-Go over every single game you play that's slower (15 minutes per side and above ) with an engine, naturally, play a lot more of those, limit your blitz if for no other reason than to play more slower chess.
-Learn your opening by heart, but dont overkill it.
-go over Silman's endgame manual, probably all the endgame knowledge you will need.
-Do lots of chesstempo tactics, this is what made me jump from 1800 to 2200 fairly quickly. make sure you calculate every sideline, and if you got it wrong, see why your solution was wrong.
that's pretty much it. You can go over master games, do compositions, watch instructive videos on strategy etc, but this is all gravy.
Sorry for posting very late, but my question is kind of urgent. I lately realized that I might be somewhat decent at chess. I started around January 2022 without any knowledge of the game, got to 900 elo by March, quit for a few months, and started grinding in August 2022 and now I am 2000 rated without any coach or seriously dedicated studying.
What openings are recommended for 2000 rated people? I play e4 (Italian) as white or tromposky/london for d4. As black I play KID against d4 and caro khan against e4. Some people have said my openings are very different, which I don't understand. For example, caro khan players shouldn't play KID because KID is like a different style of play. Both openings work fine for me, but I want a more diverse opening repertoire. I have decent knowledge about middlegame understanding and I'm okay in endgames, but I do really struggle with time and I prefer longer time controls over shorter time controls.
Any suggestions? Goal: GM, that's it, then I'll quit
sorry, but you will never become a GM. according to FIDE there are more than 600 million chess players worldwide. in the history of FIDE they have endowed a totoal of 1742 GM titles. do the math.
-Go over every single game you play that's slower (15 minutes per side and above ) with an engine, naturally, play a lot more of those, limit your blitz if for no other reason than to play more slower chess.
-Learn your opening by heart, but dont overkill it.
-go over Silman's endgame manual, probably all the endgame knowledge you will need.
-Do lots of chesstempo tactics, this is what made me jump from 1800 to 2200 fairly quickly. make sure you calculate every sideline, and if you got it wrong, see why your solution was wrong.
that's pretty much it. You can go over master games, do compositions, watch instructive videos on strategy etc, but this is all gravy.