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Looking at some of your recent games, you should work on finding tactics for you and your opponent.
Think, what would my opponent do? Do they have abt tactics?
Think, what would my opponent do? Do they have abt tactics?
Nicolbaus wrote:
Hello everyone! I've recently started playing again after almost 1 year of full stop (haven't been a really seasoned played, started first time 2 years a go but never with consistency, just on and off) and I'm constantly stuck at 700/800 range. Could you guys help me out? I don't think I'm hanging pieces, at least not every game, but still find myself in losing positions all the time. Like I lack serious strategic knowledge or understanding. And sorry if I post this twice in a similar manner, hope this doesn't classify as a breach of rules.
Any amount of help would be deeply appreciated! Thank you so much everyone
Dear Nicolbaus,
I'm a certified, full-time chess coach, so I hope I can help you. 
Everybody is different, so that's why there isn't only one given way to learn and improve.
First of all, you have to discover your biggest weaknesses in the game and start working on them. The most effective way for that is analyzing your own games. There is a built-in engine on chess.com which can show you if a move is good or bad but the only problem is that it can't explain to you the plans, ideas behind the moves, so you won't know why it is so good or bad.
In my opinion, chess has 4 main territories (openings, strategies, tactics/combinations and endgames) and if you want to improve efficiently, you should improve all of these skills almost at the same time. That's what my training program is based on. My students really like it because the lessons are not boring (because we talk about more than one areas within one lesson) and they feel the improvement on the longer run. Of course, there are always ups and downs but this is completely normal in everyone's career.
If you would like to learn more about chess, you can take private lessons from me (you find the details on my profile) or you can visit my Patreon channel (www.patreon.com/Bgabor91), where you can learn about every kind of topics (openings, strategies, tactics, endgames, game analysis). There are already 15 hours of educational videos on the channel and I'm planning to upload at least 4 new videos per week, so you can get 4-6 hours of educational contents every month. I also upload daily puzzles in 4 levels every day which are available with a FREE subscription.
I hope this is helpful for you. Good luck with your games!
Hello everyone! I've recently started playing again after almost 1 year of full stop (haven't been a really seasoned played, started first time 2 years a go but never with consistency, just on and off) and I'm constantly stuck at 700/800 range. Could you guys help me out? I don't think I'm hanging pieces, at least not every game, but still find myself in losing positions all the time. Like I lack serious strategic knowledge or understanding. And sorry if I post this twice in a similar manner, hope this doesn't classify as a breach of rules.
Any amount of help would be deeply appreciated! Thank you so much everyone