you'd like to recognize / give a personal shoutout? Perhaps you have found someone else's journey particularly inspiring and would like to recognize them. This forum is intended to share our appreciation of other members/contributors in the Improvers Club.
I'll start by giving all of you who are reading this a warm shoutout! It's wonderful to see how supportive and encouraging this community is, and it's an honor supporting you along your chess journey.
orewamonkeydluffy2013
24 min ago
Did you hit a rating goal? Did you finally beat that troublesome opponent? Did you manage to keep a puzzle streak going for a whole month? This is the place to tell the world about your latest achievement!
MiddleGame
5 hrs ago
Post here if you're looking for training partners within a certain rating range.Let's try to keep it topical and use the thread specifically for that purpose.Wish you success in your improvement journey!
Shivank-Sinha
5 hrs ago
Hey Improvers! We invite you to share your games and analysis here - whether you want to share your thoughts and insights on your play or if you want to get insight from others. 🙂
Logando2805
14 hrs ago
Have an interesting problem - either from your own game or from elsewhere - that you want to share? Post it here and challenge the community! Be sure to state which side is to move, and we encourage you to post the game information if you have it and consider a note about which rating level the problem may be good for.
cegalleta
15 hrs ago
If you're new to the game or perhaps taking your very first steps towards improvement, our beloved Coach NM Dane Mattson @Fischwitsch is here to empower your chess journey with some easy to memorize, valuable tips right from the get go.
We know how difficult chess improvement can be, and how overwhelming it can feel as you're taking your first steps on your chess adventure. Don't worry, you're not walking the road to chess improvement alone. The Chess.com Team and community will be with you every step of the way! This study plan is designed to give you everything you need to hit the 64 squares running.
NM Dane Mattson's Beginner's Study Guide (0-600 Elo)
Rithik_S_P
21 hrs ago
Stuck at a 1000-1400 chess rating? Don’t worry—you’re not alone. Based on principles of her Russian Chess School, as well as 25+ years of competitive experience, the amazing WGM @DinaBelenkaya is here to help you on your improvement in a most effective, efficient way.
With well thought and specially planned advice, Dina's study guide is meant to get you cutting through the noise and heading straight to the essentials!
WGM Dina's Beginner Intermediate Study Guide (1000-1400 Elo)
AyelenChess
1 day ago
Hey everyone! This forum is all about resources to help you improve. We’ll be posting content here throughout the year, and we encourage you to share resources or practices that have helped you, and we are eager to hear requests for different types of resources. If it doesn’t exist already, maybe we can publish it as part of the Improvement Challenge!
AyelenChess
1 day ago
Hello everyone! We are so happy to be here for the Chess Improvement Challenge! It’s such a great chance to be part of this amazing community full of Improvers at all levels. We would love to invite you to tell us a little about yourself and your improvement goals here. We can’t wait to get to know you better and to support you on your chess journey! 😊
Anusua_90
1 day ago
Hello everyone!
In case you'd like to suggest a thread to be posted in the club, you are welcome to draft it and then post it in a comment below. Relevant threads will be selected and posted on a regular basis.
To suggest a thread, start your comment with the title and then add the thread content.
If you like a thread that is being suggested, consider upvoting it and using reactions to show your love and support.
Please let's use the comments section specifically for the purpose of suggesting threads, and making sure to follow our Posting Policy when in the club. Comments that are not thread suggestions will be removed.
Looking forward to your contribution!
Anonymousplayer_796
2 days ago
Hi everyone!
We will use this forum to post updates on the Sunday Rapid tournaments, such as when the fair play review was completed, when the prizes were awarded, or any other updates we make. As always, if you have any questions or comments, we are always very interested in hearing from you!
84moose
2 days ago
If you've mastered the very basics of Chess and would like to sharpen your game towards breaking 1000 Elo, our superb Coach NM Robert Ramirez @RobRam is here to share a knowledge kit that will equip you for successfully climbing the improvement ladder.
Be prepared to learn all the important lessons, such as Tactics, Converting Advantages, Endgames, Strategy, Openings, Study Plans, and more. The only thing you need is consistency over an extended period of time. If you are ready, let’s dance!
NM Robert Ramirez's Beginner Study Guide (600-1000 Elo)
Zerkerbob
5 days ago
This forum hopes to share games where players have played brilliant moves that changed the course of the game or have overlooked a move that might have given them the better advantage. Brilliant moves are amazing to play and make players confident in there calculations. Most of the times it is that lower rated and some high rated players tend to sacrifice pieces which turnout to be blunders ! This forum hopes to tackle how players must think before sacrificing a piece for an advantage or even a WIN !!
SayurBawang
3 hrs ago
Hi everyone! I wrote a blog this week about how I track my results in a spreadsheet and shared a template if you want to try it in your own games. I'm curious if any of you track your results, and if so, what kind of data to you track?
https://www.chess.com/blog/SamCopeland/the-spreadsheet-i-used-to-get-to-2500
Ek70R
1 day ago
Thread by: @Grucky0
It seems to me as though it doesnt really apply to actual games where your approach to playing moves is different. Theres not a clear tactic in every position.
If it is worth it, how much should we do it and what is the best way to learn from puzzles?
We can do normal puzzles, puzzle rush, etc.. and there different ways to practice puzzles. But which one is the best practically for playing games?
badm0s_aryan
4 days ago
Thread by: @hhart10k
Training schedule: How have you organized your training schedule? What have you learned that works for you and what doesn't work for you?
Goal setting and weekly progress: How do you identify your goals and check your progress towards them on a weekly basis?
Let's discuss and if you are stuck on something related to the above, ask for help so that we can elaborate and improve together.
Estellazhu
5 days ago
Sometimes we need to laugh so we don't cry. This is a great place to post a silly blunder or something funny that happened in one of your games. Please be supportive!
Here's one from a game of mine against a GM. I just played a bad move and my GM opponent resigned. Can you spot what we both missed about the position?
EnCrossiantIsBrilliant
24 days ago
Do you have a favorite chess book or course that you've learned a lot from? Let us know here!
I'll get us started with my favorite chess book, the Seven Deadly Chess Sins by GM Jonathan Rowson, which is a fascinating look at decision-making, mostly relevant for classical chess.
My favorite endgame book is Concise Chess Endings by GM Neil McDonald, which should be helpful for most levels and time controls.
For something positional, check out GM Johan Hellsten's, Every Pawn Structure Explained.
There are tons of other great books and courses out there. What do you recommend?
Hedgehogtheking
24 days ago
I'm stuck at rapid 1100.
i need someone's CPR (_#*#_)
ratheeshgnanadoss
Feb 9, 2025
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