How can I get my Elo up?
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I’ve tried almost anything so anything that gets recommended I will try.
May 25, 2025
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Don't focus on rating/elo. Focus on being a better chess player. In the long run that will also improve your rating.
Hm,okay thanks!
May 25, 2025
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#5
dontmoveuntilyousee.it free conceptualization course. Also, the puzzles on Dr. Can's Chess Clinic (YouTube channel) are spot on.
How many chess books have you read? If the answer is zero that is where you need to start.
May 26, 2025
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#8
Vigilante just went straight to the point. Read 1 chess book attentively it will boost you to 1000 easily.
May 26, 2025
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#10
What I've seen throughout my coaching is that getting your tactics level up is the way to go. A simple method is this: Click on custom puzzles. Choose 4 themes, set the ratingrange at the level where you have an about 50% score. Practice untill you can have around 80-100% correct. Move on to the next 4 themes and repeat. Once you've completed all themes you can up the rating with 50-100 rating points and repeat.
Tactics is a good start, of course in addition to playing games and analysing them, ideally with a coach.
Hope this helps. Keep it up!
May 26, 2025
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RoelandPruijssers wrote:
What I've seen throughout my coaching is that getting your tactics level up is the way to go. A simple method is this: Click on custom puzzles. Choose 4 themes, set the ratingrange at the level where you have an about 50% score. Practice untill you can have around 80-100% correct. Move on to the next 4 themes and repeat. Once you've completed all themes you can up the rating with 50-100 rating points and repeat.
Tactics is a good start, of course in addition to playing games and analysing them, ideally with a coach.
Hope this helps. Keep it up!
When you say “practice,” do you mean simply doing as many as possible? Cause in my opinion, if you get one wrong, you might benefit from going back and redoing it a few times (I like to redo it 3 times after looking up the answer before moving on).
May 26, 2025
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einWWe wrote:
RoelandPruijssers wrote:
What I've seen throughout my coaching is that getting your tactics level up is the way to go. A simple method is this: Click on custom puzzles. Choose 4 themes, set the ratingrange at the level where you have an about 50% score. Practice untill you can have around 80-100% correct. Move on to the next 4 themes and repeat. Once you've completed all themes you can up the rating with 50-100 rating points and repeat.
Tactics is a good start, of course in addition to playing games and analysing them, ideally with a coach.
Hope this helps. Keep it up!
When you say “practice,” do you mean simply doing as many as possible? Cause in my opinion, if you get one wrong, you might benefit from going back and redoing it a few times (I like to redo it 3 times after looking up the answer before moving on).
Same
May 26, 2025
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#14
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.