Stuck at 950-1000 rating

Magnus Carlsen is 31 today, is it the end of the road for him?

Are there any chess clubs in the Maldives? Playing over the board is a good way to get stronger.

It took me 11 months to reach 1000 rapid rating. I got to 1000 in daily in a little under 4 months.

If you are stuck in that range and cannot seem to make it any further, then take a break. I recently deleted my five year old account (https://www.chess.com/member/reevecool456) and in that account, I was stuck at 575 for the longest time until I took a break, got the motivation to get better, and felt prepared to play again. You could also get a coach or someone to help work out any issues in your gameplay. One final thing to do it to buy a chess book. Many of these go in depth in strategies to improve your gameplay.

Can't right to long advice, I'll just suggest that you switch up your opening(s) a bit as it is pretty drawish and do tactics. 

I agree

Maybe not, but tactics ARE a core principle in the game, so it is good to focus on it and train to spot them easily (something that I have trouble with myself from time to time).

Start playing tons of 30 min games. Just keep playing & playing.

30 min games are good since they allow you the time to really study the position. Terminator-T800, your point is very valid.

Don't focus on the rating, focus on the game!

I recommend just doing puzzle rushes more often if you don't already. They help me warm up before games and help me practice seeing the entire board without having to look at every single individual little piece, and they aren't just helpful for speed chess.

It also seems that you're improving, don't be impatient. Your rating and accuracy seems to go up as time goes. Don't be impatient for improvement, although I guess I could take that same advice. Also if anyone has any tips on getting past 1200 I made a forum for that and could use some advice.

A few points:

• No way 30 is the end of the road for you.  I'm sort of a newbie (although I did play as a teenager) and I'm in my 60's
• Learning/improving chess should be fun.  Your rating should have no effect on whether you are practicing tactics or not.  Tactics practice are essential for anyone under 1500 (most would say U1600 or U1700, actually).  If it's not fun for other reasons, then take a break from it.
• A good coach is worth a lot, and can give you great feedback (such as @RAU4ever) -- if you can afford it
• Play games and -- this is essential -- go over them afterwards.  (See this article, where Dan Heisman recommends playing games 5 minutes or less, as well as 30-minutes or more -- and what you get from them; and also explains why he things that games between 5 and 25 minutes inculcate bad habits:  https://web.archive.org/web/20140627030447/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman115.pdf)

This is excellent advice.  It's easy to get so caught up on your rating.  When you really focus on simply making better moves in each game, your rating will improve.  It just may take some time.

And I highly recommend doing tactics, preferably everyday if you really want to improve.

sounds like good advice thanks. And I agree elo doesn't matter as a goal, but i think it matters (in the sense that it meaningful) for tracking your progress. I'm at such a beginner stage that every time I spend significant time studying in the manner you suggest, i'm pretty much guaranteed a bump in elo next time i play. If my elo doesn't increase after a few hours real study then i've probably been doing the wrong study.

One good tip. Do NOT stalemate Queen + King vs King endings or other completely won situations.

I myself apparently have not completely learnt this lesson yet. And I have had multiple players also stalemate their won endings so I am not the only one making these amazingly stupid mistakes.

Omg LOL

Remember: Always move your queen at knight distance, copying all the moves, until the king is left with 2 squares to move to.

Move your king gradually up the board, then prepare for checkmate!

Example above:

What?!