Im locked at 300 elo 💀 in rapid. How to improve and get better fast ? I

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MOTUS98
Agent_AK-74 wrote:

were you black or white

White and i think they resigned

HyperDonutO

ok

GM_Salzi

Learn to not blunder your pieces and take free ones. Maybe watch some beginner chess guides on youtube. Dont focus on memorizing 20 moves of opening theory, nobody on your level will play them.

MOTUS98
GM_Salzi wrote:

Learn to not blunder your pieces and take free ones. Maybe watch some beginner chess guides on youtube. Dont focus on memorizing 20 mives of ipening theory, nobody on your level will play them.

Okay tks

theklangers

yes

AbdelrahmanAthamnehAlt

It's pretty straightforward, everyone in the 300+ range obviously know the opening principals. the only thing that could differ between you and them is the tactics, openings you know and not blundering pieces by accident.
Usually in your range their are absolutely no players that actually know openings, so generally I suggest that you learn openings full of traps and tricks such as the vienna game, or a solid opening that counters almost any white move such as the caro-kann for black.
To learn an opening all you have to do is just memorize a series of the best moves during some specific lines that the opponent could play, it needs a heavy study and great memorization skills but then it's worth it, you'd be playing the best moves everytime in the opening and have a solid set up for the middlegame and you can always dominate, just make sure you don't blunder pieces!
Also their are openings that are called by the name 'setup openings' as you almost play the same exact moves in order to reach a specific setup that is solid for the middlegame, all you have to learn is that specific setup and some edge cases, a example of a setup opening is the london system.
I began by learning the vienna game and it has always carried me through every single 1. e4 e5 game i ever played, even beat a 1200 as a 550 because they fell in a trap in the vienna opening, also these traps usually don't get countered unless you reach atleast 1000+ because no opponent until now has actually played the main lines of the vienna gambit correctly. here is a link for levy's video about the vienna game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVxENCPcCjU you can delay playing any rated games until you finally learn 1 white opening and 1 black opening to ensure you always dominate. that's all thanks for reading!

MOTUS98
AbdelrahmanAthamneh wrote:

It's pretty straightforward, everyone in the 300+ range obviously know the opening principals. the only thing that could differ between you and them is the tactics, openings you know and not blundering pieces by accident.
Usually in your range their are absolutely no players that actually know openings, so generally I suggest that you learn openings full of traps and tricks such as the vienna game, or a solid opening that counters almost any white move such as the caro-kann for black.
To learn an opening all you have to do is just memorize a series of the best moves during some specific lines that the opponent could play, it needs a heavy study and great memorization skills but then it's worth it, you'd be playing the best moves everytime in the opening and have a solid set up for the middlegame and you can always dominate, just make sure you don't blunder pieces!
Also their are openings that are called by the name 'setup openings' as you almost play the same exact moves in order to reach a specific setup that is solid for the middlegame, all you have to learn is that specific setup and some edge cases, a example of a setup opening is the london system.
I began by learning the vienna game and it has always carried me through every single 1. e4 e5 game i ever played, even beat a 1200 as a 550 because they fell in a trap in the vienna opening, also these traps usually don't get countered unless you reach atleast 1000+ because no opponent until now has actually played the main lines of the vienna gambit correctly. here is a link for levy's video about the vienna game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVxENCPcCjU you can delay playing any rated games until you finally learn 1 white opening and 1 black opening to ensure you always dominate. that's all thanks for reading!

Thankssss that helps so much !

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Labib12148

Look for Checks, Capture and Recaptures. Control the center with pawns. Knights before Bishops. Rooks on open or semi-open files. Move king to safety. No Early queen attacks. Don't move a piece more than once in openings. See your opponents threats and defend. Learn simple openings, tactics and strategies. over 90% games are won due to a tactic. Last but not least don't play hope chess!😉😉

youthfulling

check out gothamchess hikaru daniel naroditsky chessbrah and maybe agadmator

AbdelrahmanAthamnehAlt
MOTUS98 wrote:

Thankssss that helps so much !

Your welcome!

Henrik676767

I would say just practise not hanging your pieces. Playing and puzzles I think are both good ways to do that.

Henrik676767

Also I really don't think that openings are nearly as important as some people make them sound. Your openings look fine for your level, just don't blunder.

Ayaan_P

Use the caro as black and reti as whight

Sitbear

I wrote my PSA for Beginners precisely for beginners like you. Almost nothing most people suggest will actually be helpful in terms of increasing your strength. The key is to get really really good at tactics, but you should read my linked post for more detail.

Shabba_De_Leon

Just some general tips for the 300 elo player from a 900 elo beginner. I'm no expert, so take this as you please.

  • In the opening, prioritize developing your pieces and castling before initiating an attack. There are exceptions, but you're not at that point to break general rules (suggestions, really) just yet.
  • It's far more important to understand the principles of an opening than to memorize the moves in the opening. 
  • In the opening, beginners like to pin a knight with a bishop. Responding by attacking the bishop with a pawn is usually not the right idea (waste of tempo - I mean time) - just focus on development, and if that bishop captures the knight, capture with the pawn (queen side) or queen (king side). Doubling of pawns is not always a bad thing. You see this kind of thing for example with the Anti-Fried Liver Attack - Italian Game players laugh and merrily go on with their attack.
  • When capturing with pawns, try to capture towards the center of the board. You generally want to control the center of the board.
  • Review your games to see your mistakes. If you can't review here, plug your moves into Lichess or some other tool and review there.
  • It's a good idea to watch in-depth videos of specific openings you'd like to play, either here (under Learn - Lesson Library) and/or YouTube or elsewhere. Again, focus on the ideas behind the openings, not so much on memorization of the moves. 
  • And most of all, you want to practice a lot. I suggest playing against some bots first. 

