how do I

train/play/analyse

and cycle it!

Learn exactly how to think in the opening, middlegame and endgame — this is what I teach.
Always blunder-check your moves.
Solve tactics in the right way.
Analyze your games.
Study games of strong players.
Learn how to be more psychologically resilient.
Work on your time management skills.
Get a coach if you can.

You want the long answer or short?

realistically you do not need any coach no one ever taught me anything just consume these materials puzzles 30m a day at your level will do wonders if you want to improve faster do 1h or 2h puzzles chesscup.org stepchess lichess.org chess tempo is great but too advanced for you right now the only positional ideas you ever will need for a very long time is taking control of center do not release the tension instead push instead of taking unless enemy kings in middle forming a pawn chain is much easier to defend then with a piece I usually have the c pawn on c3 defending my d4 pawn push bishops are better than knights so trade knight for bishop only if the position is open if it is closed trade bishop for knight as knights can jump behind pawn walls watch daniel naridotsky william graif btw at your level half the stuff can be taken in one move thats why I doubled down on tactics for you I know someone who hit 2500 in 2 years from just doing only puzzles

I hate to say this but chances are you wont improve much if you binge games I am still dealing with this issue but as long as you have the E4 square or D4 square controlled with a pawn bishop on c4 e2 knight on c3 f3 other bishop on e3 f4 you will have spectacular positions more than what any opening video will ever give just be mindful of your opponents if he controls this X square go to one of the other sqaures I mentioned

Dear Lily,

My name is Gabor Balazs. I’m a Hungarian FIDE Master and a certified, full-time chess coach, so I hope I can help you. Everybody is different, so that's why there isn't only one given way to learn and improve.

First of all, you have to discover your biggest weaknesses in the game and start working on them. The most effective way for that is analyzing your own games. There is a built-in engine on chess.com which can show you if a move is good or bad but the only problem is that it can't explain to you the plans, ideas behind the moves, so you won't know why it is so good or bad.

In my opinion, chess has 4 main areas (openings, strategies, tactics/combinations and endgames) and if you want to improve efficiently, you should improve all of these skills almost at the same time. That's what my training program is based on. My students enjoy the lessons because they cover multiple aspects of chess in an engaging and dynamic way, keeping the learning process both stimulating and efficient. Of course, there are always ups and downs but this is completely normal in everyone's career.

If you would like to learn more about chess, you can take private lessons from me (you find the details on my profile) or you can visit my Patreon channel (www.patreon.com/Bgabor91), where you can learn about every kind of topics (openings, strategies, tactics, endgames, game analysis). There are around 40 hours of educational videos uploaded already (some of them are available with a FREE subscription) and I'm planning to upload at least 4 new videos per week, so you can get 4-6 hours of educational contents every month. I also upload daily puzzles in 4 levels every day which are available with a FREE subscription.

I hope this is helpful for you. Good luck with your games!

I'm trying to help as many players as I can.

Well i think it's beacuse of tactics