how far can determination take him ?

Hey gus my nephew just started playing chess about 2months ago and has lost to some player rated 1000somethinback when he only knew 2 weeks worth of chess and even though this seems very logical that he should have lost he feels just detroyed by it . He's reached a rating of 398 just from learning the fools mate, scholars mate and  the 2 rooks and 1 rook v lone king mate and I wanted know what are his chances of actuall reaching a 700ish rating in 3months ( net meeting with the 1000 player) ?

It shouldn't take more than a few more days to get into the 700s, even if he has no talent at all.

Well, I know they say tactics tactics tactics, but I am still a bit skeptic.  Teach him an opening that will open the lines, however, like the Center Game, the Danish Gambit, etc...and then show him some good places to get his pieces out.  I think even the Evans might be more complex than the straightforward Danish, or the Goring Gambit too.  There are lots of Gambits like that, where White sacks his d-pawn, maybe his c-pawn too...hey, who needs a b-pawn anyway? :-)

 I'll try that so far he only knows the Italian game and french defense just from memorizing when i asked him a few questions its clear he knows little to no idea  about either one.

ketchuplover: he learned how to play cause my brother taught him and as for materials he  usually has me or my brother to coach him sometimes and he just look over countless of online games played by non pros (amatures) copying and pasting everymove to some word document. (doesn't know any notation yet sadly but at one tournament he just copied off what his opponent wrote after the game.

CM, I would teach him 1. e4, and get his pieces out quick.  If he sees a french, maybe the 3. Nc3 french.

ssure but I dont want to discourage him by instantly dropping all this chess study on him cause as of now he'sstarting to see the game as not being to fun which is crucial in my oppinion to someone just starting out.

I think a big secret to it is just playing the game, and seeing if he likes it.  Teach him little at a time, you know...

how old is he?

11

Why?  Do you have a bet going on it or something?

no we just help eachother like that. Quite a few members of my family play chess and play it competitevly to.

Play a game with him, notating it, and then go back over the game with him. Point out some areas where he could improve. In the opening worry about the basics; center control, developing pieces, early castling.

Point out any places where tactics were missed or where he may have had opportunities to improve his position. You can also allow take-backs; what I like to do in that circumstance is to allow the move and have him try to figure out what your reply would be based on what he just moved. Often that is enough to notice that a piece was hung, for example. If he doesn't see why the move was bad, show him the continuation and then allow the take-back.

Once you have played over a few games, reiterating things that you notice are missing in his play, you will likely notice things he might be able to improve on. Also, be sure to congratulate him when he does well and follows opening principles or remembers something you told him, especially if he doesn't follow them now.

We had a new player come to our club recently and that's what I tried to do. His second game against me was a lot better than his first. Young kids, if they have a genuine interest, will improve quickly and it is likely he'll be beating the 1000 rated kid in no time.

I do do  all of that the problem is I only get to go visit every now and then and only just recently  have I  been going over there every weekend but usually me and my brother have training seesions with each other during the weekend (we both in the same rating class 1579/1488)

Are there any other people that can play with him like that?

Consistent playing, learning to lose and learning as much as you can from the losses are needed too. Again, it won't take much to get him strong enough, if he truly enjoys it and does a little work.

Another thing that will help, is to provide him with some tactical puzzles every time you get the chance and have him play over those and then go over them with you, or another player. Most games, especially true at that level, are won and lost on tactics (and hung pieces) and that really will go a long way towards improvement.

he knows of some websites on tactic and theres a club at his school so I think he'll get far if he stays dedicated to those to things he'll do fine and he he recently got a chessboard for at home play aswell I think all these combines with dedication should give him a 400 or 500 boost in rating alone.