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Post puzzles here for people who do not have a membership. Also, make endgame puzzles.

Before online chess I only played classical chess in-person. So I want to know how to improve at blitz games.

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hey guys,  i am 1950 ish in rapid but my highest has 2100 , i want to know how to reach 2500 rapid, so does anybody have tips and reccomendations ?

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Looking for best strategy books out there for like 1700 elo chess.com(not fide) 

What are some good traps that most people don't notice in chess matches?

Hey there folks I'm stuck at about 800-900 in blitz, bullet, and rapid. I sometimes make it to 950, but then I always tilt back down. Any tips? 

And can anyone suggest a good opening?

Especially with white, I often find myself in pretty good positions immediately after the opening, but I often just end up playing some random improving moves (Re1, Qd2, Rd1, etc.), maybe push a centre pawn or two to kick a knight, and within a few moves my opponent has equalised.  Here's an example game where I get everything I want out of the opening, tried to start some attackey business, and it all fizzled out with one trade: https://lichess.org/MwMnawLD6EaR Another good example game: https://lichess.org/hWDt2NpSh9mJ  How do I keep up pressure in a good position, or more generally do better than random moves when in an equal position?

I am stuck at 2100 for 3 months i want to improve my positional play and find better candidate moves

i fell like the scandinavian defense is my top pick but some other people say bishops opening or something like that pls help im stuck on openings

I need to know few openings very and raise my intuition a bit, that's it 

My rating has reached a plateau at 1700. I cant further improve and the rating keeps fluctuating between 1700 to 1770. How can I hit 1800?

I think it's not so different breaking 500 elo to 1500 to 2500. Everyone here is just asking the same type of question again and again and again and I think it's not that complicated. The game is always the same and it always follows the same principles, you know, things like development, tactics, etc, and this principles such as tactics are further developed into concepts everyone has seen already, like forks, skewers, and so on. When it comes to tactics you only have to train your brain to spot a possible combination, calculate and get an advatageous position. It's that simple. Chess training is like 80% tactics. Now, when it comes to opening theory, give it small time. Don't play 4 different openings per color, learn a few but strongly. About learning openings is not just knowing the order moves, it's about knowing your strenghts, your weaknesses, your plans and ideas, etc. My advice, learn any for white and 3 for black, 1 against e4, another one against d4/c4 and one against anything else. And this goes especially against low rated players, don't go sharp. Play solid. Don't play the sicilian because it has too much theory you need to memorize to end up in a decent position. Dedicate more of your study to endgames. I personally hate pawn endgame puzzles because they are hard, they make you calculate a lot and since I'm mainly a blitz player I really need to excercise that with time pressure. Some other comments I got: - If you are suffering from time pressure, play with increment. - Study games from great chess players. Understand what drives them, what's their reasoning, etc. Many of them made new opening theory too so that's a bonus. - At least from my experience, rating fluctuation is pretty normal. You go up, visit a new rating objective, go down, and slowly make your way back up. It's been like that for me many times, even know I'm back to 2300 after 18 months of not reaching it. I've had my inactivity periods as well, but you get the point. - If you are tilting, STOP PLAYING. It is that simple. Tilt is always under your control, emotional. If you are tilted, close chess.com, go grab water, take some air, do some chores but don't think about the losses. Come back tomorrow, check out your mistakes and keep moving forward. - Understand your playing. Are you tactical? Positional? Do you like long slow games or aggressive sharp games? Do you like taking risks or you prefer being always balanced? Do you prefer closed or open positions? Do you use the knight or bishop better? What pawn structures are you familiar with? Etc. Know what you do, your weaknesses in the position and your advantages. This helps not only for openings but for the mind game in general. Make chess enjoyable for you. I think that's all. Excuse my bad english. To my experience there's only one way to reach any elo goal, it's to keep playing, reviewing your mistakes, learning the patterns on opening theory, tactics and endgames and if you understand the whys of your moves you'll get better. Don't move for moving, have an intention. Reason your moves.

Any suggestions for breaking 1555 and reaching 1999

Greetings Improvers - To improve we should first play many games to gain experience. But its of no use if we do not review our games and learn what we did right and won or what we did wrong and lost. But many of us are not diamond members and thus are limited to only 1 review per day . So I have come up with a plan to make a club where every one can get free Reviews. SO don't forget to join the ultimate club of friends - Review For Free 🥰🥰 

I struggle getting better at blitz and bullet my ratings are very different with being 740 in blitz and 500 in bullet but 960 in rapid

Hey guys, everyone says they want to gain Elo. I want to tell you that the best way to do this is to play games on chess.com. Even if you lose, it's okay! Game review on chess.com and find your mistakes/blunders. Just keep in mind those things and improve your game. I also don't win all my games but always play and improve. I used to be around 600 ELO but played many games, learned a lot of things on the way by game reviewing, and got to about 1200 ELO. THE SAME THING CAN HAPPEN TO YOU! You can share your games with me and we can review That way, I will learn some common mistakes that I have not learned as well as everyone else.  Another way to improve is to read chess books. Though I am not a fan of it either, it helps improve my strategies and tactics. Last but not least, you can complete courses and learn something. Though, you should learn a few chess openings and always play those openings. That way, if your opponent makes a mistake, you can quickly catch that and punish your opponent. I recommend learning an opening you like for white and black and common openings to MAYBE punish your opponent.