How can I reach 1000+ Elo?
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nastya_liu
May 29, 2025
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#1
Hi everyone, well I'm not a beginner, I'm playing ~ 5 years on and off rapid, blitzt and bullet. My Elo is ~700 and is not growing at all although I solve puzzles, watch lessons and learn something almost every day. Any tipps?
May 29, 2025
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#2
People say this often, but continue playing. Play slow games that help you develop pattern recognition. As you continue to progress, you will notice traps and ideas that you hadn’t ever thought of before. The trick isn’t just to do puzzle until the wheels fall off, although it is fun. The key to improvement is effort, like many people often say, but it’s true. I used to be a 400-600 Elo player, but I continued to play and found out I was significantly better than I made myself out to be.
Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond…
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond
Bruh I’m mad at chess
It took me two years to get to 900, now I’m afraid to lose ELO so I started playing blitz…argh
I just kept playing and reached without any study, noy sure if this is possible for everybody though.
-Don’t develop anything
-definitely never control the center
-run your king out and try to capture opponents piece with it
-last but not least, never use any theory cause nobody likes it
SkywarsSolos wrote: -Don’t develop anything
-definitely never control the center
-run your king out and try to capture opponents piece with it
-last but not least, never use any theory cause nobody likes it
Never used theory and got 1.5k maybe i need theory for 2k+
nastya_liu wrote:
Hi everyone, well I'm not a beginner, I'm playing ~ 5 years on and off rapid, blitzt and bullet. My Elo is ~700 and is not growing at all although I solve puzzles, watch lessons and learn something almost every day. Any tipps?
The most important hing is to pay attention to the game.
This is an example:
https://www.chess.com/game/live/138973057048?username=nastya_liu
You banged out 3 moves in 1 second each (in a 10 minute game!), and you got checkmated. Don't do this. Don't play random moves. Use your time and try to find good moves.
May 30, 2025
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#11
Learn exactly how to think in the opening, middlegame and endgame — this is what I teach.
Always blunder-check your moves.
Solve tactics in the right way.
Analyze your games.
Study games of strong players.
Learn how to be more psychologically resilient.
Work on your time management skills.
Get a coach if you can.
Use a bot like Martin the jimmy and so on
Hi
Все просто надо научится играть умеренно без спешки и пологостью искоренить зевки вот пример: когда твой соперник делает непонятный ход например жертву надо спрашивать себя что хочет соперник и это касается не только жертв но и с первого взгляда хода который ничего не делает но на самом деле несет в себе страшную опасность
Jun 5, 2025
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#17
try to analyze the games which u hv lost and "try" to not rpt the same mistake ikr and some extensive practice obv( that's always beneficial).
Jun 5, 2025
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#18
nastya_liu wrote:
Hi everyone, well I'm not a beginner, I'm playing ~ 5 years on and off rapid, blitzt and bullet. My Elo is ~700 and is not growing at all although I solve puzzles, watch lessons and learn something almost every day. Any tipps?
Do you play over and analyze (with your own brain, not with a computer) every game, especially the losses? Your lost games should be a gold mine of information on how you might improve.
Do you play over complete games, from move 1 right to the end, of the old masters (say... from Morphy to Alekhine)? That was one of my main sources of improvement.
Example: Play over Reti vs Bogoljubov, New York 1924.
Solving puzzles has some benefit but also has real limits. After all, during a game, no one taps you on the shoulder and says that there is a tactical opportunity. Also, simply solving puzzles does not teach you how to achieve positions in which there may be tactical opportunities.
so, you need to add middlegame planning to your training regimen. This will involve learning about pawn structures that have strengths and weaknesses, and basic middlegame plans that arise from your openings.
I recommend Chernev’s Logical Chess move by Move and The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played.
Anslyzing your own games is very helpful for more advanced players. However, if you are a novice with regard to positional planning, it will be more efficient for you to consult some good instructional books.
Hi @nastya_liu
Everyone has given some solid suggestions, but If i could add to the mix, I think the main thing that can really help is by asking a strong player directly (whether someone you know, or at your local club) to quickly look at a game of yours and tell you specifically what to focus on.
There is so much out there to learn, and it can be confusing/difficult to navigate. You could learn a concept that is important, but not for your level right now to make a big jump. Having a more experienced player give you this help can streamline your focus for study.
Hope this helps
-@FinkeChess