Stuck at 2300 puzzles!

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Been around 2300 for MONTHS now. Keep getting above 2300 and then falling back down again. 

Anyone been in the same boat? Any advice? (And yes, I know looking at the board and trying to calculate to the end of the line is the best way to go about it.)

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I'm stuck at 700

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do more puzzles, I once got to 2500 and then dropped to 2100, but doing more puzzles helps

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GM_Gash wrote:

Been around 2300 for MONTHS now. Keep getting above 2300 and then falling back down again. 
Anyone been in the same boat? Any advice? (And yes, I know looking at the board and trying to calculate to the end of the line is the best way to go about it.)

wanna try solving puzzles together someday ?

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im 2200 in puzzles i keep going up some days down some days idk why

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my highest is 2300+ but dropped to 2100-2200 and am stuck there

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puzzles

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You could try saving the puzzles you get wrong, then go back & see if there are any themes or similarities amongst them. If you ever try a puzzle & it just doesn't seem to make sense after you see the solution, for sure save those & try to figure them out.

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thanks for suggestion

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I am at approximately 2500. My advice is to look for common themes you miss and do custom puzzles to get better before trying the rated puzzles. Repetition is key as well.

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Mitchell_Jackson wrote:

You could try saving the puzzles you get wrong, then go back & see if there are any themes or similarities amongst them. If you ever try a puzzle & it just doesn't seem to make sense after you see the solution, for sure save those & try to figure them out.

That is a BANGING suggestion if I dare say so.

I had no idea you could do this. How do you save puzzles?

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atmicboy10 wrote:

I am at approximately 2500. My advice is to look for common themes you miss and do custom puzzles to get better before trying the rated puzzles. Repetition is key as well.

Deffo a good idea. Thanks!

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Ishan1689 wrote:

my highest is 2300+ but dropped to 2100-2200 and am stuck there

Feel your pain, brother.

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GM_Gash wrote:
Mitchell_Jackson wrote:

You could try saving the puzzles you get wrong, then go back & see if there are any themes or similarities amongst them. If you ever try a puzzle & it just doesn't seem to make sense after you see the solution, for sure save those & try to figure them out.

That is a BANGING suggestion if I dare say so.

I had no idea you could do this. How do you save puzzles?

Under puzzles go to custom puzzles, then tell it to include puzzles I have failed. I think each puzzle has a unique number attached to it so you could record those if you want to do it manually.

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GM_Gash wrote:

Been around 2300 for MONTHS now. Keep getting above 2300 and then falling back down again. 
Anyone been in the same boat? Any advice? (And yes, I know looking at the board and trying to calculate to the end of the line is the best way to go about it.)

I suggest going to different sites and learning all the tactical motifs thoroughly one by one and do the same with all the mating motifs. Random puzzles aren't so useful if you don't have a solid foundation. Just doing random puzzles elsewhere too could give a fresh start. The puzzles are a little bit different on different sites, they are not all the same. There are tactics courses available too.

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yea i am stuck at 2500 and can't get to 2600 sad. BUT the good news is that i have som ideas now on how to improve.

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CaptinBrilliancy wrote:

yea i am stuck at 2500 and can't get to 2600 sad. BUT the good news is that i have som ideas now on how to improve.

But you are 1500

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Oh this is for puzzles

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You pretty much have to just keep doing them. Eventually something will click and you'll rise a hundred points to your next plateau, over and over until you get old and then start declining. There is no real other option.

Well, assuming that you aren't doing obviously wrong stuff. Obviously don't just play the first move you see, you have to consider other options. If you calculate a line and it happens, don't just barrel down it, double check after every move that your calculation is accurate and best. You might improve the most if you try to solve the whole puzzle before moving any pieces instead of trying to solve it one move at a time.
Then again, even GMs solve it one move at a time because they're lazy too.

Finally, it's well known that chesscom has no way of confirming that you are not using an engine. That's why you see people with tens of thousands of puzzle ELO on the leaderboard. Those guys really like seeing number go up. But obviously don't cheat that would be bad.