Hit a Brick Wall with improvement! - Chess Forums

Willdaniell123

Mar 4, 2018

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Hi, I'm fairly new to this website (and chess as a whole) but am putting in a lot of practice and am seeing slow progress in my understanding of the game. I analyse as many of my games as possible in as much depth as I can, yet I feel I have hit a brick wall with my game. I often have very close matches then just throw them away in the end game, but I understand how to get better in this aspect of the game. During the middle game I see myself constantly just trading pieces for no gain with the other player, how do you go about overcoming this? I have attached a game I am not proud of, but I feel exposes a lot of the stuff that is wrong with my game. I was playing this as black!

ESP-918

Mar 4, 2018

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Play higher rated players 950-1100 , you will loose 90% , but you will become so much stronger and improve in no time . Just try to observe how they play, their strategy, in other words what's the difference between say 11hundred play the way he plays and 700 rating player, OBSERVE.

kindaspongey

Mar 4, 2018

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pjr2468

Mar 4, 2018

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In the game posted, white would have been winning with 22.Re8+ am I right? With 23.a8=R or 23.a8=Q to follow up?

pjr2468

Mar 4, 2018

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#5

Or of course Qxa8 if Kxe8

torrubirubi

Mar 4, 2018

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Forget blitz for a while. Improve by playing Daily Chess, spending enough time in self-analysis before making a move in complex positions (2 or 3 hours).

Play only two games at once, one with black and one with white.

If you really want to improve, begin to learn regularly tactics and a basic opening repertoire. Basic stuff in endgame is also helpful.

You can train tactics here, but for openings and endgames try Chessable, where you learn using spaced repetition (saving time).

Good luck!

RetisRevenge

Mar 4, 2018

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torrubirubi wrote:

Forget blitz for a while. Improve by playing Daily Chess, spending enough time in self-analysis before making a move in complex positions (2 or 3 hours).

Play only two games at once, one with black and one with white.

If you really want to improve, begin to learn regularly tactics and a basic opening repertoire. Basic stuff in endgame is also helpful.

You can train tactics here, but for openings and endgames try Chessable, where you learn using spaced repetition (saving time).

Good luck!

This. Tactics study is one of the best forms of improvement from beginner all the way to master strength. Endgame study is also key, as it will show you how to win a won game, or even draw in a lost game if your opponent slips. Light opening study.. You need to know the plans of your chosen openings for both sides, but don't dive headlong into opening theory or you'll either a) get bored with it and quit the game or, b) dedicate too much time learning numerous lines not appropriate for your level and neglecting other studies that could seriously improve your game. Good luck.

torrubirubi

Mar 4, 2018

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RetisRevenge, you are absolutely right concerning learning numerous lines in openings and losing the motivation. This applies especially when learning with conventional books and databases. However, learning with Chessable is right different.

There you learn with spaced repetition and you have (or should ) review daily your lines. With some practice you lfind out how much new material you can learn without getting overwhelmed by too many reviews. The combination between learning by spaced repetition and by learning systematically will result in a highly efficient training. The funny thing is that the lines learned in Chessable are really learned. I know from people there who are able to review a whole repertoire with something like 95% or more of accuracy - a whole repertoire! This is the cool thing about spaced repetition.

In fact, in Chessable you can get the opening preparation of a titled player, even if you rated below 1800. This seems to be superfluous, but it is not: learning openings means also learn strategy and tactics which are specific to this opening.

BigChessplayer665

Jun 22, 2024

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Try watching Daniel nerodiskey or gothamchess both of them have pretty much been coaching their entire life if all else fails get a coach cause you seem stuck

Also try to just force your opponents to blunder they usually panic quickly at 800 elo make sure you don't get tunnel vision and hang all your pieces while doing it or course spotting free pieces is important

So ask yourself checks,captors,attacks (when your opponent plays a move to cause they do things )

One of the most important things is knowing what your opponent will most likely do as you can create a counter to it easier or if it is a blunder just let them do it instead