Hpw to compete with friends

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ChessEuphonium

Long story short, I have been playing chess for over 6 years, and despite that, even teaching my friends chess, a lot of them are almost 1100 ELO despite not playing much as I do. I am stuck under 600 ELO while they are much better than me despite the lack of experience. Is it because I am an idiot?

hudson_the_goat
Yes
ChessEuphonium
ninjahudson wrote:
Yes

How do i improve my chess intellegence without buying crappy courses or buying expensive books

hudson_the_goat
Idk im not very good either
ice_cream_cake

what have you done to try to improve?

ChessEuphonium
ice_cream_cake wrote:

what have you done to try to improve?

I have been trying to read as much as I can between sleep and work, so I cannot improve as much

ice_cream_cake
ChessEuphonium wrote:
ice_cream_cake wrote:

what have you done to try to improve?

I have been trying to read as much as I can between sleep and work, so I cannot improve as much

What do you mean by read?