My elo is lower than yours. But there was recently a good forum in which experts gave sage advice. Check it out here: https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/how-can-i-improve-my-positional-play-in-chess
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Apr 22, 2024
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I had the same exact question, a lot of experts answered that to me in the forum above. During OTB play, people stop making obvious blunders of pieces and it is usually much more solid games so you can't exploit this. Instead, positional play is much more important since the game will usually be decided by where the pieces are placed and how good they are. Focusing on good positional play will probably be one the most if not the most important factor on how your OTB games go. I would take advice based on the forum above since a lot of really good players have responded. Hope this helps!
Apr 22, 2024
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beyblade3145 wrote:
Hi, my name is Kevin. I am a 1334 uscf rating (Yes, I am trash) and has improved over the past 6 months but now has plateaued in the last month. I still play solidly and I am confident that I can beat 1400s, but sometimes I break down during a tournament and lose. The chess season in my city(Oklahoma) has ended, so I have around 4 months to study. What can I do to improve my game, improve my rating because I wanna improve to 1600 at the end of next season. Thank you to everyone who is giving me good ideas.
Never talk down about yourself, like calling yourself "trash", it is a game, have fun, some are better than others and you are not trash.
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YellowBanana2021 wrote:
I had the same exact question, a lot of experts answered that to me in the forum above. During OTB play, people stop making obvious blunders of pieces and it is usually much more solid games so you can't exploit this. Instead, positional play is much more important since the game will usually be decided by where the pieces are placed and how good they are. Focusing on good positional play will probably be one the most if not the most important factor on how your OTB games go. I would take advice based on the forum above since a lot of really good players have responded. Hope this helps!
Yes, this helped a lot, thank you.
SWDNC68 wrote:
beyblade3145 wrote:
Hi, my name is Kevin. I am a 1334 uscf rating (Yes, I am trash) and has improved over the past 6 months but now has plateaued in the last month. I still play solidly and I am confident that I can beat 1400s, but sometimes I break down during a tournament and lose. The chess season in my city(Oklahoma) has ended, so I have around 4 months to study. What can I do to improve my game, improve my rating because I wanna improve to 1600 at the end of next season. Thank you to everyone who is giving me good ideas.
Never talk down about yourself, like calling yourself "trash", it is a game, have fun, some are better than others and you are not trash.
I only wrote it because I knew some people would be negative and say "just get better" something like that. I believe I can become good, and I admit that I am worse compared to some others. Thank you for the support.
Apr 23, 2024
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#13
Personally, i just spam the 10 min rapid games on chess.com and eventually ive gotten better at online and OTB, idk if this works for everybody but it seemed to work well for me
If under 1500 USCF, you likely will get the most bang for the buck studying tactics. Find a book on chess tactics and work through the exercises.
Mr-Freddy-Fazbear wrote:
solve this
whys that a checkmate cant the pawn just capture the knight
Apr 24, 2024
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#18
GrandmasterInProgress2 wrote:
Mr-Freddy-Fazbear wrote:
solve this
whys that a checkmate cant the pawn just capture the knight
bro, he set the board backwards, all of blacks pawns on are the second rank instead of the seventh
beyblade3145 wrote:
Hi, my name is Kevin. I am a 1334 uscf rating (Yes, I am trash) and has improved over the past 6 months but now has plateaued in the last month. I still play solidly and I am confident that I can beat 1400s, but sometimes I break down during a tournament and lose. The chess season in my city(Oklahoma) has ended, so I have around 4 months to study. What can I do to improve my game, improve my rating because I wanna improve to 1600 at the end of next season. Thank you to everyone who is giving me good ideas.
1 you're not trash, you're better then most players. 2 setting expectations for yourself leads to you taking losses a lot harder as well as causing you to lose motivation when you reach that goal. my favorite way to train when I'm in a slump is to play fisher random because it helps with middle game play
freequeenquestionmark wrote:
beyblade3145 wrote:
Hi, my name is Kevin. I am a 1334 uscf rating (Yes, I am trash) and has improved over the past 6 months but now has plateaued in the last month. I still play solidly and I am confident that I can beat 1400s, but sometimes I break down during a tournament and lose. The chess season in my city(Oklahoma) has ended, so I have around 4 months to study. What can I do to improve my game, improve my rating because I wanna improve to 1600 at the end of next season. Thank you to everyone who is giving me good ideas.
1 you're not trash, you're better then most players. 2 setting expectations for yourself leads to you taking losses a lot harder as well as causing you to lose motivation when you reach that goal. my favorite way to train when I'm in a slump is to play fisher random because it helps with middle game play
thank you
Hi, my name is Kevin. I am a 1334 uscf rating (Yes, I am trash) and has improved over the past 6 months but now has plateaued in the last month. I still play solidly and I am confident that I can beat 1400s, but sometimes I break down during a tournament and lose. The chess season in my city(Oklahoma) has ended, so I have around 4 months to study. What can I do to improve my game, improve my rating because I wanna improve to 1600 at the end of next season. Thank you to everyone who is giving me good ideas.