Tips everyone's different so it's best to find way that you improve the most even if that's just playing fast or slow time controls so don't always listen to everything someone else says cuss ey might not work for you but try to take it into consideration
Road to 2000 or 1000

Though your already 2000 rapid lol are you talking about blitz chess?
Sorry for not clarifying. Yes want to get my Blitz to 2000 here, i have a long way to go!

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Would love your support/tips/advise to get to me goal of 2000 one day...
I looked at your most recent losses and overall stats in blitz.
With white you play a weird system opening, KIA-style. While I would think this limits your long-term prospects, it absolutely works for you. With black this is also great against 1.d4 and various other first moves(KID).
But against 1.e4, you are getting crushed: Just going by all rated blitz games from May 1st to now, you perform 1726 with black, 1755 against 1.d4, and 1628 against 1.e4.
One common mistake you make in the Pirc is to play Nc6 rather than the more typical c5. So either study a bit, or switch to something else against 1.e4.
But openings aren't that critical in blitz (below 2600 or so). Looking at the actual games, the most common reason you lose is time trouble.
You are playing too fast in the opening and often missing good opportunities, but in the middlegame you often think for 20,30, even 40 seconds on a single move. That's fine if that move decides the game, but often it's just improving your rook a bit.
To fix this I'd recommend to analyze your losses with an eye towards time management:
A) Did you take sufficient time in the opening? In 3+2 that should be at least 3 seconds per move after the first few.
B) If you took a long time for a move (let's say more than 8 seconds in 3+2), was that justified? Was the position really complicated.
C) In the positions where you took a long time, what were your candidates? I once had a student who thought for 3 minutes in a 10+0 game. I asked him what his current candidates were and he had boiled it down to one candidate move 2 minutes ago! If you have only one candidate, or if you have multiple candidates you're pretty certain are all ok, play the first of those moves.
D) Make a time budget (10 seconds is great in 3+2), and plan a default move, ideally on your opponent's time. If it's not a tactical position and 10 seconds have elapsed, play that move.
E) When you are ahead material, seek to remove counterplay. You already strive for trades (good!), but also make sure that your king is safe, that all of your pieces are defended, and that you take out the opponent's threats early on.
Finally, be aware that the time budget should shrink relatively. If you have a really critical position at the start of a 5+0 game, you can spend 50 seconds. But if you have 60 seconds on the clock, spending 50 seconds loses the game, even if you find the very best move.

