240 elo, how can I improve?

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I just have 250 elo in blitz, how can I improve? 

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You're first step to improving is.... quit playing blitz

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Bro why

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How to improve? Not quiting

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Improve pattern recognition
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You should play rapid, more time control and will help you advance your thinking

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You should do chess lessons, and learn opening and checkmating tactics.
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I do my weekly lessons, and I know more than 8 openings. I know so much checkmate ideas, and I have a similar elo in rapids

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You should inmediately stop playing blitz, it is very bad for beginners. You should play rapid, and stop hanging pieces left and right.
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uh, ok?

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10-0 rapids?

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its my favourite

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and can u recommend an openning?

my favourite are: king's indian for king security, caro kann, stafford gambit and danish gambit

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empeq_sigma wrote:

I just have 250 elo in blitz, how can I improve?

Stop playing blitz. You cannot improve if you have no time to think.

At absolute minimum, play rapid 10|0. But 15|10 and 30|0 are even better. As a beginner, you need time to think. You dont have the instincts of experienced chessplayers yet.

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Play maximum four 15 mins game per day, practice tactics for 30 mins minimum. Learn basic mating pattern , And stop hanging pieces even if that stops you from attacking. NO BLITZ/ BULLET

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empeq_sigma wrote:

and can u recommend an openning?

my favourite are: king's indian for king security, caro kann, stafford gambit and danish gambit

Nobody plays king's indian for " king security " . Its shows your fundamental thinking flaw . At your rating you should not be concerned with opening .As white you HAVE TO PLAY E4. Then against e5 you can try scotch / italian . Or if you are tactical then may be king's gambit . Learn common ideas against french / Caro . And if you face Sicilian then go for open variation . Don't even think about d4/c4/nf3 till you reach near 1200. And against d4 you can start with slav/ semi slav. At your level the objective is not to blunder and reach an even middlegame

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empeq_sigma wrote:

I just have 250 elo in blitz, how can I improve?

I think the second comment was talking about quitting blitz for now, but not quitting chess. Blitz isn’t as good for improvement compared to rapid for most players; I believe blitz can help improvement a lot, but only at a certain level and only when used correctly.

The danger of blitz is the faster time control not giving you needed time to calculate and think about other options mid-game. Once you get a much higher pattern recognition from playing a lot and understanding the game more deeply, then blitz has it’s benefits when used correctly.

In the meantime, here’s a blog post I wrote that’s been pretty successful: https://www.chess.com/blog/KeSetoKaiba/opening-principles-again It’s not just about the opening. I also have a ton of links at the bottom of the blog post as resources for lots of chess players.

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Don't quit bro

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basically watch Gotham chess and work on rapid first and then blitz so you don't blunder on time