How to get out of 1200-1300 elo?

I have been hardstuck at 1200-1300 elo for years now, and I am looking to get out of this plateau and want to improve. Any tips? (ik im nearly 1400 in rapid, its definitely higher than it should be)

Rapid is actually the best way to improve your blitz, assuming you already have good time management. It's difficult to build a more complex tactical eye on fast time controls, so try some rapid practice and attempt to find more complicated tactics than you normally attempt. I see you haven't played rapid since March. If you're worried about your Elo, make a second account where you don't worry about it and try out new ideas.

More broadly, 1200-1400 is where hanging pieces become rare so you'll need to force wins more. Positional play should become a bigger focus as you rank up.

Good Positional Chess, Planning & Strategy Books for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/introduction-to-positional-chess-planning-strategy

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell

Try to analyze your games and your openings choices to reduce the mistakes, study endgame techniques.

Improving at chess is usually not easy. If you can afford few lessons, I would advise getting a coach. I can teach you how to think during the chess game. After that, your progress is inevitable.

If you can't afford any lessons, here is the excerpt from very good article on how to improve:

Play a lot, analyze your games, and primarily study tactics. Your knowledge of openings, endgame, middlegame, etc. will come from analyzing your games and going over grandmaster games. Only study one of those specific topics if it is clear you are specifically losing because of that topic.

Source: https://www.gautamnarula.com/how-to-get-good-at-chess-fast/

Here is the great YT series from my channel to learn from as well: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUrgfsyInqNa1S4i8DsGJwzx1Uhn2AqlT

Good luck either way!

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Congrats for getting out of 1200-1300!

ty!

welp

yikes. I'm so far behind in skill level

what did you do? i am hard stuck at this elo. feel like ages now.

hellooo

I would try changing your settings to only accept -25 incoming challenges and then infinity for where it caps out. Then play unrated games. If you play rated games you'll only get matched against people who are +200 at most but unrated can be 400 or more. After you play a bunch of people who have a much higher rating than you in unrated go back to rated and it will be easier than before. I will say though people do different sorts of openings at different levels of elo so you have to adjust for that sometimes.

or just keep playing haha! looks like you did just fine

looking at some of your more recent games a lot of your losses are because of one or two-move tactics. your positional understanding seems sufficient for your level which is good. i would suggest playing a bit more rapid and doing more puzzles (do at least a few daily) in order to improve your tactical ability and in-game just overall be on the lookout for your opponent's tactics. know that i am NOT a chess coach so i might be wrong here

1200? I can't even get to 1100

You should blundercheck