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Just wondering if anyone had any tips on how to stop tilt (losing a game then getting mad and repeating ad infinitum). I kind have had a problem with it in the past, (I once dropped from 1800 to 1600 in a matter of days) but I think I’ve got the problem kicked, wondering if anyone else has any tips on how to handle it. 

I'm seeing a lot of requests for help and improvement advice from beginner-intermediate players, and many of them fall into one of these broad categories: What openings should I play to improve? / What should I do against this opening? How should I get to X Elo? / Road to X ELO / How can I improve? (general) "Looking for a free chess coach" / How do I stop my losing streak? / I want stuff/results fast! As a fairly strong player who has put in enough work to know more than most people, and who isn't paid to be a figure of toxic positivity, I'm just going to tell you how it is: 1. Openings don't matter at your level. They are just a matter of preference, unless you're playing some really dubious trap. Obsessing about openings is like dreaming about your fighting style before you've thrown your first punch. It doesn't matter. Just pick an opening you "vibe with" as Black, and then play the same opening a tempo up as White. Spend the rest of your time getting better at finding good moves. For example, taking free pieces. 2. The "Road to X ELO" isn't a real thing. A road implies a straight (or straight-ish) path to a destination which you will eventually reach if you keep walking along it for long enough. This is not the case. Everyone has a maximum potential which is constantly decreasing due to age, and at some point you will plateau and then decline. If you're asking "is it too late for me to become a Grandmaster?" Yes. It's too late.Nevertheless, most people in this forum are still capable of some amount of improvement. If you are <1200 Rapid, just about the only thing you need to worry about is taking your opponent's pieces and not letting your opponent take your pieces. If your rating isn't 1200 Rapid and you wonder why you're not getting better, it's because you aren't getting better at taking more pieces than your opponent. If you're rated between 1200 and 1800, you need to worry a little about theoretical endgames and openings, but mostly you need to get better at taking pieces. If you're over 1800, then you can worry about complicated stuff... like forcing your opponent to give away his pieces. 3. Stop asking for free stuff. It's frankly degrading to the game for people to be asking for a 2000 ELO player to do private coaching FOR FREE. Strong players are glad to help with some pointers, but they weren't given a handout... They worked for their ranking! Unless you're my friend, I'm not giving you a free lesson, and neither will an actually strong player!And if you're in a slump, you can't just expect to get your elo back without hard work. Well, not unless you che@t. In any case, you won't get better unless you put in the work. And going on a blitz binge or exploring obscure lines of the Kalashnikov because the name sounds cool aren't going to help. You need to get good at taking your opponent's pieces, and that means playing long games (15|10 is not ideal, but bare minimum) and then analyzing afterward.The only way to get anything for free... Is to go to lichess. Not only is that degenerated place totally free with no ads, your elo will go up (well, their ratings are inflated)! But we don't talk about that sort of hippie communism on chess.com forums! This, in my opinion, is all the general advice most people need to know when starting out on their chess journey. Your next questions should be oriented around filling in the details of how exactly you will improve at taking free pieces. If you don't mind the facts and the challenges I laid out before you, I wish you good fortune in the wars to come.

I had 1630 and now my rating is around 1500 im so angry and i have tournament what starts 27 dec and i want to this tournament have 1700 to had a chances to win can somebody give me a tip how to stop ranking drop?

After e4. d5. e5. c5. What are the best ways to take advantage of white's mistake?  

help me. lol

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?