Most importantly if you care about improving you need to work at it. It won't come automatically by playing a bunch of blitz/bullet. You need to play slow games because playing fast isn't going to teach you anything because you're not calculating deeply. You can only build good habits and repertoire by playing slowly and thinking as hard as you can on every move.
How can I achieve a high rating from where I am right now?
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Mar 17, 2017
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Tactics trainer, slow games, and looking at any free learning material on the internet that interests you. There's a lot of it. Just pick something by someone titled and go with it. Somewhere to start might include St. Louis chess club lectures on YouTube.
Most importantly if you care about improving you need to work at it. It won't come automatically by playing a bunch of blitz/bullet. You need to play slow games because playing fast isn't going to teach you anything because you're not calculating deeply. You can only build good habits and repertoire by playing slowly and thinking as hard as you can on every move.
Most importantly if you care about improving you need to work at it. It won't come automatically by playing a bunch of blitz/bullet. You need to play slow games because playing fast isn't going to teach you anything because you're not calculating deeply. You can only build good habits and repertoire by playing slowly and thinking as hard as you can on every move.
Mar 17, 2017
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#3
1700 in 9 months would be unusually fast. You could make a lot of improvement with a few hours a day, but 700 or 900 points is a lot. That's usually going to take a few years.
Limit speed games, play mainly longer games, 15 minutes (or more) for each side.
Play games (and analyze them afterwards)
Study (books, videos, that sort of thing)
Watch stronger players play (chessgames.com or even youtube titled players doing blitz)
Drills (do tactic exercises, preferably from a book)
Avoid memorizing a lot of opening moves. It's an easy way to feel like you've accomplished something without actually accomplishing much, and it wont help your rating. But do learn (and strictly apply) opening principals, and do look at a lot of games to get ideas for the openings you play. Trying to copy things you've seen in games is fine. Sitting down to memorize a list of moves is not.
Mar 17, 2017
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#4
Hey, Brycky15. ChessNetwork on YouTube is a great teacher, especially for newcomers to the game looking to get serious. Not just tactics, but mate puzzles helped me a lot. You can get apps that have nothing but mate in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 puzzles and these will help you to see checkmates that you might not've seen before. Others will have good advice. These helped me
The_Chin_Of_Quinn wrote:
1700 in 9 months would be unusually fast. You could make a lot of improvement with a few hours a day, but 700 or 900 points is a lot. That's usually going to take a few years.
Limit speed games, play mainly longer games, 15 minutes (or more) for each side.
Play games (and analyze them afterwards)
Study (books, videos, that sort of thing)
Watch stronger players play (chessgames.com or even youtube titled players doing blitz)
Drills (do tactic exercises, preferably from a book)
Avoid memorizing a lot of opening moves. It's an easy way to feel like you've accomplished something without actually accomplishing much, and it wont help your rating. But do learn (and strictly apply) opening principals, and do look at a lot of games to get ideas for the openings you play. Trying to copy things you've seen in games is fine. Sitting down to memorize a list of moves is not.
Is 1100 to 1500 by December reasonable, assuming I started Chess 4 months ago? And let's say, 2 hours of chess a day.
Mar 17, 2017
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JGRenaud wrote:
The_Chin_Of_Quinn wrote:
1700 in 9 months would be unusually fast. You could make a lot of improvement with a few hours a day, but 700 or 900 points is a lot. That's usually going to take a few years.
Limit speed games, play mainly longer games, 15 minutes (or more) for each side.
Play games (and analyze them afterwards)
Study (books, videos, that sort of thing)
Watch stronger players play (chessgames.com or even youtube titled players doing blitz)
Drills (do tactic exercises, preferably from a book)
Avoid memorizing a lot of opening moves. It's an easy way to feel like you've accomplished something without actually accomplishing much, and it wont help your rating. But do learn (and strictly apply) opening principals, and do look at a lot of games to get ideas for the openings you play. Trying to copy things you've seen in games is fine. Sitting down to memorize a list of moves is not.
Is 1100 to 1500 by December reasonable, assuming I started Chess 4 months ago? And let's say, 2 hours of chess a day.
Do you have a terrible sickness? Why is December so important? 
1100 to 1500 is possible by December, but it wouldn't be common. Don't let it discourage you if you're not 1500 by then. If you stay interested in chess, and keep learning, then you'll get there.
Mar 17, 2017
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#8
1500 by December should be fairly reasonable if you put in a couple hours a day.
Mar 17, 2017
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#9
It also depends on the time control. Not all chess.com ratings are the same. People almost universally have lower ratings in blitz and bullet than they do for rapid and daily.
Oh no I was just curious on where I could expect to end up on year one of chess. I fully intend, if all things go according to plan (not that they ever do) to continue my studies and reach as high as possible, regardless of how many years it takes.
I'll be playing 55|5 time control, OTB, USCF. I'm 1118 after 7 games of provisional, 4 Wins 3 Losses.
The "problem" at my Chess Club is after moving out of the U1150 division, all my opponents are ~1500, so even a draw would be nice but unlikely.
Possibly of interest:
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
Back to Basics: Tactics by Dan Heisman (2007)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233537/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review585.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
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/openings-for-amateurs/
https://www.mongoosepress.com/excerpts/OpeningsForAmateurs%20sample.pdf
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
Seirawan stuff
http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf
http://www.nystar.com/tamarkin/review1.htm
Mar 17, 2017
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#12
Possibly of interest:
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
Back to Basics: Tactics by Dan Heisman (2007)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233537/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review585.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
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/openings-for-amateurs/
https://www.mongoosepress.com/excerpts/OpeningsForAmateurs%20sample.pdf
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
Seirawan stuff
http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf
http://www.nystar.com/tamarkin/review1.htm
The best advice I can give you is this...
