Howhorseymove wrote:
Improving at any thing in life requires time and dedication. Granted that some people are naturals at some things like some people are natural athletes or good at math or writing but most of us have to work at it. Since you mention that you play for fun and don’t want to study, you are not going to improve very much at all.
Improving means taking the necessary time to look at a variety of areas such as how to get a decent opening, learning tactical mot ifs so that you might hopefully take advantage when such a position occurs in a game and having a decent understanding of end game technique so that when you gain an advantage, you are able to convert that advantage into a win.
Playing Blitz while fun is a no-no for improving. You don’t have time to think, you can’t spend 10 to 15 minutes on a particular position as you try to grasp the imbalances or where the weaknesses might be in both your opponent’s and your position. It leads to making a lot of errors and having winning chance thrown away by a careless mistake by trying to play “beat the clock”.
Improving means taking the necessary time to look at a variety of areas such as how to get a decent opening, learning tactical mot ifs so that you might hopefully take advantage when such a position occurs in a game and having a decent understanding of end game technique so that when you gain an advantage, you are able to convert that advantage into a win.
Playing Blitz while fun is a no-no for improving. You don’t have time to think, you can’t spend 10 to 15 minutes on a particular position as you try to grasp the imbalances or where the weaknesses might be in both your opponent’s and your position. It leads to making a lot of errors and having winning chance thrown away by a careless mistake by trying to play “beat the clock”.
+1
I've became a 1412-34 in around 3 weeks with past experiences of the game. its gonna take a little while before I can become a 1500 tho maybe 10 weeks.