HEY NOOBS! Forget Openings, Study Tactics (The right way)

Funny thing is I should be studying openings. I can't tell you the number of times I get crushed by weak players who trot out sharp gambits I've never looked at! Note to self - spend a weekend looking at gambits.

Strategy and positional play are everywhere. In fact move 1 e4 or d4 is already strategy. Tactics are servants of strategy. Tactics flow from the color with a superior position. 

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Yes noobs should study tactics mainly esp in early stage. However, I believe most NMs+ have a solid grasp of at least some opening theory, It depends on which part of the game you wanna focus on. I choose to focus much more on opening and middlegame since most games seem to be determined from those stages, if you get a +2 advantage the endgame should be easier, I'd prefer that instead of hoping to get my advantage back in the endgame by investing more time in studying endgames. Endgames shouldn't be ignored though, they're very important too I study the endgames from my real games.

Noobs that will only study tactics will stay noobs. I  improved drastically when I started to study openings. 

 a 1600 rated player can be 1800 type in tactics/middlegame/strategy,1600 in opening and 1400 in endgames.this is where the coaches help I guess.

finally another someone that got high because they studied openings!

I am not that high rated. At least I got out of the noob zone. 

“I am not that high rated”

is rated 2170 

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But you are rated 2200. I aim for 2300 rapid. Blitz I can not get it up due to my slow internet connection.

Same here, connection issues

The title says "HEY NOOBS!" And the person in the comment above...

thanks for the information as im new to chess

Watermelon 

This is cool and all, but the question is. Who are you talking about? There is literally 50-100 people trying to give random advice on here. And some newbie would probably have trouble deciphering what is good advice in this silly thread. 

Watermelon 

ok

OP advice doesnt work with everyone. For example, Im rated 2200 in tactics but only 1250-1300 in blitz/rapid.

Something is really missing in my game knowledge, and it is not tactics.

That's only because Chess.com tactics ratings are inaccurate. If you do them on chess tempo you'll end up with 1500-1600 for example.

Or if you do tactics battle here you'll end up 1300ish.