I've been trying to get to the 700-800 range before september and I'm kinda struggling. All advice would be welcome.
RJInToTheChessVerse
Apr 18, 2025
I'm around 650 elo and I can pretty easily beat the bots in the 1000-1300 range but when I go into a live game I can't beat anyone above 700. How is this so?
Severin_J
Apr 16, 2025
^
OskarSpaghetti
Apr 14, 2025
I think I now understand what Prometheus feels now
https://www.chess.com/game/live/136442247272
Necxeus
Apr 11, 2025
One of my favorite online games I have ever played with some brilliancies too!
parth-r-bhat
Apr 9, 2025
https://www.chess.com/game/136484814154
parth-r-bhat
Apr 4, 2025
usually play on a 600 elo account in 10 min rapid made this new account to play higher elo and played a 30 min. Wondering how I did?
Necxeus
Apr 2, 2025
Hi guys. I have been stuck in the 900-1100 rapid elo for a long time. Does anyone know how to improve quickly? My goal is to get to 1300-1400 by the end of the 2025 year. Tips please?
Thanks,
Alpha_Chess_Unit
chessdp10
Apr 2, 2025
It was a very nice positional game and the only actual mistake i found was me not taking the pawn on b7 because i forgot my rook was defended already.
Necxeus
Apr 1, 2025
For the past year I have not been playing that much chess but in the past month, I have been studying on and off about endgames and tactics but not enough to where it makes me think it significantly impacted my play. I have been sitting around the 2030 level for a while (A long shot of my peak of 2120) because I had lost so many games prior. I am now getting back into rapid and in just 18 games I have gone from 2030 to only 7 rating away from my peak.I get rating fluctuates but this is a crazy change all of a sudden. Why do my opponents seem so easy? Is a break all I needed to spark my play again? Whatever it is I do not get it. 80 rating is a big deal especially at my level so I am trying to figure out what is going on.
Necxeus
Apr 1, 2025
Why does USCF require 5 norms for a title yet FIDE only requires 3 norms. Wouldn't it make more sense for them to be the same? Both of them have pros and cons but having them both be different numbers confuses me. If you make them both 5 norms, it greater proves the fact you deserve the title you were given, on the other hand it also makes it considerably more difficult, time consuming, and expensive. If you make it 3 norms, it may make it too easy to earn a title to be fair there is one benefit to the two title systems being different. The USCF titles are considerably easier to get than the FIDE titles so making the obtainment of them harder makes sense as a good contrast.
jetoba
Mar 31, 2025
Do you play chess with or without music?
THEGUYINURHOUSE
Mar 18, 2025
We play OTB tournaments almost every weekend but the rating improvement is been flat.
What is a good daily practice routine that have helped you all improve your OTB rating??
I am of the opinion that you should play at least 3 rapid games online every day, win or lose, so you will get some experience playing different variations and endgames. Helps with Time management as well.
PizzaJulianGM
Mar 11, 2025
I already know that playing chess in the middle of the night is not really that good for your health but I just want to know if playing it at night affects how you play the game.
Brack_Yeti
Mar 9, 2025
https://www.chess.com/club/bluez-281-official/join/f4699b
discobot33
Feb 27, 2025
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