Stop worrying about ratings. Every time I see one of these threads I wonder if the person loves chess or just their rating number.
How long were you stuck at ~1300?
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Dec 5, 2023
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Dimifridge wrote:
It surely is, trying to break 1300 isnt as easy, I was stuck at around 1200 - 1300ish for about 3 - 4 months, sometimes I get a burn out but thats normal, take a rest for a day or two and get back to chess again, most important thing is to enjoy the game.
I just took a look at your games, it seems like you play moves so fast, its a rapid game, take your time. And if i see, you play a lot of bullet, dont play bullet, it doesn't improve your chess, it will just make it worse. Its better to play blitz 3 min or 3+2 to train your speed.
here's a few tips for you to break 1300
- Play puzzles, its max 3 a day, if youre not premium, and if youre premium play atleast 15, not more not less. Take as long as you want, but make sure to get it all right.
- Review your games, after every game do this.
- Learn a few of new openings, at least master 2 openings from white and 2 openings from black
I hope this can help
Thanks so much for the reply! The bullet is more screwing around just for fun. When I'm playing seriously, I play 10 minutes games. But that might not be long enough either.
Dec 5, 2023
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Antonin1957 wrote:
Stop worrying about ratings. Every time I see one of these threads I wonder if the person loves chess or just their rating number.
I didn't mean to give the impression that all I care about is my rating. I don't. But if an increase in one's rating is an indicative of progress being made and overall improvement -- and I believe that it is -- then yeah, I'd like to see that number go up. I think that's perfectly fair and reasonable, don't you?
Best of luck, keep working hard, you will get there in no time (for me, I quickly advanced through 1300, but I had the same situation at 1000-1100 elo, where it seemed I have reached my peak) but it got to where it is in no time after I started watching Gotham Chess and Daniel Naroditsky’s speedruns..
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Dec 7, 2023
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Natu_Natu wrote:
Best of luck, keep working hard, you will get there in no time (for me, I quickly advanced through 1300, but I had the same situation at 1000-1100 elo, where it seemed I have reached my peak) but it got to where it is in no time after I started watching Gotham Chess and Daniel Naroditsky’s speedruns..
Thanks for the kind words, my friend! Love watching you play. Love watching Daniel Naroditsky play too.
I think my problem is that I play more than I study, and I concentrate on openings more than I concentrate on middle games and end games. I can usually get a pretty decent position out of the opening, but then I lose the advantage by outright making a bad move or simply making a number of imprecise moves that slowly lose the advantage until I've given it away.
In short, I think my problems are: (1) not studying enough, particularly middle games and endgames and (2) scattered thinking, not consistently looking for every check, capture, and threat.
Hello, everyone! I'm not necessarily looking for advice on "hOw dO i ImPrOvE?!" as I already know what getting better at chess entails: to figure out what mistakes you're making, and then to stop making them. (Easier said than done, of course.) I'm just wondering how long you were stuck at the 1300 level before breaking through to 1400 and on? It feels like I may never break 1400. Chess is tough.