Petrosian94 wrote:
On current level I believe you should work on tactics..
I believe that it's more important than your original 3 points added together.
What's Holding You Back Below 1000 Elo?
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27 days ago
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#24
Please suggest
I know 2 openings till now
I just play based on mirrored approach ( seeing what my oppnent is playing) rather than opening lines
Making maximum blunders
I know 2 openings till now
I just play based on mirrored approach ( seeing what my oppnent is playing) rather than opening lines
Making maximum blunders
27 days ago
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#25
The_Aspiring_GM wrote:
It’s called ELO deflation. Some players rated 600 on chess.com might actually have a skill level of 1000. Basically sandbagging but not on purpose.
Yeah… no
27 days ago
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#26
Fr3nchToastCrunch wrote:
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I am at 1000 and this is still an issue
I have the magical ability to take a winning endgame and make it not winning
I have the same talent as you. Sometimes I sacrifice my king for checkmate but then this stupid website glitches and says I lost
@Petrosian94. I did used to play Rapid more often, but when I sit down to play chess I end up not getting more than 10 minutes spare before interuptions come. So, 3+2 is my current time limit and 927 is my current rating. It has gone up about 300 ish points after a tilt 1.5 months ago. Most of that in the last fortnight after watching Chessbrah habits series. Although you might not see it in my games, I feel that my brain is actively considering positions now rather than autopiloting a lot. I agree that faster time limits don't develop calculation as well. But fortunately I memorized a few model games from their PGNs so my visualisation is good when I need to calculate and attempt to do so. (Note I admit I don't always attempt to do so, hence working on implementing that as a habit). I find when trying to hold ideas and lines in my head the short term memory works better when I do it quicker.
When I was playing rapid it was 10|5 time control as I could get games easier than 15|0 and the increment was enough to make the game go on long enough for real calculation.
27 days ago
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#29
I play chess 5 years, more then 2000 games(I also had one profile before this one), I play in chess club, also in tournaments from time to time and I'm still below 1000. I learn all the time and watch YouTube videos as well. I guess it's a fortune🥲😭
27 days ago
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#30
nastya_liu wrote:
I play chess 5 years, more then 2000 games(I also had one profile before this one), I play in chess club, also in tournaments from time to time and I'm still below 1000. I learn all the time and watch YouTube videos as well. I guess it's a fortune🥲😭
Most players who are not improving are just focusing on the wrong things. Most of my students around your rating that come to me are adults and manage to improve 100-250 points within 3 months.
27 days ago
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#31
GMegasDoux wrote:
@Petrosian94. I did used to play Rapid more often, but when I sit down to play chess I end up not getting more than 10 minutes spare before interuptions come. So, 3+2 is my current time limit and 927 is my current rating. It has gone up about 300 ish points after a tilt 1.5 months ago. Most of that in the last fortnight after watching Chessbrah habits series. Although you might not see it in my games, I feel that my brain is actively considering positions now rather than autopiloting a lot. I agree that faster time limits don't develop calculation as well. But fortunately I memorized a few model games from their PGNs so my visualisation is good when I need to calculate and attempt to do so. (Note I admit I don't always attempt to do so, hence working on implementing that as a habit). I find when trying to hold ideas and lines in my head the short term memory works better when I do it quicker.
Have you considered trying Daily games? It is a good way to practice thinking skills without the annoyance of interruptions. For the competitive aspect, you can join a club (under social on chess.com) and participate in club vs club matches, which are played in daily format. With each match you play two boards, so you can practice both White and Black scenarios.
27 days ago
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#32
I'd say 4. ("or something else entirely"). Of course the other 3 matter too, but my main problem is I prefer losing to winning, in an odd sort of way. Also I only really enjoy the patterns the game throws up, so once the interesting bit (middle game) is over, I lose interest and often give up.
@34 Daily Games, I don't like them. Played a few. I want to feel free to review positions I play often with an engine without feeling like I can't because a daily game is ongoing. Then on the other side of things I can't bring myself to put to much time into a non clock game on moves per turn. Essentially, I am a fast player by nature and do not enjoy daily games. Seeing my blunder and waiting hours to correct it on the next turn, then days to move through the game. It is not my cup of tea. I think I played less than 10 of them my whole life. Never enjoyed any of them.
27 days ago
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#34
bigshortsoup68 wrote:
As someone who is rated below 1000, I think I am stuck under there because my games are filled with cheaters, sandbaggers, hackers, and people playing at over 90% accuracy. I know I could be over 1000 because I beat my friend who is 1300 once. It is probably harder to play below 1000 ELO than at 2000 because I see their games and they make lots of mistakes while my opponents play like perfect engines
Nah mate I was 600 back in the day and no one who cheats would be at 600 elo.
Couch, the thing that is stopping peoples with 1000 is positional blunders, and time.
26 days ago
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#36
Terminated800 wrote:
bigshortsoup68 wrote:
As someone who is rated below 1000, I think I am stuck under there because my games are filled with cheaters, sandbaggers, hackers, and people playing at over 90% accuracy. I know I could be over 1000 because I beat my friend who is 1300 once. It is probably harder to play below 1000 ELO than at 2000 because I see their games and they make lots of mistakes while my opponents play like perfect engines
Nah mate I was 600 back in the day and no one who cheats would be at 600 elo.
I wish I could blame my loses on cheaters, but game review makes it clear who was responsible for my defeats ...
26 days ago
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#37
I am rated 1111 IRL, but on chess.com my highest rating is only 700-800. I think I have a tendency to play online games much less seriously, and my rating suffers because of it.
26 days ago
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#39
Nothing stops me from having an overall high win rate in online chess games
26 days ago
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#40
I am also in the race. I joined in 2023 and climbed up the ladder quite quickly to reach Rapid 1200. Could not play for an year, and since March'2025 have been playing regularly, daily as many games as i can. I am hovering around 950. At 75 years of age, i do commit some mistakes and sometimes major blunders like loosing a queen or a piece. This is of course due to my negligence and not concentrating fully. Now, i feel i should not play more than two games a day, preferably only one game, concentrate fully and try not to loose the game.
Any advise, i openly welcome on my above points.
I am very sincere , ambitious and i want to climb the ladder, not only to my old rapid of 1200 but beyond that too
4. Abscent minded blundering. Trying to mitigate with building good habits. I am over 1200 rapid, but blitz and bullet got me into bad habits and thinking so I am working on building my blitz up to my rapid rating and go from there. No desire to play bullet as it has a negative impact on my habits.
I would go as far to claim that also blitz is ditremental to your improvement. The suggestion I usually give my students is to use longer formats such as 15|10 or 30|0