How to get 2000 Rapid… And Beyond?

I have been playing chess for 3.5 years and have gotten a rapid rating of 1850. My goal for the end of the month is to get 2000 rapid. And my question to ya’ll is how do I get there? Do I just play games? Do I do puzzles? Read books? Watch videos? Do Chessable courses? I will appreciate any responses. Cheers, JETINATE.

Grind but take breaks

chomp on hanging pieces

Strategic advantages/long-term advantages

Just keep attacking a weak pawn alot of times make the opponent defend it alot and then you create another weakness and since the opponent can’t put the defenses on both sides they will lose a pawn or be overpressured. A way you can make a pawn weakness which is either an isolated pawn or a backwards pawn, you can do a minority attack. A minority attack is when you(on the side not the center) have pawns that are less than the opponent’s on that side, but then you push the pawn/s(could be 1 or 2 both are equally effective, but one pawn is for the side with a hook and 2 is for the side that has no hook) and try to attack a hook pawn, but on the side where your opponent has no hook pawns minority attacks can take alot of your time so sometimes something else is better, and if your opponent gets counter play then you should not focus on the minority attack. What to do against a weakpawn is one more story. You need to attack it only a little bit then prepare your pieces to attack it again and make them focus their defenses on one side, but don’t autopilot or else you might get mated. If they unsuccessfully defend and they have no counter play it is mostly a free pawn, but if they defend then try to create another weakness and attack that. If you can’t within the first move of making a weakness try to set it up in some way. You could make a trade that ruins structure, stop backward pawns from pawn breaking by putting a piece on the square that it may pawn break, prevent them from making improvements by playing prophylactic moves, using tactical ideas to remove the defense of a pawn or just trading it off, attacking a pawn(weakness or not) and then switching sides that the opponent will have will have over extended the other side that makes more weaknesses, of course minority attack and baiting weakening moves. Don’t rush when you see a weakness. You need to add an attacker or 2, but not 3+ to make your opponent’s piece tied to the defense of the pawn and then improve your position so that you can attack it more. This will give initiative to your position leading to your pieces moving more freely and your opponent’s pieces won’t and this means that pawn weaknesses aren’t there to be captured, but to be a strategic advantage/long-term advantage.

square that it may pawn break, prevent them from making improvements by playing prophylactic moves, using tactical ideas to remove the defense of a pawn or just trading it off, attacking a pawn(weakness or not) and then switching sides that the opponent will have will have over extended the other side that makes more weaknesses, of course minority attack and baiting weakening moves. Don’t rush when you see a weakness. You need to add an attacker or 2, but not 3+ to make your opponent’s piece tied to the defense of the pawn and then improve your position so that you can attack it more. This will give initiative to your position leading to your pieces moving more freely and your opponent’s pieces won’t and this means that pawn weaknesses aren’t there to be captured, but to be a strategic advantage/long-term advantage.

I will try to make it shorter. These are the things that you focus on when you reach super Gm level and can’t do much. You need to try your best to make these weaknesses

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Weak squares and how to take advantage of them.

A weak square is one that can’t be controlled by an opposing pawn and is controlled by your pawn. Try to bait weakening moves to give you a weak square. Like a knight move forward and your opponent kicking it leading to a weak square. You want to put a piece(mostly the knight, but don’t put the pawn because the pawn does not do anything there) on a weak square. You should trade the defenders of that weak square off which includes all pieces except pawns(because it takes too long) and then put your knight there. For example the opposing bishop is the only one controlling that weak square so you need to trade it off so you may put a bishop there first trade the opposing bishop off then put your knight there.

Of course, playing games alone won't do. So, continue solving puzzles as you have done till this point; in case you haven't, start doing it. Fix a schedule: say 5 minutes for puzzles daily plus 30 minute training sessions on 2 days per week. I recommend puzzle rush survival mode rather than timed one for puzzles (unless you are using a specific training method such as wood pecker). I highly recommend picking a book or course suitable for you. My recommendations would be the following:
- Weteschnik's "Understanding Chess Tactics" (link to 2nd edition excerpt)
- Yusupov's 9-book series (the order in the list given here is the right order to read them)
- Carefully select one (or a few) ChessMood courses 
Best wishes.

Endgames endgames endgames

ur up 500 last year just keep doing what ur doing right now

chessly idk

dont do chessable not worth it honestly

Chess dojo also looks good (I haven't tried this myself; but I sense high quality from their videos in youtube).

only commenting for the achievement lol

I'm jist good at openings and always have better positions from the opening

do it all and do it everyday no breaks.

no not really

Just play but don’t grind and do puzzles.

You really just want to make beef right? Anyways I know my openings well

AlWays seems like an over statement