"roadmap to follow" ++ Always check your intended move is no blunder before you play it.
That little mental discipline alone is enough to reach 1500.
"books to buy" ++ None, but Chess Fundamentals Capablanca is recommended beyond 1500.
1000 to 1500 elo
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Thank you and should I start participating in otb tournaments?
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Yes, play over the board if you can.
After 1350 things get much more difficult. You can meet up with good players who play very fast.
If you can get to 1350 in 6 months, you're on track. 1500 would be exceptional.
You haven't reached 1000 ELO, because Chess.com doesn't use the ELO system. They use something called Glicko, which is less accurate and probably inflated at some levels and deflated at others. It's intended to reach a viable rating estimate quickly but the logical basis for the maths isn't accurate in Glicko.
In the last game you played, you won it but you were completely lost in six moves. Your N was pinned with no way out and your opponent only had to advance his pawn to e4 to win the knight, yet he took on d4. Books aren't going to help you at this stage. I think you need to take your games more seriously and play at slower time controls. Bear in mind that although 10 minutes is counted here as rapid, it isn't rapid. Half an hour is rapid and 10 minutes is actually blitz. You won't learn, playing at that speed. Slow down and think about your moves. It's far too early to think you can play fast when you don't understand tactics.
Only trying to help. EDIT..... I suggested a target of 1350 before I looked at one of your games. That game told me that a target of 1500 in six months is unrealistic. You have no idea how good some people around 1400 are. If you reach 1350 in six months, you will be doing exceptionally well.
Thank you for the no bs advice what areas should I be working on (except tactics as I am already grinding that) based on my game you saw
hi, I touched a 1000 elo today after creating this account 2.5 months ago and my next goal is to reach 1500 elo in the next 6 months so basically by July please can anyone tell me a roadmap to follow and books to buy