Ask a 2000+ @Ricechessmaster1

when I say stockfish I just mean the default chess.com engine lol

on my other computer that has chessbase I do have sf 14.1 though

Can U2000 players ignore database and still maintain gradual improvement? How would you rate Caissabase and scid vs pc to the popular commercial Chessbase and Megadatabase?

i mean B1z that works. the 3 engines have slight edges over eachother so its not too big of a difference 

interesting question

I don't velieve too much in finding engine moves but rather understanding them. So yes you could improve without worrying too much about engine moves, especially in the openings. caissabase, scid, pc whatever database all have the same goal of having many games from masters to analyze. However, in terms of analyzing the games, the depths of the engirnes don't matter too much because let's be real, it won't matter if the engine is 3000 or 3400.  

well I improved despite (or because of?) playing alekhine's defense. The theory I learned at 1300? I didn't need to find any new lines or improvements. I didn't really need the database, honestly.

Is 1.e4 e5 2.nf3 nc6 3.bc4 bb4 sensible? If so why, if not why?

What about 1.e4 e5 2.nf3 nc6 1.bc4 bb4?

yeah there we go. I think I experimented a lot of with blitz and bullet and found some lines that worked for me.

Not really sensible since 3.c3 give white tempo then d4 or b4 comes next 

Hello. IT have you tried turning it off and on again 

2200 otb classical

In addition, the Chess Federation of Canada awards the NM title to players who reach a 2200 national rating and also achieve three norms (2300+ tournament performances)

shush you're better than me 

Thank you for the accurate answer, however, my friend here was joking. 

if you put five candles in the correct spots of a pentagram around yourself at 3am in the morning in the bathroom and spin three times in front of the mirror and say "Bloody mary" you will get a big surprise!!!

Huh weird, my house is a smoldering ruin now. What did I do wrong?

surprise!!!

How do I get to 1500 Blitz and Bullet?

freeze it into a solid

To get to and improve from 1500 really you just have to

- Play more games

- Don't actually spend time to learn openings

- Learn tacticla / positional (through group lessons, youtube, anything flies)

Around 1500 is one of the more simple times where you don't have to worry about too much to improve. Positional and tactical is what you need to reinforce. 

How about 1600 ~