I'm at 269 ELO, What should I train in order to reach 500?

"Ah, interesting. So you mean that it is best for beginners to trade whenever possible?"
I still try not to do bad trades but I err on the side of trading if it's neutral, since a simpler position is quicker to evaluate and I tend to lose on time. But there are so many better players here; I'd listen to them.

I say no.

If you lose on time, there are some obvious answers: play longer time controls and improve your calculation skills (by solving puzzles). These will also help you improve your chess skills. Forcing trades in an artificial measure that will help you in nothing.

That probably explains why your 400. You should play blitz for fun, but if you really want to improve play long time controls because you will just play better, it’s that simple

For sub 1000 most of the improving is just blunder checking, so try not to trade pieces because there is more chance that your opponent will blunder the piece you would have traded. Again, this is why long time controls are best for improving, since you have more chance of spotting blunders

Learn and apply the most important principles of chess. - (core of my teaching)
Always blunder-check your moves.
Solve tactics in the right way.
Analyze your games.
Study games of strong players.
Learn how to be more psychologically resilient.
Work on your time management skills.
Get a coach if you can.

The best thing to do to increase playing strength and accuracy is a lot and I mean a lot of puzzles like 25+ a day with at least 5 different kinds and at least 10 very hard ones to really get you thinking.

Do puzzles really help you improve?

My puzzle rating is stuck at 1800, and I just get most of the questions wrong. I can't understand them even after thinking about them for a long time, so I wonder if there's any point in doing them.

Also, in real games, there are rarely any easy-to-understand boards like those you see when solving puzzles.

Yeah I agree I never see the positions in I get in puzzles in my real games.

But honestly, thinking seriously about improving just makes me depressed. It's obviously more fun not to think about anything and just play whatever moves I want.

I haven't studied any openings, but playing random gabbit-type openings will confuse your opponent and give them more opportunities to make mistakes, so take advantage of that. You should refrain from playing the Italian game.

I have noticed that if I do the same opening consistently, I run across the same positions over and over, and start to know exactly what to do. For example if they move their horse to a certain place on the board, I can advance my king's pawn and trap their horse. I can then look away for awhile, knowing that they will take a long time on their next move looking for a way out, but that there is no way for them to save their horse.

Keep playing!

I just recently pushed my elo Just play some games Don't give up till the end If you are loosing then push for a stalemate

vant kruijs and french defense does the trick

Openings have nothing to do with the guy's losses. He loses because of silly one-move blunders. If he changes the opening and keeps blundering, nothing will change.

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if you dont have anything relevant, dont comment

If your rating is under 300, you must often be surprised when your opponent suddenly takes one of your unprotected pieces, or pins your queen to your king, or hits you with a surprise checkmate. The reason for this is because you do not pay enough attention to your opponent's last move!  Before you make your own move and pursue your own plans, you have to look at the position and ask yourself, "If my opponent could move again, what could he do to me?" Just doing this simple check after each of your opponent's moves will save you from many fatal blunders

You should delete the chess.com and start playing on board and then come back at chess.com your rating will increase