You're going to lose a lot before you start winning a lot. That's okay. Just try to enjoy the game and learn from your mistakes.

MOTUS98
Shabba_De_Leon wrote:

Just some general tips for the 300 elo player from a 900 elo beginner. I'm no expert, so take this as you please.

  • In the opening, prioritize developing your pieces and castling before initiating an attack. There are exceptions, but you're not at that point to break general rules (suggestions, really) just yet.
  • It's far more important to understand the principles of an opening than to memorize the moves in the opening. 
  • In the opening, beginners like to pin a knight with a bishop. Responding by attacking the bishop with a pawn is usually not the right idea (waste of tempo - I mean time) - just focus on development, and if that bishop captures the knight, capture with the pawn (queen side) or queen (king side). Doubling of pawns is not always a bad thing. You see this kind of thing for example with the Anti-Fried Liver Attack - Italian Game players laugh and merrily go on with their attack.
  • When capturing with pawns, try to capture towards the center of the board. You generally want to control the center of the board.
  • Review your games to see your mistakes. If you can't review here, plug your moves into Lichess or some other tool and review there.
  • It's a good idea to watch in-depth videos of specific openings you'd like to play, either here (under Learn - Lesson Library) and/or YouTube or elsewhere. Again, focus on the ideas behind the openings, not so much on memorization of the moves. 
  • And most of all, you want to practice a lot. I suggest playing against some bots first. 

You're going to lose a lot before you start winning a lot. That's okay. Just try to enjoy the game and learn from your mistakes.

I'm beating 1000 bots that's the problem 💀😭

Shabba_De_Leon
MOTUS98 wrote:
Shabba_De_Leon wrote:

Just some general tips for the 300 elo player from a 900 elo beginner. I'm no expert, so take this as you please.

  • In the opening, prioritize developing your pieces and castling before initiating an attack. There are exceptions, but you're not at that point to break general rules (suggestions, really) just yet.
  • It's far more important to understand the principles of an opening than to memorize the moves in the opening. 
  • In the opening, beginners like to pin a knight with a bishop. Responding by attacking the bishop with a pawn is usually not the right idea (waste of tempo - I mean time) - just focus on development, and if that bishop captures the knight, capture with the pawn (queen side) or queen (king side). Doubling of pawns is not always a bad thing. You see this kind of thing for example with the Anti-Fried Liver Attack - Italian Game players laugh and merrily go on with their attack.
  • When capturing with pawns, try to capture towards the center of the board. You generally want to control the center of the board.
  • Review your games to see your mistakes. If you can't review here, plug your moves into Lichess or some other tool and review there.
  • It's a good idea to watch in-depth videos of specific openings you'd like to play, either here (under Learn - Lesson Library) and/or YouTube or elsewhere. Again, focus on the ideas behind the openings, not so much on memorization of the moves. 
  • And most of all, you want to practice a lot. I suggest playing against some bots first. 

You're going to lose a lot before you start winning a lot. That's okay. Just try to enjoy the game and learn from your mistakes.

I'm beating 1000 bots that's the problem 💀😭

Then you probably should start by playing 15/10 (I play this) or slower games, and review or analyze your games to see where you're making mistakes. That's how I went from 700 elo to 950 elo in a little over a month - I played the French Defence as black and Vienna Opening as white constantly until I learned how to counter most of the things my opponent can do in the beginning. That in turn taught me other openings, such as the Italian Game and the Hallowe'en Gambit, because sometimes an opening transposes into another opening. 
Point is, evaluate your games. Find your mistakes and improve on them. Harder to do if you use multiple openings at this stage, so choose one that you like and master that one.

RorroB

Hello, to get better at your level you just have to do puzzles, have at least an opening with white and with black study at least two, one against e4 and the other one for d4.

I recomend you follow GothamChess and ChessVibe (I think he's called that) which are some channels where you could learn how to play at your level. When you start getting better, as expected, is going to get harder to get better at some areas of the game but at the point you're at, I'd recommend just watching some youtube videos and doing puzzels, which are some things I used to get better at your level.

1vickster
MOTUS98 wrote:
 
 Agent_AK-74 wrote:

also post a game that you lost so we can see the actual mistakes.

And that's where i loose in rapid and i was white

Honestly I feel like you are attacking too early in the game. Focus on developing your pieces and controlling the center. Because you are attacking early, you are not having the chance to get a better position and get your king to safety. Also, you should really think before you move because you blunder a lot. I would suggest playing rapid if you aren't already. To avoid this, play a lot of with puzzles and analyze your games, even if you win.

Wind

Hi there @MOTUS98 check out this helpful guide from NM Dane Mattson, hope it is helpful in your improvement journey!

https://go.chess.com/club_2025improvers_beginners