Taking a break can help if you’re feeling burned out with chess. But I don’t see how that in itself will improve your play. At your rating you’ve reached the point where opponents at your strength are not beating themselves. You need to study how to win against staunch opposition. Serious study of chess books is in order: handling typical pawn structures, advanced endgame play, positional evaluation, technique for converting advantages to wins, etc.
The above is based on analysis of my own experience, which is similar to yours though with much longer breaks from the game. I don’t mean to be presumptuous in my recommendations and hope they will be helpful. They reflect what I am trying to do at this point. Best wishes for your success.
Hello, I am a 1900 USCF player, and I've been playing for about 6 years now. I have found that I often have a hard time improving. The more I play, the less I get better. Over the years I have played for about 6 months (obsessively) and then stopped playing for 6 months to a year. When I came back to the game I found I was playing about 100 points higher than my previous leave in blitz/bullet. This cycle has repeated about 4 times. I'm wondering if its time for another break. On my break I might try to read a couple chess books, but no online chess.
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Has anyone else improved by taking a break from chess, and at what rating did you find this strategy no longer helped your game?