I'm stuck at 1100

1800 games in 3 months is a lot.

I see 1 lesson and 15 puzzles.

Anything else you are doing to improve?

Yeah, I played many blitz games to practice new openings or defenses for rapid games. I've been doing more puzzles lately and analyzing my games. Do you have any suggestions on what openings and defenses I need to learn to improve my rating?

Well, after 1800 games, you must have some idea of what openings you like.

I'm stuck with London System, lol

If you want once beat 1200 ( ) you need to review your training process. The question is much more important than the answer. If you have the right question you can find the right answer for sure. If your question is wrong you will go wrong. Come back to your question! Which opening do you need to learn? The answer is the end game and middle game )))) keep growing! 

The fact that you don't understand that Openings discussions have no business being in the endgame forum explains a lot about why you are below 1100!

Chill dude, I'm just learning here. Thanks for the insight tho, now I know that instead of focusing on the openings, I have to focus more on my endgames. 

Great insight! Appreciate it. I think I've figured out my problems. I should've focused more on the end game and middle game, not on openings. Thanks, buddy!

Hi! It's difficult to answer your question without knowing you nor your games. On the other hand, 3 months at the same rating level doesn't necessarily mean you are stuck for good -reason could be anything from making blunders, lack of theoretical background or just fatigue.  You should analyse your games- especially those lost. Then detect the main weaknesses of your play and work on them. Have in mind learning is not always a continuum growing path, sometimes your rating can jump up when you change litttle things here and there.

Good luck!

Seems like you're in need of some classic (drum roll please) brbrbrbrrbbrbrbrbrbrbrbrb... OPENINGS! Yes, Chess openings really are worth investing time in; moreso than actually learning the game! (If you know me at all, you know that I am all about coming up with chess openings). At first glance, some of the openings that I see listed have less than stellar reputations (e.g. Sicilian, Radjabov's Hook, and the King's Gambit) but if you get past the reputation and look deeper into what the openings really are (e.g. setup, strategy), they can be very strong and also surprisingly strong in their own way. Regardless of whether you are completely new to chess or have been doing it for a while, the openings can benefit both beginner and advanced chess players alike.

1. The Sicilian:
This is probably one of the most commonly played chess openings. The idea is that you simply make your last move and then all the pieces on your side of the board are under control. In order to reach this position, you need to be able to open the game up into the middle of the board and effectively attack all of your opponent's pieces, secure the center and then continue to attack his back pieces from the back. In order to get out of this position, your opponent will either have to abandon the center and leave you to attack his back pieces or else defend against your attack and leave you open at the other side. Obviously you'll want to play smart and put your pieces into more secure positions (especially at the front end), but the beauty of the Sicilian is that it provides a tactical opening where you can play many different patterns on the chess board and get all sorts of different combinations out of it. Plus, the back side also has more openings than the front side. 

2. Rabjabov's Hook:
I know this is not one of the stronger openings that you can find, but nevertheless it is an extremely useful opening. The idea behind this is that you have some opposition of your own and want to create openings so that you can actually attack your opponent on his own pieces. Basically the hook is all about maneuvering your pieces into the opening and then getting them in between the pieces that are in the middle of your opponent's opening and then opening up a hole in the middle of his setup. This can lead to some powerful chess (and real life) opportunities. You can play a simple shallow or deep opening but actually it's best to play a tactical opening to make sure that your opponent doesn't have a lot of time to cover all of his attacks. The basic idea of this opening is to make your first move very passive and basically play a defensive (if not outright defensive) chess in order to hide your actual plan. Your next move is a strong tactical attack and most importantly you will be opening up the middle of the board and presenting openings. 

3. King's Gambit:
Another extremely powerful opening. The King's Gambit offers one of the strongest setups in chess. All you do in this opening is make a move with the side that you're defending against (usually the back side of the king). This can either create openings for your pieces or you can just set up your next position and start attacking your opponent's pieces from the middle. Either way, the main point is that this opening allows you to attack your opponent directly from the middle, so you can actually make it very difficult for your opponent to defend against your setup or else make it so he has a hard time even opening up his own pieces from the middle. Usually I don't recommend that you play in the King's Gambit, but if you want to get a quick understanding of how the positions develop then this is one of the openings that you can potentially do so with a very simple gameplan.

I HOPE THIS HELPS

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"Any suggestions on what openings and defenses I need to learn to get me to 1200?"
++ None at all. Getting to 1500 is a matter of blunder checking.

"I'm repeating the London System as white" ++ Good

"playing modern defense or old sicilian as black" ++ Pick one

"Getting to 1500 is a matter of blunder checking."

Also, winning by aborted games and the one day members who have 1200 rating