Use your allowance
In what rate does your rating go up?

I think it's common for your rating to shoot up as you learn, but also plateau at times.
At 400 though you have a lot of scope for improvement (no offence intended...it's just a game). I recommend the chess academy in chessmaster 11. My rating jumped up to about 1500 just from that.

I think it's common for your rating to shoot up as you learn, but also plateau at times.
At 400 though you have a lot of scope for improvement (no offence intended...it's just a game). I recommend the chess academy in chessmaster 11. My rating jumped up to about 1500 just from that.
I’m 1700 now, no offense taken
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