striking for 1500 - 1700 elo

Gordonbruhhehe · 2026-01-22T18:18:04-08:00

right now I am a 1300 elo rapid chess player and i am struggling to improve. What should I practice more, in order for me to reach this goal.

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Gordonbruhhehe

Feb 22, 2026

#21

Btw, what openings do yall recommend me to play, because it seems like when I play Italian, it becomes easily counterable. For Sicilian, I’m just probably playing it wrong

neenjazz

Feb 22, 2026

#22

Sicilian is a hard opening to play (in my opinion). Tried to use it myself but noticed my rating jump once I switched to Karo Cann. I'd recommend playing that for black when white opens with e5. For d5 you could try learning f5 (Dutch defense). Also for master games at your level I would recommend checking out YouTube. There's a very large amount of learning material on Youtube that you can utilize, and I would check out different content creators to see who you like the best.