does anyone have any tips to get me to 1300 rating

Take care of your pieces and don't lose them.

Study openings and do puzzles.

When you begin to win, study endgames.

Read chess books.

Analyse your games.

And just have fun.

Edit: #2 is right, don't hang pieces. Pay attention in your moves and try to see what your opponent wants to do.

To get above 1300 I really started paying attention to positional chess and learning about imbalances. Plus king safety - castling and not pushing pawns in front of your king. Endgame knowledge also comes in handy.

Chomp on hanging pieces -@HangingPiecesChomper

What did you use to do that

It depends what you've done to reach 1300. That's already much higher than most chess players on chess.com ever reach! It's true that 1300 lacks a ton in both knowledge and ability compared to some higher level players, but what you specifically need varies a bit based on many factors. If you would like some tailored advice, then maybe we can play an unrated live game or two for learning purposes and I can offer some feedback afterwards

Danya has an endgame study series on his youtube. For the positional stuff, I purchased the book, "How to Reassess Your Chess" by Jeremy Silman.

I'll add that Silman's book, How to Reassess Your Chess 4th edition (the famous one) is really quality, but also a bit advanced for someone under 1300. In fact, the lowest rated puzzle in that book is 1400 and several positions are for 2300+ rating. I would say someone about 1600+ would benefit most from this book.

It's a great book I have read cover to cover (I was about 1900 chess.com rapid at the time), but it isn't a book I'd recommend to everyone.

I agree. The minimum puzzle rating is 1400 and I'm sure that's FIDE and not chess.com. I was only able to figure out a few of the puzzles, myself. There's probably more "gentle" books to ease into some of the concepts. I started reading it when I was around 1100. Any lower than that and I don't think a person would be quite ready to absorb it.

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The typical first step is more 1200 than 1300. It’s often said that the first proper barrier in chess is 1200 - people get stuck there for a while. Getting there isn’t so hard, you just need to play solidly and notice when your opponents make obvious errors. And learn some way of not immediately losing in the opening (system openings or opening principles is plenty, though if you want to learn simpler openings with easy plans that’s also fine). Biggest bit of advice is play with a plan - it doesn’t even have to be a good one - but playing aimlessly is the hallmark of a beginner.

I increased my rating from 1000 to 1300 this year:

Play 2 rapid games a day and analyze them deeply.

Do lots of puzzles and aim to get them right the first try.

Play over the board chess in a club and join real life tournaments.

I like aimchess, it focused my puzzle training.

Stick to one opening for black and white and learn them deeply. Queens Gambit as white and Sicilian as black in my case.

Dont play by intuition only. Think about checks, captures and threats and the plans of your opponent.

To take is a mistake.

Enjoy learning and playing chess and do not worry about rating.

bro u watch that one yt channel #14

i can tell

which one? I watch them all probably ;-)

I just got to 1300 and I think this isn’t that difficult if you:

- don’t blunder

- punish your opponents blunders/ mistakes

- always try to think what your opponent is threatening with his/ her move and try to defend or counter attack

- have a solid opening repertoire and avoid opening mistakes (you don’t need to learn a complex opening, just remember some key opening moves, like i got to 1300 with just the italian game)

- don’t play too fast, take your time especially in the middle game

- don’t waste your moves, e.g. if there isn’t any obvious move like captures and (useful) checks, look for tactics in 1-2 moves or try to attack an undefended pice/ put more pressure on a defended piece

- knowledge about endgame basics like king opposition or to checkmate with rook+king

I'll ask for that on Christmas

sure!

It's mostly about following key principles when playing. That approach helped me reach a 2000+ rating, and I teach others to do the same. You can learn them yourself as well. Here's an example of some chess principles: https://www.chess.com/article/view/principles-of-chess