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aMazeMove

Jul 27, 2021

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#21

smarticecream wrote:

aMazeMove wrote:

In my experience, you just have to “overlast” your opponent in the 1700 range because they usually won’t blunder in the opening. Just like improve your pieces, find a plan and all that stuff, and they’ll probably crack somewhere, or at least make a mistake. Of course this stuff is easier for me than for you because I’m almost 600 point higher rated than 1700 and it’s definitely hard not to crack yourself

i always mess up in the middle game

Well, what is it? Tactics? Oversight? Time trouble? You need find out why you messed up.

smarticecream

Jul 27, 2021

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#22

aMazeMove wrote:

smarticecream wrote:

aMazeMove wrote:

In my experience, you just have to “overlast” your opponent in the 1700 range because they usually won’t blunder in the opening. Just like improve your pieces, find a plan and all that stuff, and they’ll probably crack somewhere, or at least make a mistake. Of course this stuff is easier for me than for you because I’m almost 600 point higher rated than 1700 and it’s definitely hard not to crack yourself

i always mess up in the middle game

Well, what is it? Tactics? Oversight? Time trouble? You need find out why you messed up.

I think its either I overlooked something or my position was gradually becoming really bad

aMazeMove

Jul 27, 2021

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#23

smarticecream wrote:

aMazeMove wrote:

smarticecream wrote:

aMazeMove wrote:

In my experience, you just have to “overlast” your opponent in the 1700 range because they usually won’t blunder in the opening. Just like improve your pieces, find a plan and all that stuff, and they’ll probably crack somewhere, or at least make a mistake. Of course this stuff is easier for me than for you because I’m almost 600 point higher rated than 1700 and it’s definitely hard not to crack yourself

i always mess up in the middle game

Well, what is it? Tactics? Oversight? Time trouble? You need find out why you messed up.

I think its either I overlooked something or my position was gradually becoming really bad

If it’s the latter, I think you really should at more strategic or positional books. And you also have to know what are the ideas/plans in the middle game after the opening.

alpha_zer000

Jul 28, 2021

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#24

Read Silmans Reassess your chess, helps a lot

jai_siya_ram123

Jul 28, 2021

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#25

I recomend to see video of levy rozman

smarticecream

Jul 28, 2021

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#26

Thank you!

smarticecream

Jul 28, 2021

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#27

I'm planning on changing the French to the Sicilian Najdorf, would that be a good choice

Chuck639

Jul 28, 2021

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#28

aMazeMove wrote:

little_guinea_pig wrote:

I think that it might be time to learn some more advanced positional concepts, e.g. pawn structures. This is a good place to start with them: https://simplifychess.com/pawn-structures/complete-guide-chess-pawn-structures/index.html

What do you consider your problem? Are you consistently getting good positions but find yourself unable to turn them into a win? You should grind tactics and study some endgames, a strong knowledge of those really helps.

Are you finding yourself in losing positions quickly? Then it's probably time to learn opening theory. Finding the right opening to play can really help.

And if you're losing because you just keep getting outplayed, then you definitely have to work on your positional game.

Something else that I'd advise: analyze all your games, and look through all the engine lines to try and understand WHY the engine recommends a certain move or why it doesn't like your move. That can be really helpful, especially at your level when you can understand why a move is good, but have trouble putting it into practice. In general, try to learn from your mistakes rather than just brushing them off.

Hope that helped!

This is right. You need to know where you are weakest and strongest. If let’s say that your not super good at tactics, then well there is only one obvious thing to do, work on your tactics or calculation. Let’s say you like and excel at slow strategic games. You can change your openings to fit your style, something like the Caro-kann. *note, this just an example

This was the solution in my case but not play the CK lol.

I have a set reportorial of opening and defences that I stick to because I enjoy the positions that I am getting.

I consider myself to be a slow player as well and by having a set reportorial or a little knowledge and theory, I was able to speed up my play especially in the opening and end game.

EnCroissantCheckmate

Jul 28, 2021

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#29

smarticecream wrote:

I have been stuck at 1600-1760 for over a year..

How to help

Ive been doing tactics on a daily basis and at least playing one game per day. I play 2 hours of chess a day but still see no progress in my rapid rating.

On every move, think about why your opponent played a certain move. Your opponent is usually not going to play a move for no reason. Spend about 30 seconds looking for checks and captures for both you and your opponent.

Also, if you find yourself, as a 1660 rated player, hanging a piece on move 6, for instance, then you know that you are probably on tilt. If you lose 5+ games in a row, I recommend you to stop playing for a couple of days.

Note: This is coming from a player rated 300+ points below you

krazeechess

Jul 28, 2021

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#30

smarticecream wrote:

I'm planning on changing the French to the Sicilian Najdorf, would that be a good choice

najdorf has a lot of theory and u need to stay commited to it for a long time. i think u should play the hyper accelerated dragon

smarticecream

Jul 28, 2021

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#31

KnightAttack1567 wrote:

smarticecream wrote:

I have been stuck at 1600-1760 for over a year..

How to help

Ive been doing tactics on a daily basis and at least playing one game per day. I play 2 hours of chess a day but still see no progress in my rapid rating.

On every move, think about why your opponent played a certain move. Your opponent is usually not going to play a move for no reason. Spend about 30 seconds looking for checks and captures for both you and your opponent.

Also, if you find yourself, as a 1660 rated player, hanging a piece on move 6, for instance, then you know that you are probably on tilt. If you lose 5+ games in a row, I recommend you to stop playing for a couple of days.

Note: This is coming from a player rated 300+ points below you

If I look for checks and captures on every move for my opponent would it take a lot of time> My teacher recommended it but I thought it would be time-wasting. Does it take 'not a lot of time' or does it take a lot of time. Btw just because you are lower rated than me doesn't mean your advice wont work