Here are some tips that might be helpful:
https://www.chess.com/blog/nklristic/the-beginners-tale-first-steps-to-chess-improvement
Apart from things mentioned, as you have membership, use it to do lessons, you can practice some endgame positions and the like thanks to drills as well. You are already doing puzzles and that is good, you should do those for sure.
How can I get to 1000?
Playing longer time controls like 15|10 is a good start, but it's only useful if you actually use your time. In your last game you blundered on move 11 (and then resigned) with less than 1 minute of your total time used up. And you only used 18 seconds to think about that move. Just slow down.
Playing longer time controls like 15|10 is a good start, but it's only useful if you actually use your time. In your last game you blundered on move 11 (and then resigned) with less than 1 minute of your total time used up. And you only used 18 seconds to think about that move. Just slow down.
thanks!
The best thing you can do (other than playing more slowly, which I also recommend) is studying and practicing basic tactics. The lessons are a great resource!! Also, puzzles are a great way to improve your tactical skill and experience. Hint: in custom puzzle mode you can drill individual themes like pins or forks. This way you’re not trying to guess the goal of each puzzle.
Also, make sure you’re following good opening practices (For example: try your best to move each piece just once, to get it into a better position to hit the center, before you move any piece a second time. This is not a hard and fast rule, but a guideline that helps you get pieces working toward your objectives as fast as possible.)
With solid tactics, more care to prevent blunders, and an opening that gets all your pieces moving, you’ll be well on your way to beating 1000+ opponents regularly.
1. Just learn what you're supposed to do against main openings, I saw you blunder like 50 pieces on the 3rd move of a Caro-Kann for no reason.
2. Stop trying to Scholar's mate people
3. Stop resigning after 1 blunder, at your rating people are gonna blunder, you just have to recognize it and take advantage of it, so equalizing a position will be more common than you think
Just don't look at my games for inspiration cause im going through the worst tilt of my life
1. Just learn what you're supposed to do against main openings, I saw you blunder like 50 pieces on the 3rd move of a Caro-Kann for no reason.
2. Stop trying to Scholar's mate people
3. Stop resigning after 1 blunder, at your rating people are gonna blunder, you just have to recognize it and take advantage of it, so equalizing a position will be more common than you think
Just don't look at my games for inspiration cause im going through the worst tilt of my life
Thanks! I just wanted to say I haven't tried to scholars mate people, but otherwise, all your advice sounds good ![]()
I haven't looked at your games but from reading the posts above it seems like you should slow down. If you can do 1700 puzzles then you know how to calculate candidate moves, anticipate opponent replies, etc. So if you're blundering, this suggests you're not allowing yourself time to do this properly on every move (yes every move). One way to improve positional chess is to play through GM games. Try Logical Chess by Chernev. It is a collection of GM games selected and annotated to teach basic principles to beginners. Every move is explained. On you tube, John Bartholomew's Chess Fundamentals series is very good.
Google Opening Principles. Looks like you are chasing stuff round the board with you two best pieces when you should be developing everything and castling your king to safety. What's with the c pawn on move 1? Get your e and d pawn out, then knights, bishops, castle, centralise a rook, find a square for your queen, then look for something to attack. Develop first. Meet any threats, but dont attack until your full force is in the game. If you do that on every game and only blunder minor pieces or larger every few games, you should make 1300 soon. Play with all your pieces. It will teach you a lot.
When players get stuck at low ratings it's because they're not being greedy enough. You're still new so you're probably not "stuck" but this is still good advice.
Try not to lose a single piece for free... not even 1 pawn!
When you lose something, even a single pawn, that should be a big deal to you. After the game think about what went wrong and how you'll fix it for next game. I don't mean "what does the engine say" I mean ask yourself why you didn't foresee what your opponent could do. A common reason is players get so distracted by things they want to attack that they miss what their opponent can do. Another common error is not looking at the whole board, so missing an opponent's bishop or rook that's far away.
Sometimes it's not an oversight, sometimes people give away pieces on purpose... but again you have to be greedy. When your opponent attacks something of yours that's not defended, 9 times out of 10 you must defend it, or retreat it.
I'm just starting to learn just like you, but two things that I've noticed are:
- 15/10 is not enough time to think (might be age related lol);
- Today you've played 10 games so far, 4 of them over 50 moves. I'm usually tired after two full 30/0 games (again, might be age related lol), so there's little chance of me being able to maintain focus and think straight. Much better to switch to studying/puzzles after a couple games in my case.
Good luck and feel free to steal a few points off me ![]()
I'm currently a 800 rated player who is trying to get to 1000, my long term goal is 1600 ish, but I'm nowhere close. I went into chess about a month ago knowing basic fundamentals and tactics. For those wondering, I have a 1700 rating in puzzles. I have a platinum membership. When I try to win games, I push ~30 points, then sometimes tilt about 50, and when I try to take a break and come back later, I constantly lose the games after. I frequently blunder my pieces and have very bad positional gameplay. I would like to know if anybody could help me or give me information on how to improve my chess. Are there any books or resources anybody knows of for this? You can look at my profile and games to see what you think is my problem, but I feel like it's my positional gameplay and my blunders. I have a strong passion for chess, it just isn't fun when I lose over and over and never progress. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.
One last thing, I play 15|10 games