Reached 1000. Everyone is just playing.... Uncomfortable moves

After hitting 1000, I see a lot of people playing lots of stranger patterns like spamming one movers until something clicks, or trying to trade everything as fast as possible, to even just locking up the board 

every 100 elo points or so had their own quirks like 600s just trading everything for no reason, but 1000 is its own thing, cause its like a slur of them all but with the players now knowing openings, or being trash at some things and like 1500 at other stuff

Is the answer as simple as cope and do more puzzles or do you guys have tips on how you broke past 1000?

I have experienced similar issues when trying to up my elo. I would reccomend just trying to recognize patterns, and punish mistakes that your opponents make.

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"trade everything as fast as possible" ++ That is viable. You have to play the endgame well.

"locking up the board" ++ That is viable. You have to think of how to break the lock.

"do more puzzles" ++ No. Puzzles are overrated. In a real game nobody tells you there is a tactic, or for which side.

"how you broke past 1000?" ++ Most important is blunder checking before you move.

blunder checking is the key. to a certain extent, it is always the key at all levels.

at higher levels blunders are still there, They are just more complicated or less easy to spot.

The biggest reason people struggle in lower-level chess is because of blunders. They make them in almost every game.

A mistake can instantly put you in a bad position, no matter how well you played earlier: if you had great opening knowledge, great positional skills, great endgame skills, whatever; a single mistake can change everything (you lose a piece or get checkmated).

So, how do you avoid blunders? Follow this simple algorithm:

While avoiding blunders is crucial, I also share a few basic principles with my students. These principles help them figure out what to do in each part of the game - the opening, the middlegame, and the endgame. Understanding these simple principles is like having a map for your moves. I provide my students with more advanced algorithms that incorporate these fundamental principles. When you use this knowledge along with being careful about blunders, you're not just getting better at defending. You're also learning a well-rounded approach to chess. Keep in mind, chess is not just about not making mistakes; it's about making smart and planned moves to outsmart your opponent.

I started my chess life in the 950-1050 range, and what got me out was just playing over and over until I intuitively learned what was going on. There are better ways to do it but this works.

I’d recommend playing exclusively 15|10 or longer, and analyzing every game you play first by yourself and then with an engine afterward to see if there was something you missed both times. I’d recommend playing theory light openings with both positional and tactical ideas and a variety of pawn structures, think things like the Nimzo-Indian.

nobody actually knows openings until around 1800 around here, just learn how to punish common moves in whatever opening you play/ get the most, and the people trying to trade everything stops at around 1500, so just keep getting better.

Im surprised that its taken this long for people to start talking about the brainless cc players, i tried awhile ago but to no success

I broke 1300 in bullet because in hyper bullet nobody know's how to manage their clock it's kinda sad. I did not get past 1000 becuase I'm in any way a good chess player just look at my other ratings to see that. How you play and improve depends a lot on the time control you play. When you get down the the faster time controls with no incriment it's often really hard to check for blunders every single move but if you're playing rapid then making 0 blunders every single game will probably improve your rating a lot.