i have been playing chess for months, and i am still below beginner ratings.

#1 not strange when you literally played 212 games over 4.5 months

I love National Master Sneakiest_Of_Snake's reply.

In particular: your goal to get past the 700-1000 rating range is just to stop hanging pieces. That's it. Don't worry about anything fancy like opening theory, endgame theory, middlegame strategy, cool tactics like forks, pins, skewers and clearance sacrifices.

Just focus on making "safe" moves (ie. moves that don't directly hang a piece). And learn to capture your opponents' hanging pieces. That alone will get you to 1000+ rating.

Here's a puzzle for you. White to play. What do you do?

Hi,

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