The OP never gave an opening line with the White pieces.
He only said 1.e4 - Than let it transpose to what ever.
The title of the thread “Can I reach 1,500 by end of the year?”
The answer is clearly NO!
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The White pieces are how you win games!
If Chess was an American Football Game, You would understand!
White pieces = Offense
Black pieces = Defense
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If your Offensive is a hot mess, your going to get smoked.
The White pieces are extremely important.
@Compandre_J stop being a pestimistic if she tries really hard (like plays for 30 min a day + learns from them ) then yes the issue is does she have the time for it ?
For ex with a good amount of time
Tyler1 reached 1900 in like 10 months sarting at 100
I actually got to 2000(rapid) in 10 months then switched to blitz
1500 rapid by the end of the year is doable you just have to understand how to learn from your mistakes +the right type of pattern recognition and obsesion
The OP never gave an opening line with the White pieces.
He only said 1.e4 - Than let it transpose to what ever.
The title of the thread “Can I reach 1,500 by end of the year?”
The answer is clearly MAYBE
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The White pieces are how you win ( both are good I actually enjoy black more it is just a more tricky style being the 2nd move )games!
If Chess was an American Football Game, You would understand!
White pieces = Offense
Black pieces = Defense/offense you can attack to just less frequently
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If your Offensive is a hot mess, your going to get smoked.
sorta true bet the best defence is offense so if your good at defence offense come handy defence +offence=crush people
The White pieces are extremely important.
it is not all about who gets the first move there is another person playing !
@Post #32 & #33
Your posts are filled with intellectual dishonesty.
I’m giving your post a down vote for telling the OP these untrue statements.
Your just raising the OP hopes and putting her on a high pedestal!
Your just setting the OP up for a fall to watch her go splat like a bug on windshield.
That’s all your doing!
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I feel like I’m only one trying to actually help the OP.
The OP needs White openings for her 1.e4 move.
The OP needs to have an opening against the Big 4 common Black moves:
- 1…e5
- 1…c5
- 1…e6
- 1…c6
I don't have an opening half the time I play nonsense trust in her abilities your the one being "dishonest "you don't know how good she is it is best to assume she had the potential to do it 1500 by he end of the year is RESONABLE
Your just yapping she just had to get good and work really hard it is true that not everyone can do it but why be a pestimist
@Post #32 & #33
Your posts are filled with intellectual dishonesty.
I’m giving your post a down vote for telling the OP these untrue statements.
Your just raising the OP hopes and putting her on a high pedestal!
Your just setting the OP up for a fall to watch her go splat like a bug on windshield.
That’s all your doing!
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I feel like I’m only one trying to actually help the OP.
The OP needs White openings for her 1.e4 move.
The OP needs to have an opening against the Big 4 common Black moves:
- 1…e5
- 1…c5
- 1…e6
- 1…c6
I agree with you. You need to learn the openings very well. Only a tiny minority of suitably talented people will learn the game quickly and rise up the ratings. I went from 1200-2100 on rapid, and took me years and years and lots of hard work.
I would recommend learning one of every main line (that's what I did ) but figure out the rest of the theory yourself it is more fun if you don't study study study
Tyler 1 reached 1900 in a year he knows no openings he just played way to much positional understanding Trump's opening understanding anyday (prove me wrong lol )
Actually if you want to reach 1500 rapid by the end of the year I think some type of coaching would be helpful if you can have someone else analyze major positional errors and get practice games against 2100+ that should be really helpful (everyone learns differently I don't know why @Compadre_J is angry) some improve fast some don't best to try to do it as fast as possible if you fail it sucks but learn from your mistakes and try again next year ! Everyone's different some learn better with studying openings other like positional play I wouldn't assume that it takes years to reach 2000 because plenty of people do it in a year or less it is super rare I also wouldn't assume that you would reach it with no hard work at all assume it will be hard 100% it will take allot of time and effort
Yes, of course. Just keep training sincerely.