Would love your support/tips/advise to get to me goal of 2000 one day...
I looked at your most recent losses and overall stats in blitz.
With white you play a weird system opening, KIA-style. While I would think this limits your long-term prospects, it absolutely works for you. With black this is also great against 1.d4 and various other first moves(KID).
But against 1.e4, you are getting crushed: Just going by all rated blitz games from May 1st to now, you perform 1726 with black, 1755 against 1.d4, and 1628 against 1.e4.
One common mistake you make in the Pirc is to play Nc6 rather than the more typical c5. So either study a bit, or switch to something else against 1.e4.
But openings aren't that critical in blitz (below 2600 or so). Looking at the actual games, the most common reason you lose is time trouble.
You are playing too fast in the opening and often missing good opportunities, but in the middlegame you often think for 20,30, even 40 seconds on a single move. That's fine if that move decides the game, but often it's just improving your rook a bit.
To fix this I'd recommend to analyze your losses with an eye towards time management:
A) Did you take sufficient time in the opening? In 3+2 that should be at least 3 seconds per move after the first few.
B) If you took a long time for a move (let's say more than 8 seconds in 3+2), was that justified? Was the position really complicated.
C) In the positions where you took a long time, what were your candidates? I once had a student who thought for 3 minutes in a 10+0 game. I asked him what his current candidates were and he had boiled it down to one candidate move 2 minutes ago! If you have only one candidate, or if you have multiple candidates you're pretty certain are all ok, play the first of those moves.
D) Make a time budget (10 seconds is great in 3+2), and plan a default move, ideally on your opponent's time. If it's not a tactical position and 10 seconds have elapsed, play that move.
E) When you are ahead material, seek to remove counterplay. You already strive for trades (good!), but also make sure that your king is safe, that all of your pieces are defended, and that you take out the opponent's threats early on.
Finally, be aware that the time budget should shrink relatively. If you have a really critical position at the start of a 5+0 game, you can spend 50 seconds. But if you have 60 seconds on the clock, spending 50 seconds loses the game, even if you find the very best move.
This is such great advise, thanks for taking the time to have a look and review.
I did notice recently that pirc c5 idea, especially vs queen side setups for white.
I will keep on going, 2nd video up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy2aHM8SGb8&t=291s
Would love your support/tips/advise to get to me goal of 2000 one day...
I looked at your most recent losses and overall stats in blitz.
With white you play a weird system opening, KIA-style. While I would think this limits your long-term prospects, it absolutely works for you. With black this is also great against 1.d4 and various other first moves(KID).
But against 1.e4, you are getting crushed: Just going by all rated blitz games from May 1st to now, you perform 1726 with black, 1755 against 1.d4, and 1628 against 1.e4.
One common mistake you make in the Pirc is to play Nc6 rather than the more typical c5. So either study a bit, or switch to something else against 1.e4.
But openings aren't that critical in blitz (below 2600 or so). Looking at the actual games, the most common reason you lose is time trouble.
You are playing too fast in the opening and often missing good opportunities, but in the middlegame you often think for 20,30, even 40 seconds on a single move. That's fine if that move decides the game, but often it's just improving your rook a bit.
To fix this I'd recommend to analyze your losses with an eye towards time management:
A) Did you take sufficient time in the opening? In 3+2 that should be at least 3 seconds per move after the first few.
B) If you took a long time for a move (let's say more than 8 seconds in 3+2), was that justified? Was the position really complicated.
C) In the positions where you took a long time, what were your candidates? I once had a student who thought for 3 minutes in a 10+0 game. I asked him what his current candidates were and he had boiled it down to one candidate move 2 minutes ago! If you have only one candidate, or if you have multiple candidates you're pretty certain are all ok, play the first of those moves.
D) Make a time budget (10 seconds is great in 3+2), and plan a default move, ideally on your opponent's time. If it's not a tactical position and 10 seconds have elapsed, play that move.
E) When you are ahead material, seek to remove counterplay. You already strive for trades (good!), but also make sure that your king is safe, that all of your pieces are defended, and that you take out the opponent's threats early on.
Finally, be aware that the time budget should shrink relatively. If you have a really critical position at the start of a 5+0 game, you can spend 50 seconds. But if you have 60 seconds on the clock, spending 50 seconds loses the game, even if you find the very best move.
A way (risky ) to fix time management issues would to be play some bullet chess it's not helpful for actual chess but time management is pretty important in bullet sometimes it helps me slow down in other games
I wouldn't recommend it for beginners though

Well, for starters, pick basic openings you can easily play. I recommend the Ruy Lopez for white and French as black. Yes, it seems weird to recommend the Ruy Lopez, however, at 1700 blitz, theory is pretty unnecessary, just learn maybe 2-5 moves in the mainlines and you're set.
As for your middlegame issues, you can start by not taking as much time as you do in your rapid games (I've noticed you thinking for like 40 seconds on moves that don't necessarily need I good find -_-).
When you've got less than one minute on the clock, PAY ATTENTION to your time and try to speed up, especially if you've got less time than your opponent. Get your bullet rating up to 1500 so that you can learn time management better.
https://www.chess.com/game/live/114518278169 Here, you had 25 seconds and your opponent had 21 second, you should've tried to use your time for your own advantage! But no, you didn't. And when you're up on time and your opponent is close to timeout, don't just hang everything and expect to win. This is why I play bullet chess.
Hi Chess family.
I've been a member for over 10 years and have been in a bit of a chess plateau for a while (years!)
Ive started a bit of a online journey of chess improvement on blitz games.
Would love your support/tips/advise to get to me goal of 2000 one day...
https://youtu.be/co7vlNpryzA