2-4 games a day with a review.
1-3 x puzzle rush survival.
Other than that, only studying.
Any advice to improve from 1200 to 1400?
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Dec 19, 2021
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Chess is mainly pattern recognition. After just getting good at not dropping pieces, look at pawn structures and how to "break" against them. There is a little pamphlet called Tension in the Chess Position by Riley Sheffield from 1981 that can really boost your understanding of this important concept.
There are a lot of ways but how I did it was from watching ChessNetwork’s beginner to chess master series. Some of the videos are up to two hours long so you can break it up into multiple sittings. He does a really good job of explaining positional ideas and that series combined with tactic training and just watching streamers commentate on their blitz games got me to 1400.
Always check your intended move is no blunder before you play it. This little mental discipline is enough to get to 1500.
Dec 19, 2021
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Ron_Saddleback wrote:
I'm Bill, I'm nearly master strength. Play systematic openings like the old Indian with both colors to get away from theory, know the typical ideas very well, then just work on your tactics.
A system against everything approach is OK if you only want to play from certain positions. Otherwise, you'll get bored fast and often in positions you still don't understand or care to play.
Feb 10, 2022
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tygxc wrote:
Always check your intended move is no blunder before you play it. This little mental discipline is enough to get to 1500.
I want to say thanks to all of you, ill quote a few that caught my eye and thought related to me the most. Anyway thx tygxc for this advice, I think I'm a little impatient when I play so this could help me boost my win rate. It also could help me in tourneys with longer time limits.
Feb 10, 2022
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DrSpudnik wrote:
Chess is mainly pattern recognition. After just getting good at not dropping pieces, look at pawn structures and how to "break" against them. There is a little pamphlet called Tension in the Chess Position by Riley Sheffield from 1981 that can really boost your understanding of this important concept.
This will be useful after I master my patience! Thanks! Don't consider this resolved yet though, I'm still open to more tips.
Feb 10, 2022
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It is easy for us to say it is easy, especially those of us for whom 1200 in on the rear view mirror, but these days improving at any level is difficult.
That said, not at all impossible. If you struggle with patience and not being able to determine if your move is a blunder, that's something to work on. If it helps, encourage patience by playing slow 15 plus 10 games, doing tough tactics etc.
It may also help you to try and find 3 candidate moves in each position, then try and find which one is the best. You might find yourself spending more time, and seeing more!
Feb 10, 2022
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Tactics. Do as many as you can, and try to solve the tactic first before moving any pieces, forcing your to think for your opponent as well as for yourself.
Books can also help! Around 1400s is where the endgame starts to become seriously relevant, and reading some endgame books can help a lot. There are many nice ones out there, but I personally used this book by IM Silman when I was an up and comer, and it has been critical to my chess understanding.
I get that it's a bit of a jump but still.