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Yash_Shelar wrote:
Getting to 1000 from 800 by the end of the year is a very realistic goal if you are willing to put in the effort. At the beginning of 2020 i was rated about 800 and now at the beginning of 2021, I am rated over 1200 all because i put in the time effort into improving. I would suggest analyzing your games as well as doing puzzles. Also, @akazakev is my chess teacher, and he gives lessons for an extremely affordable rate if you are interested.
I actually just reached 1000 today!
2Ke21-0 wrote:
BadBishopJones3 wrote:
Magnus is the last person in the world qualified or capable of instructing beginning players. He has not a clue. End of story.
If Carlsen is incapable of instructing beginning players, what makes you think you are? Your extreme arrogance?
Obviously personal issues.
Magnus was born better than any beginner. So many of the greats in any sport with natural talent- they can not relate to instructing the very basics. Above 2000 perhaps so. The great coaches rarely were ever the greatest players of any sport. Their talent lies in instruction. Those that achieve greatness simply do no relate - they just perform. The transfer of knowledge is not part of their skill set. This is basic knowledge. Now go away young boy and play chess. Don’t mouth off.
Jan 8, 2021
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2Ke21-0 wrote:
BadBishopJones3 wrote:
Magnus is the last person in the world qualified or capable of instructing beginning players. He has not a clue. End of story.
If Carlsen is incapable of instructing beginning players, what makes you think you are? Your extreme arrogance?
Oh come on, obviously any top player would be a terrible coach for anyone below roughly GM level.
Last year Svidler and Jan were doing a bit of an impromptu interview with Firouzja. They made the offhand comment that the GM title is a fine goal for amateurs but for players like Svidler and Firouzja it wasn't a goal because it was always inevitable and too easy. In that vein they were asking Firouzja about his chess goals.
Jan 8, 2021
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In a different conversation a few years ago someone was asking Svidler how to improve at the 1700 level.
Svider said something like "with no disrespect I have to be honest and say I can't remember being 1700 so this is not a good question for me." and Jan interjected how top players are already master level by 10 years old so it's not an exaggeration to say they can't remember 1700.
But Svidler tried his best. After saying it's not a good question his advice was to read chess books and play in tournaments.
A resonable goal is 1400+ in rapid which is the 90% percentile, although not really good in the grand scheme of things. I got to 1300+ rapid in a bit over 3 months, I re-started playing rapid like a week ago and got 250+ (1044 to +1300) in ratings. I just grind wins out, I never *studied* and am doing good with the Bird's eye openings and my preferred dutch defense as black. I play the sicilian fianchetto but with no theory knowledge, my games with sicilian is rocky compared to my bird/dutch games but whatever... THE POWER OF THE BIRD grind them wins that's all no study no nothing no membership
I have 1 follower. Obviously it’s 2K . The moment I post he’s there to pick arguments. Silly boy.
Jan 8, 2021
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Now, that's not to say a strong GM couldn't learn how to be a good teacher. That's definitely possible. Teaching is a skill you can learn. By going to beginner classes to see how it's done and familiarizing himself with typical beginner material, someone like Carlsen could potentially become a good coach for beginner level chess players.
Of course it makes zero sense for him to do this though.
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Ted Williams comes to mind. An exception.
Aim for 1500+. But know that the ratings thereafter aren't as easy. Every 100 points is 2-3 times harder than the previous.
@nTzT did you already play chess before/had a differ account cuz u went to +1900 in ratings in like 2 months (even w/ diamond thats seems off). What openings do you use; or do you recommend the cliche do tactics and blunder less, adhere to opening principles baggage. Lel But the nonetheless whats your preferred openings as white & black.
1500 OTB has traditionally been viewed as the median rating for chess players of at least several years in tournament play. Online- 1500 can be indicative of most anything.
Foolsmateinfinity wrote:
A resonable goal is 1400+ in rapid which is the 90% percentile, although not really good in the grand scheme of things. I got to 1300+ rapid in a bit over 3 months, I re-started playing rapid like a week ago and got 250+ (1044 to +1300) in ratings. I just grind wins out, I never *studied* and am doing good with the Bird's eye openings and my preferred dutch defense as black. I play the sicilian fianchetto but with no theory knowledge, my games with sicilian is rocky compared to my bird/dutch games but whatever... THE POWER OF THE BIRD grind them wins that's all no study no nothing no membership
+1
Jan 8, 2021
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armoredmelonsrok wrote:
Update Everyone! I achieved my goal of 1000 today!!!
congrats 
Foolsmateinfinity wrote:
@nTzT did you already play chess before/had a differ account cuz u went to +1900 in ratings in like 2 months (even w/ diamond thats seems off). What openings do you use; or do you recommend the cliche do tactics and blunder less, adhere to opening principles baggage. Lel But the nonetheless whats your preferred openings as white & black.
I played for a year and a half more than a decade ago and then shelved the game for a long time(more than a decade). But during that 1.5 years I studied the game religiously. Now it's my main hobby again and I love the game. The resources on chess.com are amazing.
My main openings are
1.c4 (English).
1...c6 (Caro-Kann) vs 1.e4
1...d5 or c6 into Semi-Slav vs 1.d4
I think I've only improved about roughly 150 rating or so in the last 2 months or whatever and the rest was just shaking off rust.
To go beyond 1000 you should try learn the following
1. Develop your pieces in the opening, which in ordinary english means you should place your knights, bishops, rooks in good positions so they can target the opponent without being targets themselves.
2. Learn tactics to capture enemy pieces which is easiest done by solving puzzles. If you learned how to develop your pieces you will get a lot of easy captures.
3. Avoid one move blunders, meaning don't let your opponent take your pieces.
4. Learn checkmate patterns, how to checkmate your opponent with the queen, two rooks, rook and a king, the backrank checkmate.
5. Use the analysis tools after losses so you can see why your opponent captured your pieces.
A common mistake from beginners is that they chase enemy pieces, meaning they try to attack pieces that can easily just move away. Another mistake is that beginners often trade pieces for no reason. You should only trade when you are up pieces or if the piece is in dangerous locations.
+1 This blog article on Opening Principles may help too https://www.chess.com/blog/KeSetoKaiba/opening-principles-again
By the way, 1000 chess.com rating by the end of 2021 is definitely a reachable goal. Good luck
I just reached it today actually!