Every single move you make has to be not the best move possible (although it would be great if it was) but at least better than your opponents. Chess is a game of mistakes - if your opponent makes a mistake, even by losing a pawn or a positional disadvantage, he stands the chance of losing. And vice versa.
Learn good strategy, learn at least one opening for black and one for white. Try to understand the basic principles of chess - pins, forks, end game theory, skewers, mating positions, etc. Try to understand when you need to defend and when you need to attack.
I agree that blitz games won't teach you very much. You need to hone those neurons to form good habits. The more you understand the better you'll be prepared for both slow and fast games. Try to play people who are better than you and learn from them. See what it is that they do to win (this is how I learned - I had a friend who must have beaten me 500 times before I beat him just once. Now he can't ever beat me).
Don't get obsessed with it - some people take it to an extreme and they literally live chess. Great if you want to be world champion but you have a life - don't waste it on a game.
The most important thing to remember - don't make mistakes, punish your opponents for making them.
https://www.youtube.com/user/STLChessClub
This will increase your chess understanding a lot.Hey, Brycky15. ChessNetwork on YouTube is a great teacher, especially for newcomers to the game looking to get serious. Not just tactics, but mate puzzles helped me a lot. You can get apps that have nothing but mate in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 puzzles and these will help you to see checkmates that you might not've seen before. Others will have good advice. These helped me
1700 in 9 months would be unusually fast. You could make a lot of improvement with a few hours a day, but 700 or 900 points is a lot. That's usually going to take a few years.
Limit speed games, play mainly longer games, 15 minutes (or more) for each side.
Play games (and analyze them afterwards)
Study (books, videos, that sort of thing)
Watch stronger players play (chessgames.com or even youtube titled players doing blitz)
Drills (do tactic exercises, preferably from a book)
Avoid memorizing a lot of opening moves. It's an easy way to feel like you've accomplished something without actually accomplishing much, and it wont help your rating. But do learn (and strictly apply) opening principals, and do look at a lot of games to get ideas for the openings you play. Trying to copy things you've seen in games is fine. Sitting down to memorize a list of moves is not.Tactics trainer, slow games, and looking at any free learning material on the internet that interests you. There's a lot of it. Just pick something by someone titled and go with it. Somewhere to start might include St. Louis chess club lectures on YouTube.
Most importantly if you care about improving you need to work at it. It won't come automatically by playing a bunch of blitz/bullet. You need to play slow games because playing fast isn't going to teach you anything because you're not calculating deeply. You can only build good habits and repertoire by playing slowly and thinking as hard as you can on every move.
should help
Mar 18, 2017
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#13
2Q1C wrote:
The_Chin_Of_Quinn wrote:
It also depends on the time control. Not all chess.com ratings are the same. People almost universally have lower ratings in blitz and bullet than they do for rapid and daily.
Wrong the OP of this thread has good blitz bad daily. https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/rip-yuri
Some people are just better at faster games.
1300 daily is nearly a beginner. 2000 blitz is roughly 2000 OTB. There's something going on like he lets his kid play daily games on that account while he plays blitz.
I could, for example, have 1000 daily games going at once, spend only 5 seconds for each move, and still have a daily rating over 1300.
What is your current rating strength @ OP?
Mar 18, 2017
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#16
depends on ur diet too, u are what u eat.
400 ratings points per year wont happen unless youve read a bunch of books.
n u have to be careful what you read too some of the books out their are terrible for ur chess.
"the tao of chess" i recommend for you.
Mar 18, 2017
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#17
The_Chin_Of_Quinn wrote:
2Q1C wrote:
The_Chin_Of_Quinn wrote:
It also depends on the time control. Not all chess.com ratings are the same. People almost universally have lower ratings in blitz and bullet than they do for rapid and daily.
Wrong the OP of this thread has good blitz bad daily. https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/rip-yuri
Some people are just better at faster games.
1300 daily is nearly a beginner. 2000 blitz is roughly 2000 OTB. There's something going on like he lets his kid play daily games on that account while he plays blitz.
I could, for example, have 1000 daily games going at once, spend only 5 seconds for each move, and still have a daily rating over 1300.
Over 1600, I'm pretty sure. Daily ratings are massively massively inflated up to like 1800-1900s, where the hill suddenly gets steeper and steeper all the way up.
Being as young as you are, it IS possible. That's not to say it will likely happen, but with the right teacher or coach, motivation and dedication on your part, it could happen. Tactics, tactics, tactics. Study your own games, win, lose or draw, go over all of them. Find a coach or even just a player a few hundred points higher than you that's willing to help. There's plenty that are willing to here.
Hello everyone! I'm fairly new at chess (I used to play when I was 7-9 and then I stopped playing it, I'm 13 now). I was wondering if there were any recommendations or any special things I could do to achieve a rating of 1700 (in all modes) by the end of this year. I have about 14 hours a week to get better (1-2 hours on weekdays, 3-4 hours on weekends) and in 2 months I will be able to study probably 21 hours during summer break.
Thank you for any responses!
P.S. I'm currently starting to read Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, I'm doing the Chess.com lessons, and I've been doing a little bit of ChessTempo tactics.