Can I reach 1500 online rapid by the end of the year?

Looking at your play I think you were just on tilt. It happens to everyone.

Grind through the tilt lol and untilt

yes

Okay. I’m back at 1275 now, so partially untitling

@Post #68

I have put my Endgame study on hold for now.

I am currently working on a few new openings.

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I have been stuck on reaching 2200 rating.

I have never reached 2200 on any chess site, yet.

I think studying Endgames will help me finally break into 2200 range.

However, I have prolonging the study because I think it will be Embarrassing/Bad if I reach 2200 right now.

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I have reached 2100 and I have faced Title players, but I have never played Classical Chess.

I think it would be Embarrassing to reach 2200 and not know how to play 1…e5 or 1…d5.

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I think when a person reaches 2200 they become a chess role model and lower level players look up to those people and want to learn or get advice from them.

It would be pretty sad if I got 2200 and little kid was to walk up and ask me for advice in a Slav line and I had no response because I never played it before in my life. LOL

I have played KID & Gruenfeld for the majority of my chess career vs. 1.d4.

I have faced title players with those lines and they games are very sharp.

I lose more than I win vs. Title players, but the games are always wild and amazing.

But yeah I think I need to learn Classical chess.

I like to learn one main line of every opening but not study it cause I don't trust stockfish

The only opening I don't know how to play against is the carokan all the other openings ik how to play against (most)

You should learn opening snusy don't focus on them endgame more important Magnus is #1 specifically cause he's good at endgame

@Post #78

Keep in mind, The OP is 1300 and I’m closer to 2100

The OP needs to study opening because it’s clear by looking at his Statistics his opening knowledge has a lot of holes were his opponents are stealing points from him.

I already have a repertoire with a series of opening I play and have already studied.
I know some of my openings 20 moves deep well past the opening into middle game were I have already studied what I’m supposed to do in middle game. 
The area I am actually weak in is my endgames that’s where a stronger player vs. me can begin to outshine or get an edge against me.

Do you see what I’m saying now?

Exclamation mark on opening + middle game, but not end game.

I will get their. It takes time.

We have to do 1 phase at a time.

- Opening Phase

- Middle Game Phase

- End Game Phase

"Keep in mind, The OP is 1300 and I’m closer to 2100

The OP needs to study opening because it’s clear by looking at his Statistics his opening knowledge has a lot of holes were his opponents are stealing points from him."

"I already have a repertoire with a series of opening I play and have already studied.
I know some of my openings 20 moves deep well past the opening into middle game were I have already studied what I’m supposed to do in middle game. 
The area I am actually weak in is my endgames that’s where a stronger player vs. me can begin to outshine or get an edge against me."

I don't know any openings past move 5(maybe move 10 max)💀and I'm a 2000 and somehow higher rated(that doesn't really matter tho)

@Post #80

Your forgetting 1 very important thing Bigchessplayer665.

The moves you know in a chess opening also depends on the lines you play.

You might not know moves past move 5, but you might be playing a very laid back opening.

Some openings require a higher level of opening move depth in order to not get checkmated.

I play sharp lines:

- Sicilian Nadjorf - Poison Variation

Try playing the Poison Pawn Variation against a Title Player while only knowing 5 opening moves. You will get slaughtered.

You can’t wing these very sharp lines.

You actually have to know what your doing in order to give yourself a chance for a playable middle game.

- King’s Indian Defense

- Gruenfeld

Do you think you can take on a Gruenfeld by only knowing 5 opening moves.

Pieces are flying everywhere.

Pieces are hanging all over the place.

Everything is being attacked and counter attacked.

And no one has bloody clue who is winning that’s the type of games I like.

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In addition, The Grunfeld features bizarre Queen Material Imbalance!

The Grunfeld is only line from my experience which has these weird lines.

You will trade a Queen for 3 Minor pieces

or

You will trade a Queen for 1 Minor Piece + 1 Rook + 1 Pawn

It has some of the most unorthodox material imbalance that I have ever seen.

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So yeah - you have to factor the above into situation.

A person doesn’t have to know tons of opening moves in a London vs. Sicilian.

Doesn’t mean a person is a bad or good player.

It just means the line they are playing might not be as sharp or theoretical.

True but I do better in sharp lines against higher rated players I can't win in the solid ones tho

@Post #82

What opening do you play as white?

What opening do you play against 1.e4 as Black?

What opening do you play against 1.d4 as Black?

White I play e4 and d5 (whatever I feel like) sometimes queens gambit ,Italian, so on

Black i try to play the main line if I know it for the counter to each opening

I am 1504 now. Spot me the extra 10 days and I made it lol

I did it in 2 months, yes

Who asked?

Rooster reached 1500!

Congratulation's!!!!

How did Rooster do it?

Rooster robbed points from the Sicilian Players!

Sicilian Players went from winning 70% of the time

(67% to be accurate)

Down to an all time low of 40%
(41% to be accurate)

We are talking about a whopping 30% Swing

Rooster, clearly, found an opening line they are comfortable with against the Sicilian.

Rooster beat down those Sicilian players and stole their points & lunch money.

It is a massive success for sure!

Good Job Rooster!

I think you can, watching and reading games could help you as well. I was playing really good few years back but forgot playing a bit after taking a break for a few years.

Thank you very much. I did take your advice and seek a weapon to turn the table vs the Sicilian players.

Now that you have momentum on your side, It’s time to reach 1,800 chess rating.

The next phase of attack is 3 part:

1) Your rating increased a lot because King Pawn & Sicilian are very popular and you found good weapons to deal with them.

Your next objective is to start beating down the less popular lines such as Caro Kan, French, and Scandy.

Your win rate is good with Caro Kan.

Your win rate isn’t good against French or Scandy.

Now is the time to crack down on those openings and start Robbing all those free rating points.

2) Next, you want to add in a Godlike opening to your repertoire.

The 2 all time Godlike openings are Ruy Lopez or Queen Gambit.

You want to pick at least 1 of them.

This introduction will allow you to punish less experienced players making it difficult for less experienced players from being able to rob your points.

3) The last thing you want to do is optional

It depends on if your type of player who does rematches.

If you like doing Best of 3 or Best of 5 Matches with other players online.

Than I would recommend doing my 3rd tip.

If you don’t like rematching players, Than you could ignore my 3rd tip. If your type of player that plays 1 game, than moves to next player with no rematches ever. Than yeah this isn’t really applicable.

So my 3rd tip is to Find 1 open which is Weird, Strange, or Shocking.

The opening can be total trash as long as it playable.

You want to use this opening as secret weapon to complete shock your opponent in a Best of 3 or Best of 5.

Your opponent might think your playing a different line and they might try to anticipate what your doing and so by doing a crazy change up.

It can completely shift momentum of a match or even be so jarring that it helps you win that final game.

If you have intense battle with a player and score is 2-2 for example, the winner will be 5th game.

Having that hidden line in your back pocket can really help you seal the match.

I never offer rematches. Ever. Thanks for the other two tips.