Introduce Yourself and Your Goals!

@Flea27_Immortal A warm welcome to the Improvers club! We're glad you joined, and it's never too late to start your improvement journey this year. There's still 2 months left in the year, and there's plenty more planned for next year's Improvement Challenge! Lessons and puzzles are indeed a great way to improve, like @KiriyamaKazuo said. They're also a great way to improve blunder prevention. These were the main methods I used to pass the beginner level.I would also recommend watching Danya's YouTube speedruns, if you haven't already. There is a ton of great content on his channel, suited for players of all levels.

Regarding the tournament, if you think you have the time for it and if you'll enjoy participating, you should definitely participate! Tournaments (both online and OTB) are a great way to gain valuable chess experience, and they can be a lot of fun!

Best of luck in your improvement journey, and as always, feel free to ask any questions you may have! No question is a dumb question!

Hi! My name is Dakota and I'm 15 and my goal by the end of each year is to get +500 improvement for Rapid gamemode. Some of my other goals are to go against this friend and be able to predict other's moves. Hope to see ya in the future!

@Dakota-Potter Welcome to the club! Glad you joined! Feel free to ask any and all of your chess questions in the "Ask Coach/The Community" forum, and there's plenty of people who will be happy to answer them. The "Resources for Improvers" forum also has a lot of great resources and content for improvement. Best of luck with your rapid goals!

@Dakota-Potter Welcome to the club! There's plenty of people here that can answer pretty much anything about improving in chess and a bunch that are supportive in slumps. Overall, the "Ask Coach/The Community" forum is likely the one that I would recommend the most, but there's quite a few other useful forums as well. Good luck on your rapid goals!

Hey yall. Names Xander but I also go by Ildithia (its from a book lol). I am a musician in training (classical pianist, teaching myself guitar, bass, drums, productions, ect.) And i recently picked back up chess. I am NOT very good lol. My current goal is to salvage my blitz elo and hit 1000 for that, hit 1200 bullet, and 1300 rapid (i have the brain for it i just make the stupidest moves before I actually think lol). Thanks for having me!

@Ildithia Welcome to Improvers! It's nice to see a fellow musician working on their chess skills! As for improving your blitz rating, definitely play games with increments; it takes some of the time pressure off and forces you to work on your calculation skills instead of just flagging your opponent on time. Training in rapid instead of blitz is actually a great way to indirectly improve your blitz rating as well. Good luck on your goals!

Welcome to the community. Lots of helpful members and resources in the group to help you along the way.

Welcome! Which name to you prefer?

It'll take practice, but, you'll get there! Going through spurts helped me - so, you might want to play mostly unrated for practice. Keep grinding.

I'm learning the piano, too! Well, watching YouTube videos. 😅 What music do you like?

Keep Chessing & Be Brilliant!

Hey, @Ildithia! Welcome to the club! Glad you joined! You came to the right place for improvement! Feel free to ask any of your chess questions in the "Ask Coach/The Community" forum; there are plenty of wonderful people willing to help you in your journey! Best of luck in your chess goals! We're all in this journey together!

I am aiming to cross 2000 elo in rapid before 2026. I will try my best to achieve my goal in 28 days. I know This is very hard but, okk.

Wow! Well, I hope you have too much time on your hands. 😅 Well, you know what they say: shoot for the moon and you might fall short; shoot for the stars, and you'll surpass the moon and Mars!

Even if you don't reach your ambitious goal, you're bound to make stellar progress! Looking forward to your journey, mate.

Keep Chessing & Be Brilliant!

@DisguisedSpeeder Quite ambitious there, eh? Well, believe you can and you'll get there! Like King_Red_A said, even if you don't reach your goal, you are almost guaranteed to break some huge rating barrier anyways! Good luck, and I'm looking forward to seeing your improvement journey.