Play a lot of games and watch vids while playing that’s what I did 💀
tips for improving?
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Stormy-Boy-2007 wrote:
I can help! I love your self-improvement idea for the summer, including chess. I have kinda the same thing going on right now.
i appreciate it!!
zeeeenith wrote:
Play a lot of games and watch vids while playing that’s what I did 💀
thank u! do you have any vids u rec orrr
ABC_of_EVERYTHING wrote:
I can coach you but you has to pay me money
no lmao 💀
Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond…
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond
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.
be good
ALLYgaytor wrote:
be good
The goat has spoken
RussBell wrote:
Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond…
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond
i'll read it when i get a chance, tysm!
ChessMasteryOfficial wrote:
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.
thank uu, will do
i do wanna get a coach but i don't think it's in my schedule nd i don't think i'm dedicated enough (yet) to invest money into chess
failingapbio wrote:
if u want i can help u on very infrequent occasions; my activity is extremely variable
like we can go over a game or two every month on dc
but like
i kinda haven't played in tournaments since i was 12 ðŸ˜
and i have other stuff going on
i'd appreciate it, but only if there's time in both our schedules (:
failingapbio wrote:
one good aptitude test is
try the twomovers in the world chess solving championship past puzzles. If you can do all of them in the allotted time, you have a real talent for chess. Doing even one is a good accomplishment for someone of your rating.
https://www.wfcc.ch/competitions/solving/wcsc/
I'll check that out when i have time, and yeah for your other comment, i try to normally play rapid
failingapbio wrote:
Do u wanna play a diagnostic game sometime?
whatever you think would help 😅
I personally have been doing the daily puzzle, the puzzles I can do for free (I'm broke), and I play at least 1 chess game a day for the last 2 or so years. This has helped me slowly increase my rating over time.
If you want to improve faster: watch videos on tactics and openings, in your games, consider what your opponent might do in response to your moves (assume your opponent knows exactly what you are planning), and try to carefully consider what the consequences of your move will be.
At your rating however, I really think that you just have to make sure you know your openings and to play as many games as possible, I swear at some point you will just sense the right moves.
I don't know much about coaching in chess, but I believe these tips should generally helpful, hopes this helps 
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failingapbio wrote:
Pure opening theory at this level is kinda pointless, everyone deviates very fast in my experience. Only at 2000+ do I regularly get people who go all the way through the Bg5 Najdorf lines.
Just knowing the basic mechanics of openings can help lower rated players improve, even if their opponent does play the entire line it still can allow you to start the game in a better position, so I believe openings can be good to study.
Although I do agree that just memorizing lines is pretty useless at lower ratings if the player doesn't understand the purpose and ideas of those moves.
Jun 20, 2025
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Just work through my chess videos. It's free. If you can get past the audio (grin and bear it). I know it's not sweet to listen to. I just give you a step-by-step approach. Maybe do up to day 5. Be patient. Learn the mechanics first. It's like learning a piano or your first experience with a QWERTY keyboard. It's confusing and slow at first, but be patient.
It's not commercial, but I need feedback on its effectiveness in helping people find tactics for my personal research into psychology and learning.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMN_6z8-lDtZTmwRYIyRlTwkAzY8y5w7D
Jun 20, 2025
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failingapbio wrote:
Zipho_Lunika wrote:
Just work through my chess videos. It's free. If you can get past the audio (grin and bear it). I know it's not sweet to listen to. I just give you a step-by-step approach. Maybe do up to day 5. Be patient. Learn the mechanics first. It's like learning a piano or your first experience with a QWERTY keyboard. It's confusing and slow at first, but be patient.
It's not commercial, but I need feedback on its effectiveness in helping people find tactics for my personal research into psychology and learning.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMN_6z8-lDtZTmwRYIyRlTwkAzY8y5w7D
can I play vs you?
I'm a very busy guy. Even if I am "online," it could simply be an open tab, and I may not necessarily be available.
Jun 26, 2025
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be4ches wrote:
okok so like help bc i'm like really bad at chess and summer break is coming up and like i actually wanna do something productive for the summer, so i had like a whole list (running, self studying, traveling, volunteering, etc.) but i felt that it wasn't enough so i was like "hey i should do chess that's totally gonna be easy right" bc like i've known how to play but like at a basic level and i haven't really locked in BUT IT'S NOT EASY BC WHY ARE THERE SO MANY CHESS SWEATS EVERYWHERE
and i was like rly inspired or wtv by my failures to actually get good idkkk nd i wanna feel smart
BUT i do know that i don't know where to start at all, so i'd rly appreciate if you guys would share some advice w me on how you improved
(and idk if it matters but i've been playing a couple of games here but i play more often on lichess + i try to do puzzles every now and then but i don't rly have time rn until summer comes)
thank u mamas 🫰
In the last year I have improved by setting goals and creating plans for how I'm going to accomplish them. Not all of my plans have worked, but that's okay. When one thing doesn't work, I try something else. Each game I review afterwards - probably spending way too long in the review and boring anyone watching my streams. But hey, that's one of the reasons I have been improving. I've focused on one or two openings and knowing all the ins and outs for them. I've done thousands of puzzles and it's one of those things where the results aren't instant, but eventually you develop an eye for tactics - I also pay attention to which category of puzzles I'm having issues with, so I know what I need to work on.
Tldr; I put a lot of work into it. My advice is to be tenacious, and to create a plan. What's worked for me might not work for you. But if you put in the effort, eventually you'll figure out what works for you.
Good luck!
okok so like help bc i'm like really bad at chess and summer break is coming up and like i actually wanna do something productive for the summer, so i had like a whole list (running, self studying, traveling, volunteering, etc.) but i felt that it wasn't enough so i was like "hey i should do chess that's totally gonna be easy right" bc like i've known how to play but like at a basic level and i haven't really locked in BUT IT'S NOT EASY BC WHY ARE THERE SO MANY CHESS SWEATS EVERYWHERE
and i was like rly inspired or wtv by my failures to actually get good idkkk nd i wanna feel smart
BUT i do know that i don't know where to start at all, so i'd rly appreciate if you guys would share some advice w me on how you improved
(and idk if it matters but i've been playing a couple of games here but i play more often on lichess + i try to do puzzles every now and then but i don't rly have time rn until summer comes)
thank u mamas 🫰