trying to get to 1000

Just got to 800 elo. If anyone could look at some of my games and provide tips it would be much appreciated. Also I have a huge discrepancy between winrate on white and black pieces. 119-59 white, 80-83 black. I think I often succumb to whatever my opponent is doing rather than playing solidly. This also probably has to do with playing the London system on white which I’m really liking, and having no opening on black besides doing a reverse London system sort of thing depending on what my opponent does/developing pieces. Overall happy with my progression so far though, only been playing for around a month, but always looking for tips and things I may not see.

It's mostly about following key principles when playing. That helped me reach 2000+ and that is what I teach others to help them do the same.

It seems that you are going up in elo very quickly. I think you will reach 1000 very soon

Hello Dinotron,

Here is your latest game in which you won.

 

And this is your last loss.

I have annotated them to the best of my ability giving insight into the 2 games. A lot has been said in the annotations but i will expand a bit more here. What I gathered from your playstyle, You make some great moves and you've got some great opening principles but not all the time. I think this might be the key for you. Consistency in keeping to opening chess principles. Your last game you had a high accuracy and you played very well. You had great principles and as a result played solid chess.

Your last loss was due to a mix of playing too fast at times and having trouble with the early attack from your opponent.

When is the right time to use your time? I think that comes with experience and knowledge. For example Game 1 (the game you won) Move 12 and 13 took a combined minute to play. This adds up over time and i'd say those 2 moves shouldn't take as much time as it did especially move 13 Nc5, your knight is under attack, there is no way to defend it with other pieces, moving it is the only option that should take perhaps 15 seconds at most. If you need to build that experience to know when to use time, I suggest a longer time control on Rapid such as 15|10 or 30 minutes. I improved much quicker when I realised I was playing too fast and not giving myself time to think. I'm sure you will benefit from this too.

If you have any questions about what i've said or about the annotations in game feel free to ask.

and finally, welcome to chess and have fun.

Here are youtube channels for chess tips.

Chessbrah’s habits speedrun, the Colle-Zukertort speedrun, and the queen’s gambit speedrun(new) which is nice if you are interested in learning the Colle-Zukertort or the queen’s gambit(it’s an opening/movie) then you should watch those speedrun series and the habits series too. I will let chessbrah explain the habits series. Explanation is the first part of ep. 1.

Remote Chess Academy: This YouTube channel is where you learn the middlegame stuff I talked about in #4 and the GM here explains it well and don’t forget this channel has a vid talking about the Colle-Zukertort too and endgames. This is the place where I recommend to search how to stop blunders.

Chess Vibes: Here is where you learn most of the small things that don’t matter as much as what Remote Chess Academy says, but all of the small things combined are more than what the YouTube channel Remote Chess Academy says combined and most endgame stuffs are here than other channels I have mentioned.

Greatly appreciate all of the feedback you all have provided and once I get home I will read them in depth.

Ok. You’re welcome.

Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond…

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We have the same problem. Our black win rate is pretty bad. If your black win rate is comparable to your white; your elo might be 1300. My black play improved recently by mastering 2 openings, one to counter e4 and the other to counter d4.

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