I feel like this post is nothing but common knowledge and very light on the specifics. What sort of attitude should you bring into your improvement journey? What sort of games should you play? How should you analyze? What mistakes should you look for, how should you look for them, and what is most important at your level? What books to read? What openings to learn, and how does this help?
None of these questions are answered. Many people do play lots of games and don't improve. In fact, a lot of people are simply incapable of improving for one reason or another. It might be the mindset, the time investment, the training method... even the intelligence. And a lot of people don't improve because they fundamentally don't understand why they lose most of their games. Visit my PSA for Beginner-Intermediate Players post in this forum for more details.
The Best way to GAIN RATING/ELO!
I feel like this post is nothing but common knowledge and very light on the specifics. What sort of attitude should you bring into your improvement journey? What sort of games should you play? How should you analyze? What mistakes should you look for, how should you look for them, and what is most important at your level? What books to read? What openings to learn, and how does this help?
None of these questions are answered. Many people do play lots of games and don't improve. In fact, a lot of people are simply incapable of improving for one reason or another. It might be the mindset, the time investment, the training method... even the intelligence. And a lot of people don't improve because they fundamentally don't understand why they lose most of their games. Visit my PSA for Beginner-Intermediate Players post in this forum for more details.
It is a formal overview of the topics that should be covered. I did not go into depth in each topic. This topic is great for most beginners. And it is true, more games you play and review, the better you become. *If you analyze by game review on chess.com and learn something. Not repeating the same blunders and mistakes.
Hey guys, everyone says they want to gain Elo. I want to tell you that the best way to do this is to play games on chess.com. Even if you lose, it's okay! Game review on chess.com and find your mistakes/blunders. Just keep in mind those things and improve your game. I also don't win all my games but always play and improve. I used to be around 600 ELO but played many games, learned a lot of things on the way by game reviewing, and got to about 1200 ELO. THE SAME THING CAN HAPPEN TO YOU! You can share your games with me and we can review That way, I will learn some common mistakes that I have not learned as well as everyone else.
Another way to improve is to read chess books. Though I am not a fan of it either, it helps improve my strategies and tactics.
Last but not least, you can complete courses and learn something. Though, you should learn a few chess openings and always play those openings. That way, if your opponent makes a mistake, you can quickly catch that and punish your opponent. I recommend learning an opening you like for white and black and common openings to MAYBE punish your opponent.