Any recommended training for improvement?

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kanewong86
I used to troll a lot so I had to climb from 500, but I started doing puzzles, learned openings for black and white, and started thinking a little bit more about why I make moves to get to around 950. I'd like to get to 1000-1100 in the next month or so...any tips/ideas for improvement? all I really know at this point is Catalan for white and some random opening I'm sure exists for black. I can usually develop these openings enough to castle before things get weird. Or in other words, what are some fun aggressive openings I can learn over the next month or two for white and black that is good for beginner to intermediate?
kanewong86

Just in case, my last two wins with black and white are pretty typical early game developments for me. Not sure where to go from there.

Chuck639

I would just keep playing, have fun and ride it out. Don’t over think this for now.

Your sporting a a strong win rate with respectable accuracy this week.

I would suggest that you analyze each game afterwards to see where you can improve or learn from your mistakes.

laurengoodkindchess

Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I’m a respected  chess coach and chess YouTuber who helps beginners out : 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP5SPSG_sWSYPjqJYMNwL_Q

Here’s some ideas to help you get better.  

-One aggressive opening as white is the Danish Gambit.  You sac two pawns for piece development.  

On another hand, 

-I’ll be happy to analyze one of your chess games for free for my YouTube channel, since I love to help beginners out.  Share one of your games with me!  This is a great way to get better!  

 

Hope that this helps.  

 

RobertJames_Fisher

check out on youtube

chessvibes

for openings

The chesswebsite.com

 

Those are great starters instruction videos, I promise you will thank me

 

kartikeya_tiwari

First step to improvement is to note that openings are useless and a complete waste of time for beginner - intermediate players

PineappleBird

1. Stop playing the Scandinavian! tongue.png 

2. Instead of 10+0, play 15+10 or 30+0.

3. Acknowledge that thinking deeply and coming up with ideas that are creative, solid, and actually have multiple layers, as well as seeing deep in to those when your opponent plays them - is hard. it's really hard. people want everything to be easy but it isn't.. so 1st step is accepting that you need to do something that is hard in order to improve, it won't happen sortof on it's own... (or it will, but very slowly).. going in to these deep thinks is what makes you better, regardless of the result of the game. It dosen't mean thinking forever on every move and getting in to time trouble inevitably, maybe it means playing quite fast when there are forced lines, or when the situation calls for it... Hope this helps! 

 

4. 10 hard puzzles a day, try to get them all correct, puzzle rush as you wish.

 

 

5. study endgames! "1 hour of endgame study is worth 10 of opening study" or so they say... I mean everyone says lotsa stuff but I like this saying 

 

6. play higher rated players ("classical" arena on the other website is a good way to play 30+0 against higher rated players regularly)...

Good luck bro! grin.png 

RussBell

Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond

fun, aggressive opening for White...

Introduction To The Vienna Game & Gambit...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/introduction-to-the-vienna-game-gambit

MadMagister

In your case, I would focus on studying tactics, especially if you want to play aggressively. I myself have done around 2-3 hours per day when preparing for an upcoming chess tournament.

As for openings, the Evan's Gambit for white and the Sicilian for black are calculation-heavy openings that could permit aggressive play, but so can countless other openings.

At the end of the day, it's not really what opening you play, but how well you play it.

technical_knockout

tactics are made of patterns;

strategies are composed from ideas...

you must master both to be successful.

MisterWindUpBird

As noted above you don't do much post-game analysis. That's something that's as easy to fix as just doing it. If you want to get more aggressive lines see how you go with Richter-Veresov with white. It's a d4 opening for white, so some of it might relate to positions you've seen. Albin counter gambit is pretty interesting for black seeking initiative, and the declined positions are playable looking. Not GM openings, but you asked for 'fun.'  

tygxc

Play 15|10
Always check your intended move is no blunder before you play it.
Whenever you lose a game, analyse it thoroughly so as to learn from your mistakes.
Do not worry about openings.

JuliaSunYn
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