Yes, I play the Nimzo-Indian, but with white, I play the London which is solid. I'm specializing in few openings (bogo, nimzo, french and London).
I mostly do tactical exercises.
How does a 1700 player improve?
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Step 1. Ask Chess.com forums how to get better. CHECK!
Step 2. Read boring books and waste a lifetime studying....
yes, reading books is helpful, but the chess.com forums sometimes don't give you much feedback.
zizgz wrote:
yes, reading books is helpful, but the chess.com forums sometimes don't give you much feedback.
You are in the forums already...
Defense is pretty bad.
I've reached 1700 FIDE Elo rating (a little more to be precise) and I wonder what is the best way to progress from here.
It seems that I know a little of everything in chess (openings, middlegame plans, tactics, endgames) but I don't excel in any. My calculation is ok, but it fails when the positions get very complicated or the lines to calculate are longer.
Currently, I practice tactics every day and I'm improving my repertoire and specializing in some lines.
I play OTB all rhythms but online I play mostly blitz and bullet.
There's an element of patience and fun to this: I don't have the patience and energy to go deeper into my study. It is difficult for someone with a busy life to enter the study mood that a thoughtful study requires. But probably that is the only way.