I think doing a lot of timed tactics has helped me a lot when it come to actually game play. If youre playing a 30m game, you cant spend 10m looking for a crazy 5 move deep tactic, its usually small tactics that you realize quickly that will win a game. I also like to keep a mindset that I believe my opponent has a made a mistake, if you think your opponent is playing flawlessly and theres nothing you can do, It usually effects my game negatively. It sounds a bit stupid but it was what kept me in the low 1600s standard time for a while. I kept thinking these players never messed up, I could never find any tactics, but really theyre all over the place, even in the 1700s.
how to reach 1700?
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thanks guys!
i guess i'll have to work on other things also..
Sep 9, 2016
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1700 rapid here is not that hard - specially now that you have a lof of tactics behind your back. It just takes a lof of time. Continue with tactics, but just random ones. focus on paterrns. Practice mating patterns, simplifications , pis or forks only.. you can customize in V3 or take chess mentor lessons.
You have done half the work. And i see you have already been in 1500+. Start taking lessons on strategy and endgames - observer videos specially the ones from masters 15+2 chessnetwork from youtube or IM John aka Fins0905. Helps a lot. Not only you see how they handle position, but also they explain everything and then again in analyses.
lichess puzzles are remarkably easy overall. You'll see two-movers rated at 2150 all the time.
Sure. You could even make 2,000. No one can say you can or can't. Play better opponents and beat them. Practice/Study.
Just keep playing . Adjust the time in settings to one that feels comfortable. Read a book and put the tips into practice. In no more than three years I've gone from where you are now to well 1700s . A bad week I'm in the low 1600s a good week the mid 1700s.
Mzambelli4353 wrote:
I think doing a lot of timed tactics has helped me a lot when it come to actually game play. If youre playing a 30m game, you cant spend 10m looking for a crazy 5 move deep tactic, its usually small tactics that you realize quickly that will win a game. I also like to keep a mindset that I believe my opponent has a made a mistake, if you think your opponent is playing flawlessly and theres nothing you can do, It usually effects my game negatively. It sounds a bit stupid but it was what kept me in the low 1600s standard time for a while. I kept thinking these players never messed up, I could never find any tactics, but really theyre all over the place, even in the 1700s.
Its a Good thinking. i like it.
AIM-AceMove wrote:
1700 rapid here is not that hard - specially now that you have a lof of tactics behind your back. It just takes a lof of time. Continue with tactics, but just random ones. focus on paterrns. Practice mating patterns, simplifications , pis or forks only.. you can customize in V3 or take chess mentor lessons.
You have done half the work. And i see you have already been in 1500+. Start taking lessons on strategy and endgames - observer videos specially the ones from masters 15+2 chessnetwork from youtube or IM John aka Fins0905. Helps a lot. Not only you see how they handle position, but also they explain everything and then again in analyses.
Its good to encourage others in game.
How should i continue to be better, and is it realistic for me to think that i can reach 1700-1800 in the near future? Thanks in advance!