800-1000 Rating Chess Questions and Club Invite

Hi, 

I'm nearing an 800 rating and have been improving consistently. I have the goal of reaching  a 1000 rating by the end of the summer. I have noticed that about every 200 rating points the type of play by your opponent changes, I went from playing many scholastic style games with symmetrical openings to slightly more advanced openings now that I'm in the high 700's. My question is to players who are rated in between 800 and 1000 and is; what types of games can I expect in that rating range? Are the games different from the low rating games I'm used to playing? Are the games more often closed than open; are there certain openings and defenses that are significantly more common than not, etc.? I ask because I really want to get an idea of what to prepare for, I understand this is an extremely general question, but I'm hopeful and would be grateful if I can get even a slightly more precise vision of what the next stage of my chess progression is going to look like. Thanks to anyone who read this and answers, I really appreciate anything you all have to say and offer! 

p.s. I run a small chess club here on chess.com called Learning Chess Club, and we, as a club, are always looking for friendly people in the early to intermediate rating range to play with. We do daily chess and blitz games. If you're interested just message me or join the club in the Clubs section. We'd appreciate any consideration!  

"My question is to players who are rated in between 800 and 1000 and is; what types of games can I expect in that rating range?"

Lots of blunders, missed tactics, missed mates, creating weaknesses, and not following the basic rules of chess.

Good advice, I basically run the Colle and London systems as white as I prefer D4 to E4, as black I play the Slav, Caro-Kann and the Sicilian as well as the French defenses. Tactically I do about 50 puzzles a day sometimes more but I definitely need to do more end game study, though I have been doing better in that regard. My puzzle rating is around 1200.  What do you recommend for end game study? What resources could you recommend besides what are available on chess.com? 

Cool thank you! And I know I play 1500's when I can and get wiped usually. Sometimes I play a good game and get to the end games and then I lose but for the most part I find there is value in it as long as you always try to play the best move possible, then you can learn. I appreciate your responses. 

Bad advice.

Memorizing openings10-20 moves deep without gaining a basic understanding of "why" the pieces and pawns go where to do will not increase your learning.

DO NOT use a chess engine unless it is to check for blunders and missed tactics only.

DO study the basic endings like KP vs. K, KQ vs. Q, KR vs. K, KRR vs. K, Opposition.

 I avoid memorizing lines, I look at the positions with the purpose of identifying strengths of positions of certain pieces and looking at how different openings utilize the pieces to work together. I have mated with KR v K, and have succeeded in the drills with the king and queen vs. king as well as the two rooks position. I can also draw in situations where there is an opposite colored bishop and rook pawn, like a light bishop and h pawn vs my king for example. I only use the engine for analyzing games. Thank you for your input! I don't think there's much benefit to memorizing 20 moves deep because no one is going to stick to a line 20 moves in, seems counter intuitive since certain lines have more than one weakness 

Thanks Kev! Yes I do make some nasty blunders on occasion, I feel like if I could just cut them in half I could greatly improve. I recently began focusing on my openings and specifically winning the center and learning techniques and working on tactics with both black and white to do so. I appreciate your comment and your review of my play.