@Post #39
I am not upset.
I think people need to be realistic about the situation the OP is in.
The OP said they have been playing chess for 4 years.
- They study puzzles (2500 ranking)
- They study advanced endgames
- They watch online lessons
- They have common knowledge with most openings their opponents might play
Despite all of the above the OP can’t break above 1230.
This is what they have said
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I come to the thread and read people suggests on how to improve.
Guess what some said? Not everyone, but few people said:
- Study Puzzles
- Do Tactical Tasks
Don’t you think the OP needs to do something different?
4 years it hasn’t worked - The OP needs to do something different.
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I asked the OP what openings they play.
The OP has no white openings.
Telling the OP to get openings is something different which might actually bring the OP out of their slow progress situation.
I did look at a couple of the games and she doesn't really have any openings mmowlege BUT knowing from friends who actually study (1200s btw) they are worse in the opening then she is think she needs to try to play openings where she has the most opening knowledge(positional knowledge not theory) so "having a an opening base " is kind of uslees if you don't know how to play it which 1200s don't know how to play said openings so it makes it useless (mostly )
Best openings to gain positional knowledge
,1.queens gambit /Catalan
2.french
3.atalian
4.learning counter measures against e4 e5 bf6 (I think prob wrong opening )
How I learned openings was looking at gm games and stockfish "studying " is learning things like gambits which can be fun
She should 100% look at top level gm games out of everything I think that was the most useful for me
Can we agree that if the OP continues doing the same approach they will not reach 1500?
4 years with same chess approach hasn’t got the OP 1500.
Doing another year of same stuff isn’t going to help either.
They need to do something different!
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The only person who seems to agree with me was Post 36!
2 different people are clearly seeing the same thing!
Is that not a weird to you?
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A person playing chess for 4 years with no white opening isn’t normal!
Even when I was a beginner, I knew what I wanted to play with in first couple months of learning the game. It really makes no sense!
Hello, everyone. I have been playing chess for about 4 years now. I have a good amount of knowledge of the game, including advanced endgames and most theory for the common openings. I made this account last year top after deleting my old one because I wanted to really delve into chess. I have 2500 puzzle rating and a highest rapid of 1230. I want to know if you think I can accomplish 1500 rapid by Dec31, 2024. What tips can you offer?
I play puzzles, games, watch online lessons and receive tips from Issac Snow, who is in the top three strongest players in my state.
Let me know what you think? (Keep in mind that I’m young and learn easier. No offense to the older players trying to learn.)
definitely
You can actually get if you put your mind
@43
"if the OP continues doing the same approach they will not reach 1500?" ++ Yes
"4 years with same chess approach hasn’t got the OP 1500." ++ He is doing something wrong.
"Doing another year of same stuff isn’t going to help either." ++ Indeed.
"They need to do something different!" ++ Yes
"A person playing chess for 4 years with no white opening isn’t normal!"
++ That does not matter at all.
He does not win or lose because of the opening but because of tactical errors.
As white he can play one of his black defenses in reverse.
IM Basman even as white opened 1 h3, 2 a3 at master level in classical time control.
Not that I recommend that,
but just pointing out the opening does not matter and even less as white.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1026344
I domt think the op is doing something wrong necessarily sometimes people improve slowly until 1400+ they happened to me besides if they started at 800 and went to 1300 in four years I think depending on how hey approach it they can reach 1500-2000 in w year the hardest part is learning he fundamentals after that it's just getting good
They have the potential to do 2000 in a year they just need to approach it the right way
The hardest part if figuring that out hey might be doing something wrong they might not
It's not all about elo they might be stuvk at 1200 but have 1600 understanding
Learn and apply the most important principles of chess.
Always blunder-check your moves.
Solve tactics in the right way.
Analyze your games.
Study games of strong players.
Learn how to be more psychologically resilient.
Work on your time management skills.
Get a coach if you can.
yes