Well I improved by playing a lot and mustering the fundamentals first that I got from YouTube so mastering basic principles I will say.
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Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond.....
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond
Whenever I start working with students who feel stuck, I usually notice the same pattern: too many fast games, not enough reflection. Most players improve more from deeply understanding 2 rapid games than mindlessly grinding 20 blitz games. That’s why I focus on teaching the core chess principles behind every move — so students learn how to think for themselves, analyze their mistakes, and steadily raise their level over time.
ChessMasteryOfficial wrote:
Whenever I start working with a new student who is stuck at a plateau, 9 times out of 10 they are playing 20 blitz games a day and doing zero deep analysis of their losses. Swap to playing just 2 rapid games a day, but spend 15 minutes analyzing each game on your own before checking the engine. Your rating will thank you.
what if u need time to think your next move
- Play
- Lose
- Figure out exactly why you lost.
- Try not to make that same mistake again
- Go to step 1.
blueemu wrote:
- Play
- Lose
- Figure out exactly why you lost.
- Try not to make that same mistake again
- Go to step 1.
good advice😁😀
Ryan_subedi67 wrote:
blueemu wrote:
- Play
- Lose
- Figure out exactly why you lost.
- Try not to make that same mistake again
- Go to step 1.
good advice😁😀
It's important that you avoid making the same stupid mistake in every game.
I try to make a different stupid mistake in every game.
Use AI to review your games. Copy your PGN and give it to AI. It will let you know what your weak spots are when you attack or defend your pieces, it will give you ideas how you can improve and it will recommend the best opening according to your style. It's like having a personal coach. Personally it helped me a lot.
Puzzles + lessons here helped, a little bit, but I think I’ll have just to learn theory. I hate and love doing Drills here now, but quite challenging
Learning theory will be useless bro, no one plays it properly even at 1500. You will be wasting time, instead I suggest lessons on lichess, they are all free + unlimited puzzles and listudy to practice drills and wintrchess if you want to review your games without premium
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One thing I notice very often is that many players try to improve by collecting more and more chess information, but improvement usually starts becoming much faster once the focus shifts toward the quality of thinking during games.
A lot of beginner and intermediate games are not really decided by opening theory, but by things like:
• impulsive moves
• emotional reactions after mistakes
• missing opponent threats
• rushing under pressure
• and inconsistent decision-making habits.
Ironically, many players already “know enough” to play better than their current rating, but they don’t yet trust themselves enough to slow down and think calmly move by move.
Chess becomes surprisingly psychological over time.
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