You do own a chess set, don't you?
Notice I said nothing about blitz.
Getting worse despite thousands of games and watching chess videos
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Dec 29, 2016
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Get out your chessboard and play over 500 games, preferably starting with the games of Paul Morphy.
You do own a chess set, don't you?
Notice I said nothing about blitz.
You do own a chess set, don't you?
Notice I said nothing about blitz.
A member for almost 2.5 years.
1,500+ bullet/blitz games.
0 long time control games.
23 tactics.
21 Chess Mentor Lessons.
1 guess as to why youre not improving.
Dec 29, 2016
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Diakonia wrote:
A member for almost 2.5 years.
1,500+ bullet/blitz games.
0 long time control games.
23 tactics.
21 Chess Mentor Lessons.
1 guess as to why youre not improving.
Okay I'll do more tactics. But don't make it look as though all I do is play games. I watched videos on opening theory tactics etc. It's not like I've only been playing games without looking at anything else. Chess.com is not everything
Games and getting experience is one thing, but you have to learn something new if you want your rating to increase. This can be a new opening, new tactical motives, or just some strategy. The important thing is that you keep playing and learning something new, not just only playing.
Obviously you don't absorb material very well through videos alone. Grab a book and a board.
"..., you have to make a decision: have tons of fun playing blitz (without learning much), or be serious and play with longer time controls so you can actually think. ..." - IM Jeremy Silman (June 9, 2016)
I'm not sure what "ten minute" means, but I suspect that many would believe that there is not enough opportunity for actually thinking.
Possibly helpful:
Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/7192.pdf
Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev (1965)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/
Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (1949)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf
Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014)
http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html
Chess Endgames for Kids by Karsten Müller (2015)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-endgames-for-kids/
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Chess_Endgames_for_Kids.pdf
A Guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman (2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105628/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review781.pdf
Tabzx wrote:
Diakonia wrote:
A member for almost 2.5 years.
1,500+ bullet/blitz games.
0 long time control games.
23 tactics.
21 Chess Mentor Lessons.
1 guess as to why youre not improving.
Okay I'll do more tactics. But don't make it look as though all I do is play games. I watched videos on opening theory tactics etc. It's not like I've only been playing games without looking at anything else. Chess.com is not everything
You are doing some things correctly. But the playing nothing but bullet/blitz, and no long time control games isnt going to allow you to improve, allow you to utilize what youre learning, or allow you to fully understand what youre trying to learn.
When you learned how to read. Did you start with speed reading?, or did you start with the basics?
I was around 1100 last week but have now dropped to below 1000 in 10 minute. I have over 1000 games played. I watched all the beginner chess fundamentals videos by John Bartholomew on Youtube plus many more. I don't see how it is possible that I can invest hours and hours into this game but instead of seeing an improvement I've actually gotten worse. Why is this happening and how do I actually improve.