Thanks I will watch them
1400 Rated Chess.com player wants to get to 1800 in 3 months w/ PLAN OF ACTION
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Oct 10, 2012
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I don't think you can get to 1800 that quickly if you are 1400 now. However you should be able to get to 1500.
I suggest analyzing your games and on every move where you make a mistake copy the position into a database which consists only of positions where you have blundered. Then review that database over and over again until you never make those or similar mistakes.
As you play more games continue the process
Do it
DrWaffllemaster, what is your uscf rating?
It's not very high so I don't bother listing it. I'm going to start going to tournaments again though. Maybe within the next 6 months I'll feel like posting it 
I need to start going to tournaments too. Ah, soon maybe.
There are two major things you need to work on:
1.Your understanding and knowledge.
2.Your thinking process.
Any 1200 knows about weak squares, color complexes, and how the pawn structure influences the game, like black aiming for a c5 break or playing toward the kingside and white typically restraining c5 while going for a minority attack against c6 in the Carlsbad structure, so basic I don't even need to put up a diagram since I'm confident everyone here knows what I mean.
However, they may understand on one level, but not "understand" it on a deeper level as Smirnov says. Thought process is mostly considering opponent's replies and checking the viability of your checks, captures, and threats and what new ones your opponent has after your candidate moves. In one protocol (it was funny really) a class D player after a certain line said, "Oh crap I lose a pawn!" after making his move, but the pawn was the least of his problems as black had a forced mate in two. It was the protocol where Be7+ deflecting the queen from that diagonal so white can safely win the rook without a mating threat was correct. What was incredible was they played whatever move even knowing it was bad for white since they overlooked Be7+!
ScorpionPackAttack wrote:
Any 1200 knows about weak squares, color complexes, and how the pawn structure influences the game, like black aiming for a c5 break or playing toward the kingside and white typically restraining c5 while going for a minority attack against c6 in the Carlsbad structure
I'm not so sure, seeing as I'm not 100% what a Carlsbad structure is. I assume based on description that it's the Slav pawn formation.
Scottrf wrote:
ScorpionPackAttack wrote:
Any 1200 knows about weak squares, color complexes, and how the pawn structure influences the game, like black aiming for a c5 break or playing toward the kingside and white typically restraining c5 while going for a minority attack against c6 in the Carlsbad structure
I'm not so sure, seeing as I'm not 100% what a Carlsbad structure is. I assume based on description that it's the Slav pawn formation.
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Plans vary according to piece placement but generally follow the same formulas. Alekhine and Petrosian have some interesting games with this pawn structure.
To be specific, it's typically a QGD with white's knight on f3. With Nge2 instead, it's just a (modern) QGD Exchange.
Hopefully, they make a movie about it. 
I also want to do the same thing as u. I started playing at chess.com a month ago. I lost my first 16 games and my rating went below 800. But i watched the top games of chess.com once or twice, each day for a week and did a lot of tactics and chess mentor. Within 2 weeks i am back to 1350.
I advise playing 30 or 15 min chess at least 5 times daily cuz i spend 1 hour daily on chess.com. P.S I had no coaching.
Probably mentioned, but I already found a problem:
" No, seriously....if I could hit 1600 in 90 days, with a coach and reading a new chessbook every week, I would be content!"
These problems immediately jump out at me:
1.Expectation of quick results
2.Moving through materials too fast.
3.Jumping from topic to topic
One needs to focus on a single topic for at least three weeks to master it. I don't know for how many hours during those three however, probably two a day. Then the skill becomes automated. Tactics and endgames especially lend themselves to this but also spend time on general positional imbalances then focus on a certain one, like thematic games that were decided based off weak color complexes or a weak square or pawn.
I'm going to work through The Survival Guide to Rook Endings next to augment what I read in Fine's Basic Chess Endings. It would suck calculating a combination that leads to a won rook ending but not having the technique to convert the win.
There's too much to retain even in playing 8 hours a day for 90 days to play at an 1800 level... at any time limit.
I did notice this is 2 years old... I'll have to scroll back up or message you to see if I'm wrong.
Well... looks like you gave up. It took me about... 6 years to get to an 1800+ level... (don't judge my rating here now)
Quicker time limits just mean the player gives up more quickly. 1400 to 1800 in 3 months is ridiculous.
Always have a set on display at home, buy a openings book, swap off queens in play to improve your skills with other pieces and study an hour a day. Keep fit.
Check the stats on the OP. He never got any better than average and probably hasn't been playing for months
You're giving good advice to a ghost
Well, if we're seriously talking about devoting 8 hours a day to chess - and I don't mean bullet and blitz - I think it's very possible to reach an 1800 level of play in three months. I'm assuming the goal is to play at 1800 level first, as the USCF rating system is not known for its timeliness in updating "official" ratings, and even your online rating may take awhile to catch up with your strength.
1. Find a good coach. At the 1400-1800 level, it is my opinion that you will get more out of a local National Master who knows you and cares about your progress than by paying $40-50/hour on a GM who gives you a series of prepared lessons (although there are some very excellent GM teachers as well).
2. Keep your mind open. Don't expect a great rise in rating because you "master" a certain variation in the Sicilian. Chess is holistic, so learn the whole game.
3, Play long games as well as short games. Annotate your long games (don't cheat - annotate your losses and draws, as well). In my opinion, your thoughts are more important than your analysis when you find errors in your strategy or calculations because many such errors do not travel alone, but are the symptoms of bad thinking processes or evaluation processes. I say this because I don't believe we ever outgrow that fact. But if you keep it in the forefront of your mind by annotating your thoughts, it will help greatly.
4. When practicing tactics, review the games from which they came. In doing this, you will learn how the victor created the weaknesses and then developed the pattern into the final tactic. This is much more useful than remembering hundreds of positions that you have no idea how to create in an actual game.
5. Endgames. Don't neglect them. I like Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual, myself, but let your coach suggest materials based on your current progress.
great advice