can someone give some advice on how to advance to 1500


1st is that Too many people focus on the rating and when they focus on the rating they play much worse.
2nd is the mental part like removing distractions, your opponent’s elo so put it on focus mode so that you can’t see your opponent’s elo, and after every blunder you should try to forget the blunder and keep playing or rest.
3rd is too identify your weaknesses and try to improve at them like if you keep blundering then find a way to fix that and that goes for every other part of chess. Wile you review a game here are questions to ask. Did I make a mistake in the opening? What mistake did I or the opponent make, and what did I miss? things you might have missed are free pieces, tactics, and weaknesses. For super new players you should first check the meanings of chess terms and learn basic principles in the opening and then learn how to make a plan and blunder check your moves and your opponent’s to see blunders from both sides. Search up practical and theoretical endgames to learn them.


The answer is simple to advance to 1500 or higher you need to have good tactical game, tactics are the key, recognising if your opponents have made a bad move and how to take control, openings are least important. Books I would recommend a great little pocket book called ( Chess Training Pocket Book by Lev Alburt) you can still pick them up on Ebay!