How to get to around 1500 rating

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"tips to get to 1500"
++ Always check your intended move is no blunder before you play it.
Hang no pieces, hang no pawns.
Think about your move, imagine it played on the board, check it is no blunder, only then play it.

You should learn most important principles of a chess game. That will give you a solid understanding of a chess game and you will know what to do in every position. Then, you should optimize your calculation so you don't miss tactics in your games. Your rating will skyrocket. I can help you with all of this. Message me if you are interested.

Playing rapid will make you far better at blitz, and chess in general. It will give you time to debate with yourself on every possible move, and if you're using the full clock, you'll find you'll be suffocating your opponents tactically and positionally. Most players are banging out 20 blitz games a day. Much better to play less chess, but get in a habit of playing at an elite super focused level. The difference between my 'screw around and half try' blitz rating (1000) and my super focused once every few days rapid game (1400) is 400 ELO. So there's a good chance that could be the case with you as well.

Completing all basic chess.com lessons should already get you to a steady 1200.
Then puzzles is my no. 1 advice.

The hard theoretical stuff comes later.

Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond

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idk im 819

If you want to improve you should play longer time formats and spend more time on each decision. Instead of analyzing positions to better understand them, you are making most decisions in just a few seconds. That will teach you nothing. You can play as many games as you want that way, but the outcome will remain the same.

Take this example from your game vs BRNBRSL.  After the move 14. a5 you have this position:

The most important problem is that you don't have time to analyze the position. In 3 minute Blitz games you only have 4-6 seconds per move. As a result you can't make good decisions and blunder pieces. 

With only a couple of seconds to think, you failed to find any of the 4 playable moves. You missed Bd6 (which you missed on the previous move), you missed Bxe7 (probably the safest option when you don't have time), you missed Ba3 (the simplest move to find) and you missed Qb5+ (a hard to move to find in just a few seconds).  On top of that you missed that the pawn on a5 was defended (otherwise a5 would have been a very strange move, even in Blitz). 

Next move, after 6 seconds you play Nb5 and lose the game completely (Rxc2+ instead of Bxc2 would be game over). 

Finally, after 17. Nd6+ Kd7 you play Qxc2 after just 2 seconds. What compelled you to play Qxc2, I don't know. But what I really don't understand is why you would play that move after just 2 seconds? There is so much going on in that position. Do you really not see that this position is crucial? That the moves you play in positions like this have a big impact on the outcome?

The way you play these 4-5 moves really give the impression that you are just picking moves that feel good without any actual thought process. 

On my blog I wrote an article about the basic decision making process. For each move you need to go through these 4 steps:

1. Look at the board
2. Identify candidate moves you can play
3. Evaluate the position for each of the moves
4. Pick the best one

It is not possible to go through these steps in just a few seconds. That's why longer time formats are so important. Once you understand the positions or the patterns you can start playing faster. But skipping the decision making process will only result in random moves.

Hope this helps. Good luck on your journey!

Duckfest, you actually misunderstood it. I wanted to sacrifice the bishop but realised that the line I calculated was optional and the opponent didn't play it.

Also 1 thing about me, I hate rapid.

I guess I could try playing 5 minute blitz?

No, I did not. I think I know what line you calculated. But I ignored it because it was a losing line.

You are misunderstanding me. You didn't evaluate the situation correctly and I gave you feedback. Read it again but slowly this time.  

Or don't. It's up to you.  But you were asking for advice on how to get to 1500. I took the time to look at the way you play and I gave you advice, supported by concrete evidence. You can use my feedback or you can ignore it.

Just know that if you perceive your blunder to be my misunderstanding, the road to 1500 will be long and full of invisible obstacles blocking your progress.

Ok.