How can I further improve? (expert opinion???)

Hello Everyone, Happy New Year!!! Hope everyone is fantastic. So, this topic is particularly addressed to experienced/accomplished chess players here in the community. But everyone is welcome to give their honest opinion. I joined chess.com around 3 months ago. My current Rapid rating is around 900. I have got platinum membership & I analyze almost every game I play. What I need help with is how I can further improve my game. I mean, yes puzzles & analysis helps a lot but I don't think I'm improving. Like, in puzzles I know there is a move there, I only have to find it and I can mate the opponent or win material. But in live games it's different. Also, sometimes in analysis, I don't understand how a certain move qualifies to be the best one. And honestly I'm kinda hanging in the limbo here. Sometimes I beat opponents with 1000+ rating but I lose to players with lower ratings as well. Can you guys please give me some pointers on how I can improve my game further. How did you guys reach where you are now? What approaches did you adapt that helped the most? Anything you guys can graciously tell would help a lot. Thank you! :)

^^ The OP asked for expert players. Not ideas pulled out of thin air.

Please try to be less insulting. I mentioned in my post that everyone is welcome to give their opinion.

In a nutshell… tactics flow from superior positions. If you opponent has been playing normally then do not waste time looking for tactics. But I’d they do weird stuff- then you should invest serious time.

When doing tactics you should take note of the various themes. I’d recommend going to the custom puzzles and doing a certain theme over and over again. The repetition will ingrain itself in your mind.

A good thing to do is invest in some books. Do you have any? 

Fromelotozero is actually incorrect on many accounts. Engines don’t play gambits, and for good reason. Copying engine lines over and over again is like working at a ford assembly line. You learn how to do what the engine says- but without someone to explain how it all fits in the bigger picture that’s all you’ll ever be able to do.

And considering that Mr Elo here claims that his father owns chess, i wouldn’t take anything he says seriously.

Another interesting thing I read on improving your chess: To make a list of mistakes. You go over each game you played and find every single mistake and categorize them. Was it time trouble? Was it because you were nervous? Or did you just forget his piece defended the square? You blundered in a bad position- but how did you get into the position anyways? I haven’t tested it out yet- but I’m in the process of doing so for my past six months of otb games. 

There are a few things that 1000-rated players need to work on in order to lift their game up to the 1600-mark:

1) Tactics. You say that you're satisfied with your progress there. Fine.

2) Situational awareness. Tactical ability is worthless if you're asleep at the switch and just allow the opportunity to pass by unnoticed.

3) Strategy and positional play. Tactics flow from a superior position, and if you lack the knowledge and ability to reach a superior position, the tactical opportunities will be few.

Try reading the first few pages of this thread and see if any of it looks useful:

GM Larry Evans' method of static analysis - Chess Forums - Chess.com

@fromELOtozero appears to be a brand new troll. Oh, goody!

There's no room in the Troll game for amateurs.

You need to play a few more thousand games that's all.  Keep up the good work. 

No I haven't really tried any books but I do watch youtube videos where they breakdown famous chess games. But I would love to checkout books, could you please recommend me any good ones?

That's a really good idea!

Personally two I like for beginners would be Logical chess by irving chernev and Art of Attack by Vladimir Vukovic. Both are also available as free pdfs if you dont want to spend money 

Thanks, mate. Will do. 

Great!! Thank you so much for taking your time to help me out. I really appreciate it!  

That's not a very effective way to study or improve your chess.

Bro

That's just not the way you normally learn

You study from books and video courses of chess

NOT the chess engines

Until you are a master, your opening repertoire is tactics, your middlegame strategy is tactics, and your endgame technique is tactics.

Looking at your games I see you have many good ideas. That's a good indicator that shows you have the potential to be a master. The only problem is that they are somewhat inconsistent. You often play excellent just to make a stupid mistake later on. I think that you'll inevitably improve quite fast just by keeping playing and analysing your games as you already do. Try reading chess books (plenty of recommendations online) and solve tactic puzzles. You'll be an excellent player over time!