How to get out of 200-500 elo hell

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PastaOfTheMind
Kielmog wrote:
It’s not super hard to escape past 500 elo. Pick one opening for each color. You don’t need to worry about variations or tactics at this level. Get the basic moves of your opening down. Slow down on your moves and always scan for free material. There’s a lot to be had at that level. With a clean opening and slower play, you can get up to 700-800 easy.

tell us you haven't actually tried to do this without telling us you actually haven't tried to do this
400-700s are WAY stronger than the 1500s on here. at that low level, 80-90% of everybody's *********.
literally go try it.

zionnekingoo

Use analysis to help you know what your doing wrong

AK47_reigns

https://www.chess.com/blog/TheMonkPlayingChess/the-first-step this can help you

rw0412
PastaOfTheMind wrote:
Kielmog wrote:
It’s not super hard to escape past 500 elo. Pick one opening for each color. You don’t need to worry about variations or tactics at this level. Get the basic moves of your opening down. Slow down on your moves and always scan for free material. There’s a lot to be had at that level. With a clean opening and slower play, you can get up to 700-800 easy.

tell us you haven't actually tried to do this without telling us you actually haven't tried to do this
400-700s are WAY stronger than the 1500s on here. at that low level, 80-90% of everybody's *********.
literally go try it.

you are delusional if you think the average 400-700 is stronger than the average 1500. Even more so if you are genuinely stuck at a rating of 500 like yourself

Abtectous
#24, have to agree. I do think sometimes certain ratings might be odd- like when I was 600 I recall having a rough time and thinking the players were quite good, but I pushed past it in 1-2 days and thought that people were about the same (or even a little worse) at 800. However I cannot see how one would consider a 400 rated player as a good as 1500. Quite absurd.