How do you push past 700 ELO? - Chess Forums

GaucheInTheMachine

Mar 22, 2022

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#1

I'm 650-ish at the time of making this post.

Up to now, the truck has been avoiding blunders and capitalizing on opponents' unprotected pieces.

But all of the "blunders" I'm making at this level (according to the analysis tool) are seemingly not blunders.

And the tool's suggested moves make zero sense to me.

Could use some pointers. Thanks.

miskit_mistake

Mar 22, 2022

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ItsMaddening wrote:

I'm 650-ish at the time of making this post.

Up to now, the truck has been avoiding blunders and capitalizing on opponents' unprotected pieces.

But all of the "blunders" I'm making at this level (according to the analysis tool) are seemingly not blunders.

And the tool's suggested moves make zero sense to me.

Could use some pointers. Thanks.

perhaps we could go through a game of yours where the indicated blunders and suggestion did not make sense.

GaucheInTheMachine

Mar 22, 2022

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#3

That would be awesome. Not sure about my very last game, but the loss or two prior to that loss were leaving me scratching my head.

miskit_mistake

Mar 22, 2022

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#4

link?

LeeEuler

Mar 22, 2022

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#5

It is common advice, but that's because it's true: focus on tactics. Like a lot. This holds true for every rating range that I've been in at least. Basically all my games are won or lost based on "simple" (1 or 2 move combinations) material blunders. Another piece of advice is to know the basic checkmates (start with K+Q vs. K, then K+R vs K, then K+P vs K), and learn common checkmating patterns.

I annotated a recent game of yours, maybe it will help. One theme I noticed in this particular game was that you were playing moves that "did something" like give a check or attack an opponent's piece, but without really thinking about how your opponent could respond to those moves

AtaChess68

Mar 23, 2022

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#6

If I use the analysis tool I only focus on the big blunders I understand. The rest I wouldn’t see in a real game anyway.

But the blunders I do see and understand should be taken very seriously. I make the same (big) mistakes over and over again till I really get frustrated. Then somehow my mind solves the problem. This only happens by looking at those blunders over and over again.

Jalex13

Mar 23, 2022

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#7

I just learnt the fried liver attack and Scholars Mate and shot up to 800…and you should learn to defend against it as well. Then focus on developing efficiently and limit mistakes to reach 1000.

InsertInterestingNameHere

Mar 23, 2022

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#8

Aren’t you that one dude that blamed his rating on the fact that other people are cheating? I see your other forums, man. Try not to drop your pieces and get castled early. In that annotated game (#5) you dropped two pieces by move 13. Same advice you were given on your other forum.

tygxc

Mar 23, 2022

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#1

"I'm 650-ish at the time of making this post."
++ A rating of 650 is a sign of frequent blunders. Always check your intended move is no blunder before you play it. Hang no pieces, hang no pawns and you are 1500 overnight.

"avoiding blunders and capitalizing on opponents' unprotected pieces." ++ That is correct.

"But all of the "blunders" I'm making at this level (according to the analysis tool) are seemingly not blunders." ++ Look more closely, that is how you learn.

"And the tool's suggested moves make zero sense to me."
++ Look more closely, that is how you learn.

Malishious

Mar 23, 2022

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#10

Learn some habits from the chessbrahs, learning through text is probably your worst possible option you need to have a visual guide to help you directly

GaucheInTheMachine

Mar 23, 2022

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#11

Some of your guys are right--I'm obviously making mistakes. If I weren't making mistakes I'd be 3000-level grandmaster.

And yeah in that game against DartingBill I did make a pretty dumb error (moving the bishop that was protecting the knight.)

I'm more interested in what I did wrong in matches like the one against Lafififi. I don't know that I made many obvious mistakes in that game.

GaucheInTheMachine

Mar 23, 2022

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#12

thanks a ton for analyzing my game. "Don't be quick to put the opposing king in check when there's an obvious defense." Will take this to heart! I do this a lot.

GaucheInTheMachine

Mar 23, 2022

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#13

Safififi* not lafififi

LeeEuler

Mar 23, 2022

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#14

ItsMaddening wrote:

Some of your guys are right--I'm obviously making mistakes. If I weren't making mistakes I'd be 3000-level grandmaster.

And yeah in that game against DartingBill I did make a pretty dumb error (moving the bishop that was protecting the knight.)

I'm more interested in what I did wrong in matches like the one against Lafififi. I don't know that I made many obvious mistakes in that game.

No problem, glad you found it useful!

It is similar things, I annotated it below. I will say your opponent played pretty good especially the opening.

kongisumo

Mar 23, 2022

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#15

As a 800, I think your level is like mine. 1-2 blunders per game is like me. However, by viewing your games, it looks to me you make random moves, tough I assume a 1000 would say exactly same on my moves. A strike of "good" moves will lead you to lose.

GeorgeWyhv14

Mar 23, 2022

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#16

Just use pawns as defense.

laurengoodkindchess

Mar 23, 2022

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#17

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.

-I recommend two books for you: “50 Poison Pieces” and “Queen For A Day: The Girl’s Guide To Chess Mastery.” Both books are available on Amazon.com. Both books are endorsed by chess masters!

-If you are serious about chess, I highly recommend you hiring a chess coach to help you.

-Also consider all checks and captures on your side and also your opponent’s side. Always as, “If I move here, where is my opponent going to move?”. Do this for every single move!

-Play with a slow time control, such as G/30 so you have plenty of time to think before every move.

-You are welcome to come to my free online beginner chess class on April 9: https://www.chessbylauren.com/blog/OnlinechessclassApril9

XOsportyspiceXO

Mar 23, 2022

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#18

By looking at a d4 d5 game you played, id avoid blocking your c pawn with your knight ( chigorin ) its playable but having a c pawn to push is helpfull. Also dont put yourself in a pin, you pinned your own queen between your knight and king... And 1 move checks that walk into a pawn are just time wasting moves. All in all id say from my own experience its a matter of overthinking and trying to force somthing to happen. Just be patient in the opening and put your peices on the right squares. Control the center, develop knights then bishops, castle, rook to open/ semi open files...etc keep it simple.

GSPChris

Mar 23, 2022

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#19

the moment i got past 1000 was when i stopped blundering one move captures, like hanging a piece, was able to find mate in ones, and was able to capture my opponents hanging pieces. That is all you need to get past 1000, much less 700. Learning queen king mate and rook king mate is also IMPERATIVE

Marksaheel

Mar 25, 2022

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#20

@jasondevaraj Well said. Simple. Straight forward. Good advice.