Yes, I do, a major chunk of your games will be decided on tactics or opening mistakes (based on my experience). do around 30 minutes of tactics training before games and do a proper analysis of your openings after every game.
Road to 2000

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.

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.
Thank you so much I will try all of these. Unfortunally I'm 18 at the moment and I don't have a job so I cant get a coach but I will try all of the rest of them. How to I learn to be more psychologically resilient
I recently just got to the 1800s. This is my first time getting this high. Do you have any tips on how to improve my rating. what kind of goals should I set in order to get better. do any of you have any training regimens that you use?