Are you asking if there's a shortcut? because there isn't. Different people will take different amounts of repetition to retain information and pattern recognition. The harder you work at it and study the shorter that time etc can be. If you just wanted to happen without thought that may take loooooong time.
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Jun 22, 2022
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#23
There's obviously people with an aptitude for it that pick it up much quicker than others. Apparently you're not one of them. Most people are not. Don't worry about it just play and have fun and it will get better. It has the second poster said you're looking at playing thousands and thousands of games, not a few hundred.
Jun 22, 2022
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#24
Supreme_Gamer_Girl wrote:
What you need is 3 things:
1) Opening principles: In the opening, you want to:
- control the central squares (e4,d4,e5,d5). This will restrict the mobility of your opponent's pieces.
- Get your pieces out safely and preferably toward the center.
- Castle as early as possible.
- Don't move the 3 pawns in front of your castled king unless you absolutely have to. Playing h3 is acceptable but not more than that.
- Keep your rooks on the 1st rank.
- Keep your queen safe. You can't afford to lose her.
2) Tactics. Do lots of problems with forced mates, pins, forks, skewers, etc. Until you're comfortable with them.
3) Basic endgames. You gotta get used to concepts like opposition to win king and pawn endgames.
Also, you should play longer games, so you can really think about the moves you're making. Every move counts. 15+10 is good.
With these tips you can reach 1000.
thank you, I think this is great and useful advice.
Jun 22, 2022
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#25
Sock_Guy wrote:
G, dont worry about missing mate in 1 below 500 in rapid. The sole thing i'd focus on is making sure you arent giving your pieces away for free. Check if all your pieces are defended. Check if your opponents pieces are defended. Practice that for a bit.
Appreciate the advice, my friend!
My opinion: You are doing what you should: play and analyze. One issue many notice is that blitz needs immediate pattern recognition--strong blitz players operate almost from motor memory on basic tactics. That takes time to develop. One way to help is , when you analyze a game, you'll find tactics you miss. Save the position as a tactics puzzle [many ways to do this] and go thru your missed tactics often. [Goal: never miss that again.] When you look at a tactic puzzle and see immediately the answer, put it at the bottom of the stack. The other thing that helps --a lot-- is understanding middlegame positions you are in. Here 'understanding' includes knowing typical tactics for you to look for and defend against. That way you'll only be looking for a small number rather than everything. The way you achieve that is to **play thru annotated GM games in the opening**. See where they put pieces and look at tactics in the annotations. .... Playing longer games will be less frustrating as in a 10 minute game you have time to blunder check (but the chaos of blitz is of course more fun).
Jun 22, 2022
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#27
SwimmerBill wrote:
My opinion: You are doing what you should: play and analyze. One issue many notice is that blitz needs immediate pattern recognition--strong blitz players operate almost from motor memory on basic tactics. That takes time to develop. One way to help is , when you analyze a game, you'll find tactics you miss. Save the position as a tactics puzzle [many ways to do this] and go thru your missed tactics often. [Goal: never miss that again.] When you look at a tactic puzzle and see immediately the answer, put it at the bottom of the stack. The other thing that helps --a lot-- is understanding middlegame positions you are in. Here 'understanding' includes knowing typical tactics for you to look for and defend against. That way you'll only be looking for a small number rather than everything. The way you achieve that is to **play thru annotated GM games in the opening**. See where they put pieces and look at tactics in the annotations. .... Playing longer games will be less frustrating as in a 10 minute game you have time to blunder check (but the chaos of blitz is of course more fun).
This is really great advice. I came to realize I was totally lost after the opening against anyone who did a good job with development. One thing I've tried to do over the last few days is really learn tactics and middle game, and it has helped quite a bit. I'm still garbage, obviously, but I've been thinking something like this less often: "I simply have no clue what I should even be thinking about doing right now, I don't even have a goal."
Jun 22, 2022
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#28
Here's a summary of what I think was said in this thread:
1.) It takes thousands of hours to not suck.
2.) Blitz is likely too fast-paced to optimally learn the game.
3.) Learn how to open, develop and gain territory. Then castle early, keep your king behind pawns, and your rooks back.
4.) Do puzzles to better notice forks, pins and mates.
5.) Practice end games.
6.) Understand middle game positioning.
7.) Try to slow things down to check for hanging pieces and checks, to make sure you aren't making or missing any terrible mistakes.
8.) Analyze every game and your positions within them. Learn to not make the same mistakes again.
Jun 22, 2022
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#30
It's not really about how many games you play, its about how long you've played. You can get really good if you play for a very long time. I reached 1000 rapid in 1 year and I believe you can reach 2000 in about 2.5 years.
Jun 22, 2022
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#31
Lord_V-6 wrote:
Believe me, I suck at chess more than you do
Believe me, you don't!
I honestly don't know. My dad has been playing for aaaaggggeeeesss and mated me in less than 6 moves
Jun 22, 2022
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#33
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
Send me one of your games and I'll be happy to analyze the game for free on my YouTube channel on Sunday livestream from 1-2PM PST. Ask me questions in real time!
This is a great way to improve!
Here’s more 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.
Jun 22, 2022
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#34
ChessPlayerMatt123 wrote:
I've played over 400 blitz games in the last month and I'm still embarrassingly terrible. I've watched videos, I've read forums, I've done exercises - but I still blunder constantly, I still have no clue how to actually execute any sort of checkmate that takes more than a couple moves, I miss M1 regularly. I've really been trying and I simply am not getting better. Is there some way of looking at the board or something that I don't know about? Does it come with experience? If so, how many hundreds of more games do I need to play before I stop embarrassing myself?
Don’t sweat it.
Keep playing chess and have fun. Take your time. Enjoy the learning process.
I consider myself trash too! In reality, anybody under the IM title is trash in chess.
Make chess.com friends who you can trust to guide and help you improve.
Took me a year to get from 1100 to 1400 rapid and 2000 to 2700 in rated tactics puzzles; I’m a slow learner.
My friends who are higher rated have grinded thousands of games (me a few hundred) but those were their goals and priorities.
I’m not the best, I’m pretty much a beginner like you, but I’ve found that what works for me is analyzing the games I play. Go back and see where you had missed opportunities
I'll echo stop doing blitz and move to rapid.
SGG has great tips. But at some point you must learn to know when to lose your queen... just make sure it's a mutual sacrifice!
I was out of the game for years. I got back in shape playing progressively harder bots. Only when I could beat Nelson did I start playing live humans.
You won't learn anything brilliant from bots, but your defense and logic will be solid.
Jun 22, 2022
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#37
Admittedly I still absolutely blow at end game. My ability to see several moves ahead to develop a mate is horrific. To the point where it embarrasses me. But I do feel like the biggest issue I have is the transition from opening to mid game. Knowing when, how and where to attack when you're playing someone who knows how to develop is absurd.
I don't know what you said past the first couple lines, and I'm not going to read it because it's just one big block of text. Paragraphs are very important if you want people to read your posts.