An 800 on Chess.com is dfiferent than an 800 on f.ex gameknot correspondence chess. On this site an 800 is definitely intermediate, knowing quite a lot about amateur chess.
They know general opening principles (develop, develop, develop), general endgame technique (Lucena and Philidor), and they love tactical blows and fast checkmates. (forks, pins, discovered attacks, Anastasias mate, etc,etc)
Low rated players come in all forms, with all sorts of strengths. Thats why they're low rated. They arent masters at the game.
I am currently 832 rapid and the main issue i think 800-1000 face are blunders, being forked(non knight or pawn forks) and endgames. Also 1 thing you should never do is resign as you could still or maybe even win as one gome of mine i lost my queen but then my opponent blunderd a backrank mate so then i won. Also if you want to improve you should also start learning discoveries,sacrificies and other motifs. Also at theis stage you should start learning openings.
Shouldn't be blundering in one move 🤔
I disagree but ok....
Not good at all. End of story. Any 800 elo can easily reach 1000 with simple advice.
Not good at all. End of story. Any 800 elo can easily reach 1000 with simple advice.
I wouldn't say any 800....
ngl on my main account ım 500 but on my side account im 800
lol
im alsoo 871
I am almost 800 Elo, and I have recently developed a slightly annoying habit of not moving a piece until I check my opponent's control of that square. I think it's because I used to hang my queen a lot.
I'm about an 800 and I've been improving rapidly for the past few weeks, (from like 630 to 794), My advice is just to think deeply about the reason behind your move. If your reason is something shallow like "I'll move there because it threatens peice x" the reason is too shallow. You need something like, "I'll move piece y here, because if he takes then he'll double pawns and if he moves than he'll lose material." Sometimes, if you rushed you can't find a good reason which is why playing longer games is best for improving. I know this advice is kind of simple and you probably know it already, but I thought I'd share it, gl .
I'm about an 800 and I've been improving rapidly for the past few weeks, (from like 630 to 794), My advice is just to think deeply about the reason behind your move. If your reason is something shallow like "I'll move there because it threatens peice x" the reason is too shallow. You need something like, "I'll move piece y here, because if he takes then he'll double pawns and if he moves than he'll lose material." Sometimes, if you rushed you can't find a good reason which is why playing longer games is best for improving. I know this advice is kind of simple and you probably know it already, but I thought I'd share it, gl .
I'm now 1200 lol
I think that 800's have pretty good tactics and are heavily underestimated when it comes to gameplay. A lot of them know good tactics and average about 70-80% accuracy. They still show signs of needed improvement but I've seen some 700's doing advanced checkmate tactics, which could probably be due to puzzles. I've went from 190 to 731 in 4 months (2 months I took a break) and I can say that it's quite a difference. Not blundering peices is the number one tip, but I think that the transition from the middle game to the endgame might be up there too!
I took chess up again in June after taking a year off, completely off, after first learning in December 2022.
My playing style is mainly: neglect to really figure out a position before I move, then blunder.
Then I do things like play on, despite being over-tired, as the other day and go 3 for 22, more than losing the 140 pts it took me a month to gain, in about 30 hours
800 elo players are below average and pretty bad, missing a lot of checks and other things
800 ELO players are objectively well-above average according to the site's own percentile readout of the global average curve.