How do you get better at chess?

How do you study? Do you do puzzles? Look at openings? Etc...

Feel free to just post away!

Study, analyze, play, feedback/analyze, repeat.

hi, I have just started playing one year ago. I mean just started playing before a year ago i didnt know how the pieces moved. But, look at my ratings i am in the 88th percentile in live standard and have ascertained a blitz rating of over 1200 (1240). I have 2 silvers( one i deleted) and a a bronze in blitz tourneys. The bronze came in a (1200<) tourney. I will tell you my regimen. I do not read or study chess books or analyze my games or master games. This is what I do:

1. 10-15 minutes or problems of tactical problems

2. 2-3 blitz games

3. 1 standard live game- real calucating and thorough planning; at this stage just think tactically, as you see improvements started thinkg more positionally. But dont make the transition to soon, since it will limit your creativity.

4. 3 concurrent correspondent chess- 1 preferably chess960

5. 1 standard game- no book openings- randomosity is key, but always have a plan or try and have a 4-5  move combination while simultaneuously negating any offensive attack by opponent. Also, you may try and work on sacrifices and pawn chains. 

6. Always remeber  to try and be creative, once you get to the 1500 live standard, 1350 blitz and 1550-1650 online chess then try and read study as supplements to your praticial experience.  

If you look through my archive i try to win fast, but i can also win a close game

Here's the post that you got banned for spamming in the forums:

yes, since IQ is the ability to not only think, but evaluate and differentiate between good and bad moves within seconds rather than minutes or even more laugable days. Thus, blitz is the true indicator of a person's ability to make such decisions within minutes. It is quite analogous to computer's ram which speeds up the process of . Thus, to recapitualte bltiz players usually have hihgher IQs than their much slower correspondent chess counterparts. This is actually scientifically proven.

So I'm surprised that u actually play online and standard. Do u still think that blitz is a better indicator of ability than those 2?

lol that was not me. I have no idea brah brah brah... sorry about that i mean i have know idea what you talking brah brah brah...it begins the trolling is all coming back to me....(why chess.com don't ban me im sorry)...o what happened.  Macer75 i have no idea what you talking about everyone on his site has an iq of over 130 and eaach have a mensa card ( i am joking people). However, i will say that everybody who plays chess  likes to challenge themselves better than the average person.

Additionally, my comprehensive regiment encompasses all types chess, thus having the benefit of stimulating all facets necessary to be a complete chess player

this chess regiment is guarantted to make you a better player brahs. To all my beginners look in my game archive as it will be testament to the previous statement.

Well, it seems like the ability to troll is starting to come back. However, forgive me for being honest, but you're still nowhere near as good as you were before you got muted. I'm not blaming you brah - I know that you've been forced to play it safe and conform out of necessity. I'm just sad to see so many great trolls like you ruined by chess.com.

Hmmm.Indeed. 

chess makes me dizzy.

I don't. I get worse. 

someboysson look at my thread for beginners it may help you improve brah

What else could there possibly be to improve your game than studying, analyzing, playing and getting feedback? Is there a secret I don't know about? Your performance isn't any indicator of whether that works by the way.

Thanks for the responses!

Are you following my regimen, quote 4? I will like to know what you thought of it and how to improve on it?

If you are stuck at a rating for many years even though you have been playing for many years--then there is something you are doing which is wrong.

It is very often that you do not discern your mistakes and thus do not learn from your mistakes The solution is

1. Learn to identify your mistakes.  Most cannot do this so the help of a very much higher rated player can tell you your mistakes.

2. After you are able to identify your mistakes then learn how to avoid them and also the correct responses.  Again you might need the help of a much higher rated player to do this.

In addition to the above, I would advise you using tactics trainer for at least `15 minutes per day.

Yes I am trying it out and seeing how it goes, thanks.

Great, thanks for the suggestion!