Getting to 1000 (my journey)

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RobertIsTheGoatAtChess

Thank you this makes me want to get really good at chess

DejaDeJugarBlitz
shawn1964 wrote:

PS: I didn't understand this: " I reviewed my mistakes up to the openings only."

 

 

This means stopping game analysis until the point where you find your first mistake and maybe checking a few more moves if this corresponds to the opening phase. The idea of analyzing your games up to the point where your first mistake arrives is to learn from your mistakes and expand your knowledge.

You don't necessarily have to stop at the first mistake or inaccuracy, collecting a little more isn't bad, but the idea is not to analyze the game too much because what you want is to extract the knowledge corresponding to the opening ideas.
This is recommended if you play many fast or blitz games online, but I do not recommend this with slow games, especially if they are from a tournament you have played, in these cases it is good to analyze the complete game.

CausalityD

Nice job you must be viewing the entire board now. I been playing regularly after 2020 got into the 900s after a couple months playing a few chess games off site. I reached 700 +ELO just playing mostly chess master on DS. Once I got on chess.com I had to stop blundering and hanging pieces to 1 move tactics often to hit 900. I hit 1000 to 1100 for a few games dropped back into 900s just climbed back out after seeing my blunders but these are 2 or 3 moves deep usually where as I'll see a fork coming an realize the piece I have defense of said square maybe guarding my queen. I'm back at 1000 an notice that I loose pieces to 2 move deep tactics. I call them blunders now but I still manage to get forked or skewered but It's not much a surprise like it was when I first got in the 800 an 900s.

CausalityD

I had to stop playing 10 min games an move on to 15 minute games an use the extra time to stop blundering as much an improve my overall planning

shawn1964

@SageGogenkil777: I will need to start doing that I think.

shawn1964

@SageGogenkil777: "I call them blunders now but I still manage to get forked or skewered"

Yes I do it to. Or I get my Bishop trapped by a couple of pawns early on. Things I shouldn;t be doing for how much I play.

shawn1964

@DejaDeJugarBlitz:

Meant to say thanks. It is humbling getting crushed by the 2200 bots but you are right that is good practice.